Brief Life History of Irving Barkley
When Irving Barkley Pickering was born on 25 October 1903, in Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States, his father, Archie Lee Pickering, was 20 and his mother, Florence I. Johnson, was 17. He married Mary Jane Bailey on 12 June 1927, in Woodstock, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States for about 10 years and Sharon, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States in 1993. He died on 7 April 1984, in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Knollwood Memorial Park, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.
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Sources (13)
- Irving B Pickering, "United States 1950 Census"
- Irving Barkley Pickering, "New York, New York City Births, 1846-1909"
- Irving B Pickering, "New Brunswick Provincial Marriages 1789-1950"
Spouse and Children
1903–1984 Male
1909–1998 Female
Children (4)
1927–1987 Male
1929–2019 Male
1932–2022 Female
1937–2002 Male
Parents and Siblings
1883–1947 Male
1886–1938 Female
Siblings (2)
1903–1984 Male
1905–1991 Female
World Events (8)
1904
Age 1
1913 · The Woolworth Building Opens as the Tallest Building in the World
Age 10
1927
Age 24
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Pickering in North Yorkshire, named with an Old English group name, Piceringas, meaning ‘the people of a man named Pīcer’.
History: John Pickering of Newgate, Coventry, Warwickshire, England, came to MA in the early 1630s. He married Elizabeth Alderman in Ipswich, MA, in 1636 and moved a year later to Salem.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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