Samuel Merner (1823 - 1908)

Born 9 Jan 1823 in Kien, Bern, Switzerland

Husband of Mary Ann (Grasser) Merner — married 1 Nov 1845 in Canada West

Died 11 Aug 1908 at age 85 in Berlin, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

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Biography

Samuel Merner is Notable.

Born in 1823, he was the son of Jakob Merner and Susanna Schluchter. His family emigrated to Canada in 1837. He married Mary Ann Grasser in 1845; they had fourteen children. After her death in 1890, he married Ellen (Fletcher) Sararus in 1898.

He died in 1908.

Sources

• Dictionary of Canadian Biography: Samuel Merner
• Wikipedia: Samuel Merner
• "Canada, Ontario Tax Assessment Rolls, 1834-1899", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6Z84-J2XT : 20 July 2021), Samuel Merner, 1857.
• "Canada Census, 1871," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4QY-M74 : 19 March 2021), Samuel Merner, New Hamburg, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada; citing 1871; citing National Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.
• "Canada Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVD8-4TB : 2 March 2021), Samuel Merner, New Hamburg, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada; from "1881 Canadian Census." Database with images. Ancestry. (www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing Samuel Merner, citing Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.
• "Canada Census, 1891," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWGK-97R : 3 August 2016), Samuel Merner, New Hamburg, Waterloo South, Ontario, Canada; Public Archives, Ottawa, Ontario; Library and Archives Canada film number 30953_148177.
• "Canada, Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JDVS-V3L : 2 March 2021), Samuel Merner, 10 Aug 1908; citing Berlin, Waterloo, Ontario, yr 1908 cn 29342, Registrar General. Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,854,485.