Mathew Wimpy WickerAge: 90 years1872–1963
- Name
- Mathew Wimpy Wicker
- Given names
- Mathew Wimpy
- Surname
- Wicker
- Also known as
- Mathen W Wicker
 Birth | August 14, 1872 24 24 |
 Death of a maternal grandmother | Agnes Ellen Wimpey February 26, 1876 (Age 3 years) |
 Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 5 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Birth of a brother | George Pasevant Wicker March 29, 1880 (Age 7 years) |
 Marriage | Mary Edith Palmer — View this family August 30, 1896 (Age 24 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 25 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
 Census | June 1, 1900 (Age 27 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Ruby Wicker July 1, 1901 (Age 28 years) |
| Death of a mother | Roresta Margaret Holland February 10, 1902 (Age 29 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | Xelpho Palmer Wicker March 20, 1903 (Age 30 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | Nathaniel Walker Holland September 7, 1908 (Age 36 years) |
| Census | April 21, 1910 (Age 37 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 43 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 44 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 45 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
| Census | January 8, 1920 (Age 47 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Earl Shaw — Ruby Wicker — View this family June 1921 (Age 48 years) |
| Death of a father | Robert A Wicker July 1, 1922 (Age 49 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 57 years)Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 69 years)Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II |
| Death of a brother | Dr. William Franklin Wicker March 4, 1946 (Age 73 years) |
| Death of a brother | George Pasevant Wicker December 20, 1947 (Age 75 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 77 years)Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War |
| Death of a wife | Mary Edith Palmer 1956 (Age 83 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 73 years)Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War |
 Death | 1963 (Age 90 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Buster Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Robert A Wicker Birth: January 25, 1848 — Vandalia, Fayette, Illinois, United States Death: July 1, 1922 — Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States |
| mother |
Roresta Margaret Holland Birth: April 5, 1848 20 20 — Logan, Kentucky, United States Death: February 10, 1902 — Orrick, Ray, Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: November 8, 1868 — Fayette, Illinois, United States |
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8 months elder brother |
Dr. William Franklin Wicker Birth: July 21, 1869 21 21 — Fayette, Illinois, United States Death: March 4, 1946 — Los Angeles, California, United States |
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3 years himself |
Mathew Wimpy Wicker Birth: August 14, 1872 24 24 — Vandalia, Fay, Illinois, United States Death: 1963 |
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8 years younger brother |
George Pasevant Wicker Birth: March 29, 1880 32 31 — Avilla, Jasper, Missouri, United States Death: December 20, 1947 — Madera, California, United States |
| Family with Mary Edith Palmer |
| himself |
Mathew Wimpy Wicker Birth: August 14, 1872 24 24 — Vandalia, Fay, Illinois, United States Death: 1963 |
| wife |
Mary Edith Palmer Birth: April 1875 — Missouri, United States Death: 1956 |
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Marriage: August 30, 1896 — Pince City, Lawrence, Missouri, United States |
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5 years daughter |
Ruby Wicker Birth: July 1, 1901 28 26 — Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States Death: August 4, 1984 — Lawrence, Douglas, Kansas, United States |
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21 months son |
Xelpho Palmer Wicker Birth: March 20, 1903 30 27 — Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States Death: October 9, 1989 — Lawrence, Douglas, Kansas, United States |
Mathew Wimpy Wicker has 19 first cousins recorded
Father's family (0)
Mother's family (19)
Parents John Thomas Shelton + Nancy Elizabeth Holland
Parents Warren Heckathorn + Emaline Permelia Holland
Parents Henry Jasper Smith + Emaline Permelia Holland
Parents Lemuel Aldrich Nichols + Maluva Paralee “Lulu” Holland
Parents Andrew Gaius Bascom + Susan Ellen Holland
Parents Frank A Hull + Lilian Bell “Lillie” Holland
Parents George Thomas Holland + Grace Hull
Parents Franklin H Holland + Mattie Beulah Bonner
Parents Franklin H Holland + Mary Belle “Mollie” Bonner
| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Mathen Wimpy Wicker - Household
East 6th Street Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Mathen Wimpy Wicker - Household
Oakley Street Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Mathen Wimpy Wicker - Household
Oakley Street Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri
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