Sarah (Eastwood) Merrill
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Sarah Jane (Eastwood) Merrill (1848 - 1923)

Sarah Jane Merrill formerly Eastwood
Born in Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, Englandmap
Ancestors ancestors
Daughter of and
Sister of [half], , and
Wife of — married about 1872 (to 28 Oct 1920) in Lock Haven, Clinton County, Pennsylvaniamap
Descendants descendants
Mother of , , , , and
Died at age 75 in Lock Haven, Clinton County, Pennsylvaniamap
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Biography

Sarah was born on Saturday, September 9, 1848.[1], in Oldham, England. Her parents were James Eastwood (Sunday, October 4, 1812 - 1863 Lock Haven) and Sarah Ann (Hall) Eastwood (1812 - Friday, June 1, 1888 Lock Haven) Her father was a waterman, .

Sarah Eastwood migrated from Liverpool, England aboard the ship Cartilian with her mother and brother, arriving in New York on 5 Aug 1851, [2]

Sarah Eastwood 38 F
Elam Eastwood 8 M
Sarah Eastwood 3 F

Sarah married Augustus L. Merrill ((Friday, March 10, 1848 - Thursday, October 28, 1920), presumably in Lock Haven, Clinton County, Pennsylvania. They had five children: Harry Augustus Merrill (Tuesday, April 11, 1876 - Friday, April 22, 1938), Bessie W. Merrill Stewart (Monday, November 10, 1879 - Thursday, January 22, 1959), Dollie M. Merrill Livingston Clark (Thursday, August 21, 1884 - Friday, August 23, 1963), Sarah A. Merrill Campbell ((Tuesday, November 29, 1887 - Tuesday, May 28, 1918) and Margaret A. Merrill Boyer (Saturday, September 23, 1893 - Monday, December 5, 1955).

On Thursday, November 15, 1923, Sarah succumbed to a cerebral hemorrhage suffered on Tuesday, November 13, 1923, in Lock Haven, Clinton County, Pennsylvania. She is interred with her husband, Augustus, at Highland Cemetery, Lock Haven, Clinton County, Pennsylvania. Her death certificate[3] states her parents were James Eastwood and Sarah Anne Hall, both from England, and that she was born 9 Sep 1848 Leeds-Oldham, all three being from England.The informant was Harry Merrill.

Obituary

”Mrs Sarah J Merrill
Mrs. Sarah J. Merrill, widow of the late A. L. Merrill, who was stricken with apoplexy on Tuesday, passed away at her home at 207 E. Church street on Thursday noon. Deceased was 75 years old and is survived by two sons, James E. of Philadelphia, and Harry A. of this city, and three daughters, Mrs. A. M. Stewart, Oakmont, Pa., Mrs Dollie Livingston and Mrs. Charles Boyer, both of this city. she also leaves eleven grandchildren.
Funeral services were held at the St. Paul's Episcopal church by Rev. Lewis Nicholas, on Saturday afternoon and internment was made in Highland cemetery.”[4]

Census

  • 1860 US Census: Name: Sarah Eastwood; Sex: Female; Age: 12; Event Place (Original): Lock Haven Boro, Clinton, Pennsylvania, United States; Birth Year (Estimated): 1848; Birthplace: England; Race: White
Jas Eastwood M 41 England
Sarah Eastwood F 47 England
Humphrey Eastwood M 25 England
Adam Eastwood M 19 England
Sarah Eastwood F 12 England
Hannah Eastwood F 2 Pennsylvania
Samuel Eastwood M 6 Pennsylvania[5]
  • 1870 US Census: Name: Sarah Eastwood; Sex: Female; Age: 25; Event Place (Original): Lock Haven, ward 5, Clinton, Pennsylvania, United States; Birth Year (Estimated): 1845; Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Matthew Sullivan M 55 Ireland
Catharine Sullivan F 40 Ireland
James Sullivan M 15 Pennsylvania
Patrick Sullivan M 13 Pennsylvania
Lizzie Sullivan F 12 Pennsylvania
Ellen Sullivan F 10 Pennsylvania
Mary Sullivan F 8 Pennsylvania
Wm Sullivan M 6 Pennsylvania
Anna Sullivan F 4 Pennsylvania
Eastwood F 58 England
Elim Eastwood M 28 Pennsylvania
Sarah Eastwood F 25 Pennsylvania
Samuel Eastwood M 16 Pennsylvania
James O Ragan M 40 Ireland
Bridget O Ragan F 36 Ireland[6]
  • 1880 US Census: Name: Sarah Merrill; Sex: Female; Age: 31; Event Place: Lock Haven, Clinton, Pennsylvania, United States; Birth Year (Estimated): 1849; Birthplace: England; Marital Status: Married; Occupation: Keeping House; Race: White; Relationship to Head of Household: Wife; Father's Birthplace: England; Mother's Birthplace: England
Agustus L Merrill Self M 32 Pennsylvania, United States
Sarah Merrill Wife F 31 England
James E Merrill Son M 6 Pennsylvania, United States
Harry A Merrill Son M 4 Pennsylvania, United States
Bessie W Merrill Daughter F 1 Pennsylvania, United States[7]
  • 1900 US Census: Name: Sarah J Merrill; Sex: Female; Age: 52; Event Place (Original): ED 21 Lock Haven city Ward 2, Clinton, Pennsylvania, United States; Marital Status: Married; Race: White; Number of Living Children: 6; Relationship to Head of Household: Wife; Mother of how many children: 8; Birth Date: Sep 1848; Birthplace: England; Marriage Year (Estimated): 1872; Immigration Year: 1852; Father's Birthplace: England; Mother's Birthplace: England
Augustus L Merrill Head M 52 Pennsylvania
Sarah J Merrill Wife F 52 England
Harry A Merrill Son M 24 Pennsylvania
Bessie W Merrill Daughter F 22 Pennsylvania
Dollie M Merrill Daughter F 16 Pennsylvania
Sarah A Merrill Daughter F 14 Pennsylvania
Margaret A Merrill Daughter F 7 Pennsylvania[8]
  • 1910 US Census: Name: Sarah J Merrill; Sex: Female; Age: 61; Event Place (Original): Lock Haven Ward 2, , Pennsylvania; Birth Year (Estimated): 1849; Birthplace: England; Marital Status: Married; Race: White; Relationship to Head of Household: Wife; Father's Birthplace: England; Mother's Birthplace: England
Augustus L Merrill Head M 62 Pennsylvania
Sarah J Merrill Wife F 61 England
Dollie M Merrill Daughter F 26 Pennsylvania
Sarah A Merrill Daughter F 25 Pennsylvania
Margaret A Merrill Daughter F 16 Pennsylvania[9]
  • 1920 US Census: Name: Sarah Merrill; Sex: Female; Age: 71; Event Place (Original): ED 16, Clinton, Pennsylvania, United States; Immigration Date: 1851; Birth Year (Estimated): 1849; Birthplace: England; Marital Status: Married; Race: White; Relationship to Head of Household: Wife; Father's Birthplace: England; Mother's Birthplace: England
Augustus Merrill Head M 71 Pennsylvania
Sarah Merrill Wife F 71 England
Dolly Livingston Daughter F 35 Pennsylvania
Margaret Livingston Daughter F 26 Pennsylvania
Merlyn Campell Grandson M 8 Pennsylvania
Charles Merrill Brother M 75 Pennsylvania[10]

