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Wise Family History & Genealogy

29,007 biographies and 51 photos with the Wise last name. Discover the family history, nationality, origin and common names of Wise family members.

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Early Wises

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Hannah (Wise) Savin was born in 1810, and died at age 79 years old in 1889. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Hannah (Wise) Savin .
John Wise of New Brighton, Beaver County, Pennsylvania United States was born circa 1818, and died at age 71 years old in 1889.
Cecil Wise was born on September 11, 1819, and died at age 81 years old in October 1900. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Cecil Wise.
John Edward Wise
John Edward Wise was born in 1843, and died at age 79 years old in 1922. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember John Edward Wise.
Ann Caroline (McDonald) Wise
Ann Caroline (Mcdonald) Wise was born in 1847, and died at age 71 years old in 1918. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Ann Caroline (McDonald) Wise.
Lucinda (Wise) Wells was born on February 19, 1848 in England United Kingdom, and died at age 76 years old on March 24, 1924 in Ohio United States. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Lucinda (Wise) Wells.
James Wise
James Wise was born in 1850. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember James Wise.
Sarah Ann (Thorne) Wise was born in 1851, and died at age 81 years old in 1932. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Sarah Ann (Thorne) Wise.
Alexander Wise
Alexander Wise was born in 1852. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Alexander Wise.
Sarah Matilda (Rutter) Wise was born on November 17, 1854, and died at age 76 years old on May 15, 1931 in Ottumwa, Iowa United States. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Sarah Matilda Wise.
Edward Burton Wise
Co-owned Wise and Thompson, which later became Wise and Kearns plumbing.
Karen Wise was born on January 3, 1857, and died at age 115 years old in April 1972. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Karen Wise.

