Marlene Wickard

Marlene married Something Lewis in Private. Something was born in Private. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Following information from Ray Leidinger, June 4, 2013. Sources: St. Patrick's Catholic Church Records, and obits. of Susana Wickard, Sylvester, Arthur Carl and Frances Emily.

Arthur Carl Vincent Wickard (Ray wrote Carl as middle name; obit lists Charles)

dob May 19, 1899, to Grislielmo (??) R. Wickard and Susanna McKenzie
baptized June 11, 1899, St. Patrick’s
married to Helen Deter, June 24, 1932, St. Patrick’s
dod of “Anthony Wickard, 55, Cumberland (7 children) died November 14, 1954; buried November 17, 1954 at St. Patrick’s, Cumberland” - St. Patrick’s record

Arthur Charles Vincent Wickard, 54, of 300 North Centre Street, died yesterday in Memorial Hospital after an illness of two months. A son of Mrs. Sue Anna (McKenzie) Wickard and the late Riley Wickard, he had been employed in the bottling plant of the Cumberland Brewing Coompany. He was a member of Local 265, Brewery Workers Union, and St. Patrick's Catholic Church. Surviving besides his mother and widow, the former Helen Deter, are five sons, Arthur, Charles, Harold, Louis and Roy Wickard, at home; two daughters, Ruth and Marlene Wickard, also at home, and a brother, Sylvester Wickard, city. The body is at the residence. A requiem mass will be celebrated Wednesday at 9 a.m. in St. Patrick's Church. Burial will take place in the parish cemetery.

obit was in Cumberland News, Monday, November 15, 1954.

(No source listed) On back: Born: 19 May 1899; Died 1 November 1954

Arthur Charles Vincent Wickard, 54, of 300 North Centre Street, died yesterday in Memorial Hospital after an illness of two months. A son of Mrs. Sue Anna (McKenzie) Wickard and the late Riley Wickard, he had been employed in the bottling plant of the Cumberland Brewing Company. He was a member of Local 265, Brewery Workers Union, and St. Patrick's Catholic Church. Surviving besides his mother and widow, the former Helen Deter, are five sons, Arthur, Charles, Harold, Louis and Roy Wickard, at home; two daughters, Ruth and Marlene Wickard, also at home, and a brother, Sylvester Wickard, city. The body is at the residence. A requiem mass will be celebrated Wednesday at 9 a.m. in St. Patrick's Church. Burial will take place in the parish cemetery. No source listed (On back: Born: 19 May 1899; Died: 1 November 1954)

Arthur married Helen Wilhelmina Deter on 24 Jun 1932 in Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland. Helen (daughter of John William Deter and Bertha Minnie Baer) was born on 15 Sep 1910 in Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland; died on 2 May 1997 in Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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CUMBERLAND — Helen Wilhelmina Wickard, 86, of North Centre Street, Cumberland, died Friday, May 2, 1997, at her residence. Born Sept. 15, 1910, in Cumberland, she was the daughter of the late John William and Bertha Minnie (Baer) Deter. She also was preceded in death by her husband, Arthur C. Wickard Sr., in 1954; a son, Bernard Wickard; and a daughter, Shirley Wickard. Mrs. Wickard worked at the Celanese Corp. and as a waitress at Joe’s Viaduct Restaurant for many years. Surviving are five sons, Roy J. Wickard, Cumberland, Louis R. Wickard Sr., Cumberland, Charles Wickard, Va., Arthur C. Wickard Jr., Williamsport, Pa., and Harold E. Wickard, Calif.; two daughters, Marlene Virginia Lewis, Frostburg, and Ruth Catherine King, LaVale; 13 grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren. Friends will be received at the Leasure-Stein Funeral Home on Monday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church on Tuesday at 9 a. m. with Father Frank J. Brauer officiating. Interment will be in the parish cemetery. Cumberland Times-News, Saturday, May 3, 1997

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William Riley Wickard, aged 32 years, oldest son of Constable Samuel Wickard, died Monday afternoon at 4:15 o'clock, death resulting from pneumonia. Mr. Wickard was until recently in the employ of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, in whose service he had an arm accidentally crushed off about five years ago. He is survived by his wife and two children; his father, Mr. Samuel Wickard; one brother, Mr. C. Smith Wickard; sisters, Miss Emma Wickard, Mrs. William Shaffer, and Mrs. Robert Frantz. Funeral took place from the residence of the father of the deceased, 135 Bedford street, at 3 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. Cumberland Alleganian, Thursday, December 18, 1902

William married Susana McKenzie on 27 May 1897. Susana (daughter of James Sebastian McKenzie and Sarah Ann McKenzie) was born on 28 Sep 1874 in Frostburg, Maryland; died on 28 Mar 1956 in Cumberland, Maryland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Susana Wickard - 1897, May 26 – William R. Wickard, 26, Cumberland, bachelor, car inspector
Susie Ann McKenzie, 22 Cumberland, maid
(License purchased)
Marriage May 27, 1897, Bedford Street Lutheran Church, Cumberland

