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Della Reddick was born in West Virginia, the daughter of Richard & Malinda Reddick. She married three times.  She had two daughters with John Wicks.  She married second the widower James G. Wilson, who had seven children.  James & Della had three more children.    Della's third husband was Lawrence J. Wimer, who had an adopted daughter, Velma.  Della was thus the mother of 5 children, the step-mother of 8 more, for a total of 13 children.
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Della Reddick was born 1886-1890,in West Virginia, the daughter of Richard & Malinda Reddick. By 1900 her family had moved to Slippery Rock Twp., Butler Co. PA, and ten years later she was working as a waitress at the Slippery Rock Normal School, the forerunner to Slippery Rock College.  Della married three times.  She had two daughters with John Wicks.  She married second the widower James G. Wilson, who had seven children.  James & Della had three more children.    Della's third husband was Lawrence J. Wimer, who had an adopted daughter, Velma.  Della was thus the mother of 5 children, the step-mother of 8 more, for a total of 13 children.
  
 
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| '''Birth'''  || 17 Jan 1886/1890 ||  West Virginia  ||  || <sup class="reference">[1][11] </sup>
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| '''Birth'''  || 17 Jan 1886/1890 ||  West Virginia  ||  || <sup class="reference">[1][6] </sup>
 
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| '''1st Marriage''' || || || To John Wicks || <sup class="reference"> </sup>
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| '''1st Marriage''' ||9 June 1914 || || To John Wicks || <sup class="reference">[10] </sup>
 
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| '''2nd Marriage''' ||by 1925  || || To  [[James Garfield Wilson]]  || <sup class="reference"> </sup>
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| '''2nd Marriage''' ||by 1925  || || To  [[James Garfield Wilson]]  || <sup class="reference">[4][7][8] </sup>
 
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| '''Death''' ||12 Mar 1968 || ||  || <sup class="reference"> </sup>
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| '''3rd Marriage''' ||by 1925  || || To  Lawrence J. Wimer || <sup class="reference">[8][9][10] </sup>
 
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| '''Death''' ||12 Mar 1968 ||  ||  || <sup class="reference">[6] </sup>
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| '''Burial''' || || Indiana, Indiana Co. PA  || || <sup class="reference"> [6]</sup>
 
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                       +-- '''Della Reddick''' --+
 
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                       +-- 1) John Wicks
 
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                       +-- 3)  Lawrence J. Wimer
 
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  Sources: <sup class="reference">[6][8][9][10] </sup>
  
 
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|  Mae Wicks  || F ||  ||  ||  Mike Elchison  || || <sup class="reference">[6][10] </sup>
 
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| WV ||b. 1886/90 till at least 1894 ||  || <sup class="reference"> [1] </sup>
 
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| Slippery Rock, Butler Co, PA || by 1896 until after 1920 ||  ||<sup class="reference"> [1][2][3] </sup>
 
| Slippery Rock, Butler Co, PA || by 1896 until after 1920 ||  ||<sup class="reference"> [1][2][3] </sup>
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| '''1900 United States Federal Census''', District 62, Slippery Rock Twp, Butler Co., PA, page 15.  Census dated 15 June 1900.<br>Lines 23-29:  Richard Redick(''sic''), 35, head, married 11 years, b. PA, parents b. PA, farmer, owns farm; Alvita, 31, wife, m. 11 years, 6 children born, 5 living, b. WV, parents b. WV; Della, 10, dau., b. WV; Ethyl P., 8, dau., b. WV; Lanie, 6 dau., b. WV; Henry J., 4, son, b. PA; John R., 1, son, b. PA.
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| '''1900 United States Federal Census''', District 62, Slippery Rock Twp, Butler Co., PA, page 15.  Census dated 15 June 1900.<br>Lines 23-29:  ''Richard Redick''(''sic''), 35, head, married 11 years, b. PA, parents b. PA, farmer, owns farm; ''Alvita'', 31, wife, m. 11 years, 6 children born, 5 living, b. WV, parents b. WV; '''Della''', 10, dau., b. WV; Ethyl P., 8, dau., b. WV; Lanie, 6 dau., b. WV; Henry J., 4, son, b. PA; John R., 1, son, b. PA. Parents Richard & Alvita can read & write.
 
