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
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"
Parents and Siblings
1882–1950 Male
1882–1965 Female
Siblings (1)
1911–1988 Female
World Events (8)
1912 · The Girl Scouts
Age 1
1913
Age 2
1932
Age 21
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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