Brief Life History of Thomas
When Thomas Bickel was born on 29 March 1773, in Centre, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Johannes Bickel, was 29 and his mother, Maria Catherina Whitmer, was 27. He married Barbara Schaeffer in 1799, in Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Northumberland, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States in 1810 and Jay, Indiana, United States in 1840. He registered for military service in 1812. He died on 15 August 1844, in Madison Township, Jay, Indiana, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Hawkins Cemetery, Salamonia, Madison Township, Jay, Indiana, United States.
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- Thomas Bickle, "United States Census, 1840"
- Thomas Bickle and Barbara Shafer in the U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1799
- Thomas Bickel, "Find A Grave Index"
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776
The Declaration of Independence was signed in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776. The liberty bell was first rung here to Celebrate this important document.
1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment
The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.
Name Meaning
Dutch and German: from bickel ‘pickaxe’ or ‘chisel’, hence a metonymic occupational name for someone who made pickaxes or worked with a pickaxe or for a stonemason. Compare Bick .
German: nickname for a dice player, from the same word in the sense ‘die’.
South German: from a pet form of Burkhart .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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