Ronald Owen Wicks1,2

(1907 - 1985)
Father*Harold Buckingham Wicks1 b. 1881, d. 1918
Mother*Elizabeth Martha Hildreth1 b. 1884, d. 1977
Ronald Owen Wicks was born in Wooburn Green, Buckinghamshire, on 22 November 1907.1,2,3,4
The siblings Ronald and Geoffrey were listed in the 1911 census at Wickham Lane in Wooburn Green, Buckinghamshire, with their parents, Harold Buckingham Wicks and Elizabeth Martha Hildreth.1
The siblings Ronald, Geoffrey, Thora and Mary were listed in the 1921 census at Burke Cottage in Cookham Rise, Cookham, Berkshire, with their mother Elizabeth Martha Hildreth.5

Ronald's marriage to Annie Louisa Whyte was registered between July 1932 and September 1932 in Romford, Essex.6

He was listed in the 1939 Register at 63 Pymmes Green Rd in East Barnet, Hertfordshire, with Annie Louisa Whyte; he was an Equipment and Planning Engineer, also an Air Raid warden.4

Ronald died on 18 August 1985 in Worthing, Sussex, at age 77.3,7

His will was probated in Winchester on 12 March 1986 with effects of £15398.7

Family

Annie Louisa Whyte (1907 - 1998)
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Citations

  1. [S687] Census - 2 Apr 1911, UK census, RG14PN7894 RG78PN394 RD145 SD2 ED8 SN130.
  2. [S190] Index - GRO and Office of National Statistics, England & Wales Civil Registration Qtrly Indexes, Birth: District of Wycombe, Vol 3a, p926, 4Q1907, mother's maiden name HILDRETH.
  3. [S190] Index - GRO and Office of National Statistics, England & Wales Civil Registration Qtrly Indexes, Death: District of Surrey SW, Vol 17, p1051, aged 77.
  4. [S1044] Census - 29 Sep 1939, UK Register, RG101/1197G/020/10, Letter Code: CGFG, Schedule 265.
  5. [S1259] Census - 19 Jun 1921, UK census, RG15-6046, RD 123, SD 1, ED 8 Schedule 116.
  6. [S190] Index - GRO and Office of National Statistics, England & Wales Civil Registration Qtrly Indexes, Marriage: District of Romford, Vol 4a, p1604, 3Q1932.
  7. [S677] Index - England High Court of Justice, England & Wales National Probate Calendar, probate granted in WInchester.

Sarah Hannah Wicks1

(1803 - 1840)
Father*Robert Wicks1 b. c 1757, d. 1839
Mother*Sophia Poulter1 b. 1768, d. 1839
She was baptised in Queenborough, Kent, on 6 January 1803.1

Sarah's death was registered between July 1840 and September 1840 in Gravesend, Kent.2
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Citations

  1. [S871] FamilySearch, at https://www.familysearch.org/en/, England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975, FHL film 1752016, but suspect as parents are given as Robert WICKS and Sarah (not Sophia).
  2. [S190] Index - GRO and Office of National Statistics, England & Wales Civil Registration Qtrly Indexes, Death: District of Gravesend, Vol 5, p112, 3Q1840 under married name of STRONGHILL.

Sidney Wicks

(c 1882 - 1968)
Father*Sidney Buckingham Wicks b. 1851, d. 1915
Mother*Harriet Tippett b. c 1864, d. 1917
Due to his father's name change, he was known throughout his life under the surname of WESTON.1 Sidney Wicks was born in Rotorua, Bay of Plenty, circa 1882.2

He married Mary Ann Carlquist at Presbyterian Church in Northcote, Auckland, on 23 June 1909.3

He was widowed on the death of his wife Mary on 17 September 1926.4

Sidney's second marriage was to Leonora Mary Rouse in 1929 in New Zealand.5

Sidney died on 10 November 1968 at 9 Tweed St in Herne Bay, Auckland, of arteriosclerosis and an aortic aneurism.2 He was cremated at the Waikumete Cemetery in Waitakere on 12 November 1968.2

Family 1

Mary Ann Carlquist (c 1880 - 1926)
Child

Family 2

Leonora Mary Rouse (1883 - 1975)
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Citations

  1. [S922] BDM Registrar of New Zealand, birth record, Reg. No. 1909/4160.
  2. [S923] BDM Registrar of New Zealand, death record, Reg. No. 1968/37486, aged 86.
  3. [S924] BDM Registrar of New Zealand, marriage record, Reg. No. 1909/7435.
  4. [S923] BDM Registrar of New Zealand, death record, Reg. No. 1926/5831, aged 45.
  5. [S542] Index - New Zealand BDMs online, at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/, Marriage Reg. No. 1929/2114.

