Died
at about age 65
in Somerville, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
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Biography
Martha was born about 1839.
Martha married Joseph W Merritt on 30 July 1863 in Charlestown, Massachusetts.[1]
In the 1870 census Martha (age 32) was in Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.[2]
Name
Sex
Age
Occupation
Birth Place
J Warren Merritt
M
35
Maine
Martha Merritt
F
32
Maine
George H Merritt
M
25
Maine
Mary Frost
F
65
New Hampshire
In the 1880 census Mattie (age 41) was the married other of Samuel B. Harmon in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States.[3]
Name
Sex
Age
Occupation
Birth Place
J Warren Merritt
M
35
Maine
Martha Merritt
F
32
Maine
George H Merritt
M
25
Maine
Mary Frost
F
65
New Hampshire
In the 1900 census Martha (age 62) was the married boarder of Albert S Stearns in Somerville city Ward 1, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.[4]
Name
Relation
Status
Sex
Age
Birth Place
Albert S Stearns
Head
Married
M
49
Massachusetts
Mary J Stearns
Wife
Married
F
45
Canada
Grace E Stearns
Daughter
Single
F
15
Massachusetts
Joseph W Merritt
Boarder
Married
M
63
Maine
Martha Merritt
Boarder
Married
F
62
Massachusetts
Abbie Higgins
Boarder
Single
F
64
Canada Eng
Martha died (age 65) on 21 January 1904 in Somerville, Massachusetts, United States.[5]
Sources
↑Marriage:
"Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988" Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2495 #68760083 (accessed 3 January 2022)
Martha A B Frost (25) marriage to Joseph W Merritt on 30 Jul 1863 in Charlestown, Massachusetts.
↑1870 Census:
"United States Census, 1870"
Citing Page: 161; Affiliate Publication Number: M593; Line: 33; FHL microfilm: 000552124; Record number: 25550; FamilySearch (accessed 3 January 2022) FamilySearch Image Image number 00648
Martha Merritt (32) in Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.
↑1880 Census:
"United States Census, 1880"
Citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm . FamilySearch (accessed 3 January 2022) FamilySearch Image Image number 00030
Mattie Merritt (41), married other in household of Samuel B. Harmon (51) in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States. Born in Massachusetts, United States.
↑1900 Census:
"United States Census, 1900"
Citing enumeration district (ED) 921, sheet 5A, family 104, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,665. FamilySearch (accessed 3 January 2022) FamilySearch Image
Martha Merritt (62), married boarder in household of Albert S Stearns (49) in Somerville city Ward 1, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.
↑ "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915, 1921-1924," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NWP9-28P : 2 March 2021), Martha A. B. Frost Merritt, 21 Jan 1904; citing Somerville, Massachusetts, v 84 p 68, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,069,839.
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