Hernando Cortez MERRILL
Nellie Frances WARD
Husband: Hernando Cortez MERRILL
Birth: 31 Oct 1876, Hazleton, Buchanan Co., Iowa
Death: 17 Oct 1943, Iowa City, Johnson Co., Iowa
Burial:
Father: Henry Eugene MERRILL
Mother: Mary Lucinda GILLETT
Marriage: 8 Jun 1904, Moran, Todd Co., Minnesota
Wife: Nellie Frances WARD
Birth: 14 Oct 1884, Colman, Moody Co., South Dakota
Death: 21 Apr 1913, Oelwein, Fayette Co., Iowa
Burial:
Father: Sylvester Nathaniel WARD
Mother: Louisa Melvina HICKS
Children:
1. Henry Ward MERRILL, b: 24 May 1906, Moran, Todd Co., Minnesota
d: 24 Sep 1906, Moran, Todd Co., Minnesota
2. Dean Nathaniel MERRILL, b: 28 Jan 1908, Moran, Todd Co., Minnesota
d: 24 Dec 2001, Oelwein, Fayette Co., Iowa
3. Thomas Keith MERRILL, b: 17 Apr 1913, Oelwein, Fayette Co., Iowa
d: 30 Dec 1991, Des Moines, Polk Co., Iowa
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Notes:
Hernando's brother, Dean, married Nellie's sister Lois.
1910 Federal Census Data (T624_0402, Page 187A), Oelwein Ward
2, Jefferson Twp.,
Fayette Co., Iowa,
Enumeration District: 89, Enumeration Date:
26-Apr-1910, Family #302
|
NAME |
Relation |
Sex |
Age |
M/S W/D |
# Yr Mar |
# C Bn. |
# C Liv. |
POB |
Fa. POB |
Mo. POB |
Occupation |
In Sch |
|
MERRILL, Cortez |
Head |
M |
30 |
M1 |
6 |
|
|
IA |
Unk |
Unk |
Machinist / R R Shop |
|
|
Nellie |
Wife |
F |
26 |
M1 |
6 |
|
|
MN |
Unk |
Unk |
None |
|
|
Dean |
Son |
M |
1 |
S |
|
|
|
MN |
IA |
MN |
None |
|
1920 Federal Census Data (T625_0489, Page 164A), Oelwein Ward
2, Jefferson Twp.,
Fayette Co., Iowa,
Enumeration District: 97, Enumeration Date: 2-Jan-1920, Family #41
|
NAME |
Relation |
Sex |
Age |
M/S |
POB |
Fa. |
Mo. |
Occupation |
In Sch |
|
MERRILL, Hernando |
Boarder |
M |
43 |
W |
IA |
NY |
NY |
Machinist / Shop |
|
|
Dean N |
Boarder |
M |
10 |
S |
MN |
IA |
SD |
None |
X |
Because Thomas was born just days before Nellie died, he was eventually
adopted and became Thomas Keith Smith.
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