Benjamin F. WICKHAM ^{1 3}

  General Notes:

1865 NY STATE CENSUS, Albany Co., Coeymans:
Ezekiel Wickham,68, b. Albany Co., mason, stone
Margaret, 64, wife, b. Albany Co., 9 children
Daniel, 30, child, b. Albany Co., laborer
"Mariet" Pelton,16, grandchild, b. Albany Co.
Ezekiel Pelton, 14, grandchild, b. Albany Co.
Charlotte E. Wickham,13, grandchild, b. Albany Co.
"Benjamine" Wickham,12, grandchild, b. Albany Co.
Edward Wickham, 6, grandchild, b. Albany Co.
Caroline Wickham, 4, grandchild, b. Albany
"Elenor" Pelton, 18, grandchild, b. Albany Co.
Mary Louise Pelton, 8 mos., grt grandchild, b. Albany Co.
(Betty Fink furnished 1865 census info.)

1880 NY CENSUS, Albany Co, town of Coeymans:
B. F. Wickham, 26, laborer, cannot read/write;
wife "Rebec" J., 23;
dau. Mary J., 5;
son Edward, 3;
son James, 1/12.
All were b. NY and parents b. NY.

1900 NY CENSUS, Albany Co, town of Coeymans: Benjamin F. Wickham, July 1852, 47, married 5(?) yrs, farm laborer;
wife Jennie, Oct 1867, 32, married 5 yrs, 6 children, 6 living;
son "Edd", Jan (or Jun?)1876, 24, single, farm laborer;
dau. Ada, Mch 1882, 18, single;
dau. Viola, Apr 1887, 13, at school;
son Orville, Jan(?) 1889, 11, at school;
son Henry, Feb 1891, 9, at school:
dau. Lillie, Jun 1898, 2.
All were b. NY and parents b. NY. (Listed on the same census page were Seth M. & Georgianna Fink.)

1910 NY CENSUS, Albany Co, Coeymans:
Benjamin Wickham, 56, 3rd marriage, married 7 yrs, b. NY, parents b. NY, farm laborer, home farm;
wife Ida, 28, b. NY, parents b. NY;
dau. Lillian, 12, b. NY, parents b. NY;
dau. Ida, 9, b. NY, parents b. NY;
dau. Helen E., 6, b. NY, parents b. NY;
dau. Hazel E., 6, b. NY, parents b. NY.

1920 NY CENSUS, Albany Co, Coeymans, Ravena (unincorporated place):
Benjamin Wickham, 69, b. NY, parents b. NY, laborer, farm;
wife Ida(?), 40, b. NY, parents b. NY;
dau. "Hazle", 16, single, b. NY, parents b. NY, servant, private family.
(Martin Wickham, age 69, was listed on the next page.)

1930 NY CENSUS, Albany Co, Coeymans town:
Raymond Snyder, owned home, 30, 1st marriage age 20, laborer, quarry;
wife Helen, 28, 1st marriage age 18;
son William, 8;
dau. Delores, 2;
father-in-law Ben Wickham, 77, wd.
All were b. NY and parents b. NY.

1940 NY CENSUS, Albany Co, Coeymans town:
Henry J. Wickham, 40, 7th, b. NY, 1935: same house, disability compensation, callanons(?) quarry;
Hazel, wife, 36, 7th(?), b. NY, 1935: same house;
Henry J., son, 9, attended school, 3rd, b. NY, 1935: same house;
Reginald, son, 7, attended school, 1st, b. NY, 1935: same house;
Edward J., son, 4, b. NY, 1935: same house;
Melvin L, son, 2, b. NY;
Benjamin Wickham, father, 90, wd, b. NY, 1935: same house.

Benjamin married Rebecca Jane PELTON on 17 Sep 1873 in Coeymans, Albany Co, NY.¹ (Rebecca Jane PELTON was born on 19 Dec 1856 in Albany Co, NY,¹ died in Albany Co, NY and was buried in Coeymans Hollow Cem, Coeymans Hollow, Albany Co, NY ⁶.)

Benjamin next married Jennie GARRETT about 1895 in Coeymans, Albany Co, NY. (Jennie GARRETT was born in Oct 1867 in Albany Co, NY,^{4 6} died in 1900 in Albany Co, NY ⁶ and was buried in Coeymans Hollow Cem, Coeymans Hollow, Albany Co, NY ⁶.)

Benjamin next married Ida C. GARRETT on 30 Apr 1902 in New Baltimore, Greene Co, NY.² (Ida C. GARRETT was born about 1890 in NY ⁷ and was buried in Coeymans Hollow Cem, Coeymans Hollow, Albany Co, NY ⁶.)