Karl Allen WICKHAM ²

  General Notes:

PHOTO: submitted by Aaron & Kara Pingel

1920 TX CENSUS, Matagorda Co, Palacios, town:
Arthur E. Wickham, owned home, 50, b. IA, superintendent, Shell Company; wife Minnie, 50, b. IL; son Winfield L., 22, b. IL, no occupation; son George H., 21, b. IL, laborer, dredge; son Carl R., 17, b. TX; ward Leonard Sexton, 8, b. KS, parents b. KS.

1930 TX CENSUS, Matagorda Co, Palacios town:
Arthur E. Wickham, owned home $3800, 59, wd, plumber; son Karl A., 28, married 27, b. TX, plumber; dau.-in-law Lydia, 20, married 19, b. TX.

TEXAS GEN WEB, Matagorda Co:
"The R. J. Hill Building" (article written by Mary Bell Ingram)
Karl Wickham had a plumbing shop in the building about 1950. He and his family lived upstairs. A city building ordinance forced him to add a fire escape on the west which has remained there through the years.

SSDI:
Karl Wickham; b. Apr. 12, 1901; d. Jan. 1964; issued TX.

TEXAS DEATHS 1964-1998:
Karl Allen Wickham, single, d. Jan. 27, 1964 in Victoria Co, TX.

DEATH CERTIFICATE:
Karl Allen Wickham of Palacios, Matagorda Co, TX; married; plumbing; b. Apr. 12, 1901 at Galveston, TX; father: A. E. Wickham; mother: Minnie Fisher; d. Jan. 27, 1964 at Citizen's Memorial Hospital in Victoria, Victoria Co, TX probably of bronchogenic carcinoma with widespread metastases; 62 yrs old; burial: Jan 27, 1964 at Palacios Cem; informant: Mrs. Karl Wickham.

Karl married Lydia Leona MARKWARDT on 27 Apr 1929 in Matagorda Co, TX.¹ (Lydia Leona MARKWARDT was born on 8 Mar 1907 in Malone, Hill Co, TX,⁴ died on 4 Aug 2005 in Palacios, Matagorda Co, TX ⁴ and was buried on 8 Aug 2005 in Palacios Cem, Palacios, Matagorda Co, TX ⁴.)