Thomas William Pickering (Abt 1849-1905)

Frances Tinsley (1853-After 1905)

John William Sandys Dockrey (1859-)

Lilley Myers (1863-)

John Pickering (1884-1965)

Florence Louisa Dockrey (1888-1961)

Dr. Trevor Pickering (1916-1992)

 

Family Links Spouses/Children: Verna Merle VanBlaricom Dr. Roger Neil Pickering+ Susan Elizabeth Pickering+ Linda Kathleen Pickering+ Dr. Trevor Pickering Born: 27 Nov 1916, Port Arthur, Ontario 2 3 4 Marriage: Verna Merle VanBlaricom on 21 Nov 1942 in Anglican Church of All Saints, Winnipeg, Manitoba 1 Died: 3 May 1992, Kelowna, B.C. aged 75 4   General Notes: Dr. Trevor Pickering was a respected optometrist in Kelowna B.C. for many years.   Noted events in his life were: • Occupation: Optometrist: Kelowna, B.C. 5 Armstrong and Kelowna, B.C. Trevor married Verna Merle VanBlaricom, daughter of Earl Winfield VanBlaricom and Vera Kathleen Van der Water, on 21 Nov 1942 in Anglican Church of All Saints, Winnipeg, Manitoba.1 (Verna Merle VanBlaricom was born on 5 Feb 1923 in Tisdale, Saskatchewan 4 6.)

1 interview Feb, 6, 2002.

2 Dr. Roger Neil Pickering. Trevor's brother Jack and Sister Lilian were both born in England. I don't know where. Trevor and the rest of his siblings were all born in Port Albert Ontario before it joined with Fort William to become Thunder Bay.

Lilian: christened Lily but she didn't like it and had it changed to Lilian. Born1910, died in an old age home on Vancouver Island near Comox, Jan 28,1996.

Jack: born 1912. Married twice. First to Lilian Logan who is still alive in White Rock. They had Patricia in 1938, in Port Arthur. She married Richard Mackey. Their children are Sandi and ? (a boy). Jack's second wife was Gladys Monroe and they had a son, (John) Monroe Pickering who lives in Rossland. Jack died March 1968 in Vancouver.

Florence: born May 25, 1918 had two husbands. The first was Parker
Milner and they had two daughters, Sheila and Susan who both now have children. Her second husband had the last name Nichols (?) spelling.

Kathleen: born March 24,1921. Married Vince Everett who was born in 1920 in Comox B.C. They are both still alive and well and it was Kay who gave me all this information. Their children are: Kathleen Louise born Oct 11,1950 in Comox, Lenard Stanley born Oct 24, 1951 in Comox and married to Patricia Mae (Marshall), and Joan Elizabeth born Oct, 15, 1959 in Comox and married to Kevin Dryden.

Leonard: born Nov 25, 1922. Married Nellie in Port Arthur and had a daughter Valerie who is married to Gary Gosse. They live in Thunder Bay and have children. Len died Nov 1944 in Italy.

Roger Pickering

3 Mrs. Verna Pickering, Mrs Verna Pickering believes that husband Trevor Pickering was born in Fort William rather than Port Arthur, Ontario.

4 Edna (Van de Water) Cameron, private publication, photocopy received by Verna Pickering, February 2002. about 30 pages of single sided copy..

5 Pickering, Mrs. Verna, April , 2004.

6 Mrs. Verna Pickering, Kelowna B.C.

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