Loran Raymond WICKHAM ³

  General Notes:

PHOTO: submitted by Burl Sheldon

JOHNSON CO, IA BIRTH RECORDS, Book 2, p. 56, #2923: Wickham, male (no name listed); 5th child; b. Apr 2, 1892, Cedar Twp; father: O. Wickham, farmer, 31, b. Cedar Twp; maiden name of mother: H. F. Brown, 26, b. Cedar Twp and resided Cedar Twp.

LINN CO, IA MARRIAGE RECORDS: Groom: Loran Wickham who resided 1222 N. 3rd St. West, Cedar Rapids, IA, 22 next birthday, 1st marriage, baker, b. Butsville(?), IA, father: Orson Jessie Wickham, mother: Florence Brown. Bride: Miss Myrtle "Philp" who resided on farm in Montrose, IA, 28 next birthday, 1st marriage, father: William "Philp", mother: Mrs. "Allice" Jennie Tweedy(?). Loran & Myrtle were married Nov. 30, 1911 at 1527 N. 5th St. West, Cedar Rapids, IA by E. R. Burkhalter, minister; witnesses: Frank Philps(?) & H. M. Price(?). Parents gave consent for them to marry.

FATHER'S OBIT, 1913: Loran Wickham was living Cedar Rapids, IA.

WWI DRAFT REGISTRATION CARDS, 1917-1918: Loren Raymond Wickham; 24; resided Arlington, Fayette Co, IA; b. Apr 2, 1893 in Cedar Bluffs, IA; farm laborer for Herbert Shafer of Putnam Twp, Fayette Co, IA; single, no dependants; Private, National Guard, served 2 yrs.

WWI HONOR ROLL, LINN CO., IA: Loran R. Wickham, Cedar Rapids, IA

1920 IA CENSUS, Linn Co, Cedar Rapids, 1324 D. Ave: "Loren Wickam" 30, b. IA, parents b. OH, mechanic, auto; wife Frances, 21, b. IA, parents b. IA, clerk, 10 cent store. They were living with Chas. J. Baird, 50, b. IA, and his wife Mabelle, 46, b. IA.

LINN CO, IA CONSENT TO MARRIAGE OF A MINOR: "Bertha Womeldorf of Rapids Twp, Linn Co, do say that I am the mother of Shirley L. Womeldorf, a minor of the age of 16, and I give my consent for marriage to Loran R. Wickham." Aug 29, 1921.

LINN CO, IA MARRIAGE RECORDS: Groom: Loran Raymond Wickham who resided Cedar Rapids, 29 next birthday, 3rd marriage, American, electrician, b. Cedar Bluffs, IA, father: Orson J. Wickham, mother: Florence Brown. Bride: Shirley Lucy Womeldorf who resided Cedar Rapids, 17 next birthday, 1st marriage, American, b. Chickasha, OK, father: William Womeldorf, mother: Bertha E. Smith. Loran & Shirley were married Aug 29, 1921 in Marion, IA by Albert Hale Hanseon(?), pastor of ME Church; witnesses: Mrs. William Womeldorf, Mrs. Bert Walker. (Shirley was listed as 16 in marriage record, but descendants report she was actually only 14.)

INFO FROM CAROL WOMELDORF KOMAREK: The marriage of Shirley and Loran Wickham ended shortly after the birth of their daughter in 1923. Shirely was actually only 14, instead of 16, at the time of their marriage.

ARTHUR WICKHAM'S RESEARCH FILES: states that Loren Wickham had a son Clifford who was b. 1926. (Perhaps the birth year was wrong and it was actually Clifford C. Wickham, b. 1913, the son of Loren and Myrtle Philp?)

1930 MN CENSUS, Hennepin Co, Minneapolis: Loran R. Wickham, 37, 1st marriage age 32, b. IA, parents b. IA, mechanic, automotive, veteran, served in WW; wife Margarette, 35, 1st marriage age 30, b. MN, father b. Canada (English), mother b. MN; son Albert R., b. MN, father b. IA, mother b. MN.

MOTHER'S OBIT, 1934: Loren was living Minneapolis, MN.

BROTHER CLARENCE WICKHAM'S OBIT, 1941: Loran was living in Minneapolis, MN.

MN DEATH INDEX, 1908-2002: Loren Raymond Wickham d. Apr 1954 in Hennepin Co.

VETERANS BENEFITS & SERVICE: Loran Raymond Wickham, Mus 2D US Navy; veteran service dates: 2-20-1918 to 8-21-1919; born 4-2-1893; died 4-8-1954; date of interment: 4-12-1954; buried Ft. Snelling, South Minneapolis, MN, section F., site 55.

US VETERANS GRAVESITES, ca. 1775-2006:
Name: Loran Raymond Wickham
Service Info.: MUS 2D US NAVY WORLD WAR I
Birth Date: 2 Apr 1893
Death Date: 8 Apr 1954
Service Start Date: 20 Feb 1918
Interment Date: 12 Apr 1954
Cemetery: Ft. Snelling National Cemetery
Cemetery Address: 7601 34th Avenue, South Minneapolis, MN 55450
Buried At: Section F Site 55

1989 LETTER TO GERALD WICKHAM FROM CHERIE WICKHAM FARNSWORTH: "My father was Loran Raymond Wickham born 2 Apr 1893 in Cedar Bluff, Cedar, Iowa. His father was Orrison Jesse Wickham born 3 Apr 1861 in Iowa."

Loran married Myrtle PHILP on 30 Nov 1911 in Cedar Rapids, Linn Co, IA.¹ (Myrtle PHILP was born about 1884 in Montrose, Lee Co, IA.)

Loran next married Frances (---) about 1918. (Frances (---) was born about 1899 in IA ⁶.)

Loran next married Shirley Lucille WOMELDORF on 29 Aug 1921 in Marion, Linn Co, IA.¹ (Shirley Lucille WOMELDORF was born on 27 Jul 1907 in Chickasha, Grady Co, OK ⁷ and died on 11 May 1975 in Tucson, Pima Co, AZ ⁷.)

Loran next married Margaret ROSS on 30 Sep 1924 in Minneapolis, MN.² (Margaret ROSS was born about 1895 in MN ⁸.)