John Joseph McVicker

Male 1885 - 1942  (57 years)


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  • Name John Joseph McVicker  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17
    Born 6 Oct 1885  Kirkhills, Ballymoney, Antrim Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 17
    Gender Male 
    Died 15 Oct 1942  Chenango Bridge, Broome, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 12
    Buried Vestal, Broome, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 12
    Person ID I1523  MySiscoFamily
    Last Modified 17 Jan 2018 

    Mother Margaret Ann McVicker,   b. 1 Aug 1861, Ballymoney, Antrim, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Sep 1945, Hartsdale, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Family ID F551  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Edith Lillian Holden,   b. 23 Nov 1892, Silvara, PA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Apr 1971, Tarpon Springs, Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Married 28 Dec 1910  Pond Eddy, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [10, 13
    Children 
     1. Marguerite McVicker,   b. 24 Jun 1911, Pond Eddy, New York Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Jan 2001, Holiday, Pasco, Florida, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years)  [natural]
     2. John L. McVicker,   b. 13 Aug 1913, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Oct 1964  (Age 51 years)  [natural]
     3. Mary Valeria McVicker,   b. 27 Dec 1914, Pond Eddy, New York Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Oct 2006, New Port Richey, Pasco, Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 91 years)  [natural]
    Last Modified 17 Jan 2018 
    Family ID F416  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsDied - 15 Oct 1942 - Chenango Bridge, Broome, New York, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • 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.

  • Sources 
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      Birth date: abt 1887Birth place: IrelandResidence date: 1920Residence place: Irvington, Westchester, New YorkArrival date: 1904Arrival place:

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      residence date: 1 Apr 1940 residence place: Union, Broome, New York, United States residence date: 1935 residence place: Union, Broome, New York Name: John Joseph McVicker birth date: 6 Oct 1885 birth place: Kirkhills, Ballymoney, Antrim Ireland

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      Name: John Joseph McVicker birth date: 6 Oct 1885 birth place: Kirkhills, Ballymoney, Antrim Ireland residence date: 1 June 1915 residence place: Lumberland, Sullivan, New York, United States

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      Birth date: abt 1882Birth place: Northern IrelandResidence date: 1930Residence place: Endicott, Broome, New York

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      Name: John Joseph McVicker
      burial place: Vestal, Broome, New York, United States
      birth date: 06 Oct 1885
      birth place: Kirkhills, Ballymoney, Antrim Ireland
      death date: 15 October 1942
      death place: Chenango Bridge, Broome, New York, USA

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      residence date: 1939
      residence place: Endicott, New York, USA
      Name: John Joseph McVicker

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      birth date: 06 Oct 1885
      birth place: Kirkhills, Ballymoney, Antrim Ireland
      Name: John Joseph McVicker
      residence date: 1 June 1925
      residence place: Greenburgh, Westchester, New York, United States

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      Record for John J McVicker

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