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| '''1910 United States Federal Census''', District 102, Slippery Rock Twp, Butler Co, PA, page 17.  Census dated 26 Apr 1910.<br>Lines 4-26 list the principal, faculty and staff of Slippery Rock Normal School.  On line 12 is Della M. Reddick, 20, help, b. WV, father b. PA, mother b. WV, waitress, Normal School.
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| '''1910 United States Federal Census''', District 102, Slippery Rock Twp, Butler Co, PA, page 17.  Census dated 26 Apr 1910.<br>Lines 4-26 list the principal, faculty and staff of Slippery Rock Normal School.  On line 12 is '''Della M. Reddick''', 20, help, b. WV, father b. PA, mother b. WV, waitress, Normal School.
 
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| '''1920 United States Federal Census''',District 59, Slippery Rock Twp, Butler Co, Pa, page 12.  Census dated 7 Jan 1920. <br> Lines 81-84: John H. Wicks, 24, head, b. PA, father b. PA, mother b. OH, bus driver, livery, rents home; Della M., 29, wife, b. WV, father b. PA, mother b. WV; Mae E., 7, dau., b. PA, father b. PA, mother b. WV, attended school; Howard Cornell, 4 years, 11 months, roomer, b. Canada, father b. Canada, mother b. PA.
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| '''1920 United States Federal Census''',District 59, Slippery Rock Twp, Butler Co, Pa, page 12.  Census dated 7 Jan 1920. <br> Lines 81-84: John H. Wicks, 24, head, b. PA, father b. PA, mother b. OH, bus driver, livery, rents home; '''Della M.''', 29, wife, b. WV, father b. PA, mother b. WV; Mae E., 7, dau., b. PA, father b. PA, mother b. WV, attended school; Howard Cornell, 4 years, 11 months, roomer, b. Canada, father b. Canada, mother b. PA.
 
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| '''1930 United States Federal Census''', West Liberty Township, Butler County, PA, Enumeration District 67, Page 1, lines 9-20 lists '''James G. Wilson''', 43, married to ''Della R. Wilson'', 43.  They were both 21 at the time of their first marriage.  They live with son ''Merl A. Wilson'', 19; son ''Brice C. Wilson'', 17; daughter ''Vernice E. Wilson'', 14; son ''Kenneth J. Wilson'', 12; daughter ''Dorothy H. Wilson'', 8; son ''Homel W. Wilson'', 7; son ''James E. Wilson'', 3; daughter ''Mary J. Wilson'', 1 year 11 months; daughter ''Ma[illegible] E. Wilson'', 8 months; and stepdaughter ''Betty Wicks'', 7.  Vernice, Kenneth, Dorothy, and Homel attended school within the last year.  Everyone can read and write except for Homel, James E., Mary, Mabel E., and Betty.  James G. Wilson and his parents were born in PA.  Della was born in WV, though her parents were both born in PA.  All of the children were born in PA.  James G. Wilson is a farmer on land that he owns.  Merl and Brice work as farm laborers.  James E., Mary J., Ma[illegible], and Betty are listed as unable to speak English.   
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| '''1930 United States Federal Census''', West Liberty Township, Butler County, PA, Enumeration District 67, Page 1, lines 9-20 lists [[James Garfield Wilson|James G. Wilson]], 43, married to ''Della R. Wilson'', 43.  They were both 21 at the time of their first marriage.  They live with son ''Merl A. Wilson'', 19; son ''Brice C. Wilson'', 17; daughter ''Vernice E. Wilson'', 14; son ''Kenneth J. Wilson'', 12; daughter ''Dorothy H. Wilson'', 8; son ''Homel W. Wilson'', 7; son ''James E. Wilson'', 3; daughter ''Mary J. Wilson'', 1 year 11 months; daughter ''Ma[illegible] E. Wilson'', 8 months; and stepdaughter ''Betty Wicks'', 7.  Vernice, Kenneth, Dorothy, and Homel attended school within the last year.  Everyone can read and write except for Homel, James E., Mary, Mabel E., and Betty.  James G. Wilson and his parents were born in PA.  Della was born in WV, though her parents were both born in PA.  All of the children were born in PA.  James G. Wilson is a farmer on land that he owns.  Merl and Brice work as farm laborers.  James E., Mary J., Ma[illegible], and Betty are listed as unable to speak English.   
 
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| '''1930 United States Federal Census''', District 70, Worth Twp, Butler Co., PA, page 15.  Census dated 23 Apr 1930.<br>Lines 9-11: Lawrence J. Wimer, head, 44, first married at age 36, rents home, $5 rent, tool dresser, oil field, owns radio, born PA, parents b. PA.; Kathryn M., wife, 30, married at 22, born PA, parents b. Germany; Velma Anna, adopted dau., 1 year 2 months, b. PA, parents b. PA.<br>A family headed by Charles Wimer is the next listing.
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|'''Obituary of Della Mae Reddick''', Butler Eagle edition of 13 Mar. 1968; microfilm R-341, pg. 10.  Image supplied to us June 2008 by Jan Finke.<br><br>Mrs. Della Mae Wimer, 82, of Indiana PA, formerly Butler Co., died yesterday (ie. 12 Mar 1968).  Born 17 Jan 1886 in West Virginia, daughter of Richard & Malinda Reddick. Survived by husband Lawrence Wimer; son James E. Wilson; 4 daughters: Mrs. Mike (Mae) Elchison, Mrs. Arthur Roy (Mary Jane) Fleming, Mrs. Roy E. (Mabel) Fleming, & Mrs. Clifford (Velma) Fleming; several step-children; 5 brothers: Harold, Cecil, Henry, Earl & Charles Reddick. Burial in Indiana PA.<br><br>Note:  Mae (Mrs. Mike Elchison)  was a daughter of Velma and John Wick. <br>Velma (Mrs. Clifford Fleming) is actually Della's step-daughter; Velma was the adopted daughter of Della's 3rd husband, Lawrence J. Wimer, and his 1st wife Katherine Vogel. 
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|'''Obituary of James G. Wilson''', Butler Eagle edition of 24 Dec 1931, from microfilm reel 48 pg 3; image contributed by Jan Finke.<br>James G. Wilson aged 44 died at his home near Nickleville Saturday, Dec.  19. Funeral at home, Rev. Engle of West Liberty officiating; burial at West Liberty cemetery. Born in Butler Co.; farmer.  Married Lorena Mayer 8 July 1908; after her death in 1924 he married Della Reddich. Surviving are his widow Mrs. Della Reddich Wilson; 10 children Mrs Clifford Bickel of Keister, Merle, Rice, Bernice, Kenneth, Dorothy, Homer, James, Mary Jane & Mabel Wilson, all at home; and Bert Wilson of Nickleville.
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|'''Manuscript of John T. Wilson'''  researched 1975-1985, including personal knowledge and interviews of McDeavitt cousins and of his aunts Stella Wimer (McNeese), Lizzy Wimer (McDeavitt), Meda Wimer (McDeavitt), and Mary Gahagan.  
 
|'''Manuscript of John T. Wilson'''  researched 1975-1985, including personal knowledge and interviews of McDeavitt cousins and of his aunts Stella Wimer (McNeese), Lizzy Wimer (McDeavitt), Meda Wimer (McDeavitt), and Mary Gahagan.  
  
 
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| '''Russell W. Wilson''', nephew of James G. Wilson; interviewed Sept 2006 by his niece Elizabeth Wilson Williams.
 
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|'''Obituary of James G. Wilson''', Butler Eagle edition of 24 Dec 1931, from microfilm reel 48 pg 3; image contributed by Jan Finke.<br>James G. Wilson aged 44 died at his home near Nickleville Saturday, Dec.  19. Funeral at home, Rev. Engle of West Liberty officiating; burial at West Liberty cemetery. Born in Butler Co.; farmer.  Married Lorena Mayer 8 July 1908; after her death in 1924 he married Della Reddich. Surviving are his widow Mrs. Della Reddich Wilson; 10 children Mrs Clifford Bickel of Keister, Merle, Rice, Bernice, Kenneth, Dorothy, Homer, James, Mary Jane & Mabel Wilson, all at home; and Bert Wilson of Nickleville.
 
