Clarence Edwin WICKHAM ³

  General Notes:

ARTHUR WICKHAM FILES: Listed Clarence Wickham's birth date as Aug 1889. Died Rockford, IL. Orland was Clarence's only child; Clarence and his first wife Minnie divorced in 1916.

1910 IA CENSUS, Linn Co, Cedar Rapids city: Clarence Wickham, 21, single, b. KS, father b. IA, mother b. IN, steam fitter. He was living with his parents, "Orson" & Florence Wickham, and siblings.

FATHER'S OBIT, 1913: Clarence was living Minneapolis, MN.

WWI DRAFT REGISTRATION CARDS, 1917-1818: Clarence Edw. Wickham; 27; 3038 Hiawatha Ave, Mpls., Minn.; b. Oct 10, 1889; b. Cloud Co, Kansas; machinist, employed by Mpls. Steel & Mach.; wife & child; claimed exemption from draft so he could support wife & child; tall, slender, blue eyes, lt. brown hair, bald.

1925 IA STATE CENSUS, Linn Co, Cedar Rapids city, IA: Clarence E. Wickham, 35, 8th grade education, b. KS, father: Orson Wickham whose birthplace was unknown, mother: Florence Brown whose birthplace and marriage location were unknown, served in Army from MN, trade & transportation, no church; wife Ethel B. Wickham, 26, 8th grade education, b. IA, father: Charles W. Curl whose birthplace was unknown, mother: Edith Hendrickson who was b. Sweden and married IA; personal service, no church; roomer Glen Curl, 23; his wife Florence Curl, 20; their child Dorothy Mae Curl, 3. Glen Curl and Ethel Wickham's parents were the same.

1930 IL CENSUS, Winnebago Co, Rockford Twp: Clarence Wickham, 40, 1st marriage age 21, owned house worth $4,500, b. KS, parents b. IA, plumber, plumbing; wife Ethel, 33, 1st marriage age 19, b. IA, father b. Sweden, mother b. IA, labor, laundry; ad. dau. Arlene, 8, b. IA, father b. US, mother b. IA.

MOTHER'S OBIT, 1934: Clarence was living in Rockford, IL.

OBIT: Cedar Rapids Gazette (IA), Wed., Jan. 8, 1941:
Clarence E. Wickham, 51, formerly of Cedar Rapids but for the last 10 years a resident of Rockford, IL, died in St. Anthony hospital at Rockford at 4:30 p.m. Monday. He was born Aug. 30, 1889, at Salina, Kan. and came to Cedar Rapids when a small child. He is survived by his wife, Ethel; a daughter, Arlene at home; a son, Orland, and one grandchild, both of Minneapolis. Also surviving are three sister, Mrs. Frances Jones of Hopkinton, Mrs. John Matus and Mrs. Charles Hanes, both of Cedar Rapids, and four brothers, Harry of Eau Clare, Wis, Aaron of Sioux City, Loran of Minneapolis and Jesse of Cedar Rapids.
The body is to arrive in Cedar Rapids later Wednesday and will be taken to the Beatty mortuary where friends may call. Funeral services will be held in the Free Methodist church, G. ave and Eighth street NW, at 1:30 p.m. Thursday. The Rev. T. A. Bailey will officiate and burial will be in Linwood cemetery.

Clarence married Minnie May SIMMONS on 19 Oct 1910.¹ (Minnie May SIMMONS was born in Jul 1893 in MN ⁶.)

Clarence next married Marie MESNER after 1916.¹

Clarence next married Ethel B. CURL on 26 May 1921 in IA.² (Ethel B. CURL was born in Dec 1896 in IA ³ and died after 1941 in probably IL.)