Rick Wickwire's Blog

Cousin Michele Walke kindly sent in some photos from the Pontiac, Michigan cemetery where many of her family are buried. Here is Michelle’s note to us with the details:

Rick:

Here are some photos from Oak Hill Cemetery in Plymouth, Michigan. They are for my Paternal Great-Grandfather Edward Wickware and his wife, Sarah, my Paternal Grandmother, Flossie Belle (Wickware) Walke and her husband, Sanford Evans Walke, her sister Hazel’s first husband, John Doty, and Flossie’s eldest son, (my Uncle) Robert Walke.

Michele Walke

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In following up on the Sandy Wickwires, we are also chock-a-block full of Sandy Walkes. Sanford E. Walke IV is my nephew.

1. EDWARD THOMAS13 WICKWARE (LIBEOUS PHILIP12, PHILIP11, PHILIP LEBEOUS10 WICKWIRE, LEBBEUS9, LEBBEUS8, JONATHAN7, JOHN6 WICKWARE, JOHN5, JOHN4, JOHN3, JOHN2, PB THOMAS1) was born 22 Feb 1856 in Mallorytown, Leeds, ON, and died 28 Mar 1908 in Pontiac, Oakland, MI. He married SARAH ELIZABETH COLWELL 27 Nov 1881 in Watrousville, Tuscola, MI. She was born 29 Mar 1864 in Ontario, Wayne, NY, and died 25 Jan 1924 in Pontiac, Oakland, MI.

More About EDWARD THOMAS WICKWARE:
Burial: 31 Mar 1908, Pontiac, Oakland, Michigan
Census: 1870, Ellington, Tuscola, MI

More About SARAH ELIZABETH COLWELL:
Burial: 28 Jan 1924, Pontiac, Oakland, Michigan

More About EDWARD WICKWARE and SARAH COLWELL:
Marriage: 27 Nov 1881, Watrousville, Tuscola, MI

Children of EDWARD WICKWARE and SARAH COLWELL are:
2. i. HOWARD CHESTER14 WICKWARE, b. 19 Jan 1883, Wickware, Tuscola, MI; d. 21 Dec 1957.
3. ii. FLORENCE BELLE WICKWARE, b. 17 May 1891, Pontiac, Oakland, MI; d. 18 Mar 1957.
iii. HAZEL ATHEA WICKWARE, b. 24 Jul 1892, Cass City, Tuscola, MI; m. (1) JOHN BERNARD DOTY, 29 May 1913; m. (2) WINFIELD CLAUDE IRBY, 23 Jul 1941.

More About HAZEL ATHEA WICKWARE:
Occupation: Beauty Shop Owner, Detroit, Wayne, MI
Residence: Detroit, Wayne, MI

More About JOHN DOTY and HAZEL WICKWARE:
Marriage: 29 May 1913

More About WINFIELD IRBY and HAZEL WICKWARE:
Marriage: 23 Jul 1941

4. iv. PRESTON EDWARD WICKWARE, b. 12 Jan 1895, Pontiac, Oakland, MI; d. 17 May 1960.

Great photos that Michele took and we really appreciate them very much.