William H. MERRY ^{1 2}

  General Notes:

WI, COUNTY MARRIAGES, 1836-1911:
Name: William H. Merry
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 23 Sep 1888
Event Place: West Lima, Richland, Wisconsin, United States
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birthplace: Bloom, Richland, Wi
Father's Name: Elijah Merry
Mother's Name: Katherine Hall
Spouse's Name: Ethel Murphy
Spouse's Gender: Female
Spouse's Race: White
Spouse's Birthplace: Belmont Co, OH
Spouse's Father's Name: Brice Murphy
Spouse's Mother's Name: Margaret Shively

1900 NE CENSUS, Thurston Co, Flourney precinct:
Wm. H. Merry, Feb 1867, 33, married 12 yrs, b. WI, parents b. OH, farmer;
Ethel, wife, May 1873, 27, married 12 yrs, 4 children, 4 living, b. OH, parents b. OH;
Jessie L., dau, Sep 1890, 9, b. IA, father b. WI, mother b. OH;
Mont E., son, Jan 1893, 7, b. NE, father b. WI, mother b. OH;
Gail L., son, Apr 1895, 5, b. WI, father b. WI, mother b. OH;
Dewey G., son, Apr 1898, 2, b. NE, father b. WI, mother b. OH;
Wm Pearson, servant, Feb 1871, 29, single, b. IA, parents b. Sweden, farm laborer;
Dorr Murphie, servant, Jul 1883, 16, b. WI, parents b. OH, farm laborer.
(Listed on the previous page was the Frank Merry family.)

1910 NE CENSUS, Thurston Co, Flourney precinct:
William H. Merry, 42, 1st marriage, married 21 yrs, b. WI, parents b. OH, farmer;
Ethel F., wife, 34, 1st marriage, married 21 yrs, 8 children, 8(?) living, b. OH, parents b. OH;
Jessie L., dau, 19, single, b. IA, father b. WI, mother b. OH;
Mont C., son, 17, b. NE, father b. WI, mother b. OH, laborer;
Gail L., dau, 14, b. NE, father b. WI, mother b. OH;
Dewey, son, 12, b. NE, father b. WI, mother b. OH, attended school;
Harold D., son, 10, b. NE, father b. WI, mother b. OH, attended school;
Scott, son, 7, b. NE, father b. WI, mother b. OH, attended school;
Bryce, son, 5, b. NE, father b. WI, mother b. OH. attended school;
Rose "Pellet", boarder, 19, single, b. WI, father b. WI, mother b. OH, teacher, public school;
Scott H. Braithwaite, servant, 25, single, b. WI, parents b. WI, laborer;
William Karsen, servant, 19, single, b. NE, parents b. NE laborer, on farm.
(Located near Frank Merry on census.)

1920 NE CENSUS, Thurston, Flourney precinct:
William S. Merry, 54, b. WI, parents b. OH, farmer;
Ethel F., wife, 48, b. OH, parents b. OH, housekeeper;
William, son, 14(?), attended school, b.NE, father b. WI, mother b. OH;
"Theadore" B., son, 11, attended school, b. NE, father b. WI, mother b.OH;
Nellie F., dau, 4, b. NE, father b. WI, mother b. OH.
(Listed on same census page was Frank Merry.)

FIND A GRAVE:
Name: Wm. H. Merry
Birth Date: 10 Feb 1864
Birth Place: Richland County, Wisconsin, USA
Death Date: 11 Feb 1928
Cemetery: Rose Hill Cemetery
Burial or Cremation Place: Pender, Thurston County, Nebraska, USA Has Bio?: N
Spouse: Ethel Merry
Children: Pvt Mont C. Merry

William married Ethel MURPHY on 23 Sep 1888 in West Lima, Richland Co, WI.¹ (Ethel MURPHY was born on 21 May 1873 in Belmont Co, OH,^{1 3 4} died on 14 Dec 1939 in NE ⁴ and was buried in Rose Hill Cem, Pender, Thurston Co, NE ⁴.)