Charles Addison WICKHAM ^{3 4}

  General Notes:

PHOTO: submitted by Suzanne Krogh

1910 IA CENSUS, Lee Co, Keokuk, Keokuk:
Chas. Wickham, boarder, 33, single, b. MO, father b. OH, mother b. IL, street car conductor.

IA, MARRIAGE RECORDS, 1880-1937:
Name: Charles Adison Wickham
Birth Year: abt 1876
Gender: Male
Marriage Age: 35
Marriage Date: 9 May 1911
Marriage Place: Lee, Iowa, USA
Father: Jacob Adison Wickham
Mother: Sarah Thompson
Spouse: Clara Jennie Roche

WORLD WAR 1 DRAFT REGISTRATION CARDS, 1917-1918:
Name: Charles Adison Wickham
Race: White
Birth Date: 1 Nov 1876
Street address: 400 Belknap Place
Residence Place: Keokuk, Lee Co, Iowa, USA
Relative: Mrs. "Clara" Wickham
Relative's Relationship: Wife
Occupation: Painter
Employer: Mississippi River Power Co, Keokuk, IA
Height: Tall
Build: Medium
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Brown

1920 IA CENSUS, Lee Co, Keokuk, Belknap Place #400:
Charles A. Wickham, 43, b. MO, father b. OH, mother b. IL, tire builder, rubber tire co;
Conna, wife, 45, b. IL, father b. Switzerland, mother b. Germany;
Richard L. Foster, lodger, 9, attended school, b. CA, father b. NY, mother b. IL.

1925 IA CENSUS, Lee Co, Keokuk:
Charles Wickham, 48, 8th grade education, b. MO, father: Jacob Wickham who was b. OH: mother: Sarah Thompson who was b. IL and married MO, Unitarian;
Conna Wickham, 50, 10th grade education, b. IL, father: Leon Roache who was b. PA; mother: Anna Misal(?) who was b. Germany and married MO, Unitarian;
Ann Rocha, 76, wd, 5th grade education, b. Germany

1930 IA CENSUS, Lee Co, Keokuk:
Charles A. Wickham, owned home worth $5,000, 53, married age 34, b. MO, father b. OH, mother b. IN, contractor, painter;
wife Conna, 55, married age 36, b. IL, father b. Switzerland, mother b. Germany.

1940 IA CENSUS, Lee Co, Keokuk city:
Charles A. Wickham, 62, 8th, b. MO, no occupation listed;
Conna R., wife, 64, H-1, b. IL, no occupation listed.

SOCIAL SECURITY APPLICATIONS & CLAIMS INDEX, 1936-2007:
Name: Charles Addison Wickham
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Date: 1 Nov 1876
Birth Place: Kahoka, Missouri
Father: Jacob A Wickham
Mother: Sara Thompson
SSN: 480125586
Notes: Jan 1939: Name listed as CHARLES ADDISON WICKHAM

OBIT, Gazette-Herald, Kahoka, MO, Jan. 10, 1947: Charles Addison Wickham, a resident of Keokuk (IA) for more than half a century and in later years bailiff for the grand jury in district court, died at the Graham hospital Sat. night. He had been a patient in the hospital since Nov. 15 when he broke his hip in a fall. Mr. Wickham, known as "Kid", came to Keokuk as a young man from Kahoka, MO, to play ball and hoped to make this a career but had to give it up due to illness. For more than 12 years he served as conductor on the Warsaw Interurban. In later years he engaged in the house and sign painting and decorating business. Born Nov. 1, 1876, in Kahoka, he was the son of Jacob and Sarah Thompson Wickham. On May 9, 1911, he married Conna Roche in Keokuk. Surviving in addition to his wife is a sister, Mrs. Anna Butler of Kahoka. His parents, 2 brothers, John W. and Thomas A. Wickham and 2 sisters, Mrs. Mary Jane Bash and Mrs. Flora Whitehead, preceded him in death. The funeral will be held Tuesday afternoon in the Schmidt Memorial home with burial in Oakland Cem, Warsaw, IL.

Oct. 10, 1940 LETTER TO ARTHUR WICKHAM FROM MR. & MRS. C. A. (CHARLES ADISON) WICKHAM of Keokuk, IA: "Mr. Wickham's fore fathers came early to this country from England, this is all any one left knows."

Charles married Clara Jennie "Conna" ROCHE\ROACHE on 9 May 1911 in Keokuk, Lee Co, IA.^{1 2} (Clara Jennie "Conna" ROCHE\ROACHE was born on 3 Nov 1874 in Warsaw, Hancock Co, IL,^{2 6} died on 28 Mar 1949 ⁶ and was buried in Oakland Cem, Warsaw, IL.)