Orville WICKHAM 2
- Born: 4 Oct 1888, Coeymans, Albany Co, NY 3
- Marriage (1): Emma STACY about 1908 in NY 1
- Died: 23 Oct 1957, Coeymans, Albany Co, NY 4
- Buried: 26 Oct 1957, Chestnut Lawn Cem, New Baltimore, Greene Co, NY 4
 General Notes:
BIRTH MONTH: On 1900 census, his birth date may be Jan. or Jun (difficult to read) 1889.
1910 NY CENSUS, Albany Co, Bethlehem;
William Wickham, 24, 1st marriage, b. NY, parents b. NY, laborer, general farm;
wife Emma E., 18, 1st marriage, b. NY, parents b. NY.
(Unsure if this is the right family, but no record of an Orville Wickham was found.)
WWI DRAFT REGISTRATION CARDS, 1917-1918:
Orville Wickham, New Baltimore, Greene Co, New Baltimore; 30; b. Oct 4, 1887 at Coeymans, NY; boiler maker, N.Y. Central R.R.; supports wife and 5 children; married; claimed exemption from draft to support wife & 5 children; medium height, slender, gray eyes, dark brown hair.
1920 NY CENSUS, Greene Co, New Baltimore town:
Orville Wickham, 39, wd, boiler maker, railroad;
son Harvey, 11;
son Harry, 9;
son "Earnest", 7;
dau. "Thressa", 5;
dau. Elizabeth, 3;
son Henry, 1-6/12;
brother Henry Wickham, 30, single, farm laborer, general farm.
All were b. NY and parents b. NY.
1930 NY CENSUS, Albany Co, Bethlehem twp:
head Orville Wickham, head, 42, wd, b. NY, parents b. NY, boiler maker, steam railroad;
son Harry, 19, single, b. NY, parents b. NY, laborer, steam railroad;
dau. Elizabeth, 13, b. NY, parents b. NY.
(Listed next to Henry Wickham on census.)
1940 NY CENSUS, Albany Co, South Bethlehem:
Orville Wickham, farm hand, 52, single, 6th, b. NY, 1935: same house, farm hand, farm.
He was living with the Fred McMullen family.
OBIT: Albany Times Union
WICKHAM - At South Bethlehem, NY, Oct. 23, 1957, Orville Wickham, husband of the late Emma Stacy; father of Mr. Theresa Westervelt, Mrs. Elizabeth McMullen, Harvey, Harry and Henry Wickham, brother of Mrs. Elizabeth Harm, Mrs. Viola Northrup and Henry Wickham. Also survived by 11 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Funeral services Saturday 2 p.m. from the Caswell Funeral Home, Ravena, NY. Relatives, friends and members of the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Shipbuilders and Helpers of America, Local Union 197, are invited and may call at the funeral home Friday evening.
(Submitted by David Stott.)
CHESTNUT LAWN CEMETERY, New Baltimore, Greene Co, NY:
Orville Wickham, burial Oct 26, 1957, age 69 - Lot 87 5
Orville married Emma STACY about 1908 in NY.1 (Emma STACY was born about 1888,1 died in 1918 in NY 4 and was buried on 9 Jul 1918 in Chestnut Lawn Cem, New Baltimore, Greene Co, NY 4.)
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