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| '''1930 United States Federal Census''', District 70, Worth Twp, Butler Co., PA, page 15.  Census dated 23 Apr 1930.<br>Lines 9-11: Lawrence J. Wimer, head, 44, first married at age 36, rents home, $5 rent, tool dresser, oil field, owns radio, born PA, parents b. PA.; Kathryn M., wife, 30, married at 22, born PA, parents b. Germany; Velma Anna, adopted dau., 1 year 2 months, b. PA, parents b. PA.<br>A family headed by Charles Wimer is the next listing.
 
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* Della Reddick's husbands were: <br>1st)John H. Wicks, b. 1896, married June 9, 1914. <br> 2nd) James G. Wilson, married 1924/25.  <br>3rd) Lawrence Wimer, married ~ 1935 till Della's death in 1968.  <br>"Della was a good stepmother and grandmother".
 
* Della Reddick's husbands were: <br>1st)John H. Wicks, b. 1896, married June 9, 1914. <br> 2nd) James G. Wilson, married 1924/25.  <br>3rd) Lawrence Wimer, married ~ 1935 till Della's death in 1968.  <br>"Della was a good stepmother and grandmother".
 
*Della Reddick & Lawrence Wimer are buried in the Good Shepherd section, Greenwood Cemetery, Indiana City, Indiana Co., PA. He died 12/23/1984 at age 98.
 
*Della Reddick & Lawrence Wimer are buried in the Good Shepherd section, Greenwood Cemetery, Indiana City, Indiana Co., PA. He died 12/23/1984 at age 98.
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|'''Obituary of Della Mae Reddick''', Butler Eagle edition of 13 Mar. 1968; microfilm R-341, pg. 10.  Image supplied to us June 2008 by Jan Finke.<br><br>Mrs. Della Mae Wimer, 82, of Indiana PA, formerly Butler Co., died yesterday (ie. 12 Mar 1968).  Born 17 Jan 1886 in West Virginia, daughter of Richard & Malinda Reddick. Survived by husband Lawrence Wimer; son James E. Wilson; 4 daughters: Mrs. Mike (Mae) Elchison, Mrs. Arthur Roy (Mary Jane) Fleming, Mrs. Roy E. (Mabel) Fleming, & Mrs. Clifford (Velma) Fleming; several step-children; 5 brothers: Harold, Cecil, Henry, Earl & Charles Reddick. Burial in Indiana PA.<br><br>Note: Mae (Mrs. Mike Elchison)  was a daughter of Velma and John Wick. <br>Velma (Mrs. Clifford Fleming) is actually Della's step-daughter; Velma was the adopted daughter of Della's 3rd husband, Lawrence J. Wimer, and his 1st wife Katherine Vogel.  
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* Della Reddick's early dates from various sources are not consistent.  The 1900, 1910 & 1920 census indicate she was born in 1890. Her obituary gives her birthdate as 17 Jan 1886. Researcher Jan Finke lists her marriage date to John Wick as 9 June 1914; however, the 1930 census indicates she was age 21 at that marriage, so (born in 1893?).
 
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NOT A DIRECT ANCESTOR

Della Reddick is not in my direct ancestor. She is related by marriage:

Della Reddick was born 1886-1890,in West Virginia, the daughter of Richard & Malinda Reddick. By 1900 her family had moved to Slippery Rock Twp., Butler Co. PA, and ten years later she was working as a waitress at the Slippery Rock Normal School, the forerunner to Slippery Rock College. Della married three times. She had two daughters with John Wicks. She married second the widower James G. Wilson, who had seven children. James & Della had three more children. Della's third husband was Lawrence J. Wimer, who had an adopted daughter, Velma. Della was thus the mother of 5 children, the step-mother of 8 more, for a total of 13 children.


Date Location Notes Sources
Birth 17 Jan 1886/1890 West Virginia [1][6]
1st Marriage 9 June 1914 To John Wicks [10]
2nd Marriage by 1925 To James Garfield Wilson [4][7][8]
3rd Marriage by 1925 To Lawrence J. Wimer [8][9][10]
Death 12 Mar 1968 [6]
Burial Indiana, Indiana Co. PA [6]

Ancestry chart segment 

                           Generation 3                Generation 4
 
                                          +-- Richard Reddick 
                                          |   (????-????)   
                      +-- Della Reddick --+
                      |   (1887-1968)     |
                      |                   +-- Malinda unknown 
                      |                       (????-????) 
                      +-- 1) John Wicks
                      |      (????-????) 
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                      +-- 2)  James Garfield Wilson
                      |      (1887-1931)
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                      +-- 3)  Lawrence J. Wimer
                              (1886-????)
Sources: [6][8][9][10]

