Laura (Calvert) Merrick (1829 - 1879)

Ancestors

Wife of Arthur Merrick — married 3 Aug 1853 in St. Pancras Church, Middlesex, England

Descendants

Died 4 Feb 1879 at about age 50 in Lifford Terrace, Limerick, Co. Limerick, Ireland

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Biography

Laura was born in 1829 the daughter of Frederick Calvert, Merchant of Old Street, London and Painter of London and Cork, Ireland and the eldest daughter of William West, Bookseller of London and Cork, Ireland.

In 1841 she was in the household of her maternal grandfather, bookseller William West, of East Street, St George the Martyr, Southwark.^[1]

Laura Calvert, spinster, the daughter of deceased Frederick Calvert (no profession given) married Arthur Merrick, merchant on 3 August 1853. The marriage was witnessed by William West and Sarah Calvert.^[2]

She died on 4 February 1879 from Chronic Dysentery aged 50 years. She was recorded as being the widow of a merchant. She was buried on 7 February 1879 at St. John's Church, Limerick, Ireland. ^[3]

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Sources

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3. ↑ Contributed by Michael Fraser-Allen, Wednesday, June 11, 2014. Replace this citation if there is another source.

• Civil Death Record - Birth Marriage Death Genealogy Records Ireland - Irish Family History Foundation
• age 15 "England and Wales Census, 1841," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQVY-ZNQ : 4 March 2021), Laura Calvert in household of William West, Southwark, Surrey, England, United Kingdom; from "1841 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.