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Frederick^8 Miller Van Wicklen, Sr. (John^7 Youngs, John^6, Derrick^5, Gerrit^4, Evert^3, Gerrit^2, Jentie^1 Jeppes), b. 19 July 1879, Brooklyn, NY

Married: Sarah Helena Nesmith (b. 12 May 1879) 13 April 1905 Brooklyn, NY

Children:
1. Frederick^9 Miller Van Wicklen, Jr. (b. 18 June 1906) at NYC, NY
2. Lois^9 Van Wicklen (b. 1917) at Brooklyn (d. 5 April 1917 in her 12th month)

Parents:
Frederick's parents are John^7 Youngs and Henrietta Kate (Miller) Van Wicklen 

Sarah Helena's parents are Henry Edwin and Sarah (Macomber) Nesmith, Jr. (Michael Wolfe has family lines for Nesmith and Macomber going back before Charlemagne.)

Background information:

Frederick^8 Miller Van Wicklen (John^7 Youngs, John^6, Derrick^5, Gerrit^4, Evert^3, Gerrit^2, Jentie^1 Jeppes) was b. at Brooklyn, NY on 19 July 1879 and died at Elizabeth, NJ on 6 June 1947 at the age of 68. He m. Sarah Helena Nesmith (b. 12 May 1879) in Brooklyn on 13 April 1905. Frederick, age 40, resides in Brooklyn, Kings, NY at the time of the 1920 US Census with wife, Sarah, age 40, and son, Frederick, age 18.  Frederick was an attorney and his obituary reads as follows:

Brooklyn Eagle, 7 Nov 1897, page 5 - Frederick M. Van Wicklen is a very promising candidate for the position of left end on the freshman team (Yale University). He is a Brooklyn boy, 18 years of age and up to last June attended the Brooklyn High School. During his preparatory course in the Brooklyn High School he played substitute end on the '95 foot ball team and right end on the '96 team. He was president of the High School Athletic Association and secretary of the Long Island Interscholastic League. He began practice with the freshman squad when it was first called out and his practice since then has been faithful and regular. That he has made a favorable impression upon the management by his work is shown by the fact that he has been selected to play the position of left end in the games that have been played thus far this season.

Frederick Van Wicklen
Special to the New York Times; Cranford, N.J. 7 June
-- Frederick M. Van Wicklen of 615 Willow Street, a former partner in the New York Brokerage firm of Price & Whiteley, died yesterday in the Elisabeth General Hospital after a brief illness. He was 68 years old.

Born in Brooklyn, NY, Mr. Van Wicklen was graduated from Yale University in 1901. During the recent war he served in an executive capacity at the former Lawrence Aeronautical Corporation Plant in nearby Linden. Mr. Van Wicklen was a member of the St. Nicholas Society of New York.

He leaves a widow, Mrs. Helena Nesmith Van Wicklen, a son, Frederick M., Jr. of New York; his mother, Mrs. John Y. Van Wicklen (Henrietta Kate Miller), of Shippan Point, Stamford, Conn., and a sister, Mrs. Elliott Du Bois (Jessie Van Wicklen) also of Shippan Point.

According to Michael^10 Wolfe (14 June 2000 email correspondence): Henrietta had sister margaret Camilla Miller (b. 21 January 1850, d. 12 January 1941) at home--99 Java Street, Brooklyn. At time of son's wedding, was living at 424 President St., Brooklyn.


Children: Frederick^9 Miller Van Wicklen, Jr. was b. 18 June 1906, NYC, NY.; Lois^9 Van Wicklen was b. 1917 and d. 5 April 1917 at 120 Gates Avenue in Brooklyn, NY in her 12 month.

Source:

Frederick Miller Van Wicklen's 16 March 1937 application for membership in the Holland Society.

Obituary on Frederick M. Van Wicklen, 7 June 1948.

Personal email correspondence with Michael Wolfe, grandson of Frederick^8 Miller VW.

1900 US Census for (Yale University), New Haven, New Haven, CT lists Fred M. Van Wicklen, 20, b. July 1879, NY (both parents b. NY).

1910 US Census for Gates Ave, 7th Ward, Brooklyn, Kings, NY lists Frederick M Van Wicklen, head, 30, M-15, b. NY (NY, NY), banker, with wife Helena, 30, M-15, b. NY (NY, MA) and son, Frederick M., Jr. 3, b. NY (NY, NY)

1920 US Census for Brooklyn, Kings, NY lists Frederick Van Wicklen, head, 40, b. NY (both parents b. NY), clerk at a bank, with wife Sarah H., 40, b. NY (father b. NY, mother b. Mass.), son Frederick, 13, b. NY, and Mary Grogan, maid, 48, single, b. NJ (parents b. Ireland) (courtesy, Cheryl Viger via 4 Dec 2002 mailing)

1930 US Census; Frederick Van Wicklen, b. NY and age 50 and residing in Englewood, Bergen, NJ in 1930 with wife Sarah H., also age 50 (Courtesy, Cheryl Viger via 11 Dec 2002 email)