Jane (Andrew) Picken (1854 - 1925)

Born 29 Jul 1854 in Argyle, Winnebago County, Illinois, USA

Ancestors

Wife of John A. Picken — married 10 Jun 1880 in Winnebago, Illinois

Died 26 Mar 1925 at age 70 in Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois, USA

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Biography

This profile is part of the Harlem Township, Illinois One Place Study.

Jane (Andrew) Picken was an early resident of the Scottish Settlement at Argyle, Illinois.

Jane (Andrew) Picken is buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Rockford, Illinois.

Jane was born in 1854. She was the daughter of Scottish immigrants John Andrew and Mary Brown. ^[1][2]

She married John A Picken in 1880. ^[3]

They farmed in Caledonia and were part of the Scottish Settlement in Argyll. They retired from farming and moved to Rockford before 1910. ^[4]

Jane passed away in 1925. ^[5]

Obituary

DEATH TAKES MRS. PICKEN ON THURSDAY

Mrs. Jane Andrew Picken, 981 N. Court st., widow of John A. Picken, died suddenly Thursday afternoon at 8 o'clock at the home from a heart attack. She had been able to be about her home at noon in her ordinary health.

Mrs. Picken was born in Argyle, Ill., and had lived in Rockford for the past 17 years. She was married in June 1880. Her husband died June 6, 1914. A son, George M. Picken, 983 N. Court st., a grandson, J. Louis Picken, and two sisters, Mrs. William Reid, Rockford, and Mrs. Charles Kelly, Caledonia, survive.

Mrs. Picken had been active in the affairs of the First Presbyterian church. The funeral will be held from the home Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock, the Rev. W. H. Fulton, her pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Greenwood cemetery. ^[6]

Consanguinity

Jane and John were first cousins. Charles Brown was their grandfather.

1920 US Census

Rockford, Illinois ^[7]

Jane Picken

Age: 64

Home in 1920: Rockford Ward 4, Winnebago, Illinois

Street: N. Court St

Marital Status: Widowed

Gravestone Transcription

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXHP-HQ7 : 13 December 2017), John Andrew, 1860.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX2S-2GD : 19 February 2021), Jane Andrew in household of Thomas Andrew, Harlem, Winnebago, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district ED 220, sheet 54A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,261.
3. ↑ "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK9L-NB7N : 14 October 2017), John A Picken and Jane Andrew, 10 Jun 1880; citing Winnebago, Illinois, United States, county offices, Illinois; FHL microfilm 1,914,043.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKF6-WFV : accessed 10 October 2021), Jane Picken in household of John A Picken, Rockford Ward 4, Winnebago, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 169, sheet 8A, family 154, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 336; FHL microfilm 1,374,349.
5. ↑ "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916–1947." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2010. Index entries derived from digital copies of original records.

   Name: Jane Picken (Jane Andrew)

   Birth Date: 29 Jul 1854

   Birth Place: Argyle, Illinois

   Death Date: 26 Mar 1925

   Death Place: Rockford, Winnebago, Illinois

   Burial Date: 28 Mar 1925

   Cemetery Name: Greenwood Cem.

   Death Age: 70

   Occupation: Housewife

   Father Name: John Andrew

   Father Birth Place: Scotland

   Mother Name: Mary Drown (Brown)

   Mother Birth Place: Scotland

   FHL Film Number: 1487774

6. ↑ Rockford Republic, Friday, March 27, 1925
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJZD-H5C : accessed 14 December 2018), Jane Picken, Rockford Ward 4, Winnebago, Illinois, United States; citing ED 193, sheet 6A, line 41, family 155, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 417; FHL microfilm 1,820,417.

See also:

• Find A Grave: Memorial #71077620: accessed 17 August 2018), memorial page for Jane Andrew Picken (29 Jul 1854–26 Mar 1925), citing Greenwood Cemetery, Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois, USA ; Maintained by Loren Carlson (contributor 47119297) .