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WICKS, Charles William
1850 - 1932 (81 years) Has 3 ancestors and 14 descendants in this family tree.
1814 - 1894 (83 years)-
Name WICKS, Charles William Birth 26 Apr 1850 Truro, Cornwall, England 
Gender Male Death 6 Mar 1932 Truro Registration District, Cornwall Person ID I1097 Edgoose Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
Father WICKS, George, b. Between 1819 and 1820, Woolstone, Berkshire, England d. 1894, East Stonehouse, Devon, England (Age 75 years) Relationship natural Mother BIRMINGHAM, Ann, b. Between 1811 and 1814, Reading, Berkshire, England d. 1894, East Stonehouse, Devon, England (Age 83 years) Relationship natural Marriage 6 Nov 1837 Reading, Berkshire, England Family ID F236 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family MINORS, Louisa Woodworth, b. 18 Aug 1851, Truro, Cornwall, England d. 28 Dec 1936, Truro Registration District, Cornwall (Age 85 years) Marriage 31 Aug 1874 Truro St. Paul, Cornwall Children 1. WICKS, Arthur Charles Reginald, b. 1875, Truro, Cornwall, England d. 1966, Droxford, Hampshire, England (Age 91 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]2. WICKS, Claude Percival Oscar, b. 1876, Truro, Cornwall, England d. 1950, Pancras Registration District, London (Age 74 years)3. WICKS, Ethel Gazelle Lamarchent, b. 20 Dec 1877, Truro, Cornwall, England d. 6 May 1949, Ridgetown, Ontario, Canada (Age 71 years)4. WICKS, Ernest Bertram (Bertie), b. 1879, Truro, Cornwall, England d. 1940, Redruth Registration District, Cornwall (Age 61 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]5. WICKS, Sydney B. Harcourt, b. 1881, Truro, Cornwall, England d. 1955, Truro, Cornwall, England (Age 74 years)6. WICKS, Margaret Gwendoline, b. 28 Jan 1882, Truro, Cornwall, England d. 15 Oct 1965, Falmouth, Cornwall, England (Age 83 years)7. WICKS, Cora Alberta, b. 17 Nov 1883, Truro, Cornwall, England d. 1932, Truro Registration District, Cornwall (Age 48 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]8. WICKS, Archie Clifton, b. 1885, Truro Registration District, Cornwall d. 1888, Truro Registration District, Cornwall (Age 3 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]9. WICKS, Harold Norman, b. 20 Apr 1887, Truro, Cornwall, England d. 1890, Truro Registration District, Cornwall (Age 2 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]10. WICKS, Christobelle May Irene, b. 1889, Truro, Cornwall, England d. 1959 (Age 70 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]Family ID F714 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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CHARLES WILLIAM WICKS 1850-1932
The birth registration between 1849 and 1853 of a Charles William WICKS or a William Charles WICKS at Truro has not been traced, nor has the family been traced in the 1851 census.
The birth of a Charles Andrew WICKS was registered in 1850.
(GRO June Q 1850 Truro 9 328)
According to Kenneth Haward Walker he was born in Cornwall on 26 April 1850 and died on 6 March 1932.
(reklaw7@hotmail.com)
His baptism in Truro, Cornwall, has not been traced.
The 1861 census of Pyder Street, Truro, Cornwall:
George WICKS, head, aged 41, bookbinder employing 1 man, 3 boys & 1 girl, born at Woolstone, Berkshire;
Ann WICKS, wife, aged 49, born at Reading, Berkshire;
George WICKS, son, aged 19, bookbinder, born at Reading;
Caroline WICKS, daughter, aged 17, bookbinder, born at Reading;
*Charles WICKS, son, aged 10, scholar, born at Truro (i.e. born 1850-1851);
Clara A. WICKS, daughter, aged 5, born at Truro;
Kate BUDGE, servant, aged 18, general servant, born at Norwich, Norfolk.
(RG9/1558/44/14)
The 1871 census returns of 29 Admiralty Street, East Stonehouse, Devon:
Ann WICKS, wife, aged 57, bookbinder, born at Reading, Berkshire;
*Charles W. WICKS, son, aged 19, boookbinder, born at Truro, Cornwall;
Clara A. WICKS, daughter, aged 16, bookbinder, born at Truro.
