Brief Life History of Charles Edward
When Charles Edward Merchant was born on 9 October 1842, in Vacy, New South Wales, Australia, his father, Richard Bapson Merchant, was 42 and his mother, Elizabeth Barnes, was 37. He married Sally Ann Denisha Hoopes on 23 July 1873, in Beaver, Beaver, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 8 March 1904, in Mountain View, Uinta, Wyoming, United States, at the age of 61, and was buried in Lyman, Uinta, Wyoming, United States.
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- Charles Merchant, "United States Census, 1880"
- Australia, Births and Baptisms, 1792-1981
- Utah, Select County Marriages, 1887-1937
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World Events (8)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1847
Gold found in Port Phillip.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English: occupational name for a buyer and seller of goods, from Old French, Middle English march(e)ant, Late Latin mercatans (see Marchand ).
Indian (Gujarat and Mumbai): Muslim and Parsi occupational name for a trader, from the English vocabulary word merchant.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Merchant Valley
Merchant Valley, a picturesque valley was named for Charles Merchant, a woodcutter for the soldiers in 1880.
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