Sidney Buckingham Wicks1

(1851 - 1915)
Father*William Poulter Wicks1 b. 1807, d. 1859
Mother*Sarah Elizabeth Buckingham1 b. c 1822, d. 1893
Sidney Buckingham WICKS (or George WESTON)(1851-1915)
Sidney Buckingham Wicks was born in Landport, Hampshire, on 1 April 1851.2,3,1 and was baptised on 4 September 1853 at St Marys in Portsea.4

After the death of his father in December 1859 his mother appears to have arranged for him to stay with his aunt and uncle, possibly for the whole period until his enlistment in the Royal Navy. This may be one of the reasons he later adopted the Weston surname.
He was listed as the nephew of Purton Weston in the 1861 Census at 20 Queen Sq in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire.2

He enlisted in the Royal Navy, as Boy 2nd class (height 4' 9", hair dark, eyes blue) on 8 November 1865 at Portsmouth, Hampshire. He volunteered for service on that date at HMS Excellent (a stone frigate), but did not commence his ten year continuous service engagement until 1 April 1869.
We next find him signed on to HMS Rosario on 28 Aug 1869 in Sydney. The Rosario was an 11-gun sloop assigned to the Australian Station to address the problem of 'black-birding', the illegal kidnapping of Polynesian islanders for the Queensland labour market. The Rosario log also records him as having deserted in Auckland on 29 June 1870.5,6

The 'Auckland Star' of July-Aug 1870 records the remand (from Tauranga to Auckland) of one George Weston, pleading guilty to being a deserter from HMS Rosario, and subsequently being remanded further until one of Her Majesty's ships appeared. Due to the continued lack of such a ship he was further remanded on the 29th of July and 5th of August, then on the 19th August, having spent 5 weeks in custody, was discharged, presumably as a free man.
We conclude this to be Sidney Wicks claiming to be George Weston, a name he used from now on.7

Sidney Buckingham Wicks was also known as George Weston after he deserted from HMS Rosario although there is some confusion surrounding the use of these two names. We have recorded here the known registration of the birth of the children (as 'WICKS') but all of them attended school as 'WESTON' and all except two also lived and married as 'WESTON'. There is also no record of a Sidney WICK's life in New Zealand, plus all the evidence suggests he lived as a WESTON in the Te Puke area as a general contractor and carrier and was buried as George WESTON, along with his wife Harriet.8

He married Harriet Tippett in Waiuku on 16 June 1881.9

He described himself as 'pilot boatman' on his son's birth certificate in 1885.10

Sidney died on 13 November 1915 in Te Puke, Bay of Plenty, at age 64.11,8 He was buried at the Te Puke Old Cemetery in Te Puke.11

Family

Harriet Tippett (c 1864 - 1917)
Children
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Citations

