Notes:

He was twelve years of age when his father, who was already in the states sent for him. He arrived through Ellis Island. Walter changed jobs leaving the I.B.M. Corporation and went to work for General Motors in Rochester, New York. During the period that they lived in Rochester, Walter had three heart attacks and was urged to move to a warmer climate. Therefore, Walter retired from General Motors and he and Marguerite moved to the Buena Vista Mobile Home Community in Holiday, Florida.

Walter married Marguerite McVicker 19 Jun 1933, Vestal, Broome, New York, United States. Marguerite (daughter of John Joseph McVicker and Edith Lillian Holden) was born 24 Jun 1911, Pond Eddy, New York; died 11 Jan 2001, Holiday, Pasco, Florida, United States of America. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Marguerite McVicker spent much of her childhood at her grandmother, Estelle Holden's home. She trained to be a nurse at the Wilson Memorial Hospital. She then got a good job with the Endicott Johnson Shoe Company in the sales department. She worked there until she had her first child, Janet. Walter and Marguerite lived on Round Top, in Endicott, New York.
Margurite spent many years as a volunteer at the Helen Ellis Memorial Hospital (Tarpon Springs Hospital). She was honored for all of her hours of service.

Notes:

According to his birth certificate, John Joseph McVicker was born on Tuesday, October 6, 1885 in Kirkhills, Antrim Ireland to Margaret Ann McVicker and an unknown father. There are two stories concerning the relationship between Margaret McVicker and John Joseph McVicker. John's daughter, Mary McVicker Youngs, her entire life believed that Margaret was Aunt Maggie, her father's older sister or possibly his great aunt.

The second and perhaps more factual story is based on Johns birth certificate and information that John's daughter Margurite McVicker Campbell learned on a trip to visit the McVickers in Ireland, John was actually the fatherless child of Maggie, who became pregnant with him at the age of twenty-four.

According to the Ireland Census of 1901, both John and his brother James were living with Maggie's father in Kirkhills, Stranocum, Antrim, Ireland in a single room. It can be assumed that Maggie had already left for the US. Maggie's father was seventy-four and a widow according to the census.

Family lore had it that Maggie came to the United States first and worked as a domestic ( a cook) to save up money to bring her brothers, John and James to the United States. At the time John emigrated, Australia was also a destination for the Irish. His choice between the U S and Australia was made by the flip of a coin. John was 20 when he left Londonderry on April 16,1904. He arrived in New York harbor on April 16, 1904.

John McVicker's first job in the United States was with the Euwings (Ewing), who according to Mary McVicker Youngs, owned the Singer Sewing Machine Company. (Research does not show a Euwing/Ewing owning Singer but rather Secor sewing machines.) He trained their horses and spent some time racing them. The Euwings had a summer home in Pond Eddy, New York. It was during his time there that he met Edith Holden (Holdren) whom he ultimately married.

The Euwing's spent their summers in Pond Eddy and their winters in New York City. So after John and Edith were married they followed his job to New York City as this is where the Euwing's were living. It was in while living in New York that Edith became pregnant with their first child. Edith went back to Pond Eddy to have daughter Marguerite.

Some time prior to 1913, John wanted to try farming and Edith did not like living in the city, so they moved to Pennsylvania for a short time. They lived on her parent's, Charles and Estelle Holden's, farm. It was at this home in Scottsville, Pennsylvania that their son, Lee McVicker was born.

In 1914, they were living in Pond Eddy, New York in an apartment. This is where their third child Mary was born. They then moved to Irvington, New York where John was employed at the Burnham Boiler Company. While John worked at the Boiler Company he was also the caretaker for William G. MacAdoo, who was a famous personality during WW I. The McVicker family had a nice home on the MacAdoo estate.

In 1925, John was employed by I.B.M. through the New York office. This job took him to Endicott, New York. At the time, IBM didn't pay well so John went to work for the Endicott Johnson Shoe Company in their Endicott, New York facility working in the tannery. He eventually suffered from "leather poisoning" and developed industrial tuberculosis. Prior to his death, he spent his last two years in the Tuberculosis Sanitarium in Chenango Bridge, New York.

John had a very even disposition and was seldom if ever made. He was kind and loved animals.

John married Edith Lillian Holden 28 Dec 1910, Pond Eddy, New York, USA. Edith (daughter of Charles O Holden and Estelle R Redmond) was born 23 Nov 1892, Silvara, PA; died 11 Apr 1971, Tarpon Springs, Florida, USA; was buried , Vestal, Broome, New York, United States. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Edith's family moved often because her father owned a sawmill. He would move the sawmill from place to place wherever the "cutting" was good. The last place that he moved his sawmill was Pond Eddy, New York. It was here that Edith met John McVicker. Edith was an adventurous woman and enjoyed life. She loved to dance and socialize.


Buried:
Vestal Hills Cemetery

Died:
Mease Hospital (Now Ellis)

Notes:

Margaret Ann McVicker, also known as Maggie was born in Ballymoney, Antrim, Ireland on August 1, 1861 to John McVicker and Mary Ann (Laverty) McVicker. On May 13, 1892 at the age of 31, Maggie boarded the SS City of Rome in Londnderry, Ireland and headed to New York Harbor. On the ships manifest, she was listed as a domestic servant travelling with several other domestic servanst and farm laborers. She left behind with her parents her two sones, seven year old John McVicker and three year old James Patrick.

In 1920 she was a domestic servant for Jessie Orton and his sister Virginia living in Greenburg, Westchester County, NY. Her last residence was at 21 Beekman Avenue, Mt Pleasant, NY


Buried:
Maggie is buried in the Sleepy Hollow Cemetary, Section 54 Kidron, Plot 2893. Buried there are:
1. Marie McVicker 2/13/1920 (James 1st Wife)
2. James P McVicker 10/17/1938
3.Delia McVIcker 5/26/1972 (James 2nd Wife)
4. Margaret Ann McVivker 10/2/1945
5. Jean (aka Jane) McVicker 8/5/1991.

Sleepy Hollow Cemetery

Notes:

Buried:
Vaughn's Cemetery

Charles married Estelle R Redmond Dec 1891. Estelle (daughter of Hiram C Redmond and Mary Ellen Trowbridge) was born 8 Nov 1873, Pennsylvania; died 2 Mar 1962; was buried , Mehoopany, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet]