John Henan WICKHAM ¹

  General Notes:

PHOTO: submitted by Virginia Majewski

1900 MO CENSUS, Jackson Co, Karo Twp, Kansas City: John, age 21, b. Apr 1879 KS and living with his mother Sarah Van Camp.

MO BIRTH RECORDS: male child (not named) born 11/30/07 to J. H. Wickham and Lora Wickham of 1408 Askew Ave., Jackson Co.

1910 MO CENSUS, Jackson Co, Kansas City: John H. Wickham, 31, b. MO; wife "Lora" (Sara?), 22, b. MO; dau. Ruth, 3, b. AR; son Herbert J., 2, b. MO; dau Erma, 1, b. MO.

WORLD WAR 1 DRAFT REGISTRATION CARDS, 1917-1918; John H. Wickham, 5414 E. 12th St, Kansas City, MO; 39, b. April 4, 1879, white, native born, painter, employer: Park Board Dept, City Hall; nearest relative: Laura Wickham, wife (of same address); 5'10", slender build, blue eyes, light hair.

1920 MO CENSUS, Jackson Co, Kansas City, 5414 E. 12th St.: John H. Wickham, 40, own home, mortgage, b. MO, parents b. IA, laborer, road grading; wife Lora, 32, b. MO, parents b. MO; Ruth,13, b. AR, parents b. MO; John H., 12, b. MO, parents b. MO; Erma, 10, b. MO, parents b. MO; Charles, 5, b. MO, parents b. MO.

1930 MO CENSUS, Jackson Co, Kansas City: John Wickham, owned home $1500, 51, 1st marriage age 26, proprietor of lunch room; wife Lora, 42, 1st marriage age 18; son Charles, 15. All were b. MO and all parents were b. MO. (Their 3 other children, who were married, were listed on the same census page: Herbert Wickham, Erma Kersey, and Ruth Newby.)

MO DEATH CERTIFICATE: John H. Wickham of 1717 Topping St., Kansas City, Karo Twp, Jackson Co, MO; married to Mrs. Lora Wickham; carpenter; b. Apr 4, 1879 in MO; father: Cyrus Wickham who was b. IA; mother: Sarah Claypool who was b. IA; d. Oct 4, 1933 at Kansas City, Jackson Co, MO of mitral insufficiency; 54 yrs, 6 mo, 0 days; burial was at Mt. Washington on Oct 7, 1933; informant: Mrs. Lora Wickham of 1717 Topping Ave.

John married Sara "Lora" NOBLITT on 5 Nov 1905 in Decator, Benton Co, AR.¹ (Sara "Lora" NOBLITT was born about 1888 in MO ³.)