  1. [S190] Index - GRO and Office of National Statistics, England & Wales Civil Registration Qtrly Indexes, Birth: District of Portsea Island, Vol 7, p135, 2Q1851, mother's maiden name BUCKINGHAM.
  2. [S340] Census - 7 Apr 1861, UK census, ED 3 RG9-856 Folio 60 p12 GSU Roll 542711.
  3. [S422] Royal Navy Service Records, at https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your-research/…, Service No. 35174a, National Archives catalog reference ADM/139/752.
  4. [S189] International Genealogical Index (IGI), Batch C62615 (1841-1858) Source Call No. 0919742.
  5. [S541] National Archives of Britain, at https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk, Service Record No. 35174a; ADM 139/752.
  6. [S541] National Archives of Britain, at https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk, Ships Muster series, Rosario, 27 Sep 1867 - 28 Dec 1871; ADM 38/8897.
  7. [S801] Newspaper - Auckland Star, issues of 22 Jul 1870 (Vol I, issue 167, p2); 29 Jul (Issue 173, p2); 5 Aug (Issue 179, p2); 19 Aug (Issue 191, p2).
  8. [S542] Index - New Zealand BDMs online, at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/, Death Reg. No. 1915/8036, aged 66.
  9. [S922] BDM Registrar of New Zealand, birth record, Reg. No. 1885/17820; note that there is no record in the New Zealand BDM Indexes of this marriage; also some sources claim her name was TIPPET.
  10. [S922] BDM Registrar of New Zealand, birth record, Reg. No. 1885/17820.
  11. [S855] Te Puke (old) cemetery listing, at https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~sooty/genealogy/…
  12. [S542] Index - New Zealand BDMs online, at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/, Birth Reg. No. 1886/19597.
  13. [S542] Index - New Zealand BDMs online, at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/, Birth Reg. No. 1888/3935.
  14. [S542] Index - New Zealand BDMs online, at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/, Birth Reg. No. 1893/13720.
  15. [S542] Index - New Zealand BDMs online, at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/, Birth Reg. No. 1895/10729.
  16. [S542] Index - New Zealand BDMs online, at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/, Birth Reg. No. 1897/8439.
  17. [S542] Index - New Zealand BDMs online, at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/, Birth Reg. No. 1898/805.
  18. [S542] Index - New Zealand BDMs online, at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/, Birth Reg. No. 1900/2128.
  19. [S542] Index - New Zealand BDMs online, at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/, Birth Reg. No. 1900/2146.

Sophia Wicks1

(1797 - b 1810)
Father*Robert Wicks1 b. c 1757, d. 1839
Mother*Sophia Poulter1 b. 1768, d. 1839
She was baptised at H M Dockyard Church in Sheerness, Kent, on 2 October 1797.1

Sophia died before 1810 in Sheerness, Kent. This assumption is based on the re-use of the name 'Sophia' for her sister Sophia Augusta.
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Citations

  1. [S1212] Regional Archives - Kent Public Record Office, ADM6/430.

Sophia Augusta Wicks1

(1810 - 1862)
Father*Robert Wicks1 b. c 1757, d. 1839
Mother*Sophia Poulter1 b. 1768, d. 1839
She was baptised in Queenborough, Kent, on 17 June 1810.1

Sophia's death was registered between October 1862 and December 1862 in St George Southwark, London, Middlesex.2
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Citations

  1. [S871] FamilySearch, at https://www.familysearch.org/en/, England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975, FHL film 1752061, parents Robert WICKS and Sophia.
  2. [S190] Index - GRO and Office of National Statistics, England & Wales Civil Registration Qtrly Indexes, Death: District of St George Southwark, Vol 1d, p103, 4Q1862 under married name of WAYMAN.

Sophia Elizabeth Wicks1

(1794 - b 1797)
Father*Robert Wicks1 b. c 1757, d. 1839
Mother*Sophia Poulter1 b. 1768, d. 1839
She was baptised at H M Dockyard Church in Sheerness, Kent, on 9 July 1794.1

Sophia died before 1797 in Sheerness, Kent. This assumption is based on the re-use of the name 'Sophia' for her sister.
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Citations

  1. [S1212] Regional Archives - Kent Public Record Office, ADM6/430.

Sydney Ernest Wicks1

(1889 - 1961)
Father*Ernest Edward Wicks1 b. 1858, d. 1905
Mother*Sarah Ann Murphy1 b. 1861, d. 1932
Sidney E WICKS (1889-1961) on wedding day May 1915
Sydney Ernest Wicks was born in Portsmouth, Hampshire, on 23 January 1889.2,3,1,4
The siblings Hilda, Irene and Sydney were listed in the 1891 census at 9 Victoria St in Portsea, Hampshire, with their mother Sarah Ann Murphy.5
The siblings Hilda, Irene, Sydney, Archibald and William were listed in the 1901 census at 126 Sheldon Rd in Edmonton, Middlesex, with their parents, Ernest Edward Wicks and Sarah Ann Murphy.3
The siblings Hilda, Sydney and William were listed in the 1911 census at 17 Durham Road in Edmonton, Middlesex, with their mother Sarah Ann Murphy. Sidney was a shipping clerk.6 He began military service on 27 February 1915 having enlisted in the Royal Army Medical Corps. His movements are unclear until after his marriage.7

