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Son of William Pickard 1748 and Ann Grigg
William was baptised on 20 Jul 1788 (1) in Parkham, Devon. He married Mary Courtice but I have not yet found their marriage record.
Mary Courtice was born about 1800 (2) in Parkham, Devon.
William was a Farmer and he and Mary lived in Parkham Ash Village. They had 10 children born in Parkham, 8 of the children were baptised Bible Christians at Shebbear, Devon
John Pickard Born 2 Sep 1821 in Parkham, baptised 11 Oct 1821 in Shebbear (3) Ann Pickard * Born 20 Jan 1823 in Parkham, baptised 11 Feb 1823 in Shebbear (3) Mary Pickard Born 5 Apr 1824 in Parkham, baptised 5 May 1824 in Shebbear (3) Betsy Pickard Born 8 May 1825 in Parkham, baptised 1 Jun 1825 in Shebbear (3) William Pickard Born 1 Dec 1826 in Parkham, baptised 25 Dec 1826 in Shebbear (3) Susan Pickard Born 23 Jan 1828 in Parkham, baptised 6 Feb 1828 in Shebbear (3) Catherine Pickard Born 7 Apr 1829 in Parkham, baptised 7 Apr 1829 in Shebbear (3) Thomas Courtice Pickard Born 21 May 1833 in Parkham, baptised 12 June 1833 in Shebbear (3) James Pickard Born about 1838 in Parkham (2) Alice Pickard Born about 1840 in Parkham (2) * has own page
William and his family appear on the 1851 Census in the UK but also on the 1851 Census in Canada, the family went to Canada between 30 Mar 1851 and 12 Jan 1852.
Census details below
1841 Census HO107/244/3 (transcribed spelt name Pickhard William Pickhard 50 Farmer y Mary Pickhard 40 y John Pickhard 18 y Ann Pickhard 17 y Mary Pickhard 16 y William Pickhard 14 y Susan Pickhard 12 y James Pickhard 3 y Alice Pickhard 9mo y John Bragent 10 y Address: Parkham Ash Village, Devon 1851 Census HO107/1895 William Pickard Head m 62 Farmer 70 Acres Parkham, Devon Mary Pickard Wife m 51 Farmers Wife Parkham, Devon John Pickard Son u 28 Farmers Son Parkham, Devon William Pickard Son u 23 Farmers Son Parkham, Devon Susan Pickard Daug u 21 Farmers Daughter Parkham, Devon Alice Pickard Daug 10 Farmers Daughter Parkham, Devon Address: Ash, Parkham, Devon 1851 Census for Canada Census Place - Pickering Township. Ontario (4) James Pickard 14 Eng Bible Christian William Pickard m 63 Labourer Eng Bible Christian Mary Pickard m 50 Eng Bible Christian Alice Pickard 12 Eng Bible Christian 1861 Census for Canada Census Place, Pickering Township, Ontario (4) William Pickard 70 Farmer Eng Bible Christian Mary Pickard 60 Eng Bible Christian James Pickard 21 Eng Bible Christian Alice Pickard 18 Eng Bible Christian Henry Bates 35 Labourer Eng Bible Christian James Jenkins 2 Ont Bible Christian
Sources (1) Parkham Transcripts by Genogold (2) Census (3) IGI Record (4) Census Information courtesy of Beth Foster Page last updated 14 Nov 2009 Contact - Jacky Hockridge - juljacho@aol.com ******************************************************