Clarence Ernest Elden WICKHAM ²

  General Notes:

BIRTH RECORD, Eldora, Hardin Co, IA: Clarence E. Wickham b. 20 Aug 1880 to James & Jane Leary.

1900 IA CENSUS: lists birth year as 1879 (not 1880 as the cemetery records indicate).

LINN CO, IA MARRIAGE RECORDS: Groom: Clarence E. Wickham of Cedar Rapids, 26 next birthday, 1st marriage, b. IA, laborer, father: James Wickham, mother: Lucinda Lerry. Bride: Ada A. Morey of Cedar Rapids, 20 next birthday, 1st marriage, b. IA, father: Edwin Morey, mother: Lizzie Coburn. They were married Oct 9, 1905 in Cedar Rapids by Francis M. Archer, Baptist Minister. Witnesses were Theron(?) Hilton and Iva Andre.

1910 MN CENSUS, Hennepin Co, Minneapolis: Clarence E. Wickham, 29, married 4 yrs, b. IA, father b. PA, mother b. IA, helper, warehouse; wife Adah, 23, married 4 yrs, 2 children, 2 living, b. IA, father b. VT, mother b. IA; dau. Leona, 3, b. IA, parents b. IA; dau., Clarice, 1, b. MN, parents b. IA; brother Vern, 20, single, b. IA, father b. PA, mother b. IA, mailing, stock food co.; brother Verne, 19, single, b. IA, father b. PA, mother b. IA, mailing, stock food co.

1915 IA STATE CENSUS, Linn Co, Cedar Rapids, 622 14th Ave W: Clarence Wickham, 35, oiler at Quaker Oats, $700 in 1914, employed all year, did not own home, married, b. IA, in IA 3 yrs, father b. PA, mother b. IA; Ada Wickham, married, 29, 10 yrs. schooling, b. IA, in IA 3 yrs, father b. Vermont, mother b. IL, no church affiliation; Leona B. Wickham, 9, 4 yrs education, b. IA, 3 yrs in IA, parents b. IA; Clarice I. Wickham, 6, b. MN, in IA 3 yrs, parents b. IA; D. D. Wickham (remark on census: "has no other name but D. D."), 4, b. MN, in IA 3 yrs, parents b. IA; Loraine Wickham, 2, b. MN, in IA 2 yrs, parents b. IA.

1820 IA CENSUS, Linn Co, Cedar Rapids city: Clarence E. Wickham, 39, b. IA, father b. PA, mother b. IA, miller, mill; wife Adah A., 33, b. IA, father b. VT, mother b. IA; dau. Leona B., 13, b. IA, parents b. IA; dau. Clarice I., 10, b. MN, parents b. IA; son D. D., 8, b. MN, parents b. IA; dau. Loraine E., 6, b. IA, parents b. IA; son Leon Vern, 1-2/12, b. IA, parents b. IA.

1930 IA CENSUS, Linn Co, Cedar Rapids: Clarence Wickham, 49, married age 25, b. IA father b. OH, mother b. IA, miller, cereal mill; wife "Ida", 44, married age 19, b. IA, father b. VT, mother b. IA; dau. Clarice, 20, single, b. MN, parents b. IA, mangle operator, laundry; son D. D., 19, single, b. MN, parents b. IA, box maker, packing plant; dau. "Lorraine", 16, b. IA, parents b. IA; son Leon, 11, b. IA, parents b. IA.

BIRTH RECORD: Clarence E. Wickham, who resided in Excelsior Springs, MO, filed a delayed birth certificate for his daughter in Feb. 1944.

SSDI: Clarence Wickham; b. Aug 20, 1880; d. Nov. 1962; issued IA; last residence: IA.

OBIT, Cedar Rapids Gazette, Sat, Nov. 17, 1962: Clarence Eldon Wickham, 708 A avenue NE, a Cedar Rapids resident 50 years and a retired employee of Quaker Oats Co., died Friday at University hospitals in Iowa City following a long illness. He was born Aug. 20, 1880, at Eldora.
Survivors are three daughters: Leona Simonsen, Clarice McArtor and Lorraine Zacer; two sons: D. D. and Leon Verne Wickham, all of Cedar Rapids, nine grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren. Services: Turner chapel at a time to be announced. Burial: Linwood.

Clarence married Adah Alma MOREY on 9 Oct 1905 in Cedar Rapids, Linn Co, IA.¹ (Adah Alma MOREY was born on 16 Feb 1886 in Jones Co, IA,⁴ died on 16 Sep 1936 in Cedar Rapids, Linn Co, IA and was buried in Linwood Cem, Cedar Rapids, Linn Co, IA ⁵.)