(RG10/2127/25/42)
Strangely, Ann's husband George WICKS, aged 51, bookbinder, was lodging with the EDDY family in the High Street, St. Austell, Cornwall.
(RG10/2265/35/7)
Charles WICKS married Louisa MINORS in 1874.
(GRO September Q 1874 Truro 5c 229)
Charles William WICKS, a bachelor of full age, a bookbinder from St. George and son of George WICKS, bookbinder, married Louisa MINORS, a spinster of full age from St. George and daughter of John MINORS, carpenter, at Truro St. George, Cornwall, on 31 August 1874. Bride and groom signed their names. Witnesses were John MINORS, Elizabeth MINORS, and Caroline MINORS.
(www.cornwall-opc-database-org)
The 1881 census return for Pydar Street, Truro St. Mary Cornwall:
*Charles WICKS, head, aged 30, bookbinder, born at Truro, Cornwall;
Louisa WICKS, wife, aged 30, bookbinder's wife, born at Truro;
Arthur WICKS, son, aged 6, scholar, born at Truro;
ClaudeE WICKS, son, aged 5, scholar, born at Truro;
Ethel WICKS, daughter, aged 4, scholar, born at Truro;
Bertie WICKS, son, aged 3, scholar, born at Truro;
Sydney WICKS, son, aged 1, born at Truro, Cornwall.
(RG11/2311/65/16)
The 1891 census of 70 Pydar Street, Truro, Cornwall:
*Charles WICKS, head, aged 39, bookbinder, born at Truro;
Louisa WICKS, wife, aged 39, born at Truro;
Arthur WICKS, son, aged 15, printer compositor, born at Truro;
Claude WICKS, son, aged 14, tailor's apprentice, born at Truro;
Ethel WICKS, daughter, aged 13, scholar, born ay Truro;
Bertie WICKS, son, aged 12, scholar, born at Truro;
Gwendoline WICKS, daughter, aged 9, scholar, born at Truro;
Cora WICKS, daughter, aged 7, scholar, born at Truro;
Christable (sic) WICKS, daughter, aged 2, born at Truro;
Sidney WICKS, son, aged 10 months, born at Truro.
(RG12/1829/159/5)
The 1901 census of 13 Richmond Hill, Kenwyn, Truro, Cornwall:
*Charles WICKS, head, aged 49, employed as a bookbinder, born at Truro;
Louisa WICKS, wife, aged 49, born at Truro;
Bertie WICKS, son, aged 22, (illegible) warehouse, born at Truro;
Gwendoline WICKS, daughter, aged 19, mother's help, born at Truro;
Cora WICKS, daughter, aged 17, book keeper, born at Truro;
Christobelle WICKS, daughter, aged 12, born at Truro;
Irene ROSCORLA, granddaughter, aged 3, born at Clapham, London.
(RG13/2222/89/19)
A William Charles (sic) WICKS of Richmond Hill, Truro, was listed in the Register of Electors for 1907-1908.
The 1911 census of 13 Richmond Hill, Truro, Cornwall:
Bertram WICKS, head, aged 32, single, traveller in hardware, worker, born in Truro;
*Charles Wicks, father, aged 59, married 35 years, bookbinder, worker, born in Truro;
Louisa WICKS, mother, aged 59, married, 10 children of whom 8 living; born in Truro;
Chrissie WICKS, sister, aged 22, single, born in Truro;
Ethel ROSCORLA, sister, aged 33, married 16 years, 4 children of whom 3 living, born in Truro;
Melville CRISPIN, nephew, aged 4, born in Truro.
(RG14/13855)
The death of a Charles W. WICKS aged 81 was registered in 1932.
(GRO March 1932 Truro 5c 202)
He died on 6 March 1932.
NOTES & QUERIES:
1. Was his birth not registered?
2. Charles William WICKS is recorded as having married Louisa MINORS at Truro St. George on 31 August 1874 and Louisa, daughter of John PHILLIPS, at Truro St. Paul on the same day. Was PHILLIPS Louisa's mother's maiden name and was she herself illegitimate?
(revised 07.10.2012)