Brief Life History of William Lincoln
When William Lincoln Merry was born on 23 August 1866, in Starks, Somerset, Maine, United States, his father, Asa Merry, was 38 and his mother, Mary Viletta Wood, was 35. He married Lillian May Bearce on 8 April 1888, in Caribou, Aroostook, Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 8 daughters. He lived in Woodland, Aroostook, Maine, United States in 1910 and Fillmore, Ventura, California, United States in 1920. He died on 29 May 1945, in San Diego, San Diego, California, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Fillmore, Ventura, California, United States.
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- Willie F Merry in household of Asa Merry, "United States Census, 1870"
- Willie S. Merry, "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900"
- William Lincoln Merry, "Find A Grave Index"
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1867 · Sorry Mr. President, You can't do that.
This Act was to restrict the power of the President removing certain office holders without approval of the Senate. It denies the President the power to remove any executive officer who had been appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate, unless the Senate approved the removal during the next full session of Congress. The Amendment was later repealed.
1870
Historical Boundaries: 1870: Aroostook, Maine, United States
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
Name Meaning
English: nickname from Middle English merie, mirie, murie ‘merry, pleasant’ (Old English myrge). Compare Merriman .
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Mearadhaigh, Ó Meardha ‘descendant of Mearadhach, a descendant of Meardha’, personal names derived from an adjective meaning ‘lively, wild, or high-spirited’. Where Irish dh has been Anglicized as g, there is possible confusion with Merrick .
French: variant of Mery 1.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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