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Virginia Leonese (Quinn) Wise was born in December of 1895 to Luis Lemuel Quinn and Amanda Jane Quinn. Both of her parents were born in Mississippi. She had siblings Homer, Robert, Donnie, Dudley, Annie, Eula, Albert, Willie, and Augusta. Virginia L. Quinn married George G. Wise. Virginia died on August 16, 1987 in Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio at the age of 91. She is buried in Forest Cemetery in Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio.
Janis Lisa (Wise) Trawicki of Wisconsin United States was born on August 22, 1957 in Englewood, NJ. Janis Wise was married to William Donald Wilson on May 31, 1980 in Bergenfield, Bergen County and they later divorced in Lawrenceville, Gwinnett County, Georgia. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Janis L (Wise) Trawicki.
Verna Olive (Wise) Agate of Elyria, Ohio United States. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Verna Olive (Wise).
Pearl W Clavelle
Pearl W. (Wise) Clavelle was born to Glence Wise Sr. (1894 - 1959) and Permella Carpenter (1897 - 1970). Both of her parents were born in Louisiana. She had full siblings: Phillip, Lucy, Mindy, Ellen, Hattie, Mary, Nettie, Lionel, Bettye, and Ruby, plus two more sisters. She also had half sibling Edgar Wise.
Clara Belle (Wise) Dunn of Martinsburg, Berkeley County, West Virginia United States was born on June 25, 1923 in Berkeley Springs, Morgan County, and died at age 89 years old on December 6, 2012 at Willowtree Nursing Home in Charles Town, Jefferson County. Clara Dunn was buried circa December 9, 2012 at Rosedale Cemetery 917 Co Rte 45/6, in Martinsburg, Berkeley County.
Richard Wise of Berkeley Springs, West Virginia United States was born to Fannie Wise and Andrew Francis Wise, and has siblings Joseph F Wise and Clara Belle (Wise) Dunn. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Richard wise.
Joseph F Wise was born on October 20, 1922, and died at age 90 years old on November 27, 2012. Joseph Wise was buried at Massachusetts Veterans' Memorial Cemetery Section 1C Row H Site 329 1390 Main St., in Agawam, Ma. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Joseph F Wise.
Fannie Wise of Berkeley Springs, Morgan County, West Virginia was born on September 6, 1891. She was married to Andrew Francis Wise, and had children Joseph F Wise, Clara Belle (Wise) Dunn, and Richard wise. Fannie Wise died at age 78 years old in January 1970.
Andrew Wise died in 1938. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Andrew Francis Wise.
Joanne Luettich Wise
Joanne Wise was born on September 17, 1931 in Hinsdale, DuPage County, Illinois United States to John Kleckner Luettich, Sr. and Celeste Towell Luettich, and had siblings John K Luettich, Richard Albert Luettich, Susan Luettich Froelich, and Sally Luettich Martin Stading. She married Lucien David Wise in 1952 in Oswego, Kendall County. She would also marry Lucien David Wise in August 1952 in Oswego, Kendall County. They had children David Brian Wise, Stephen Powel Wise, Jeffrey Wise, and Douglas Wise. Joanne Wise died at age 79 years old on January 13, 2011 in Biloxi, Harrison County, MS. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Joanne Luettich Wise.
Douglas Wise was born on December 24, 1976 at Copley Hospital, Aurora, Illinois in Aurora, Illinois United States. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Douglas Wise.
Eric Wise died in 2021 at Mississippi. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Eric Wise.
Jeffrey Wise was born on July 27, 1961. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Jeffrey Wise.
Stephen Powel Wise was born on July 17, 1958 to Joanne Luettich Wise and Lucien David Wise, and had siblings David Brian Wise, Jeffrey Wise, and Douglas Wise. Stephen Wise died at age 13 years old on September 17, 1971 in Biloxi, Mississippi United States. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Stephen Powel Wise.
David Brian Wise was born on February 24, 1954 in Waco, Texas United States, and died at age 66 years old on January 14, 2021 in Oswego, IL. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember David Brian Wise.
Lucien David Wise was born on October 19, 1928, and died at age 90 years old on October 28, 2018.
Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Lucien David Wise.
Leeann Wise of Cressona, Pennsylvania United States was born on August 21, 1972 to John v Mcgurl and Barbara L Harding. She has siblings Barbara Ann McGurl, Lynn Ann McGurl, Susan McGurl, and Nicole Zahodnick. Leeann Wise is the mother of Carl Fertig. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Leeann Wise.
Dianne Elizabeth McLean
Dianne Elizabeth (Wise) McLean of Elizabeth Street, in Tea Tree Gully, SA Australia was born on January 17, 1947 in Balmain, NSW to Elizabeth (Betty) Wise. She had siblings Michael Nartek and John (Carl) Wise (Robertson). She married Neil Franklin McLean on May 21, 1966 at St. Johns Church in Balmain, Inner West Council County, New South Wales, and had children Karen Elizabeth Caratozzolo, Cheryl Jennifer (McLean ) Farrugia, and Scott Neil McLean. Dianne McLean died at age 74 years old on October 22, 2021 at Royal Adelaide Hospital North Tce - Elizabeth St, in Adelaide, SA County, SA.
Laura Ann (Till) Wise was born on July 26, 1915 in Texas United States, and died at age 90 years old on July 29, 2005 in Corpus Christi. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Laura Ann (Till).

