Sarah Anne (Earle) Mercer (1843 - 1914)

Born 31 Aug 1843 in Bay Roberts, Newfoundland Colony

Wife of Mansfield Mercer — married 8 May 1877 in Bay Roberts, Port de Grave, Newfoundland Colony

Descendants

Died 12 Nov 1914 at age 71 in Mercer's Cove, Bay Roberts, Dominion of Newfoundland

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Biography

Birth

Name Sarah Earle
Event Date 31 Aug 1843
Event Place Bay Roberts, Port de Grave, Newfoundland
Gender Female
Father's Name Thomas Earle
Mother's Name Rebecca^[1]

Marriage

Name Mansfield Mercer
Event Date 08 May 1877
Event Place Bay Roberts, Port de Grave, Newfoundland
Gender Male
Spouse's Name Sarah Earle
Spouse's Gender Female^[2]

Bachelor and spinster. Both of Bay Roberts. w. Samuel Mercer, Mary Mercer.

Death

Her death announcement reads "November 12, 1914 Mrs. SARAH MERCER, widow of the late MANSFIELD MERCER, Mercer's Cove, died suddenly Thursday morning."^[3]

Name Sarah Mercer
Event Date 12 Nov 1914
Event Place Bay Roberts, Newfoundland
Gender Female
Age 69
Birth Year (Estimated) 1845^[4]

Note

There was a Sarah Earl born 1843, in Bay Roberts to a Thomas Earle and Rebecca^[5]. This would make her 34 when she married, which seems too old---although only two years older than Mansfield.

Sources

1. ↑ "Newfoundland Vital Statistics, 1753-1893," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK9T-X15Y : 8 May 2015), Sarah Earle, 31 Aug 1843; citing Birth, Bay Roberts, Port de Grave, Newfoundland, Canada, Provincial Archives, St. John's.
2. ↑ "Newfoundland Vital Statistics, 1753-1893," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK9T-XBKN : 8 May 2015), Mansfield Mercer and Sarah Earle, 08 May 1877; citing Marriage, Bay Roberts, Port de Grave, Newfoundland, Canada, Provincial Archives, St. John's.
3. ↑ The Guardian - Bay Roberts 1913 - May 29, 1914. Proprietor - C. E. Russell. Obituaries. Transcribed by Maxine Edwards. Accessed 2016 http://ngb.chebucto.org/Newspaper-Obits/guardian-1913.shtml
4. ↑ Citing this Record "Newfoundland Vital Records, 1840-1949", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKQF-WRHY : 10 June 2015), Sarah Mercer, 1914.
5. ↑ "Newfoundland Vital Statistics, 1753-1893," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK9T-X15Y : 8 May 2015), Sarah Earle, 31 Aug 1843; citing Birth, Bay Roberts, Port de Grave, Newfoundland, Canada, Provincial Archives, St. John's.