back, left to right: Alfred F. Wallace, Louis Rogers Wicker, Benjamin Wallace, Mrs. Swift, Merle Wicker, Lizzie Wicker, Miss Hudson
middle: Katie Wicker, Maud Wicker
front: Hattie Wicker Wallace (holding Derby Wallace), Frank Wicker, David Rowe, wife Kate Rowe. Image use courtesy Arnett-Wicker-Wallace family
Louis Rogers Wicker (1852 – January 4, 1916) was a concrete contractor c.1897-c.1913 at 1457 - 12th Avenue. NB: Louis is spelled Lewis in some records.
A number of Wicker sidewalk stamps still exist, plus a stamp in the stairs at 552 Montclair Avenue.
Wicker married Elizabeth ("Lizzie") E. Rowe (Wicker) (August, 1858 – October 21, 1925) on April 2, 1878, and they had 5 children: Frank Collins Wicker (September, 1879 – June 12, 1931), Hattie May Wicker (Wallace) (November 6, 1880 – January 19, 1954), Maud Etta Wicker (Sheldon) (September 16, 1882 – November 25, 1946), Kate Elizabeth Wicker (August, 1891 – April 4, 1924), and Murle Rowe Wicker (January 11, 1899 – October 7, 1943). Murle served in the U.S. Army during WWII.
Murle, Maud, and Maud's husband William Erwin Sheldon (March 22, 1877 – June 13, 1944) are buried in Mountain View Cemetery. NB: the grave marker spells it Sheldan. 1
Lizzie Wicker, age 28
J. Smith Photograph and Tintype Gallery, 1716 Seventh St.
courtesy Heirlooms Reunited
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Links and References
- L. R. Wicker on Oakland Underfoot
- L. R. Wicker 1901 Directory of American Cement Industries
- 1903 Husted's Directory
- 1906 Husted's Directory
- 1913 Polk-Husted Directory
- 1924 Directory
- Maud Wicker Sheldon on FindAGrave.com
