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Family of Lewis^7 H. Van Wicklen

Lewis^7 H. Van Wicklen (Jacob^6, John^5, Jacob^4, Garret^3, Gerrit^2, Jentie^1 Jeppes), b. 1848, Syosset, LI, NY

Married: Laura Theodosia Combs (b. abt. 1848) 19 April 1869, Brooklyn, NY

Children:
1. Lewis^8 W. Van Wicklen, b. 6 July 1880, Brooklyn, NY

Parents:
Lewis' parents are Jacob and Martha (Muttee) Van Wicklen
Laura's parents are Edward Lozier and Charlotte Elizabeth (Hawxhurst) Combs

Background information:

Lewis^7 H. Van Wicklen (Jacob^6, John^5, Jacob^4, Garret^3, Gerrit^2, Jentie^1 Jeppes) was b. 17 March 1848, Syosset, LI, NY and died 19 July 1905 in San Francisco, CA. He married Laura Theodosia Combs, 19 April 1869, Brooklyn, NY.

Children: Lewis^8 W. Van Wicklen, b. 6 July 1880, Brooklyn, NY and d. 21 August 1964, Walnut Creek, CA. He married Matilda (Tillie) Nystrom (b. abt 1880, CT and died 15 March 1963, Alameda, CA), and was residing in Oakland, Alameda, CA at time of both the 1920 and 1930 US Census. Matilda's mother's maiden name was Hansen.

Source:

Harry Macy, Jr. The Van Wicklen/Van Wickle Family: Including its Frisian Origin and Connections to Minnerly and Kranchheyt; The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Vol. 128, No. 4 (October 1997); p. 244-5.

IGI, www.familysearch.com

Harry Macy research notes for Lewis H. Van Wicklen
> Lewis Sr. and wife came to California in 1904
> Lewis Jr. prob. the one noted in recs of 18th St. ME Church, Brooklyn, 1891. His wife, b. 29 December 1879 Plainville, CT, d. 15 March 1963 Oakland, CA, both bur. Cypress Lawn, Colma, CA, no issue but adopted - Combs elder brother of VCB. Butilda was sister of VCB's mother. Laura was sister of VCB's gf? (Harry Macy has a picture of him from Mrs. Barrett)

Brooklyn Eagle, 20 April 1869, page 3. MARRIED. Van Wicklen - Combs - On Monday, April 19th at the residence of the bride, by the Rev. N. R. Smith, Lewis H. Van Wicklen to Laura T. Combs.

1870 US Census for N. Hempstead, Queens, NY lists Jessie P. Kellsey, 40, Retired Merchant of Country Store, b. NY, with wife, Catherine, 34, b. NY, keeping house, with son, Edward, 13, at school, b. NY, and son, William, 4, b. NY. In this household is Lewis Van Wicklen, 22, b. NY, clerk in store. 

Brooklyn Eagle, 23 July 1902, page 11. Mrs. Martha Van Wicklen. East Norwich, L.I., July 23 - Mrs. Martha Van Wicklen, widow of Jacob Van Wicklen, formerly of Syosset, died at the home of her son-in-law, Charles C. Boylis, in this village, yesterday, at the advanced age of 84 years. She leaves surviving her beside Mrs. Boylis, a son, Louis Van Wicklen of Brooklyn, who is now on a trip to California. Funeral services over the remains of Mrs. Van Wicklen will take place Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the residence of Mrs. Boylis in this village. The Rev. Robert Wasson, pastor of the Wesley M. E. Church, will officiate.

1920 US Census for Oakland, Alameda, CA lists Lewis W. Van Wicklen, 39, b. NY (parents b. NY), reporter for newspaper, with wife Matilda, 40, b. CT (parents b. Sweden) with Lewis' mother, Laura, 68, widow, b. NY and both parents b. NY

1930 US Census for Oakland, Alameda, CA lists Lewis W. Van Wicklin, b. abt 1880, NY (parents b. NY), reporter for commercial newspaper, age 50, head of household with wife, Matilda N., age 50, b. CT (parents b. Sweden) (Courtesy, Cheryl Viger via 11 Dec 2002 email)