Mary Pearl Watkins

Brief Life History of Mary Pearl

When Mary Pearl Watkins was born on 3 September 1899, in Rockdale, Milam, Texas, United States, her father, Alexander S. Watkins, was 37 and her mother, Mary L. Yarbrough, was 24. She married Sidney James Heard on 16 April 1975, in Bexar, Texas, United States. She lived in Justice Precinct 5, Milam, Texas, United States in 1900 and Justice Precinct 4, Milam, Texas, United States in 1910. She died on 1 July 1992, in Bexar, Texas, United States, at the age of 92.

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Sidney James Heard
1897–1981
Mary Pearl Watkins
1899–1992
Marriage: 16 April 1975

Sources (7)

  • Pearl Watkins in household of Alexander Watkins, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Mary Pearl Watkins, "Texas Births and Christenings, 1840-1981"
  • Mary P Watkins, "Texas Marriages, 1966-2010"

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1900 · Gold for Cash!

This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.

1901 · Spindletop Oilfield Discovered

"Spindletop, located south of Beaumont, becomes the first major oil well to be discovered in Texas. Other fields were discovered in shortly after, which ultimately led to the highly impactful ""oil boom""."

1927

Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.

Name Meaning

English and Welsh: variant of Watkin , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.

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

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