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Sephese Van Wickle

Sephese Van Wickle

Female 1901 - 1998  (97 years)

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  • Name Sephese Van Wickle 
    Born 27 Jan 1901  San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 15 Dec 1998  Salem, Marion, Oregon, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I477  Petersen-de Lanskoy
    Last Modified 27 May 2021 

    Father Benjamin Wallace Van Wickle,   b. 3 Sep 1851, Lyons, Wayne, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Feb 1908, Los Banos, Merced, California, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 56 years) 
    Mother Ethel Cornellia Hilgrove,   b. 10 Dec 1878, Georgia, United Statesna or Isleton, Sacramento, California, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Apr 1955, of Los Banos, Merced, California, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years) 
    Married 9 Oct 1898  Fresno, Fresno, California, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F391  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Fred Henry Riedle,   b. 18 Aug 1887, New York City, New York, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Feb 1974, Los Banos, Merced, California, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years) 
    Married 3 Sep 1922  Los Banos, Merced, California, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 28 May 2021 
    Family ID F390  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    Marriage Certificate Fred Henry Riedle and Sephese Van Wickle
    Marriage Certificate Fred Henry Riedle and Sephese Van Wickle

  • Notes 
    • RESEARCH_NOTES:
      1. Censuses:
      1910 US: Township 3, Los Banos, Merced, California, p. 6 of 17, 18 Apr 1910:
      Family 66:
      C.M. Watkins, 45, m. twice (for total of) 22 years, IA IN IL, occupation (unclear).
      Ethel, wife, 31, m. twice (for total of) 10 years, 3 total children, CA KY CA.
      Edwin, son, 22, CA IA IL.
      Earl, son, 18, Ca IA IL.
      Lillie, dau., 15, CA IA IL.
      Family 67 (not sure why the mother's birth state varies for each Child):
      Carrie Van Winkle, step-dau.,10, CA NY IL.
      Zerda(very unclear) Van Winkle, step-dau., 8, CA NY OH.
      Gladys Van Winkle, step-dau., 7, CA NY VT.

      1920 US: Twp. #3, Los Banos, Merced, California, 9 Jan 1920, p. 105, household 210 with several people living there apparently unrelated except:
      Charles E. Riedle, 36, s, NY NY NY, postmaster.
      Fred H. Riedle, brother, 33, s, NY NY NY, contractor and builder.
      Herbert, brother, 22, s, NY NY NY, carpenter.
      10 houses away is:
      Charles M. Watkins, rents, 56, MO US US, constable.
      Ethel C., wife, 42, CA ME IL, proprietor of a boarding house.
      Carrie, dau., 20, CA MO CA, dept. store clerk.
      Sephez, dau., 18, CA MO CA.
      Two boarders.

      BIOGRAPHY:
      1. Wives Harriett Osborne and Ethel Hillgrove and their children mentioned in husband's biography (see his notes for full quotation): "...In 1893, in Ogden, Utah, Mr. Van Wickle married Harriet Osborne, who was born in England. She died in Sanger, Cal. Three children were born of their union, one of whom is living, namely, Howard. In 1898, in Fresno, Mr. Van Wickle married for his second wife Ethel Hillgrove, a native of Sacramento county, and they are the parents of three children, namely: Carrie, Sephese and Gladys..." (Source: History of the State of California and Biographical Record of the San Joaquin Valley, California. An Historical Story of the State's marvelous Growth from Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time by Prof. J. M. Guinn, A.M., Author of A History of Los Angeles and Vicinity, History of Southern California, Secretary and Curator of the Historical Society of Southern California, Member of the American Historical Association, Washington, D. C. Also containing Biographies of Well-Known Citizens of the Past and Present. The Chapman Publishing Co. Chicago, 1905. Genealogical Society of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints 979.4 H2gj Pt 1 FHL US/CAN Book.)

      2. See father's notes per the full quote of the above cited biography - between 1901 and 1903, he was working in San Francisco.

      BIRTH:
      1. NFS accessed 24 Mar 2012.

      DEATH:
      1. NFS accessed 24 Mar 2012.