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Ethel Cornellia Hilgrove

Female 1878 - 1955  (76 years)


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  • Name Ethel Cornellia Hilgrove 
    Born 10 Dec 1878  Georgia, United Statesna or Isleton, Sacramento, California, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 20 Apr 1955  of Los Banos, Merced, California, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I484  Petersen-de Lanskoy
    Last Modified 27 May 2021 

    Family 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) 
    Married 9 Oct 1898  Fresno, Fresno, California, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Carrie C. Van Wickle,   b. 5 Sep 1899, of Lucerne, Kings, California, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Nov 1982, Fresno, Fresno, California, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years)
     2. Sephese Van Wickle,   b. 27 Jan 1901, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Dec 1998, Salem, Marion, Oregon, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 97 years)
     3. Gladys Van Wickle,   b. Abt 1903, of Los Banos, Merced, California, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Jul 1918, Los Banos, Merced, California, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 15 years)
    Last Modified 28 May 2021 
    Family ID F391  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • RESEARCH_NOTES:
      1. Censuses:
      1880 US: Georgiana, Sacramento, California, p. 353, Jun 1880, family 102:
      Ah Kin, 33, laborer, China China China.
      D.R. Hillgrove, 30, farmer, Maine, Scotland, Maine.
      Mary, 23, housekeeper, wife, Illinois, TN TN.
      Ethel, 1, dau., CA ME IL.

      1900 US: Lucerne, Kings, California, p. 344A:
      Benjamin W. Van Wickle, Sep 1862, 37, m. 2 years, Michigan, NY, NY, Jack and door maker.
      Ethel C., wife, Dec 1878, 21, m. 2 years, CA, Maine, IL.
      Harry, son, Sep 1899, 9/12, CA, Michigan, CA. (This is probably the daughter Carrie.)

      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.

      1930 US: District 12, Los Banos, Merced, California, 7 Apr 1930, p. 18 of 42, 303 I Street, household, 191:
      Ethel Watkins, owns, $3000, 51, widow, married at age 19, CA ME IL, runs a boarding house.
      Several 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.)

      BIRTH:
      1. Censuses and marriage record provide Dec 1878 near Georgiana, Sacramento, California. Ordinance Index provides for 10 Dec 1878 at Isleton, Sacramento, California.

      MARRIAGE:
      1. Mariage License & Certificate Fresno, California recorded Oct 31, 1898, Book "H" of Marriage Certificates, page No. 261, Records of Fesno County. Note Benjamin native of New York age 42 resident of Fresno & Ethel native of Calfornia age 24, resident of Fresno. Married by Rev A.A. Graves. Chris Petersen of Anchorage, AK, has copy of Certificate.