Otto MERCHEN ^{2 3}

  General Notes:

WWI DRAFT REGISTRATION CARDS, 1917-1918:
Name: Otto Phillip Merchen
Race: White
Age: 18
Birth Date: 7 Aug 1900
Residence Place: Crofton, Knox Co, Nebraska, USA
Occupation: Farming
Physical Build: Medium
Height: Medium
Hair Color: Dark
Eye Color: Brown
Relative: Dora Merchen

SD, MARRIAGES, 1905-2016:
Name: Otto Merchen
Gender: Male
Marriage Age: 24
Birth Year: abt 1901
Residence Post Office: Crofton Neb
Residence Place: Knox
Marriage Date: 19 Feb 1925
Marriage Place: Yankton, South Dakota, USA
Spouse: Bessie Parsons
Spouse's Gender: Female
Spouse's Marriage Age: 18
Spouse's Birth Year: abt 1907
Spouse's Residence Post Office: Hartington Neb
Spouse's Residence Place: Cedar
Certificate: 104620

1930 NE CENSUS, Knox Co, Herrick Twp:
Otto Merchen, 29, 1st marriage age 24, b. NE, father b. IA, mother b. US, farmer, gen. farm;
Bessie, wife, 23, 1st marriage age 18, b. NE, parents b. US;
Richard D., son, 4-6/12, b. NE, parents b. NE;
Maxine E., dau, 1-6/12, b. NE, parents b. NE;
Ed Conley, lodger, 48, single, b. IA, parents b. IA, laborer, gen. farm;
Leonard E. Cainever, servant, 25, single, b. NE, father b. IA, mother b. TN, laborer, gen. farm.

1940 NE CENSUS, Knox Co, Peoria Twp:
Otto Merchen, 39, 8th, b. NE, 1935: rural Knox Co, NE, farmer, farm;
Bessie M., wife, 33, 8th, b. NE, 1935: rural Knox Co, NE;
Richard D., son, 14, H-1, b. NE, 1935: rural Knox Co, NE, laborer, farm;
Maxine E., dau, 11, attended school, 6th, b. NE, 1935: rural Knox Co, NE;
Gene L., son, 8, attended school, 3rd, b. NE, 1935: rural Knox Co, NE;
Dale L., son, 5, b. NE, 1935: rural Knox Co, NE.

SSDI:
Name: Otto Merchen
SSN: 508-44-2369
Last Residence: 68718 Bloomfield, Knox, Nebraska, USA
BORN: 7 Aug 1900
Died: Oct 1977 State (Year) SSN issued: Nebraska (1955)

FIND A GRAVE:
Name: Otto Merchen
Birth Date: 7 Aug 1900
Birth Place: Nebraska, United States of America
Death Date: Oct 1977
Death Place: Nebraska, United States of America
Cemetery: Beaver View Cemetery
Burial or Cremation Place: Crofton, Knox County, Nebraska, United States of America
Has Bio?: N
Father: Phillip H Merchen
Mother: Dora Angie Merchen
Spouse: Bessie Merchen
Children: Gene Merchen; Don Duane Merchen

Otto married Bessie PARSONS on 19 Feb 1925 in Yankton Co, SD.¹ (Bessie PARSONS was born on 6 Oct 1906,^{2 4} died in Jun 1987 ^{2 4} and was buried in Beaver View Cem, Crofton, Knox Co, NE ².)