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I am trying to find any information about my great grandfather Percy Wicks from Stanford in the Vale, Berkshire. Percys son Phillip , married Sadie and they had a son Brian. Philip and Sadie divorced .. Phil remarried and had another child, Percy also had a daughter, Betty. ANY INFO ON ANY OF THESE FOLK WOULD BE APPRECIATED. THANKS

Dates?

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Marriages Mar 1936

Bower Sadie N Wicks Tynemouth 10b 304
Wicks Philip J C C Bower Tynemouth 10b 304

Births Mar 1916 (>99%)
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Wicks Philip J C C Craddock Medway 2a 1383


Surname First name(s) District Vol Page

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Marriages Dec 1908 (>99%)
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CRADDOCK Matilda Ann Islington 1b 400
WICKS Percy Islington 1b 400



1911 - Percy doesn't seem to be at home!

HOUSEHOLD WICKS MATILDA ANN F 1880 31 Sheppey Kent
HOUSEHOLD WICKS MARY ELIZABETH CRADDOCK F 1911 15 WEEKS Sheppey Kent



If you buy Percy and Matild's marriage certificate, it will give you Percy's father's name and occupation. It may then be possible to find Percy on earlier census records.

1891 - but you still need the marriage certificate to confirm that this is the correct family!

Name: Percy Wicks
Age: 13
Estimated birth year: abt 1878
Relation: Son
Father's Name: Charles
Mother's Name: Annie
Gender: Male
Where born: Stanford, Berkshire, England

Civil parish: Stanford in The Vale
Ecclesiastical parish: Stanford in the Vale
Town: Stanford
County/Island: Berkshire
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status: View image

Registration district: Faringdon
Sub-registration district: Buckland
ED, institution, or vessel: 5
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
Charles Wicks 47 Builder
Annie Wicks 51
Thomas Wicks 19
Percy Wicks 13
Fanney Wheeley 23 Boarder
Edward Heading 13 Boarder

Source Citation: Class: RG12; Piece: 976; Folio 51; Page 3; GSU roll: 6096086

Hi guys, thanks for information on Percy and Philip Wicks. You are right about Percy not being at home in 1911 - he was on board ship on his second commission to China! Have I read it correctly that his daughter Betty would have been his step-daughter (Mary Elizabeth Craddock)? Percy was a widower when he remarried ( to Marie Turner) When did his first wife die? Philip, his son, also married twice but who was his second wife and when? Apologies for duplicate thread - unintensional , my computer has a mind of its own sometimes !

Mary Elizabeth Craddock Wicks looks to be Percy's daughter as she was only 15 weeks old on the 1911 census.

Possible first marriage for Percy??

Surname First name(s) District Vol Page

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Marriages Sep 1901 (>99%)
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DALLEN Jane Louisa Fulham 1a 831
Greiggs Edwin James Fulham 1a 831
Perry Bessie Fulham 1a 831
WICKS Percy Fulham 1a 831



Looking at the deaths it may have been Bessie that he married. A check of the 1911 census finds Jane Louisa living with Edward James Greiggs so it must have been Bessie.



Deaths Sep 1908 (>99%)
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WICKS Bessie 23 Braintree 4a 377

Sorry , I may have read your posting wrong. Did you mean he married Maria Turner after Matilda died?

Possible death for Matilda??

Deaths Jun 1928 (>99%)
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Wicks Matilda A 49 Lymington 2b 836




Got it !

Surname First name(s) Spouse District Vol Page

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Marriages Dec 1929 (>99%)
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BAKER Marie Wicks Lymington 2b 1695
Wicks Percy Baker Lymington 2b 1695



Maybe a first marriage for Marie??

Surname First name(s) District Vol Page

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Marriages Jun 1900 (>99%)
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Baker Charles Philip Lambeth 1d 847
Turner Marie Lambeth 1d 847

Name: Philip J C C Wicks
Spouse Surname: Bower, Sadie N
Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1936
Registration district: Tynemouth
Registration county (inferred): Northumberland
Volume Number: 10b
Page Number: 304


When and Where do you think Philip remarried? Did his first wife die?

Thanks once again, you are clearing up some un answered questions for me, Philip married Sadie had a son Brian ;sometime after the couple divorced. . Sadie may have been pregnant with Brian when she and Philip married. The second wife of Philip may have come from the Hampshire area, possibly near Petersfield, this marriage also produced a son, am guessing around 1940's to 1950.s for both events. Cant offer any thing clearer than this - sorry.

My late grandfather collected coins, stamps and war medals.

I have come across a set of 6 medals for Percy Wicks #178367.
The medals include the china war medal and a medal for long service and good conduct.

Please get in touch with me for more information.
Thanks

Danny, please remove your email, GR suggests you don't post them on the open board.

You can message Lynnedee by clicking on her name, if she has kept her email address up to date with GR then she will receive notification of the message and be able to reply.

Welcome to the boards, Danny.

You may not have noticed that Lynnedee's last post was dated 2010. She's unlikely to be looking for replies here now.

Your best bet is to send her a message as described by Nyx above, but bear in mind that she may now be using a different email address, or for any one of many reasons she may not receive, read, or reply to your message.

Good luck!

Thanks for the tip!
I am trying to reunite the medals with the family, would you suggest anything else? Maybe the daughter?

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Daughter's birth:

WICKS, MARY ELIZABETH CRADDOCK mms CRADDOCK
GRO Reference: 1910 D Quarter in LAMBETH Volume 01D Page 311

???

Mary E C Wicks
in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1916-2005
Name: Mary E C Wicks
Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1967
Registration district: Bournemouth
Inferred County: Dorset
Spouse: Austen B Prude
Volume Number: 6b
Page Number: 577


Remarriage ??

Mary E C Prude
in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1916-2005
Name: Mary E C Prude
Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1969
Registration district: Bournemouth
Inferred County: Dorset
Spouse: Baker, Frederick P
Volume Number: 6b
Page Number: 617



A wild guess re her possible death -

Mary Elizabeth Baker
in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007
Name: Mary Elizabeth Baker
Birth Date: 14 Dec 1910
Date of Registration: Mar 1982
Age at Death: 71
Registration district: Poole
Inferred County: Dorset
Volume: 23
Page: 0633


It doesn't look as if she had any children. She would have been too old by the time she married Mr Prude, and there's no sign of a child before marriage.

Presumably the death of Percy's son Phillip:

Philip J C C Wicks
in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007
Name: Philip J C C Wicks
Birth Date: abt 1916
Date of Registration: Sep 1961
Age at Death: 45
Registration district: Gosport
Inferred County: Hampshire
Volume: 6b
Page: 270



There's no clear record of a second marriage - perhaps not all his initials were quoted.

Philip's son Brian was born in 1936 in Tynemouth.

As far as the online records go, he appears to be still alive.

He may perhaps have married in 1962 in Newcastle, and there are a couple of possible births of children in Northumberland - but unfortunately can't say for sure.

Hi Daniel, Please contact me - I am Percy Wicks great granddaughter - Lynne