Mont Cecil MERRY ^{2 3 4}

  General Notes:

WWI DRAFT REGISTRATION CARDS, 1917-1918:
Name: Mont Cecil Merry
Residence: Thurston Co, Nebraska
Birthplace: Thurston Co, Nebraska
Birth Date: 20 Jan 1893
Race: Caucasian (White)
Age: 24
Occupation: Farmer
Employer: Father
Marital Status: Single
Height/Build: Tall/Stout
Color of Eyes/Hair: Blue/Brown

1930 NE CENSUS, Thurston Co, Flournoy precinct:
Ethel Merry, 56, wd, b. OH, parents b. OH, farmer, gen. farm;
Mont, son, 34, single, b. NE, father b. WI, mother b. OH, laborer, gen. farm;
Theodor, son, 21, single, b. NE, father b. WI, mother b. OH, laborer, gen. farm;
Nellie, dau, 14, attended school, b. NE, father b. WI, mother b. OH.

IA, MARRIAGE RECORDS, 1880-1937:
Name: Mont C Merry
Birth Year: abt 1893
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Place: Thurston, Neb
Residence Place: Thurston, Neb.
Marriage Age: 39
Marriage Date: 20 Oct 1932
Marriage Place: Onawa, Iowa, USA
Father: W N Merry
Mother: Ethel Murphy
Spouse: Mary Bentjen Frederickson
Birth Place: Thurston, Neb
Residence Place: Thurston, Neb
Marriage Age: 23
Father: D Bentjen
Mother: Christine Peters

1940 NE CENSUS, Thurston Co, Flournoy precinct:
Mont Merry, 45, 7th. b. NE, 1935; Thurston Co, NE, farmer, farm;
Mary, wife, 29, 8th, b. NE, 1935; Thurston Co, NE;
Harold, son, 3, b. NE;
Vernon Merry, step-son, 11, attended school, 4th, b. NE, 1935: Thurston Co, NE.

WWII DRAFT REGISTRATION CARDS, 1942:
Name: Mont Cecil Merry
Age: 48
Race: White
Occupation: Self
Height: 5 11
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Gray
Weight: 230
Complexion: Ruddy
Nearest Relative: Mary Merry
Birth Date: 20 Jan 1894
Birth Place: Thurston, Nebraska, USA
Residence Year: 1942
Residence: Thurston, Nebraska, USA

SOCIAL SECURITY APPLICATIONS & CLAIMS INDEX, 1936-2007:
Name: Mont Merry [Cecil Merry]
Gender: Male
Rrace: White
Birth Date: 20 Jan 1894
Birth Place: Thurston, Nebraska
Father: William Merry
Mother: Ethel Murphy
Type of Claim: Original SSN.
Notes: Feb 1945: Name listed as MONT MERRY

FIND A GRAVE:
Name: Pvt Mont C. Merry
Birth Date: 20 Jan 1894
Death Date: 5 Feb 1954
Cemetery: Rose Hill Cemetery
Burial or Cremation Place: Pender, Thurston County, Nebraska, USA Has Bio?: N
Inscription: Nebraska, Pvt 3 Co 164 Depot Brigade, World War 1
Father: Wm. H. Merry
Mother: Ethel Merry

HEADSTONE APPLICATIONS FOR MILITARY VETERANS, 1925-1963:
Name: Mont C Merry
Birth Date: 23 Jan 1893 (20 Jan 1894 was crossed out)
Death Date: 5 Feb 1954
Enlistment Dae: 9-5-1918
Discharge Date: 1-13-1919
Rank: Private
Regiment: 164 Depot Brigade U.S. Army
Cemetery: Rose Hill
Cemetery Location: Pender, Nebraska
Applicant: Mrs. Mary Merry, Thurston Co, NE

Mont married Mary Bentjen FREDERICKSON on 20 Oct 1932 in Onawa, Monona Co, IA.¹ (Mary Bentjen FREDERICKSON was born about 1909 in Thurston Co, NE ¹ and died after 1954 ⁶.)