Shirley was born in 1921. He was the son of Walter Merritt and Mattie Foss. He passed away in 1986.
First-hand information as remembered by Stanley Wood, Friday, August 22, 2014.
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMDD-NMK : accessed 23 July 2019), Adela I Merritt in household of Walter H Merritt, Addison, Washington, Maine, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 1, sheet 5B, line 57, family 135, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 840; FHL microfilm 2,340,575.
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMM1-J56 : 15 March 2018), Adella Merritt in household of Mattie Merritt, Jonesport Town, Washington, Maine, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 15-49, sheet 2B, line 71, family 46, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1494.
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