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Wickett, Oscar Harris
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Oscar Harris Wickett, 1902-1986, was born in Winnipeg and trained as an ornamental plasterer. He worked on several buildings in Winnipeg and across the prairies, including the Banff Springs Hotel, 1927-1929, and in Gravelbourg, Saskatchewan and Calgary, Alberta. From the 1930s to the 1960s he farmed near Selkirk, Manitoba, followed by work at the Selkirk Mental Health Centre and later for Manitoba Hydro. He married Cora Kerr Douglas (Manahan) in 1941. She had one child, Donna.