Research Notes

Wikitree Challenge.

  • There is no such place as Leedo, Oldham. Death records probably says Leeds.
  • Dana’s online tree has Sarah emigrating to the USA in 1851 Aged 3 so cannot have been the same Sarah in 1861 given here in Oldham.
  • There is only one Sarah recorded on GRO with mothers maiden name Hall +/- 2 years of 1848. She wasn’t registered with the middle name Jane[11]
  • Brother Elim born 1841 - Mother has same Maiden name of Hall and matches the migration record[12]

Sources

  1. ↑ https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/indexes_search.asp#Results EASTWOOD, SARAH Mothers Maiden Name HALL GRO Reference: 1848 S Quarter in ASHTON UNDERLYNE Volume 20 Page 86
  2. ↑ Year: 1851; Arrival: New York, New York, USA; Microfilm Serial: M237, 1820-1897; Line: 3; List Number: 1103 "New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:27PR-4XY : 20 February 2021), Sarah Eastwood, 1851; citing Immigration, New York City, New York, United States, NARA microfilm publication M237 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 175,459.
  3. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/122409854/sarah-j-merrill
  4. ↑ 23 Nov 1923; Location PA from “Clinton County Times”
  5. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXPG-FH8 : 18 February 2021), Sarah Eastwood in entry for Jas Eastwood, 1860.
  6. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZGZ-NKF : 29 May 2021), Sarah Eastwood in entry for Matthew Sullivan, 1870.
  7. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWXJ-TQ4 : 20 February 2021), Sarah Merrill in household of Agustus L Merrill, Lock Haven, Clinton, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district ED 252, sheet 648D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,113.
  8. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M39T-L79 : accessed 16 September 2021), Sarah J Merrill in household of Augustus L Merrill, Lock Haven city Ward 2, Clinton, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 21, sheet 6B, family 143, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,397.
  9. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MG4Z-1NC : accessed 16 September 2021), Sarah J Merrill in household of Augustus L Merrill, Lock Haven Ward 2, Clinton, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 15, sheet 5A, family 113, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1332; FHL microfilm 1,375,345.
  10. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M61J-6WP : 3 February 2021), Sarah Merrill in entry for Augustus Merrill, 1920.
  11. ↑ EASTWOOD, SARAH Mothers Maiden Name HALL GRO Reference: 1848 S Quarter in ASHTON UNDERLYNE Volume 20 Page 86
  12. ↑ https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/indexes_search.asp#Results EASTWOOD, ELIM; Mother’s Maiden Name: HALL; GRO Reference: 1841 D Quarter in ASHTON AND OLDHAM Volume 20 Page 112
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/122409854/sarah-j-merrill : accessed 15 September 2021), memorial page for Sarah J Eastwood Merrill (9 Sep 1848–15 Nov 1923), Find a Grave Memorial ID 122409854, citing Highland Cemetery, Lock Haven, Clinton County, Pennsylvania, USA ; Maintained by JRS (contributor 47580208) .
  • "England and Wales Census, 1861," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M7VY-TKB : 12 September 2020), Sarah Eastwood in household of James F Eastwood, Oldham, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom; from "1861 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 9, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.




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