He married Rose Emmeline Rust, daughter of Harold George Rust and Emma Elizabeth Ellen Snow, at Tanners End Mission Hall, Stalham Grove in Edmonton, Middlesex, on 22 May 1915. At the time of marriage Sidney described himself as a Private (RAMC), and ex-Insurance Agent, currently residing at the Military Hospital, Belfast; Rose was working as a machinist.8
Wedding of Sidney Ernest WICKS and Rose Emmeline RUST in May 1915

He served with the 34th Field Ambulance, having been promoted to Corporal (#56399) on 12 Aug 1915. The 34th FA was landed ot Suvla Bay, Gallipoli on 6 Nov 1915, before being withdrawn in December to Alexandria.
He sailed from there on 3 Jul 1916 and landed at Marseilles on 8 Jul 1916 as part of the British Expeditionary Force. His records show he had leave from 16 - 25 Mar 1917 and suffered influenza in Nov 1918. The 34th FA supported battles in the Ypres area including Messines (Jun 1917) and Passchendaele (Jul 1917) and was in northern France by 1918. He was eventually ‘despatched for demobilisation’ on 8 Mar 1919 from Denain Nord in northern France.9

He signed the register at Albert Frederick Rust and Ethel Mary Larkin's wedding at Cassland Road Wesleyan Chapel in Hackney, London, Middlesex, on 24 July 1920.10,11
He was listed as a visitor to Albert Henry Lane's household in the 1921 Census at 37 Sheldon Rd in Edmonton, Middlesex, with his wife and young daughter and was working as an assistant to a handkerchief manufacturer.12

He signed the register at William Cyril Wicks and Annette Winifred Frances Clements's wedding at St Matthews Church in Ponders End, Enfield, Middlesex, on 25 December 1928.13,14

He was listed in the 1939 Register at 1 Bulwer Rd in Edmonton, Middlesex, with Rose Emmeline Rust; he was working as the London rep for a Hankerchief Manufacturer. Hazel Wicks was listed as living at the same address.4

Sydney, as the father of the bride, attended Sylvia Wicks and Kenneth James Merison's wedding in Edmonton, Middlesex, on 8 August 1952.2,15
Wedding of Ken MERISON and Sylvia WICKS in August 1952


Sydney died on 3 January 1961 at Silver St in Edmonton, Middlesex, at age 71 on his way to the Nth Middlesex Hospital after running in front of a bus at 11 pm on his way home from a Freemason’s meeting.2,16,17,18

His will was probated in London on 6 March 1961 with Rose Emmeline Rust appointed administrator of an estate of £1386/2/10.17

Family

Rose Emmeline Rust (1891 - 1972)
Children
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Citations

