Notes

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From T.W. Bicknell's 1913 book page 439

Wilbur engaged in Farming and lumbering at Cedar Springs, MI.
He was a very active Sunday School worker in the Methodist Church and a very useful man in society

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From Phyllis Carroll's 1981 book page 200

George was very dark, looked like an India

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From Phyllis Carroll's 1981 book page 202

After marriage lived on a farm in Indiana, Five miles from Michigan City.
In 1882/3 the family moved by covered wagon to Oklahoma, settling on a farm in Vinita, OK., USA
They had three daughters and three sons.

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From notes supplied by Dan Little

They lived at various times in East Boston, Nahant and Lynn, Massachusetts, He was a sailor (Captain) on coastwise vessels. Graduated from the old Enterprise a State of Massachusetts merchant training ship preceded by the Nantucket and the State of Maine". Worked for the Union Sulfur Company, of 33 Rector Street in Boston; a German? Company operating steamboat freight. They had nine freighters, considered a big concern in those days. He was Captain of the Hewettt, and made two trips aboard to Germany, prior to the start of W.W.I. The vessel was sunk at sea while Ted was assigned to shore duty. He was dismissed (laid off 4-1-29) as a result of the deteriorating economic conditions (Depression). He was never happy career-wise after losing job w/ Union Sulphur. His only true love was Susan Almira Taylor (Grace (Bicknell) Grimmer's mother).

Captain Bicknell was the Marine Superintendent in New York. He is remembered as the "distinguished Captain Bicknell with gray hair". He also worked for the Shepard Steamship (Shepherd & Moore) Company @ 40 Central Street, Boston, MA. and @ 42nd Street, NYC, NY. They dealt in steamboat freight. THB left there in May of 1930. Theodore Bicknell then served as the Captain of the Port of New York and inland waterways. Is that different from Marine Superintendent? He later worked for the Tidewater Oil Company aboard the Flying A , based out of Boston. While in California (and associated with Tidewater) Theodore disappeared without a trace. He led a very interesting life - was a smart man according to his daughter. To quote her, he was "no sissy". If there were trouble with a load, THB would work in the hold with the men to make sure the load was secured properly.

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From notes supplied by Dan Little

OBITUARY -Mystic - Alfred Sanborn Bicknell, 83, of 185 Fishtown Road, Mystic, Connecticut died Wednesday at Lawrence and Memorial Hospital. He was born September 1, 1909 in Nahant, Massachusetts, son of the late Theodore Harlow and Susan Taylor Bicknell. He had lived in Mystic since the early 1940's. He was a ferry boat captain for the Fisher's Island Ferry District for 33 years, retiring in 1980. Mr. Bicknell was in the Merchant Marines during World War II, having operated military crafts to Fisher's Island. He was a member of Brainard Lodge AF/AM, past president of the Bedouin Shrine Club of the Sphinx Temple of New London County, a member of Palastine Commanderie, Knights Templer of Mystic, Scottish Rite of Norwich, and the Connecticut Consistory, the Hartford Court No. 181 Royal Order of Jesters. He was a past director of the Navy League, and a member of the Bridgewater Club, the New London Lodge of Elks, former director of the Southeast Chamber of Commerce and the Military Affairs Committee. He was also an honorary member of the Niantic Rotary Club. He married the former Marguerite Perkins in Waterford on October 21, 1978. She survives. Mr. Bicknell's first wife, Martha Goulis died September 25, 1977. Besides his wife, he is survived by one son, Alfred Bicknell Jr. of Uncasville; three daughters, Donna Sanecki of Thousand Oaks, California; Dale Welsh of Coral Springs, Florida, and Wendy McCall of Ledyard; two stepsons: Richard Simpson of Groton and William Simpson of Bangor, Maine; one step daughter June Gagne of Plainfield; one sister, Grace Grimmer of Madison, and thirteen grandchildren. He was predeceased by a sister, Marion Clark. A celebration of life will be held at 11:00 AM at the Union Baptist Church, 119 High Street, Mystic. Burial will be private in Cedar Grove Cemetery in New London. There are no calling hours. Memorial contributions may be made to charity on the donor's choice. The Fulton - Theroux Funeral Home, 101 Ocean Avenue, New London, is in charge of arrangements.

