Mary Catherine Reals

Brief Life History of Mary Catherine

When Mary Catherine Reals was born on 3 June 1856, in Nebraska, United States, her father, George Reals, was 42 and her mother, Sophia Mathews, was 32. She married George Marion Merritt on 6 July 1873, in Taylor, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Fremont Township, Page, Iowa, United States in 1880 and Plum Creek Township, Butler, Nebraska, United States in 1900. She died on 11 September 1903, in Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, United States, at the age of 47, and was buried in Valparaiso Cemetery, Valparaiso, Saunders, Nebraska, United States.

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Family Time Line

George Marion Merritt
1849–1916
Mary Catherine Reals
1856–1903
Marriage: 6 July 1873
Ida Emmeline Merritt
1874–1937
Jay Melvin Merritt
1876–1971
Anson E Merritt
1879–1879
Berttie Otis Merritt
1880–1952
George Roscoe Merritt
1882–1971
Lora Leona Merritt
1887–1918
Cecil Pearl Merritt
1892–1951

Sources (13)

  • Mary C Reals in household of Geo Reals, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Mary C. Reals, "Iowa Marriages, 1809-1992"
  • Mary Catherine Reals Merritt, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1858

Earliest Known Burial: 1858

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment

Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Italian Amedeo, Antonio, Amerigo, Angelo, Arcangelo, Arduino, Enio, Gino, Giovanni, Guido, Nino.

Italian: patronymic or plural form of Reale .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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