Brief Life History of Alice Harriet
When Alice Harriet Merrill was born on 2 February 1849, in Winchendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Edwin Seymour Merrill, was 31 and her mother, Harriett Hurd Hand, was 33. She married George Farrar Wood on 25 August 1874, in Geneva, Ontario, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. She died on 18 January 1905, in Winchendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 55, and was buried in Riverside Cemetery, Winchendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.
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Sources (21)
- Alin Merril in household of Edwin E Merril, "United States Census, 1870"
- Murriel A. Merrill, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Alice H Merrill, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915"
Spouse and Children
1851–1921 Male
1849–1905 Female
Children (2)
1876–1894 Female
1881–1922 Female
Parents and Siblings
1817–1892 Male
1815–1913 Female
Siblings (6)
1844–1924 Female
1846–1848 Male
1849–1905 Female
1850–1925 Female
1855–1855 Male
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World Events (8)
1863
Age 14
1863 · The Battle at Gettysburg
Age 14
1865
Age 16
Name Meaning
Welsh and English: from a female personal name of Celtic origin, found in Welsh as Meriel and Meryl and in Irish as Muirgheal, earlier Muirgel (‘sea-bright’).
English: habitational name from one or more of the many places whose names derive from Middle English mirie, merie, murie ‘merry, pleasant’ (Old English myrge) + hill, hell, hull ‘hill’ (Old English hyll), including two places called Merry Hill in Staffordshire and a third in Hertfordshire.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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