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Charles Aubrey Merrick (1918 - 2004)

Charles Aubrey (Bob) "Bob, Robert" Merrick
Born in Wood-Lynne, Camden, New Jersey, United Statesmap
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Died at age 85 in Spring Hill, Leon, Florida, United Statesmap
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Biography

Charles Aubrey Merrick was born about 21 Jul 1918 in Wood-Lynne, Camden, New Jersey, United States, son of Charles Aubrey Merrick (1898–1977) and Ethel Estel Horner (1900–1978).[1]

After he was born, he and his mother lived with her parents in New Jersey. His grandfather was a brickmason. Both grandparents were born in New Jersey.[2]

When he registered for the World War II military draft, he described himself as a white male who was 6" with a fair complexion. He had brown hair and blue eyes. He was 22 years old and still studying at school. He earned degrees from Newark College of Engineering and Fairleigh Dickinson University.[3] On 16 Feb 1943, he was drafted into the military to serve in World War II. When he left the military in Feb 1946, he was a corporal.[4]

After the war he married and started raising a family in New Jersey. His first work was as an inspector at an electrical products company.[5] The would go on to have two more children.

Later in life he worked as an electrical and chemical engineer. In the 1980s, he retired and moved to Florida. There he met and married Rita Marie Dolan on 18 Apr 1998 in Pasco, Florida.[6]

Bob passed away on 22 Jun 2004 in Spring Hill, Leon, Florida from colon cancer. Charles A was buried in Florida National Cemetery, Bushnell, Sumter County, Florida.[7]

Sources

  1. Birth: "New Jersey, U.S., Birth Index, 1848-1878, 1901-1929," database with images
    New Jersey State Archives; Trenton, New Jersey; New Jersey Births, 1878-1890
    Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 61252 #6569516
    Charles A Merrick] born on 22 Jul 1918 in Camden, New Jersey, USA.
  2. 1920 Census: "1920 United States Federal Census," database with images
    Year: 1920; Census Place: Chesterfield, Burlington, New Jersey; Roll: T625_1021; Page: 13A; Enumeration District: 75
    Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 6061 #29975049
    Charles A Merrick (1), single grandson, in household of George H Horner (48) in Chesterfield, Burlington, New Jersey. Born in New Jersey.
  3. Military: "U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947," database with images
    National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; Wwii Draft Registration Cards For New Jersey, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 443
    Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2238 #301914483
  4. Burial: "U.S., Veterans' Gravesites, ca.1775-2019," database
    National Cemetery Administration; U.S. Veterans' Gravesites
    Ancestry Record 8750 #2069599
    Charles A Merrick burial (died on 10 Jun 2004) on 24 Jun 2004 in Florida National Cemetery, Florida, USA.
  5. 1950 Census: "1950 United States Federal Census," database with images
    National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: Madison, Middlesex, New Jersey; Roll: 3499; Page: 63; Enumeration District: 12-51
    Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 62308 #164364661
    Charles Merrick (32), married, Inspector, head of household in Madison, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA. Born in New Jersey.
  6. Marriage: "Florida, U.S., Marriage Indexes, 1822-1875 and 1927-2001," database
    Ancestry Record 8784 #11608685
    Charles Aubrey Merrick marriage to Rita Marie Dolan on 18 Apr 1998 in Pasco, Florida, USA.
  7. Burial: "U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current," database
    Original data: Find a Grave. Find a Grave®. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi; URL: Find A Grave: Memorial #49682880
    Ancestry Record 60525 #20060021
    Charles A Merrick burial (died on 10 Jun 2004) in Florida National Cemetery, Bushnell, Sumter County, Florida, United States of America.
  • "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK5R-MNRP : accessed 16 July 2023), Charles A Merrick, Florida, United States, 17 Jun 2004; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing St. Petersburg Times, born-digital text.




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