Merton Edwin Partridge (1896 - 1986)

Born 2 Jun 1896 in Northport, Suffolk, New York, United States

Ancestors

Son of Charles Brownell Partridge and Mary Louise (Smith) Partridge

Husband of Grace Osborn (Ludlow) Partridge — married 4 Sep 1927 in Ponca City, Kay, Oklahoma, USA

Descendants

Died 1986 at about age 89 in Ponca City, Kay, Oklahoma, United States [uncertain]

Biography

Merton Edwin "Mert" Partridge was born 2 June 1896, at Northport, Long Island, New York. He was the second of three children born to Charles Brownell Partridge^[1] and Mary Louise Smith; Louise was a descendant of Richard Bull Smith of Smithtown.^[2]

Merton worked as a mechanical engineer for Continental Oil Company. He married Grace Osborn Ludlow at Ponca City, Oklahoma, on 4 September 1927.^[3] They had three children,^[4] all of whom are still living.^[5]

Merton Partridge died in 1986 at Ponca City.^[6][7]

Residence

1900: Northport Village, Suffolk, New York.^[8]

1910: [Northport,] Huntington, Suffolk, New York^[9]

1915: [Northport,] Huntington, Suffolk, New York^[10]

1917-1918: Suffolk County, New York.^[11]

1920: Akron, Summit, Ohio^[12]

1930: Jackson, Hinds, Mississippi^[13]

1935 & 1940: Ponca City, Kay, Oklahoma.^[4]

1942: Ponca City, Kay, Oklahoma.^[14]

Sources

1. ↑ Paternal relationship is confirmed through Y-chromosome DNA testing. Fifth cousins C Partridge and Paul Patridge match on 67 out of 67 markers, thereby confirming their direct paternal lines back to their most recent common ancestor Stephen Partridge, Merton's third great-grandfather.
2. ↑ Frederick Kinsman Smith. The Family of Richard Smith of Smithtown, Long Island: Ten Generations. 1967.
3. ↑ "Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VR3G-86T : 4 November 2017), Mertan E Partridge and Grace O Ludlow, 1927.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VBVD-S7V : accessed 17 March 2018), Morton Partridge, Ward 3, Ponca City, Ponca City, Kay, Oklahoma, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 36-34, sheet 4A, line 12, family 72, 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 3301.
5. ↑ Witnessed by his granddaughter, Carole Partridge.
6. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V9FX-J2C : 20 May 2014), Merton Partridge, Feb 1986; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
7. ↑ https://old.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=72238015
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSGF-TRW : accessed 17 March 2018), Merton E Partridge in household of Charles B Partridge, Huntington Township, Election District 5 Northport village (part), Suffolk, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 760, sheet 7A, family 169, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,165.
9. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M5S5-DDG : accessed 17 March 2018), Merton Partridge in household of Chas B Partridge, Huntington, Suffolk, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 1365, sheet 10A, family 217, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1083; FHL microfilm 1,375,096.
10. ↑ "New York State Census, 1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K9PL-LHR : 8 November 2014), Merton Patridge, Huntington, Suffolk, New York, United States; from "New York, State Census, 1915," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2012); citing p. 32, line 5, state population census schedules, 1915, New York State Archives, Albany.
11. ↑ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXB6-WNR : 13 March 2018), Merton Partridge, 1917-1918; citing Suffolk County no 1, New York, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,818,992.
12. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDTG-R3C : accessed 17 March 2018), Merton E Partridge in household of Lena Mcnaughton, Akron Ward 2, Summit, Ohio, United States; citing ED 139, sheet 6B, line 71, family 131, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1438; FHL microfilm 1,821,438.
13. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XM19-WSQ : accessed 17 March 2018), Merton E Partridge, Jackson, Hinds, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 18, sheet 19B, line 91, family 501, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1147; FHL microfilm 2,340,882.
14. ↑ "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XPY8-CPK : 8 November 2017), Merton Edwin Partridge, 1942; citing NARA microfilm publication M1936, M1937, M1939, M1951, M1962, M1964, M1986, M2090, and M2097 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

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