Born in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Samuel Merrill
and Anna Claudia (Fredericksen) Merrill
Sister of
Emily P (Merrill) Dustin [half], Justin Jared Merrill [half], Lucy Ann (Merrill) Woodman [half], Philemon Merrill [half], Samuel Bemis Merrill [half], Pauline Matilda (Merrill) Colton [half], Melissa Ruth Merrill [half], Philemon Christopher Merrill [half], Daniel Morgan Merrill [half], Albina Mariam (Merrill) Williams [half], Ferdinand Daniel Merrill [half], Phoebe Lodema (Merrill) Thompson [half] and Phoebe (Merrill) Rushforth
Wife of
Oliver Bigley Ostler
— married
about 1887 [location unknown]
Mother of
David Elmer Ostler and Ruby Leone (Ostler) Fister
Died
at age 88
in Provo, Utah, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 8 Dec 2014
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Biography
Sources
- "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XZP5-KQB : accessed 8 December 2014), Rebecca Merrill Ostler, 10 Dec 1954; citing Provo, Utah, Utah, United States, certificate 5404459, series 81448; Utah State Archives Research Center, Salt Lake City, Utah; FHL microfilm .
- "Find A Grave Index," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QV2T-BJZQ : accessed 8 December 2014), Rebecca Ruby Merrill Ostler, 1954; Burial, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States of America, Salt Lake City Cemetery; citing record ID 75272141, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
- "United States Census, 1870," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MNCY-D5B : accessed 8 December 2014), Rebecca Merrill in household of Samuel Merrill, Utah, United States; citing p. 15, family 112, NARA microfilm publication M593, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D.C.; FHL microfilm 553,110.
- "United States Census, 1900," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MMRL-KVP : accessed 8 December 2014), Rebecca Ostler in household of Oliver Ostler, Precinct 34 Salt Lake City Ward 3, Salt Lake, Utah, United States; citing sheet 8A, family 145, NARA microfilm publication T623, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.; FHL microfilm 1,241,684.
- "United States Census, 1910," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M5X7-6YW : accessed 8 December 2014), Rebecca Ostler in household of Oliver B Ostler, Salt Lake City Ward 3, Salt Lake, Utah, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 128, sheet 11B, family 327, NARA microfilm publication T624, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.; FHL microfilm 1,375,620.
- "United States Census, 1930," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XH6X-MQ9 : accessed 8 December 2014), Rebecca M Ostler in household of Frank L Ostler, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 0018, sheet 19A, family 326, line 22, film number 2418, NARA microfilm publication T626, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002); FHL microfilm 2,342,152.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Rebecca by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Rebecca:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Rebecca by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Rebecca:
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~0.78%
~3.12%
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