Children

( children with John Wicks)

Name Gender Date of Birth Birthplace Spouse Notes Sources
Mae Wicks F Mike Elchison [6][10]
Betty Wicks F 1923

(children with James Garfield Wilson)

Name Gender Date of Birth Birthplace Spouse Notes Sources
James Edward Wilson M 31 Oct 1925 Bernice Fulmer
Mary Jane Wilson F 10 Apr 1929 Arthur Roy Fleming
Mabel Aileen Wilson F 7 July 1930 Roy E.Fleming

(Step-children, children of James Garfield Wilson & 1st wife Lorena Bernice Mayer

Name Gender Date of Birth Birthplace Spouse Notes Sources
Sarah Pearl Wilson F 1909 Clifford Bickel
Alvin Merle Wilson M 1910 Elda M. Bickel
Brice Clayton Wilson M 1912 unknown McCreary died <1980
Bernice Evelyn Wilson F 13 July 1915 Charles Wimer
Kenneth James Wilson M 3 Feb 1918 Mary unknown died <1980
Dorothy Frances Wilson F 14 Feb 1920 Paul Frederick Heckethorn
Homer Dean Wilson M 15 Apr 1922
 Helen (Morris/Harris?)

(Step-daughter, adopted daughter of Lawrence J. Wimer & 1st wife Katherine Vogel)

Name Gender Date of Birth Birthplace Spouse Notes Sources
Velma Wimer (adopted) F Clifford Flemming

Places of Residence

Location Dates Notes Sources
WV b. 1886/90 till at least 1894 [1]
Slippery Rock, Butler Co, PA by 1896 until after 1920 [1][2][3]
West Liberty,Brady Twp., Butler Co., PA by 1930 -? with James Garfield Wilson [4]
Indiana,Indiana Co. PA ? - 1968

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Sources

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1 1900 United States Federal Census, District 62, Slippery Rock Twp, Butler Co., PA, page 15. Census dated 15 June 1900.
Lines 23-29: Richard Redick(sic), 35, head, married 11 years, b. PA, parents b. PA, farmer, owns farm; Alvita, 31, wife, m. 11 years, 6 children born, 5 living, b. WV, parents b. WV; Della, 10, dau., b. WV; Ethyl P., 8, dau., b. WV; Lanie, 6 dau., b. WV; Henry J., 4, son, b. PA; John R., 1, son, b. PA. Parents Richard & Alvita can read & write.
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2 1910 United States Federal Census, District 102, Slippery Rock Twp, Butler Co, PA, page 17. Census dated 26 Apr 1910.
Lines 4-26 list the principal, faculty and staff of Slippery Rock Normal School. On line 12 is Della M. Reddick, 20, help, b. WV, father b. PA, mother b. WV, waitress, Normal School.
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3 1920 United States Federal Census,District 59, Slippery Rock Twp, Butler Co, Pa, page 12. Census dated 7 Jan 1920.
Lines 81-84: John H. Wicks, 24, head, b. PA, father b. PA, mother b. OH, bus driver, livery, rents home; Della M., 29, wife, b. WV, father b. PA, mother b. WV; Mae E., 7, dau., b. PA, father b. PA, mother b. WV, attended school; Howard Cornell, 4 years, 11 months, roomer, b. Canada, father b. Canada, mother b. PA.
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4 1930 United States Federal Census, West Liberty Township, Butler County, PA, Enumeration District 67, Page 1, lines 9-20 lists James G. Wilson, 43, married to Della R. Wilson, 43. They were both 21 at the time of their first marriage. They live with son Merl A. Wilson, 19; son Brice C. Wilson, 17; daughter Vernice E. Wilson, 14; son Kenneth J. Wilson, 12; daughter Dorothy H. Wilson, 8; son Homel W. Wilson, 7; son James E. Wilson, 3; daughter Mary J. Wilson, 1 year 11 months; daughter Ma[illegible] E. Wilson, 8 months; and stepdaughter Betty Wicks, 7. Vernice, Kenneth, Dorothy, and Homel attended school within the last year. Everyone can read and write except for Homel, James E., Mary, Mabel E., and Betty. James G. Wilson and his parents were born in PA. Della was born in WV, though her parents were both born in PA. All of the children were born in PA. James G. Wilson is a farmer on land that he owns. Merl and Brice work as farm laborers. James E., Mary J., Ma[illegible], and Betty are listed as unable to speak English.
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5 1930 United States Federal Census, District 70, Worth Twp, Butler Co., PA, page 15. Census dated 23 Apr 1930.
Lines 9-11: Lawrence J. Wimer, head, 44, first married at age 36, rents home, $5 rent, tool dresser, oil field, owns radio, born PA, parents b. PA.; Kathryn M., wife, 30, married at 22, born PA, parents b. Germany; Velma Anna, adopted dau., 1 year 2 months, b. PA, parents b. PA.
A family headed by Charles Wimer is the next listing.
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6 Obituary of Della Mae Reddick, Butler Eagle edition of 13 Mar. 1968; microfilm R-341, pg. 10. Image supplied to us June 2008 by Jan Finke.

