Family:Samuel Picknell and Catherine Gates (1)

They met aboard ship sailing from east coast to Panama and then on to San Francisco where they were married. Samuel said he was attracted by her beautiful singing voice. She made a wedding dress on the trip from Panama to San Francisco.

Left to Right: Alice, Stanley, Cora

Cora, Alice, Stanley and Baby Sara; Catherine tore herself and Joseph Bound from photo

1.   Family Chart created by Catherine.
2.   Union and Butte, Colusa, Californai, in United States. 1880 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T9)
   [1].

   PICKNELL, Samuel, 46, b. Vt., father b. Vt., mother b. Vt.
   ---, Cassa M., 31, wife, b. Canada, father b. NY, mother b. NY
   ---, Cora B., 8, daughter, b. California
   ---, Stanley G., 6, son, b. California
   ---, Alice F., 4, daughter, b. California
   ---, Cora M., 18, niece, b. Vt., father b. Vt., mother b. Vt.
   Toy, 20, cook, b. China
   BOUND, Joseph, 61, b. IN, father b. IN, mother b. IN
   PICKNELL, Nettie V., 20 niece, b. Vt., father b. Vt., mother b. Vt.
   (several laborers)

3. ↑ by Rev. W. C. Pond, as stated in newspaper account of marriage of Cora Picknell and Charles Canfield.