George William WICKHAM ⁴

  General Notes:

1860 IA CENSUS, Lee Co, Pleasant Ridge Twp, West Point P.O.:
Sion "Cramlet", 31, carpenter, $100 real estate, $90 personal property, b. OH;
Nancy, 32, b. OH;
George W. "Wickhum", 4, b. IA.
(Nancy's maiden name was supposedly Shamblen, so she was probably an aunt of George Wickham.

1870 IA CENSUS, Henry Co, Baltimore Twp, Mt. Pleasant P.O.:
"Sion" Cramllet(?), 42, cooper, $700 real estate, $100 personal property;
Nancy, 42, keeping house, b. OH;
George Wickham, 19, at home, b. IA;
Julius Bates, 16, at home, b. OH.

DES MOINES CO, (IA) MARRIAGES, Book 10 # 34: Wickham, George Wm, 22, m. 17 Feb 1878 Alexandre, Elmira A., 18, at house of John Hanna. Married by Frank Brittos, minister.

IA MARRIAGES, 1809-1992:
Groom's Name: George William Wickham
Groom's Birth Date: 1856
Groom's Age: 22
Bride's Name: Elmira Olive Alexander
Bride's Birth Date: 1860
Bride's Age: 18
Marriage Date: 17 Feb 1878
Marriage Place: Des Moines, Iowa
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M02529-9
System Origin: Iowa-EASy
Source Film Number: 956352
Reference Number: item 1

HENRY CO, IA MARRIAGE BOOK F: Wickham, George W., m. Alice R. Archer Jul 3, 1879 at house of Mr. Cramlet by Past. Lowell Circuit.

1880 IA CENSUS, Henry Co, Baltimore Twp:
George Wickham, 24, cooper, b. IA, parents b. OH;
wife Alice, 23, keeping house, b. OH, parents b. OH.

1885 IA STATE CENSUS, Henry Co, Baltimore Twp:
George W. Wickham, 27, married, laborer, b. Lee Co.;
Allice, 25(?), b. OH;
Fredrick, 3, b. Henry Co.;
"Berty" L., 2, b. Henry Co.;
Jessie M., 0, b. "Wappelo" Co.
(Listed next to Sion & Nancy "Cramblit".)

1895 IA STATE CENSUS, Des Moines Co, 2nd Ward Burlington:
"Gers." W. Wickham, 40, b. Lee Co, IA;
Alice, 39, b. OH;
Fred, 14, b. Des Moines Co, IA;
"Bertie", 12, b. Henry Co, IA;
May, 9, b. Henry Co, IA.

1900 IA CENSUS, Des Moines Co, Burlington, 1412 Osborne St:
George Wickham, Jul 1855, 44, 1st marriage age 22(?), b. IA, parnets b. OH, cooper;
wife Alice, Oct 1856, 43, 1st marriage age 22, 6 children, 5 living, b. OH, parents b. OH;
son Fredrick A., Aug 1881, 18, single, cooper;
son Bertie L., Apr 1882, 17, single, cooper apprentice;
dau. Jessie M., Jun 1885, 15;
dau. Amy L., Oct 1886, 13;
dau. Florence E., Jul 1895, 4.
All children were b. IA, father b. IA, mother b. OH.

1910 IA CENSUS, Des Moines Co, Burlington city:
George W. Wickham, 55, 1st marriage, married 31 years, b. OH, parents b. OH, cooper, own shop;
wife Alice, 53, 1st marriage, married 31 yrs, 6 children, 5 living, b. OH, parents b. OH;
son Bert L., 27, single, b. IA, parents b. OH, cooper, shop;
dau. Florence E., 19, single, b. OH, parents b. OH.

1920 IA CENSUS, Des Moines Co, Burlington, Brooks St.:
George W. Wickham, 63, b. IA, parents b. OH, cooper, cooperage:
wife Alice A., 62, b. OH, parents b. OH.

1925 IA STATE CENSUS, Des Moines Co, Burlington, Brook St.:
George W. Wickham, 69, wd, 5th grade education, b. IA, father: "Rous" Wickham who was b. OH, mother: Lucinda "Shamblin" who was b. OH and married OH, engaged in mechanical/manufacturing, Methodist.
(Listed next to Bert Wickham on census.)

1930 IA CENSUS, Des Moines Co, Burlington, Brooks St.:
George W. Wickham, 74, rents home $4, wd., b. IA, parents b. OH, cooper in cooper shop.

OBIT, Burlington Hawkeye, Thurs. Nov, 18, 1943:
George Wickham, 88, died at the Des Moines Co. Hospital at 11:25 Thursday where he had been a patient for the past 2 weeks. One son survives. Funeral services will be held from Prugh's Chapel, the time to be announced later.

PRUGH FUNERAL SERVICE NOTICE, Burlington Hawkeye:
Wickham - Funeral services for Mr. George Wickham who passed away Nov 18, 1943 will be held in Prugh's Chapel, Monday morning at 10:00. Friends are invited. Interment will be in Aspen Grove Cem.

DES MOINES CO, IA CEMETERIES: Aspen Grove Cem -
George Wm. Wickham - d. 18 Nov 1943 (Prugh F. M. broken) - buried Nov 22, 1943 - age 88y 4m 13d - widower - no marker - block 320, lot 4, grave 12

INFO FROM TED WICKHAM: George Wickham b. Jul 9, 1854, m. Jul 3, 1879 to Alice R. Archer.

George married Elmira Olive ALEXANDER on 17 Feb 1878 in Des Moines Co, IA.^{1 2} (Elmira Olive ALEXANDER was born about 1860 ¹ and died about 1879 in probably IA.)

George next married Alice Rose ARCHER, daughter of James ARCHER and Lucinda HURST, on 3 Jul 1879 in Mt. Pleasant, Henry Co, IA.³ (Alice Rose ARCHER was born on 12 Oct 1856 in OH,^{5 6} died on 30 Jan 1922 in probably Burlington, Des Moines Co, IA ^{5 6} and was buried on 1 Feb 1922 in Aspen Grove Cem, Burlington, Des Moines Co, IA ⁵.)