  1. [S190] Index - GRO and Office of National Statistics, England & Wales Civil Registration Qtrly Indexes, Birth: District of Portsea Island, Vol 2b, p443, 1Q1889, mother's maiden name MURPHY.
  2. [S254] Letter - D Lane to S Cumming, 11 Feb 2003.
  3. [S430] Census - 31 Mar 1901, UK census, ED 15 RG13-1262 Folio 123 p29.
  4. [S1044] Census - 29 Sep 1939, UK Register, RG101/0731B/011/33, Letter Code: BDAL, Schedule 164.
  5. [S178] Census - 5 Apr 1891, UK census, ED 18 RG12-855 Folio 111 p18-19.
  6. [S687] Census - 2 Apr 1911, UK census, RG14PN7370 RG78PN357 RD132 SD5 ED20 SN274.
  7. [S541] National Archives of Britain, at https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk, British Army WWI Medal Rolls Index Cards, 1914-1920 and Short Service signup papers.
  8. [S915] GRO England & Wales, marriage record, District of Edmonton, Vol 3a, p1531, entry 144.
  9. [S541] National Archives of Britain, at https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk, British Army WWI Medal Rolls Index Cards, 1914-1920, Military History, Casualty Returns and 34th Field Ambulance War Diaries.
  10. [S190] Index - GRO and Office of National Statistics, England & Wales Civil Registration Qtrly Indexes, Marriage: District of Hackney, Vol 1b, p1343.
  11. [S581] National Archives Film - London Metropolitan Archives, Cassland Road Wesleyan Chapel, South Hackney, Hackney, Register of Marriages; Ref Code: N/M/043/05/003; Microfilm: X099/312.
  12. [S1259] Census - 19 Jun 1921, UK census, RG15-6885, RD 132, SD 5, ED 11 Schedule 230.
  13. [S190] Index - GRO and Office of National Statistics, England & Wales Civil Registration Qtrly Indexes, Marriage: District of Edmonton, Vol 3a, p1258, 4Q1928.
  14. [S581] National Archives Film - London Metropolitan Archives, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1932.
  15. [S190] Index - GRO and Office of National Statistics, England & Wales Civil Registration Qtrly Indexes, Marriage: District of Edmonton, Vol 5e, p718, 3Q1952.
  16. [S190] Index - GRO and Office of National Statistics, England & Wales Civil Registration Qtrly Indexes, Death: District of Edmonton, Vol 5e, p389, Mar 1961, aged 71.
  17. [S677] Index - England High Court of Justice, England & Wales National Probate Calendar, administration granted in London to Rose Emmeline WICKS, widow.
  18. [S1235] Family papers - "unpublished manuscript by Richard WICKS, Oct 2020 for his mother’s 100th birthday celebrations."

Sylvia Wicks

(1927 - 2007)
Father*Sydney Ernest Wicks b. 1889, d. 1961
Mother*Rose Emmeline Rust b. 1891, d. 1972
Sylvia MERISON (nee WICKS)(1927-) on wedding day 1952
Sylvia Wicks was born in Edmonton, Middlesex, on 26 November 1927.1

She married Kenneth James Merison in Edmonton, Middlesex, on 8 August 1952. There were no children from this marriage.2,3
Wedding of Ken MERISON and Sylvia WICKS in August 1952


She was widowed at age 73 on the death of her husband Kenneth in April 2001.4

Sylvia died on 28 September 2007 in Enfield, Middlesex, at age 79.5,6

Her will was probated in Winchester on 21 July 2008.5

Family

Kenneth James Merison (1921 - 2001)
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Citations

  1. [S190] Index - GRO and Office of National Statistics, England & Wales Civil Registration Qtrly Indexes, Birth: District of Edmonton, Vol 3a, p906, 4Q1927, mother's maiden name RUST.
  2. [S254] Letter - D Lane to S Cumming, 11 Feb 2003.
  3. [S190] Index - GRO and Office of National Statistics, England & Wales Civil Registration Qtrly Indexes, Marriage: District of Edmonton, Vol 5e, p718, 3Q1952.
  4. [S190] Index - GRO and Office of National Statistics, England & Wales Civil Registration Qtrly Indexes, Death: District of Barnet, Reg. No. B5E, District 2191B, entry 136, Apr 2001, age 79, birth date 13 Aug 1921.
  5. [S677] Index - England High Court of Justice, England & Wales National Probate Calendar, probate entry 2805734 in Winchester registry, grant and will.
  6. [S190] Index - GRO and Office of National Statistics, England & Wales Civil Registration Qtrly Indexes, Death: District of Enfield, District 2271A, Reg. No. 1A005, entry 500458180, born 1927.

Thora Muriel Wicks1

(1912 - )
Father*Harold Buckingham Wicks2 b. 1881, d. 1918
Mother*Elizabeth Martha Hildreth2 b. 1884, d. 1977
Thora's birth was registered between January 1912 and March 1912 in Wycombe, Buckinghamshire.2,1
The siblings Ronald, Geoffrey, Thora and Mary were listed in the 1921 census at Burke Cottage in Cookham Rise, Cookham, Berkshire, with their mother Elizabeth Martha Hildreth.2
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Citations

  1. [S190] Index - GRO and Office of National Statistics, England & Wales Civil Registration Qtrly Indexes, Birth: District of Wycombe, Vol 3a, p1907, 1Q1912, mother's maiden name HILDRETH.
  2. [S1259] Census - 19 Jun 1921, UK census, RG15-6046, RD 123, SD 1, ED 8 Schedule 116.