Mrs. Della Mae Wimer, 82, of Indiana PA, formerly Butler Co., died yesterday (ie. 12 Mar 1968). Born 17 Jan 1886 in West Virginia, daughter of Richard & Malinda Reddick. Survived by husband Lawrence Wimer; son James E. Wilson; 4 daughters: Mrs. Mike (Mae) Elchison, Mrs. Arthur Roy (Mary Jane) Fleming, Mrs. Roy E. (Mabel) Fleming, & Mrs. Clifford (Velma) Fleming; several step-children; 5 brothers: Harold, Cecil, Henry, Earl & Charles Reddick. Burial in Indiana PA.

Note: Mae (Mrs. Mike Elchison) was a daughter of Velma and John Wick.
Velma (Mrs. Clifford Fleming) is actually Della's step-daughter; Velma was the adopted daughter of Della's 3rd husband, Lawrence J. Wimer, and his 1st wife Katherine Vogel.
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7 Obituary of James G. Wilson, Butler Eagle edition of 24 Dec 1931, from microfilm reel 48 pg 3; image contributed by Jan Finke.
James G. Wilson aged 44 died at his home near Nickleville Saturday, Dec. 19. Funeral at home, Rev. Engle of West Liberty officiating; burial at West Liberty cemetery. Born in Butler Co.; farmer. Married Lorena Mayer 8 July 1908; after her death in 1924 he married Della Reddich. Surviving are his widow Mrs. Della Reddich Wilson; 10 children Mrs Clifford Bickel of Keister, Merle, Rice, Bernice, Kenneth, Dorothy, Homer, James, Mary Jane & Mabel Wilson, all at home; and Bert Wilson of Nickleville.
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8 Manuscript of John T. Wilson researched 1975-1985, including personal knowledge and interviews of McDeavitt cousins and of his aunts Stella Wimer (McNeese), Lizzy Wimer (McDeavitt), Meda Wimer (McDeavitt), and Mary Gahagan.
9 Russell W. Wilson, nephew of James G. Wilson; interviewed Sept 2006 by his niece Elizabeth Wilson Williams.
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10 Correspondence of Jan Finke, granddaughter of James G. Wilson, June 1008- ongoing.
  • Supplied numerous obituary copies for the Wilson and related families, including Della Reddick.
  • Della Reddick's husbands were:
    1st)John H. Wicks, b. 1896, married June 9, 1914.
    2nd) James G. Wilson, married 1924/25.
    3rd) Lawrence Wimer, married ~ 1935 till Della's death in 1968.
    "Della was a good stepmother and grandmother".
  • Della Reddick & Lawrence Wimer are buried in the Good Shepherd section, Greenwood Cemetery, Indiana City, Indiana Co., PA. He died 12/23/1984 at age 98.
11 Personal correspondence from Elizabeth Wilson Williams, granddaughter of Bert Winiford Wilson.





Source notes

  • Della Reddick's early dates from various sources are not consistent. The 1900, 1910 & 1920 census indicate she was born in 1890. Her obituary gives her birthdate as 17 Jan 1886. Researcher Jan Finke lists her marriage date to John Wick as 9 June 1914; however, the 1930 census indicates she was age 21 at that marriage, so (born in 1893?).

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