"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHSP-MR6 : 17 May 2014), Robert Merchant in household of Roscoe C Merchant, Ward 22, Detroit, Detroit City, Wayne, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 84-1610B, sheet 16B, family 286, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 1890.
"Roscoe Merchant Dies." The Brook Reporter 13 Aug 1959: 1. Print.
"United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JTXG-XML : 20 May 2014), Robert E Merchant, 22 Oct 2006; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
Research Notes
Brook Reporter - father's obit says he lived in Detroit
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