"Only Fish and Fools Go To Sea" - A newpaper feature regarding Alfred Bicknell -
"My father used to tell me there were only two living things who went to sea...fish and darn fools." But, despite the warning, Captain Alfred S. Bicknell "went off to sea' leaving behind a scholarship to Harvard. For the last 28 years he has been the main link between the residents of Fisher's island and the Connecticut mainland, with his daily shuttle of passengers, cars and cargo. "My father never wanted me to go to sea, and I suppose it was because he hoped for something better for me", he said. "You know a lot of people never seem to want their children to be what they are." Captain Bicknell's father was a port captain for a steamship company in New York and as a young man, spent his summers working as a deck hand on his father's boats joining the crew on inter-coastal voyages for months as a time. Captain Bicknell's fascination with the sea runs deeper that a generation with 16 sea captains, two chief engineers and the founder of the Merchant Marine Academy, Captain Charles Kemp, included in his "rather salty" family tree. "My great grandparents had 12 children, seven boys and five girls, one a chief engineer, and all the girls married sea captains. My grandparents had four boys, who all became sea captains, and two girls. One of the daughters married a chief engineer and the other daughter, my mother, married a sea captain," Bicknell explained. "I guess by the time I came along, the family thought it was about time for a change!" Although his two sisters, finally broke the chain and "married out of the sea", the captain's 19 year old son Alfred Jr. is following the sea and accompanies his father on his daily 40 minute crossings. Even his nickname, "Bunky", shared by his son and acquired before he knew his seaward destination, came from his early attachment to the sea. As a young boy, his mother used to put him to sleep in a drawer. "They used to call me the kid in the bunk and the name stuck," he said. Working at just about everything on a boat, from shoveling coal as a fireman on a tow boat to cooking for a hungry crew, Captain Bicknell shipped out on a tanker to the Dutch West Indies when he was 18 and "just sort of kicked around the world." By the time he was 20, he had earned his third mate license and at 21 served as captain of a tug boat. "It's a different kind of life following the sea," he said. "I suppose I have spent more that 50% of my lifetime on a boat." The Fishers Island ferry is the only method of transport to the island, other that by Airplane, and the Captain makes three round trips to the island every day with as many as five on Fridays. During the winter months the schedule is reduced, but the only day the ferry does not run is on Christmas Day. "I don't think I have missed more than 20 days in the last 20 years when we couldn't make a crossing," said the captain who has been at the helm on the Mystic Isle since it was purchased by the Ferry District of Southold, NY on November 4, 1950. The 110 foot ferry, owned by the New York Ferry Company weighs 431 tons and can carry 17 cars and 280 passengers. "He knows the engine room as well as he knows the pilot house," said Mark Easter, captain of the smaller ferry boat O Linda, and crewman on the Mystic Isle. "I don't think there is anyone who could run this operation the way he does," said the 24 year old captain who is currently working for his first class pilot license, which will permit him to captain ships weighing more than 100 tons. The O Linda, which is also owned by the Ferry District of Southold, is 90 feet long, carries 148 passengers, 10 cars and weighs 92 tons. Describing the captain " as one of those people from the old school who does not sway with the tide in his judgment of authors," Easter said he often wondered why Captain Bicknell had never become an engineer. "If something goes wrong in the engine room he is right down there with the engineers doing the repairs," he said. "And then you will see him come back from a crossing and start fixing the office door... he does just about everything and people love working with him." A jack of all trades, Captain Bicknell not only solves the problems in the engine room, but also works on radar equipment when repairs are needed, builds and repairs all kinds of engines from diesel types to auto engines, upholsters furniture, collects antiques, makes door knocks of old brass oar locks to give to friends, reconstructs firing naval cannons and builds houses... or at least he built his own house. The 66 years old captain, who is not only a master mariner but a master of carpentry, plumbing, and just about anything connected with building a house, built his 11 room Cape Cod home with four baths and a two car garage during his spare time. "It took me three and one-half years to build," said the gentleman seaman who not only wired the entire house, did the plumbing , painting and building, but also cut the lumber. "I guess the only thing I didn't do was asphalt the driveway." His latest interest is in making clocks of old steam gauges. "I go on two year binges of taking up all kinds of hobbies," he said. " A lot of people don't really know what time is and don't ever come to appreciate it. But for a seaman, everything is measured in time." Beginning his career on the sea when the sailors steered their ships with only the stars to guide them, Captain Bicknell has watched the seaman's role change with the coming of radar and other technological advances. But the change does not merit a backward glance for the Captain. "When you have grown up with these things you forget the old ways."
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Individual: Bicknell, Alfred
Birth date: Sep 1, 1909
Death date: Dec 23, 1992
Social Security #: 032-10-2337
Last residence: 06355
State of issue: MA

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Individual: Bicknell, Adaline
Birth date: Jan 8, 1906
Death date: Sep 1988
Social Security #: 315-22-1647
Last residence: 33599
State of issue: IN

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Individual: Bicknell, Adelaide
Birth date: Jan 13, 1889
Death date: Jul 1973
Social Security #: 030-50-5658
Last residence: MA 02190
State of issue: MA

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Individual: Bicknell, Adeline
Birth date: Sep 30, 1907
Death date: Feb 1982
Social Security #: 316-01-7479
Last residence: IN 47512
State of issue: IN

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Individual: Bicknell, Aggiebella
Birth date: Jun 22, 1887
Death date: Oct 1965
Social Security #: 230-20-9774
Last residence: VA 23205
State of issue: VA

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Individual: Bicknell, Agnes
Birth date: Aug 14, 1882
Death date: Jun 1981
Social Security #: 007-46-9599
Last residence: ME 04282
State of issue: ME

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Individual: Bicknell, Albert
Birth date: Apr 17, 1895
Death date: Mar 1968
Social Security #: 311-20-7309
Last residence: IN 46221
State of issue: IN

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Individual: Bicknell, Albert
Birth date: Jul 2, 1898
Death date: Feb 1979
Social Security #: 403-48-9112
Last residence: KY 40403
State of issue: KY
Zip of last payment: 40403

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Individual: Bicknell, Albert
Birth date: Sep 15, 1912
Death date: Aug 1981
Social Security #: 568-14-5581
Last residence: CA 90230
State of issue: CA
Zip of last payment: 90230

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[Brøderbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 1, Ed. 4, Social Security Death Index: U.S., Social Security Death Index, Surnames from A through L, Date of Import: Feb 13, 1997, Internal Ref. #1.111.4.21497.136]

Individual: Bicknell, Alberta
Birth date: Oct 5, 1877
Death date: Jan 1983
Social Security #: 371-46-2349
Last residence: MI 48617
State of issue: MI

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Individual: Bicknell, Alberta
Birth date: Sep 9, 1883
Death date: Jul 1967
Social Security #: 306-48-2584
Last residence: IN 47501
State of issue: IN

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