Résumé

Wickenden worked as a draftsman in 1926.

Draftsman, Designer, William W. Wurster, Architect, San Francisco, CA, -1942;

Principal, John D. Wickenden, Architect, San Francisco, CA, 1943. In 1943, Wickenden had an architectural office at 402 Jackson Street in San Francisco. (See San Francisco City Directory, 1943, p. 1541.)

Associate, Wurster, Bernardi, and Emmons, Architects, San Francisco, CA, c. 1963;

B.Arch, University of California, Berkeley, c. 1918;

Born in Los Alamos, California, Wickenden spent much of his childhood in San Luis Obsipo. As a student at the University of CA, he lived at 2425 Prince Street in Berkeley, CA, in 09/1918 and at 2377 Virginia Street, Berkeley, in 1926; he, his wife, Virginia, and daughter, Margaret, paid $40 per month for rented quarters at 2826 College Avenue, Berkeley, in 1930; they lived at 1408 Spring Way, Berkeley, c. 1932-1938; Wickenden died in Alameda County, CA, at the age of 67.

His father, William F. Wickenden (born 06/1861 in CA), was a retail grocer in 1900; His mother was Margaret (Maggie) Sauer Wickenden (born 07/12/1864 in CA)ran the household. His father came from England, his mother, CA; her father came from Germany, her mother from CA. William and Maggie had six children, with James the youngest; they included: Mandy (daughter, born 12/1883 in CA), Winfred (son, born 06/1885 in CA), Eric (son, born 01/1887 in CA), Wilhelmina (daughter, born 05/1889 in CA) and Clarance (son, born 11/1891 in CA);

Married Virginia B. Wickenden (born 06/08/1899 in ND-died 11/07/1963 in Alameda County, CA) around 1924.

He had one daughter, Margaret, born 1928 in CA;

As a college student in 1918, James Wickenden was of medium height and slender build, with brown hair and brown eyes; Wickenden was a long-time employee of William W. Wurster's Office, and, later, that of Wurster, Bernardi and Emmons. In politics, Wickenden was independent; he declared himself Republican in the 1928, 1930, 1932 and probably 1934, and Democratic in 1926, 1936, 1938, and 1944. His wife became a Democrat only after the mid-1930s. SSN: 546-10-9793;

• Los Alamos, CA (Architect's Birth)
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