Ervin Oscar WICKHAM ⁴

  General Notes:

PHOTO: submitted by Buelah DeVore Stock

IA MARRIAGES, 1809-1992:
Groom's Name: Ervin Oscar Wickham
Groom's Birth Date: 1882
Groom's Birthplace: Dumont, Ia
Groom's Age: 24
Bride's Name: Florence Gertrude McCracken
Bride's Birth Date: 1888
Bride's Birthplace: Boone, Ia
Bride's Age: 18
Marriage Date: 01 Mar 1906
Marriage Place: Dumont, Butler, Iowa
Groom's Father's Name: Thomas B. Wickham
Groom's Mother's Name: Hattie R. Parris
Bride's Father's Name: Jessie Mc Cracken
Bride's Mother's Name: Cox
Groom's Race: White
Bride's Race: White
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M02572-2
System Origin: Iowa-EASy
Source Film Number: 1035398
Reference Number: 4159

1910 IA CENSUS, Butler Co, Pittsford Twp:
"Ervan" (Evan?) O. Wickham, 26, 1st marriage, married 4 yrs, b. IA, father b. IA, mother b. IL, farmer, rented farm;
wife Florance G., 20, 1st marriage, married 4 yrs, 1 child, 1 living, b. IA, parents b. IA;
dau. Hazel D., 2, b. IA, parents b. IA.

1915 IA STATE CENSUS, Butler Co, Pittsford Twp, Dumont P.O.:
Erwin O. Wickham, 32, married, farmer, 12th grade education, b. IA, father b. IA, mother b. IL, U. B. Church;
Florence G. Wickham, 25, married, 11th grade education, b. IA, parents b. IA; Hazel Wickham, 7, b. IA, parents b. IA.

U.S. INDEXED COUNTY LAND OWNERSHIP MAPS:
Name: Ervin O Wickham
State: Iowa
County: Butler
Township: Pittsford
Year: 1917
Acres: 110 on edge of town of Dumont
(Listed nearby were 430 acres of land belonging to Thos. B. Wickham estate.)

WWI DRAFT REGISTRATION CARDS, 1917-1918: Ervin Oscar Wickham of Dumont, Butler Co, IA; 35; b. Feb 17, 1883; farming, self-employed in Dumont, Butler Co, IA; nearest relative: Florence Wickham of Dumont, Butler Co, IA; medium height, stout, blue eyes, brown hair.

1920 IA CENSUS, Butler Co, Pittsford Twp:
"Erwin" O. Wickham, 36, b. IA, father b. IA, mother b. IL, farmer, gen. farm; wife Florence G., 27, b. IA, parents b. IA;
dau, Hazel D., 12, b. IA, parents b. IA;
hired man "Verm" E. Wilson, 21, single, b. IA, parents b. IA, laborer, farm.

1925 IA STATE CENSUS, Butler Co, Pittsford Twp:
E. O. Wickham, hand, 42, widowed, 8th grade education, b. IA, father: T. B. Wickham who was b. IA, mother: Hattie Parris who was b. IA and married IA, engaged in agriculture, no church affiliation.

ARTHUR WICKHAM RESEARCH FILES: Ervin Wickham and Florence divorced in Jan 1926.

1930 IA CENSUS, Butler Co, Pittsford Twp:
"Erwin O." Wickham, 47, 1st marriage age 22, b. IA, parents b. IA, farmer, gen. farm;
wife Jeanette, 25, 1st marriage age 18, b. MN, father b. Germany, mother b. IA; dau. Darlene, 3-6/12;
dau. "Adaline", 2/12.
Both children were b. IA, father b. IA, mother b. MN.
(Listed on census next to the family of Benjamin Devore.)

1940 IA CENSUS, Butler Co, Pittsford Twp:
Ervin Wickham, 56, 8th, b. MN, 1935: Butler Co, IA, farmer, farm;
Jeanette, wife, 35, 8th, b. IA, 1935: Butler Co, IA;
Darlene, dau, 13, attended school, 8th, b. IA, 1935: Butler Co, IA;
Adalene, dau, 10, attended school, 4th, b. IA, 1935: Butler Co, IA.

SSDI: Ervin Wickham; b. 17 Feb 1883; d. Mar 1967; issued IA; last residence: Dumont, Butler Co, IA.

DUMONT CEMETERY RECORDS, Butler Co, IA: Ervin O. Wickham 1883 -1967 Section A, Row 7

Ervin married Florence Gertrude McCRACKEN on 1 Mar 1906 in Dumont, Butler Co, IA.^{1 2} (Florence Gertrude McCRACKEN was born in Feb 1890 in Boone, Boone Co, IA ².)

Ervin next married Jeanette UHLENHOPP, daughter of Jacob J. UHLENHOPP and Unknown, about 1926 in probably Butler Co, IA.³ (Jeanette UHLENHOPP was born in May 1904 in MN,⁷ died in 1984 ⁶ and was buried in Dumont Cem, Butler Co, IA ⁶.)