Mary Martha Bickel

Female16 January 1911–11 April 1988

Brief Life History of Mary Martha

When Mary Martha Bickel was born on 16 January 1911, in Danville, Montour, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Emory Oliver Bickel, was 28 and her mother, Sarah Gertrude Gass, was 28. She lived in Mifflinburg, Union, Pennsylvania, United States for about 10 years and Irvington Township, Essex, New Jersey, United States in 1940. She died on 11 April 1988, in Lewisburg, Union, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Sunbury, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Family Time Line

Emory Oliver Bickel
1882–1950
Sarah Gertrude Gass
1882–1965
Mary Martha Bickel
1911–1988

Sources (3)

  • M Martha Bickel in household of Emery O Bickel, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Martha Bickel in household of Emory O Bickel, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Martha Bickel in household of Emory O Bickel, "United States Census, 1940"

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World Events (8)

1912 · The Girl Scouts

Age 1

Like the Boy Scouts of America, The Girl Scouts is a youth organization for girls in the United States. Its purpose is to prepare girls to empower themselves and by acquiring practical skills.

1913

Age 2

A strike led by silk mill workers in Paterson, New Jersey. The primary demands of the strike were focused on improved quality of working conditions and establishing an eight-hour workday limit. Two protestors were killed during the strike, and over 1,850 workers were arrested. The strike ultimately ended in failure, due to the manufacturers' inability to accept the demands of the strikes.

1932

Age 21

Amelia Earhart completes first solo nonstop transatlantic flight by a woman.

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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