When Jacob Merkley was born on 25 December 1797, in Williamsburg, South Dundas, Stormont Dundas and Glengarry, Ontario, Canada, his father, Christopher Friederich Merkley, was 25 and his mother, Regina Potter, was 22. He married Anna Grant on 19 October 1833, in Port Hope, Northumberland, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He died on 21 July 1876, in Port Hope, Northumberland, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 78, and was buried in Port Hope, Northumberland, Ontario, Canada.
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On July 1, 1867, the province of Ontario was founded. It is the second largest province in Canada. A third of the population of Canada live here. Before it was Ontario it was called Upper Canada and had a Governor.
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Probably an Americanized form of German Merkle .
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