Brief Life History of Merritt Yerks
When Merritt Yerks Hughes was born on 24 May 1893, in Philadelphia Monthly Meeting, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Adoniva Judson Yerks Hughes, was 37 and his mother, Anabelle Yerks Hughes, was 33. He had at least 1 son and 1 daughter with Grace D Hughes. He lived in Berkeley, Alameda, California, United States in 1935 and Madison, Dane, Wisconsin, United States in 1940.
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Family Time Line
Sources (3)
- Merritt Y Hughes, "United States Census, 1940"
- Merritt Y Hughes in household of Adoniran J Hughes, "United States Census, 1920"
- Merritt Y Hughes in household of Adoniram J Hughes, "United States Census, 1910"
Spouse and Children
1893– Male
1895– Female
Children (2)
1925– Male
1933– Female
Parents and Siblings
1856– Male
1860– Female
Siblings (1)
1893– Male
World Events (8)
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
Age 3
1906 · Great San Francisco Earthquake
Age 13
1927
Age 34
Name Meaning
English and Welsh: variant of Hugh with genitival or excrescent -s.
Irish and Scottish: adopted as an equivalent of Gaelic surnames based on the personal name Aodh ‘fire’, for example Ó hAodha, Mac Aodha; see McCoy and compare McHugh .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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