Robert Marion Pickard

Male5 September 1919–6 September 2003

Brief Life History of Robert Marion

When Robert Marion Pickard was born on 5 September 1919, in Keyser, Mineral, West Virginia, United States, his father, Ewing Bernell Pickard, was 23 and his mother, Mabel Clare Stone, was 21. He lived in Mineral, West Virginia, United States in 1920. He registered for military service in 1942. He died on 6 September 2003, in Keyser, Mineral, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Keyser, Mineral, West Virginia, United States.

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Robert Marion Pickard
1919–2003
Carol Elaine Sowers
1922–2016

Sources (7)

  • Robert M Pickard in household of Emma C Stone, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Robert M. Pichard, "West Virginia Births and Christenings, 1853-1928"
  • Robert Marion Pickard, "West Virginia, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945"

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World Events (8)

1920

Age 1

The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.

1920

Age 1

Women are given the right to vote under the Nineteenth Amendment.

1941

Age 22

Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.

Name Meaning

English (mainly Yorkshire) and German: habitational name for someone from Picardy in northern France (see Picard 1).

English: in some cases, possibly also from the Old French personal name Picard, probably from an ancient Germanic name, composed of the elements bic ‘sharp point, pointed weapon’ + hard ‘hardy, brave, strong’.

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

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