Mrs. Susana Wickard, 81, of 110 West Third Street, died yesterday in Sacred Heart Hospital shortly after being admitted. A native of Frostburg, she was a daughter of the late James and Sarah (McKenzie) McKenzie. Her husband, William R. Wickard, preceded her in death. She was a member of St. Patrick's Catholic Church. Survivors include a son, Sylvester W. R. Wickard, this city; two sisters, Mrs. R. C. Hoenicka and Mrs. Grover May Zink, both of this city, and seven grandchildren. The body is at the George Funeral Home where the Very Rev. J. Lawrence Kilkenny, pastor of St. Patrick's Church, will conduct services Saturday at 10:30 a. m. Interment will be in St. Mary's Cemetery. The Cumberland Evening Times, March 29, 1956

John + Bertha Minnie Baer. Bertha died in UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Samuel + Mary A. Something. Mary died in UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Per the research of Ray Leidinger, "James Sebastian served in the Civil War, in the north's Potomac Home Brigade, Maryland Cavalry. He was a Private in Company K, 1st. Regiment. James fought at Antietem, and his horse was shot out from under him. He fell and his head hit a stone. He was in the hospital for quite some time. He continued to have problems with this injury until his death. In 1889, he was committed to the Sylvan Retreat, which was a facility here in Cumberland for the mentally ill. He died there in 1902."

"James Sebastian enlisted in the union army at the same time his cousin, John William, enlisted. John William was Sarah (McKenzie) McKenzie's brother. Apparently, James and John were close friends. James and John died within weeks of each other in 1902. Both are buried in the St. patrick's Cemetery, Cumberland."

Per Ray Leidinger, James Sebastian was christianed on 19 Dec 1873, and married 30 Dec 1873, both events in St. Patrick's Catholic Church, Cumberland, Maryland by the Rev. Edward Brennan.

Dead of the Day

James S. McKenzie, aged 55 years, died at Sylvan Retreat yesterday. The funeral will take place Monday morning. Services will be held in St. Patrick's Church. Interment will be made in the church cemetery. The deceased leaves a wife residing on Johnson Street. He had been an inmate of Sylvan Retreat for the last 13 years.

Inscription on grave marker:
Co. K,
1st Maryland Potomac Home Brigade,
Maryland Cavalry
US Army

James married Sarah Ann McKenzie on 30 Dec 1873 in St. Patrick's Catholic Church Cumberland, Maryland. Sarah (daughter of George Henry McKenzie and Susanna McKenzie) was born on 2 Oct 1856 in Cresaptown, Allegany County, Maryland; died on 18 Dec 1933 in Cumberland, Maryland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Tom Speelman lists the wedding date as December 24, 1876.

From recollections of Ray Leidinger, Jr. 25 May, 1998, "let me tell you a little about my great-grandmother, Sarah Ann (McKenzie) McKenzie. She married her cousin, James Sebastian McKenzie and was in the Catholic line of the McKenzies. James Sebastian converted to Catholicism several days before their marriage in the Catholic Church. That church building is still in use. Sarah was a mid-wife, and she delivered many of the McKenzie babies. Catherine McKenzie Kelly, a cousin, now deceased, told me that "Aunt Sally" delivered her and all her brothers ansd sisters. Sarah had a small book which she kept in which she listed all of the deliveries she made, and usually the amount that was owed her for her services, which she usually did not receive. When she died, the state took her book because it was, in many cases, the only record that the state had of the births. She lived with my grandparents until her death on December 18, 1933.

Also per Ray Leidinger: George, Susannah, Sarah Ann and her husband, James Sebastian are buried on the same plot in St. Patrick Cemetery, Cumberland, Maryland.

Sarah Ann was christianed on 18 May 1857 at St. Patrick Church, Cumberland, Maryland by Rev. M. O"Reilly.

Mrs. Sarah A. McKenzie, aged 77 years, widow of James McKenzie, died this morning at 6:25 o'clock at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Bernadette Hoenicka, wife of Reid C. Hoenicka, Chief of the Cumberland Fire Department, 46 Bedford street, with whom she resided for years. Mrs. McKenzie had been seriously ill for the past month. She was a lifelong resident and was known by many as kindly, charitable and helpful. For the past 50 years she has been engaged as a practical nurse, and her name appears on the birth certificates of scores of well known persons here. Many will remember her for untiring aid and ever willing helpfulness during time of illness or trouble. She is survived by the following daughters: Mrs. Grover Zink, Mrs. John Nimick, Mrs. Susan Wickard, and Mrs. Hoenicka. Funeral arrangements are being made by Stein's. Cumberland Evening Times, September 13, 1933

Sarah Ann, baptized at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, Cumberland, on May 8, 1857, aged 7 mos, and 7 days.

dob October 2, 1856 – dod December 18, 1933

Sarah Ann, 17, Allegany Co., maid, to James S., 27, Allegany Co. bachelor, farmer – December 24, 1873 (License issued); marriage December 30, 1873, St. Patrick’s

James Sebastian

dob July 26, 1846 dod April 25, 1902
baptized December 19, 1873, St. Patrick’s, Cumberland