Pearl Mae Whicker

Brief Life History of Pearl Mae

When Pearl Mae Whicker was born on 20 January 1893, in Sargent, Texas, Missouri, United States, her father, James Franklin Whicker, was 39 and her mother, Florence Caldona Welch, was 16. She married Joseph Leonard Harrod on 1 June 1912, in Winona Township, Shannon, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She lived in Johnson Township, Oregon, Missouri, United States in 1920. She died on 5 January 1975, in Vale, Malheur, Oregon, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Vale, Malheur, Oregon, United States.

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Family Time Line

Joseph Leonard Harrod
1888–1973
Pearl Mae Whicker
1893–1975
Marriage: 1 June 1912
James Lowell HARROD
1913–1985
William Earl Harrod
1915–1964

Sources (15)

  • Pearl Harrod, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Pearl Whicker Whicker, "Oregon, Oregon State Archives, Death Records, 1864-1968"
  • Pearl May Whicker in entry for Joe L Harrod, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"

World Events (8)

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

1898 · Oregon Historical Society

The Oregon Historical Society was founded on December 17, 1898, for the “collection, preservation, exhibition, and publication of material of a historical character, especially that relating to the history of Oregon and of the United States.” 

1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress

Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Wicker .

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

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