Ernest Gilmore "Gil" WICKHAM ³

  General Notes:

PHOTO: submitted by Gerald Wickham

ALTERNATE BIRTH LOCATION: Eagle Grove, IA

IA MARRIAGES, 1809-1992:
Groomn's Name: Gilmore Wickham
Groom's Birth Date: 1877
Groom's Birthplace: Eagle Grove, Iowa
Groom's Age: 25
Bride's Name: Grace "Stepp"
Bride's Birth Date: 1885
Bride's Birthplace: Ill.
Bride's Age: 17
Marriage Date: 26 Feb 1902
Marriage Place: Webster City, Hamilton, Iowa
Groom's Father's Name: "Beinrial" Wickham
Groom's Mother's Name: Eliza "Milkslagle"
Bride's Father's Name: Francis "Stepp"
Bride's Mother's Name: Mary Johnson
Groom's Race: White
Bride's Race: White
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M02592-2
System Origin: Iowa-EASy
Source Film Number: 1404699
Reference Number: pg 93

IA MARRIAGES, 1809-1992:
Groom's Name: Gilmore Wickham
Groom's Birth Date: 1878
Groom's Age: 24
Bride's Name: Grace Stipp
Bride's Birth Date: 1886
Bride's Age: 16
Marriage Date: 26 Feb 1902
Marriage Place: Webster City, Hamilton Co, Iowa, United States
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I10287-9
System Origin: Iowa-EASy
Source Film Number: 1404700
Reference Number: p 78

1905 IA CENSUS, Hamilton Co, Williams P.O.: Ernest Wickham; Grace M. Wickham; "Carrie" G. Wickham. Listed next to Mary Stipp & May A. Stipp on census.

1910 IA CENSUS, Hardin Co, Edna Twp: Ernest Wickham(?), 32, 1st marriage, married 8 yrs, b. IA, parents b. OH, laborer, RR section; wife Grace M., 24, 1st marriage, married 8 yrs, 4 children, 4 living, b. IL, parents b. IN; son Harry, 6; son Wesley, 3; son Lesley, 3; son Donald, 1-6/12. All children were b. IA, father b. IA, mother b. IL.

WWI DRAFT REGISTRATION CARDS, 1917-1918: "Earnest Gilmor" Wickham of Iowa Falls, Hardin Co, IA; 40; b. Oct 25, 1878; car repair, C. R. I. & P. Ry Co, Iowa Falls, Hardin Co, IA; nearest relative: Grace Myrtle Wickham of Iowa Falls. signed: Ernest Gilmore Wickham; medium height and build, brown eyes, black hair.

1920 IA CENSUS, Hardin Co, Iowa Falls: Ernest Wickham, 42, b. IA, parents b. OH, car repair for railroad yard; wife Grace, 33, b. IL, parents b. IN; son Harry, 16, student; son Leslie, 13. student; son Donald, 11, student; dau. Ruby, 7; dau. Mary Ellen, 1/12. All children were b. IA, father b. IA, mother b. IL.

1925 IA STATE CENSUS, Hardin Co, Iowa Falls town: Ernest "Wickam", 47, married, 9th grade education, b. IA, father: "Daniel Wickam" who was b. OH, mother: Eliza "Milchlagle" who was b. OH and married OH, engaged in manufacturing/mechanical; wife Grace, 38, married, 8th grade education, b. IL, father: Francis Stipp who was b. IN, mother: Mary Johnson who was b. IN and married IN, engaged in personal service; son Harry, 21, single, 9th grade education, engaged in manufacturing/mechanical; son Leslie, 18, single, 9th grade education; son Donald, 16; dau. "Rubby", 12; dau. Mary E., 5; son Gerald, 1. All children were b. IA, father b. IA, mother b. IN.

1930 IA CENSUS, Hardin Co, Iowa Falls town: Ernest G. , 52, 1st marriage age 24, b. IA, parents b. OH, car repair steam railroad: wife Grace N., 49, 1st marriage age 15, b. IL, parents b. IN; son Leslie J., 23, bakers helper at bakery; son Donald L, 21, bakers helper at bakery; dau. Ruby A., 17; dau. Mary E., 10; son Gerald J., 6; son Harold D., 6; dau. Ruth F., 4. All children were b. IA, father b. IA, mother b. IL.

INFO FROM GERALD WICKHAM, 1988: Ernest Gilmore "Gil" Wickham and Grace Myrtle Stipp were married the 2nd of Feb., 1902, in Webster City, Hamilton Co, IA. He was the youngest son of Bimuel R. and Eliza Millslagle Wickham, and like his older brothers, started to work on farms at a young age and continued after his marriage. Gil and Grace lived in Robertson,Hardin Co. until around 1918, when they moved to Iowa Falls.
Gil worked for the C.R.I. & P. Railroad as a car inspector/repairman. It was during this time when the R.R. was on strike he went to IL and did carpenter work. In 1929 he was to suffer a stroke, paralyzing his left side. He regained the use of his legs and could walk with a cane, but never regained the use of his left arm. He was to spend the rest of his life in The Hardin Co. Care Facility.
He and Grace were to have 12 children, 16 grandchildren, 27 great-grandchildren and 13 great-great-grandchildren.

INFO FROM SON GERALD WICKHAM: "I was born in 1923, the 10th of 12 children. My father had a stroke when I was six and left my mother to raise the family doing the housework and washings."

OBIT, July 30, 1946: Wickham Rites Here Monrday Afternoon - Funeral services for Gilmore WIckham, 66, were held at the Wood Funeral Chapel Monday afternoon with the Rev. Ella Sours officiating. He died Saturday morning. Burial was made in Union cemetery.
He lived in Hardin county all his life with the exception of a few years at Jewell. He was born Oct. 25, 1879, a son of Bimuel and Eliza Wickham.
His wife, the former Grace Stipp, died in March, 1941. He leaves one brother, J. F. Wickham, of Winfield; three daughters, Mrs. Sherrill Smith of Eldora, Mrs. Irvin Johnson of Latimer, and Ruth of Des Moines; three sons, Leslie, Donald and Gerald, all of Iowa Falls; and nine grandchildren.

Ernest married Grace Myrtle STIPP on 26 Feb 1902 in Webster City, Hamilton Co, IA.^{1 2} (Grace Myrtle STIPP was born on 8 Aug 1886 in McLean Co, IL,⁶ died on 19 Mar 1941 in Ellsworth Municipal Hospital, Iowa Falls, Hardin Co, IA ⁵ and was buried on 21 Mar 1941 in Union Cem, Iowa Falls, Hardin Co, IA ⁵.)