Karl Allen WICKHAM ^{3 4}

  General Notes:

PHOTO: submitted by Aaron & Kara Pingel

1920 TX CENSUS, Matagorda Co, Palacios, town:
Arthur E. Wickham, owned home, 50, b. IA, superintendent, Shell Company;
wife Minnie, 50, b. IL;
son Winfield L., 22, b. IL, no occupation;
son George H., 21, b. IL, laborer, dredge;
son Carl R., 17, b. TX;
ward Leonard Sexton, 8, b. KS, parents b. KS.

TX, COUNTY MARRIAGE RECORDS, 1817-1965:
Name: Karl A Wickham
Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 27 Apr 1929
Marriage Place: Matagorda, Texas, USA
Spouse: Lydia Markwardt
Film Number: 004173493

1930 TX CENSUS, Matagorda Co, Palacios town:
Arthur E. Wickham, owned home $3800, 59, wd, plumber;
son Karl A., 28, married 27, b. TX, plumber;
dau.-in-law Lydia, 20, married 19, b. TX.

1940 TX CENSUS, Matagorda Co, Palacios town:
Carl Wickham, 39, H-3, b. TX, 1935: same place, caseing pulling, oil field driller;
Lydia Leora, wife, 33, 7th, b. TX, 1935: same place;
Ruby Jean, dau, 9, attended school, 2nd, b. TX, 1935: same place;
Darleen, dau, 8, attended school, 1st, b. TX, 1935: same place;
Dorothy, dau, 4, b. TX.

WWII DRAFT CARDS YOUNG MEN, 1940-1947:
Name; Karl Allen Wickham
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 40
Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head)
Birth Date: 12 Apr 1901
Birth Place: Galveston, Texas, USA
Residence Place: Palacios, Matagorda, Texas, USA
Registration Date: 16 Feb 1942
Registration Place: Palacios, Matagorda, Texas, USA
Employer: Plumber, Owns Business
Height: 5 4
Weight: 150
Complexion: Ruddy
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Blue
Next of Kin: Lydia Leona Wickham

1950 TX CENSUS, Matagorda Co, Palacios town:
Karl Wickham, 49, b. TX, plumber, plumbeing contractor;
Ludia, wife, 43, b. TX;
Ruby Jean, dau, 19, b. TX, file clerk, state bank;
Darleen, dau, 18, b. TX;
Dorothy, dau, 14, b. TX.

TEXAS GEN WEB, Matagorda Co:
"The R. J. Hill Building" (article written by Mary Bell Ingram)
Karl Wickham had a plumbing shop in the building about 1950. He and his family lived upstairs. A city building ordinance forced him to add a fire escape on the west which has remained there through the years.

SSDI:
Karl Wickham; b. Apr. 12, 1901; d. Jan. 1964; issued TX.

TEXAS DEATHS 1964-1998:
Karl Allen Wickham, single, d. Jan. 27, 1964 in Victoria Co, TX.

DEATH CERTIFICATE:
Karl Allen Wickham of Palacios, Matagorda Co, TX; married; plumbing; b. Apr. 12, 1901 at Galveston, TX; father: A. E. Wickham; mother: Minnie Fisher; d. Jan. 27, 1964 at Citizen's Memorial Hospital in Victoria, Victoria Co, TX probably of bronchogenic carcinoma with widespread metastases; 62 yrs old; burial: Jan 27, 1964 at Palacios Cem; informant: Mrs. Karl Wickham.

FIND A GRAVE:
Name: Karl Allen Wickham
Birth Date: 12 Apr 1901
Birth Place: Galveston, Galveston County, Texas, United States of America
Death Date: 27 Jan 1964
Death Place: Victoria, Victoria County, Texas, United States of America
Cemetery: Palacios Cemetery
Burial or Cremation Place: Palacios, Matagorda County, Texas, United States of America
Has Bio?; N
Father; Arthur Everett Wickham
Mother: Wilhelmine Louise Wickham

Karl married Lydia Leona MARKWARDT on 27 Apr 1929 in Matagorda Co, TX.^{1 2} (Lydia Leona MARKWARDT was born on 8 Mar 1907 in Malone, Hill Co, TX,⁷ died on 4 Aug 2005 in Palacios, Matagorda Co, TX ⁷ and was buried on 8 Aug 2005 in Palacios Cem, Palacios, Matagorda Co, TX ⁷.)