Ethel I. (Stickley) Wisman
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Title
Ethel I. (Stickley) Wisman
Subject
Wisman, Ethel Irene (Stickley) (1887-1959)
Description
Ethel Irene (Stickley) Wisman, standing, and wearing a white dress with her hands behind her back.
Ethel was born in St. Luke, the oldest child of Thomas Rosser (1864-1937) and Georgia Lee (Smoot) (1864-1949) Stickley, a farming couple.
Her civil birth certificate was completed decades later, in 1950, when her aunt Bessie (Stickley) Sager, then 74 years old, appeared before the county clerk with a bible from 1879 that included a written entry for Ethel’s birth.
Ethel married Joseph H. Wisman (1880-1966) in 1907 and three years later, the 1910 census found the couple in the Stonewall District of Shenandoah County with a 16-month old daughter, Virginia Lee Wisman (1909-1989). Ethel’s husband labored on other’s farms. Ten years later, they were still there.
Ethel and her husband moved a few times after their daughter had grown. In 1930, the two of them lived in Arden, Berkeley County, West Virginia, where Joseph worked as a salesman in a dry goods store.
In 1935, they were back in Shenandoah County. In 1940, they lived on Pennsylvania Avenue in Cumberland, Maryland, where Joseph worked as an agent in an insurance company.
By 1950, the couple had returned to Shenandoah County where they lived with Ethel’s, brother, Alger, and a sister, Julia M. Stickley. Joseph worked as a salesman in a grocery store according to the census.
When she died, Ethel lived on South Main Street in Woodstock.
Ethel was born in St. Luke, the oldest child of Thomas Rosser (1864-1937) and Georgia Lee (Smoot) (1864-1949) Stickley, a farming couple.
Her civil birth certificate was completed decades later, in 1950, when her aunt Bessie (Stickley) Sager, then 74 years old, appeared before the county clerk with a bible from 1879 that included a written entry for Ethel’s birth.
Ethel married Joseph H. Wisman (1880-1966) in 1907 and three years later, the 1910 census found the couple in the Stonewall District of Shenandoah County with a 16-month old daughter, Virginia Lee Wisman (1909-1989). Ethel’s husband labored on other’s farms. Ten years later, they were still there.
Ethel and her husband moved a few times after their daughter had grown. In 1930, the two of them lived in Arden, Berkeley County, West Virginia, where Joseph worked as a salesman in a dry goods store.
In 1935, they were back in Shenandoah County. In 1940, they lived on Pennsylvania Avenue in Cumberland, Maryland, where Joseph worked as an agent in an insurance company.
By 1950, the couple had returned to Shenandoah County where they lived with Ethel’s, brother, Alger, and a sister, Julia M. Stickley. Joseph worked as a salesman in a grocery store according to the census.
When she died, Ethel lived on South Main Street in Woodstock.
Creator
Morrison Studio
Source
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Publisher
Shenandoah County Library
Date
Labelled as "Oct 1914" on box of plates.
Contributor
No ID form. Name was written in the margin of the paper copy.
Additional biographical information was compiled from public records.
Rights
IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
Identifier
000855
Original Format
Glass Negative
Collection
Citationzork
Morrison Studio, “Ethel I. (Stickley) Wisman,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed December 5, 2025, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/23108.
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