Parents of William M WICKHAM

Started by Leanne M (Volunteer Curator - Australia) 🇦🇺 on Monday, September 27, 2021
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I have been asked to change the parents of William M Wickham 1852-1939

Current parents

Proposed parents

The source for the change is https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39366463/william-m-wickham

There are a few issues with George and Maryette being the parents of William

Issue 1 - Mary was born in 1839 and William was born in 1852 - making her just 13 when he was born

Issue 2 - George and Maryette married in 1858 (6 years after William was born) and started having children from 1859

Issue 3 - William does not appear in the 1860 census with George and Maryette (he would have been 8)

Issue 4 - William does not appear in the 1870 census with George and Maryette (he would have been18)

Issue 5 - William does not appear in the 1875 census with George and Maryette (he would have been 23)

Issue 6 - George's obituary published in the Watkins Express on 27 July 1921 states he is survived by a wife, 3 daughters (Mrs Fred Roe, Mrs Alice Crout, Mrs Deane Crout) and 5 sons (Clarence, Oscar, Neil, Orner and Minor). William did not die till 1939 therefore if he was a son he should have been listed

Issue 7 - William appears in the 1855 census with Stephen and Elizabeth (aged 3)

Issue 8 - William appears in the 1860 census with Stephen and Elizabeth (aged 8)

Each of these sources are shown on the profiles.

It looks to me like FindaGrave has an erroneous link of memorials. Note: there’s no narrative supporting a parent / child relationship in either https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/96100244/george-clark-wickham or the linked “son,” https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39366463/william-m-wickham.

Moreover, the memorial for George Clark Wickham (1836 - 1921) quotes from his obituary.

Obituary for George Clark Wickham from the July 27, 1921 edition of the Watkins Express (Watkins, NY): …

… Besides his wife, he is survived by three daughters: Mrs. Fred Roe, Mrs. Alice Crout and Mrs. Deane Crout; five sons: Clarence of this village, Oscar, Neil and Omer of Cayutaville and Minor of Odessa; one brother, Marion of Odessa; twelve grandchildren and five great-grandchildren."

No William.

It would be nice if the memorials got de linked.

Find a grave, like the family web tree sites, is only as reliable as its sources, and in this case there are no sources for making George and Marietta the parents of William. He seems to have been grafted into this family by mistake.

The profile as it exists in Geni now has a great many sources attached in the way of census records, and it’s quite clear that William’s parents are Stephen and Elizabeth.

Primary evidence (such as the census records) is in general most important; after that would be reliable secondary documents that cite the primary evidence.

If there is primary evidence that George and Maryette are William’s parents, that would be important to know.

But find-a-grave hasn’t supplied it.

I have sent a message to the find-a-grave and outlined that William should be disconnected

He looks like an earlier generation than Stephen Wickham ?

Buried at the same cemetery is Desire Allen who is born around the same time as Stephen

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39163346/desire-allen

Some sites give her parents as Mehu WICKHAM and Abigail ? - but supply no sources or info on Mehu.

I have the wealthy families side, so that part is always documented really well, Knights Royalty, so If they are honorable working for the government, that would most likely be on my lineage for sure, only wealthy stick together interbreeding as such to find many links to the same person, ya can't stop the truth for this is the real facts not to hide anything but just to bring out what is, the part of the story is a secret too, but all and all, this is coming together I know we have a dedicated team of committed players thank you all for your service, we will win to put this whole thing together, just sad that the the people in UK had to give up there kids so they can get a free ride to America later to be lost in the mix never to be found using as slave labor and selling kids for sale is a sad part of the 1st explorers coming to America, learned alot about history, my truth has made this all happen

Thank you

Lord de UBC

Lord Bruce Ross Myers
I am sorry but you have completely lost me.

Do you have any sources for William M WICKHAM or Stephen WICKHAM?

Leanne

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