Mary Jane Merrill

2 May 1823–28 June 1906 (Age 83)
Methuen, Essex, Massachusetts, United States

The Life Summary of Mary Jane

When Mary Jane Merrill was born on 2 May 1823, in Methuen, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Jonathan Merrill, was 25 and her mother, Margaret Clark, was 24. She married Eliphalet Daniel Gale on 26 June 1850, in Lawrence, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Concord, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States in 1850. She died on 28 June 1906, in Canterbury, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Methuen, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.

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Family Time Line

Eliphalet Daniel Gale
1807–1891
Mary Jane Merrill
1823–1906
Marriage: 26 June 1850
Margaret Elizabeth Gale
1851–1919
George Howard Gale
1853–1932
Anna Gertrude Gale
about 1858–1903
Clarence Sidney Gale
1862–1953
William C. Gale
1855–1865
Minnie Frances Gale
1860–1934
Sarah A. Gale
1863–1865
Bertha May Gale
1869–1943

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    26 June 1850Lawrence, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
    • Children

    (8)

    +3 More Children

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (8)

    +3 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1825 · The Crimes Act
    Age 2
    The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
    1833 · First Public Library Founded in Petersborough
    Age 10
    In 1833, the oldest tax-supported public library in the world was established by Reverend Abiel Abbot. 
    1846
    Age 23
    U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

    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.

    Possible Related Names

    Merrell
    Murrell

    Sources (39)

    • Mary J Merrill in entry for Sarah A Gale, "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900"
    • Mary J Gale in household of Elipalet Gale, "United States Census, 1850"
    • Mary Jane Merrill, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915"

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