Helen Robertson (Malcolm) Merrick (1861)

Born 19 Feb 1861 in District of St. George, City of Edinburgh, Scotland

Wife of Arthur Calvert Merrick — married 6 Feb 1895 in Revere, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Helen was born 19 Feb 1861 at Canonsmith, Edinburgh, Scotland, the daughter of William Malcolm, a journeyman blacksmith, and his wife Helen Robertson.[1] In 1889 she arrived in the United States as an immigrant from Scotland.[5] On 6 Feb 1895 she was married to Arthur Calvert Merrick at Revere, Massachusetts, USA. At the time of her marriage she stated that she was aged 29 years![2] According to the 1900 US Census they did not have any children at that time.[3] The Merricks were a Protestant merchant family from Limerick, Ireland. From 1855 to 1947 they recorded BMD family events in the fly sheets of their family bible, which is now the property of a cousin of mine. As it happens the first entry reads 'Arthur Calvert Merrick born 6th January 1855.' A later entry reads 'Arthur Calvert Merrick married to Helen Malcolm February 6th 1895.'[4]

Sources

• 1. 1861 Births in the District of St. George in the City of Edinburgh certificate - 1861 Malcolm, Helen Robertson (Statutory registers Births 685/1 210), National Records of Scotland - Scotland's People

2. Massachusetts, Marriage Records 1840-1915 | Ancestry

3. * "United States Census, 1900," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M9YB-C6S : accessed 30 Oct 2014), Arthur Merrick, Revere town, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States; citing sheet 9B, family 202, NARA microfilm publication T623, FHL microfilm 1240690.

4. Merrick (of Limerick, Ireland) Family Bible Manuscript Records 1855-1947).

5. 1910 United States Federal Census