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__________________________
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_Zachariah SICKLES ________|__________________________
| (.... - 1766)
_Daniel SICKLES ________|
| (1744 - 1815) m 1791 |
| | __________________________
| | |
| |_Sarah SEARS ______________|__________________________
| (.... - 1796)
_William Henry SICKLES ___|
| (1807 - 1870) m 1845 |
| | __________________________
| | |
| | _John BRADLEY _____________|__________________________
| | |
| |_Rebecca BRADLEY _______|
| (1775 - 1845) m 1791 |
| | __________________________
| | |
| |___________________________|__________________________
|
_Oliver Bradley SICKLES __|
| (1859 - 1940) m 1879 |
| | __________________________
| | |
| | ___________________________|__________________________
| | |
| | ________________________|
| | | |
| | | | __________________________
| | | | |
| | | |___________________________|__________________________
| | |
| |_Mary Ann ROBINSON _______|
| (1816 - 1873) m 1845 |
| | __________________________
| | |
| | ___________________________|__________________________
| | |
| |________________________|
| |
| | __________________________
| | |
| |___________________________|__________________________
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|
|--William Henry SICKLES
| (1893 - 1977)
| __________________________
| |
| _Johann Michael STICH _____|__________________________
| |
| _Georg Andreas STICH ___|
| | (1792 - 1867) |
| | | __________________________
| | | |
| | |_Anna Barbara (STICH) _____|__________________________
| |
| _George Andreas JAKOB ____|
| | (1828 - 1905) |
| | | _Johann Leonhard JAKOB ___
| | | |
| | | _Georg Konrad JAKOB _______|_Maria Margaretha FRASIN _
| | | | (1775 - ....) m 1809
| | |_Eva Margaretha JAKOB __|
| | (1801 - 1851) |
| | | _Johann STAHL ____________
| | | |
| | |_Anna Barbara STAHL _______|_Maria Margaretha BARIN __
| | (1777 - ....) m 1809
|_Barbara Catherine JAKOB _|
(1859 - 1934) m 1879 |
| __________________________
| |
| ___________________________|__________________________
| |
| _Johann Leonhard RÜBEL _|
| | |
| | | __________________________
| | | |
| | |___________________________|__________________________
| |
|_Barbara Catherine RÜBEL _|
(1829 - 1869) |
| __________________________
| |
| _Johann Leonhard HOLLERER _|__________________________
| |
|_Ursula HOLLERER _______|
|
| __________________________
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|___________________________|__________________________
[24]
Will was born between Amityville and Massapequa, Long Island, NY on August 17, 1893. According to family tradition, it was "the day the Great South Bay backed up." Due to severe flooding, the doctor had to come to the house on a rowboat. A
check of contemporary newspapers, however, reveals that the storm didn't start until August 19th - two days after Will was born. The rain and wind became so heavy on the night of August 23rd that they were described by the New York Times as
"cyclonic," ripping trees out of the ground and smashing yachts.
[26]
Will's family later moved to Van Buren Street in Brooklyn's Bushwick neighborhood, where he attended P.S. 74 elementary school and Boys High School until the age of 14. While in grade school, he worked at the local synagogue, opening up and
stoking the fire for the sabbath. He was a member of the Bushwick Avenue Reformed Church ("The White Church") and was active in the young adult group and the Sunday school.
[28]
Will's first job was as a stock and sales person for a millinery concern in Manhattan, and then he went to work for the American Can Company, where he stayed until retirement. His title at that time was Budget Supervisor for the Atlantic
Division. The Can Company was located first at 230 Park Avenue and then at 100 Park Avenue in Manhattan.
[30]
On May 28, 1917, as the United States entered World War I, Will enlisted in the U.S. Army's 23rd Regiment, transferring to 106th Infantry on October 15. He received his basic training in Spartanburg, South Carolina before shipping out for
Europe on May 10, 1918. He served in France and Belgium, rising to the rank of Sergeant, was gassed and wounded, and received the Croix de Guerre and the Purple Heart. With the war over, Will returned to the United States on March 6, 1919.
He was honorably discharged at Camp Upton in New York on April 2 and returned to work at the American Can Company.
[32]
Will eloped with Emma Hentschel and moved to 86-30 91st Street in Woodhaven, Queens on the third floor of the house his parents owned and where his sisters Edith and Margaret also had apartments. After their son Billy was born they moved to
112-37 208th Street in Queens Village, NY.
[34]
Will spent many years improving and decorating the house and planting the garden. He was active in the Hollis Avenue Congregational Church, where he was treasurer of the Sunday school, a trustee and a member of the Boy Scout committee. He was
president of the local Community Association and was successful in getting the city to enlarge the inadequate sewers.
[36] Will was a long-time member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and was a life member of the Masons (Joppa Lodge, Brooklyn). He moved to Cambria Heights, Queens in 1958, and after Emma died, to Jamaica (also in Queens).
[38] Will enjoyed building things, traveling, pinochle, and rye whiskey. Never having finished high school, he was largely self-taught, but very well informed. He was a life-long Republican.
[40]
When he could no longer live by himself, Will moved to Florida with his son Bill and daughter-in-law Ginny and later to New York City with his daughter Evelyn and her husband Bob. He developed Parkinson's disease and idiopathic
thrombocytopenic purpura and died at home in New York. He is buried at Long Island National Cemetery (Section 2L, Grave #5845) next to his wife Emma.
[42] As daughter Evelyn once said, "He was a quiet, gentlemanly stoic, with a good sense of humor, who made sure that his family was well taken care of, even in hard times."