Aaron WICKHAM ^{2 3}

  General Notes:

ARTHUR WICKHAM RESEARCH FILES: lists birth date as July 31, 1891

BIRTH YEAR: Cedar Co, IA records and 1900 census have 1890 and WWI RECORDS and SSDI have 1891.

CEDAR COUNTY, IA BIRTHS, 1890-1897 and later/delayed births, Book 2, p. 3 : _____ Wickham (male) b. July 13, 1890 in Cass Twp, Cedar Co; 4th child; father: Orison J. Wickham, 29, who was b. IA, milk hauler; mother: Florence Brown, 24, who was b. IA and lived Cass Twp.

IA, COUNTY MARRIAGES, 1838-1934:
Name: Aaron Wickham
Titles & Terms: Event: Marriage
Event Date: 29 Dec 1910
Event Place: Dickinson, Iowa
Age: 22
Father: Orson Jesse Wickham
Mother: Florence Elizabeth Brown
Spouse: Bettie Fannie Merriam
Spouse's Titles & Terms: Miss
Spouse's Age: 19
Spouse's Father: John Nathan Merriam
Spouse's Mother: Mary Jane Vance
Film Number: 1434905
Digital Folder Number: 004265694 I
mage Number: 00415

1915 IA STATE CENSUS, Dickinson Co, Milford P.O.: A. Wickham, 25, married, 10th grade education, farm hand, b. MO, father b. PA, mother's birthplace unknown, in IA 23 yrs; Bettie, 23, married, 10th grade education, b. CO, birthplace of father unknown, mother b. Germany, in IA 17 yrs; Florence, 3, b. ND, in IA 2 yrs, father b. MO, mother b. CO; Mamie M., 1, b. IA, father b. MO, mother b. CO.

WWI DRAFT REGISTRATION CARDS, 1917-1918: Aaron Wickham; 25; Milford, Dickinson Co, IA; b. July 13, 1891 in Lisbon, IA; farming for self in Milford; supports wife and 3 children; claimed exemption from draft to support family; medium height and build, brown eyes, black hair.

1925 IA STATE CENSUS, Woodbury, Sioux City: Aaron Wickham, 33, 33 yrs in IA, 3rd grade education, b. IA, father: Orson J. Wickham who was b. IA, mother: Florence Brown who was b. IA and married IA, trade & transportation, Protestant; wife Betty F., 33, 25 yrs in IA, b. CO, father: John A. Merriam who was b. MA, mother: Mary Vance who was b. MO and married CO, personal service, Protestant; dau. Florence M., 13, b. ND; dau. Mammie M., 11, b. IA; son John A., 9, b. IA. The father of all children was Aaron Wickham who was b. IA, mother was Betty Merriam who was b. CO and married IA, Protestant.

FATHER'S OBIT, 1913: Aaron was living in Golchutt, ND.

MOTHER'S OBIT, 1934: Aaron was living in Sioux City, IA.

BROTHER CLARENCE WICKHAM'S OBIT, 1941: Aaron was living in Sioux City, IA.

SOCIAL SECURITY DEATH INDEX: Aaron Wickham; b. 13 Jul 1891; d. May 1966; issued IA; last residence: Tempe, Maricopa, AZ

Aaron married Betty Fannie MERRIAM on 29 Dec 1910 in Milford, Dickinson Co, IA.¹ (Betty Fannie MERRIAM was born on 5 Oct 1891 in Boulder, Boulder Co, CO ⁵.)