Person:Grace Hickman (1)

2029 N Otis Drive;Alameda CA 94501; 501-865-3254 (1993)

Based on a letter from Grace to Osa Reed Hickman dated 18 Oct 1955, Grace was married to Ken Wilson, a realtor-insurer. The letter gives the location of the company as 6021 Foothill Boulevard, Oakland , California, LOchaven 9-4188. There is also a handwritten phone number 1-415-865-3254. [I have a copy of the letter. The orginal is at the home of Clarence William Hickman in Topeka]

A Western Union Telegram to Mrs Mabel (Hickman) Elkins Box 845 Ponca Cita Okla dated 1955 Oct 3 AM: Father passed away peacefully Sunday evening Letter follows. Grace Wilson. [I have a copy. The original is with Clarence William Hickman]

Grace died of colon cancer. She lived five years after she was treated, but died in the sixth year. [Phone conversation with Ethyl W Hickman 29 Nov 1993.]

Died 1 Nov 1992, 6 PM FGS ex Kenneth Edgar Wilson (I have)

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Grace was a poet. She wrote and published Hazard of the Die. Grace Wilson, 2029 N. Otis Drive, Alameda, CA 94501. copyright 1900. The back cover reads:

In assembling this collection of poetry I realize that my biography, except for a few concrete facts, has written itself.

Born in San Francisco and growing up across the bay ("San Francisco from Across the Bay") in what was then a country setting ("Legacy from a Country Mother"; Flamboyant Hostess"; "Double Take"), I now live in Alameda. Daily walks along the shoreline serve up a view of San Francisco ("Bayside Dialectic"), reinforcing a lifelong attachment to this part of California ("California", "Voyage Out, Voyage Home").

Even though so many things have changed since those early days of windswept hills and blowing wild flowers ("Condemnation Clause"; "Retrospection; Redevelopment"), the rymes of nature and of change translate themselves into words I trust will provide something of a profile of me. [The titles I have put in quotes, are in italic in the original. The the names of poems in the book]

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1. ↑ FGS ex Kenneth Edgar Wilson (I have).
2. ↑ Autobio:Hazard of the Die, Grace Wilson author & pub.I have.
3. ↑ Telephine converstaion 14 Dec. 1996.
4. ↑ FGS ex Kenneth Edgar Wilson (I have).
5. ↑ California Vital Statistics
   CA Deaths; http://userdb.rootsweb.com/ca/death/search.cgi.
6. ↑ www.Ancestry.com
   Social Security Death Index.
7. ↑ US 1920
   CA, Alameda Co, Alameda, Precint 30, SD5 ED 14 Sheet 2B; 44/47.
8.   Letter ex Grace telling of father's death. I have.
9.   Spouse; calc from letter ex Grace telling of fa.'s death.
10.   Burial:FGS ex Kenneth Edgar Wilson (I have).
11. ↑ Ethel Hickman Jacklich named her sister Grace
12. ↑ CA vitals
    name WILSON GRACE ELIZABETH ; dob 10/27/1917; father HICKMAN; sex F; pob CALIFORNIA; pod ALAMEDA ; dod 11/02/1992 ; SSN 552-05-6081 ; age75
13. ↑ GRACE E WILSON b 27 Oct 1917; d Nov 1992; Last Residence ZIP 94501 (Alameda, Alameda, CA); Last Benefit (none specified); SSN 552-05-6081; Issued California
14. ↑ 1920
    Res 1213 Central Avenue, Home rented
    
    Rel. Age msw Attd Person Fath Moth Occ Bus
    lst bd School bp bp bp
    Hickman, Clarence Head 39 m MO MO MO Carpenter Shipyard
    Emma W Wife 37 m # # # None
    Ethyl W Dau 11 s Y CA MO # None Frank W Son 3 8/12 s CA MO # None
    Grace E Dau 2 2/12 s CA MO # None
    
    # Emma was born in Finnland. She spoke Swedish. She spoke English
    Emma's father was born in Finnland. He spoke Swedish.
    Emma's mother was born in Finnland. She spoke Swedish.
    
    Emma was naturalized. According to the census she immigrated 1920. This must be an error