Thomas Pickard and Frances Cunningham married in Halton County and in the early 1860's the family relocated to Lot 35, Con 12, of Kincardine Twp which would soon become the centre of the thrivinf village of Glammis, Bruce County,Thomas established one of the first saw mills in the Greenock swamp and later opersted a sawmill, planing mill and cheesebox factory in Glammis.Thomas and Frances had seven children together before Mrs. Pickard died in 1876. Thomas remarried, to Annie (Howson) Leslie, a widow from Toronto, who came to Glammis with her infant son, Frank H. Leslie. Thomas Pickard and Annie also had three children together. Thomas grandson Frank H. Pickard later owned and operated a hardware business in Pailsey, Ontario.