Popular Wise Biographies

Pearl W Clavelle
Pearl W. (Wise) Clavelle was born to Glence Wise Sr. (1894 - 1959) and Permella Carpenter (1897 - 1970). Both of her parents were born in Louisiana. She had full siblings: Phillip, Lucy, Mindy, Ellen, Hattie, Mary, Nettie, Lionel, Bettye, and Ruby, plus two more sisters. She also had half sibling Edgar Wise.
Dianne Elizabeth McLean
Dianne Elizabeth (Wise) McLean of Elizabeth Street, in Tea Tree Gully, SA Australia was born on January 17, 1947 in Balmain, NSW to Elizabeth (Betty) Wise. She had siblings Michael Nartek and John (Carl) Wise (Robertson). She married Neil Franklin McLean on May 21, 1966 at St. Johns Church in Balmain, Inner West Council County, New South Wales, and had children Karen Elizabeth Caratozzolo, Cheryl Jennifer (McLean ) Farrugia, and Scott Neil McLean. Dianne McLean died at age 74 years old on October 22, 2021 at Royal Adelaide Hospital North Tce - Elizabeth St, in Adelaide, SA County, SA.
Faroong Wise
Faroong Wise was born to Luther Franklin "Frank" Wise Jr. (1920 - 2005) and Hong Chareerak (1947 - 2003). She had one half-brother, Bruce Wise. Frank was born in North Carolina and served in the United States Air Force. He retired in 1974. Also in 1974, he married his third wife, Hong, who was a native of Thailand and Faroong's mother. In Frank's obituary, Faroong was described as a "Thai supermodel." Faroong was born in Thailand and the family moved to California, where she lived in Riverside, California and Moreno Valley, California. Faroong died in Moreno Valley from a gunshot wound. She was an aspiring model and actress at the time of her death.
James Wise
James Wise was born in 1850. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember James Wise.
Ann Caroline (McDonald) Wise
Ann Caroline (Mcdonald) Wise was born in 1847, and died at age 71 years old in 1918. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Ann Caroline (McDonald) Wise.
John Edward Wise
John Edward Wise was born in 1843, and died at age 79 years old in 1922. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember John Edward Wise.
He was my families heart and soul. We miss him more than anything. Our youngest brother, Dylan, wasn't as lucky as the rest of the family as to meet him, but he knows about him and cherishes him. Losing him was really hard, but we are making it through together.
George Wise
George Wise was born in 1865. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember George Wise.
Alexander Wise
Alexander Wise was born in 1852. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Alexander Wise.
George W. Wise
Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember George W. Wise.
Penny Wise was born on August 31, 2021. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember PENNY WISE.
Addison Wise
Addison Wise was born in 1862. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Addison Wise.
Edward Burton Wise
Co-owned Wise and Thompson, which later became Wise and Kearns plumbing.
Henry Fredrick Wise was born to mother Eliza Mary Ann Jane Wise in 1897 in the United Kingdom. He served as a gunner in World War I, fighting for the United Kingdom in the Royal Field Artillery. On October 28, 1917, Henry Fredrick Wise was killed in action in France and he is buried at the Godewaersvelde British Cemetery I. K. 39. in Godewaersvelde, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France. When he died, Henry Wise's mother was 35 years old and living on Crampton Street, Walworth, London.
Nancy Jane (Wise) Heckman
Nancy Jane (Wise) Heckman was born in 1872, and died at age 79 years old in 1951. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Nancy Jane (Wise) Heckman.
Beatrice Viola Wise
Beatrice Viola Wise was born in 1906. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Beatrice Viola Wise.
Donnie Wise was born to Connie Whitehead Wise and Don Wise, and has a sister Amy Wise. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Donnie Wise.
Candace Ann (Randall) Wise of Custer, Washington United States was born on February 1, 1968. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Candace Ann Wise.
Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Connie Whitehead Wise.
Sarah Matilda (Rutter) Wise was born on November 17, 1854, and died at age 76 years old on May 15, 1931 in Ottumwa, Iowa United States. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Sarah Matilda Wise.

Wise Death Records & Life Expectancy

The average age of a Wise family member is 73.0 years old according to our database of 25,544 people with the last name Wise that have a birth and death date listed.

Life Expectancy

73.0 years

Oldest Wises

These are the longest-lived members of the Wise family on AncientFaces.

Karen Wise was born on January 3, 1857, and died at age 115 years old in April 1972. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Karen Wise.
115 years
Augusta A Wise of Nashville, Davidson County, TN was born on May 8, 1896, and died at age 109 years old on October 26, 2005.
109 years
Nellie C Wise of Portland, Multnomah County, OR was born on December 13, 1887, and died at age 106 years old on September 5, 1994.
106 years
Louise I Wise of Austell, Cobb County, GA was born on September 15, 1893, and died at age 105 years old on July 11, 1999.
105 years
Mildred S Wise of Davis, Yolo County, CA was born on June 29, 1898, and died at age 105 years old on March 22, 2004.
105 years
Elsie E Wise of Wichita, Sedgwick County, KS was born on August 15, 1903, and died at age 105 years old on March 19, 2009.
105 years
Frances A Wise of Corpus Christi, Nueces County, TX was born on April 16, 1892, and died at age 105 years old on April 7, 1998.
105 years
Thelma A Wise of Ohio was born on March 2, 1903, and died at age 106 years old on May 23, 2009.
106 years
Marion C Wise was born on May 14, 1886, and died at age 105 years old on June 29, 1991. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Marion C Wise.
105 years
Lily G Wise of Monroe, Walton County, GA was born on January 31, 1895, and died at age 105 years old on July 28, 2000.
105 years
Beulah N Wise of Union City, Randolph County, IN was born on January 7, 1902, and died at age 104 years old on January 4, 2007.
104 years
Airel B Wise of Palm Springs, Riverside County, CA was born on April 8, 1896, and died at age 104 years old on February 1, 2001.
104 years
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