Catherine Pickel

Brief Life History of Catherine

When Catherine Pickel was born about 15 September 1825, in Knox, Tennessee, United States, her father, Christian Pickel Jr., was 49 and her mother, Elizabeth Lewis, was 41. She married John Henry Underwood on 2 November 1847, in Knox, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Sevier, Tennessee, United States in 1850. She died on 12 February 1853, in Tennessee, United States, at the age of 27.

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Family Time Line

John Henry Underwood
1825–1900
Catherine Pickel
1825–1853
Marriage: 2 November 1847
Margaret Elizabeth Underwood
1849–1922
George Underwood
1852–1915

Sources (10)

  • Catharine Underwood in household of John Underwood, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Catharine Pickle - Published information: Cemetery record or headstone: birth-name: Catharine Pickle
  • Catharine Pickle, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"

World Events (6)

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

1830 · The Oregon Trail

Many people started their 2,170-mile West trek to settle the land found by Louis and Clark. They used large-wheeled wagons to pack most of their belongings and were guided by trails that were made by the previous trappers and traders who walked the area. Over time the trail needed annual improvements to make the trip faster and safer. Most of Interstate 80 and 84 cover most of the ground that was the original trail.

1835 · The Hermitage is Built

The Hermitage located in Nashville, Tennessee was a plantation owned by President Andrew Jackson from 1804 until his death there in 1845. The Hermitage is now a museum.

Name Meaning

South German: metonymic occupational name for someone who made or used pickaxes or a nickname for a gambler; a variant of Bickel .

Dutch: from Middle Dutch pickel ‘leg’, hence a nickname for someone with long or otherwise remarkable legs, or a metonymic occupational name for a carpenter.

Americanized or Germanized form of Slovenian Pikelj, Pikel, or Pikl: from pikelj, a word of South German origin (see above and Bickel ), denoting a kind of pick used by miners.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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