George
Best
Merritt
Born in Chatham, Kent, Ontario, Canada
Ancestors 
Son of William Merritt
and Elizabeth Jane (Best) Merritt
Brother of
Albert Ezra Merritt, Hiram James Merritt, John Traxler Merritt, William Gilbert Merritt, Amelia Bell (Merritt) Bennett and Willard E Merritt
Husband of
Elizabeth Jane (Blackburn) Merritt
— married
23 May 1870 in Chatham, Kent, Ontario, Canada
Descendants 
Father of
Augustus Fay Merritt, Herbert Leslie Merritt, Ethel Aretta (Merritt) Horning, Cora Irena (Merritt) Goulder, Clarence Henry Merritt, Stanley Howard Merritt and Grace Vivian (Merritt) Knight
Died
at age 76
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 5 Oct 2009
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Biography
Sources
- Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FMFK-R31 : 10 April 2015), George Best Merrett and Elizabeth Jane Blackburn, 23 May 1870; citing registration , Chatham, Kent, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,862,474.
- Canada Census, 1891," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWLH-C8M : 3 August 2016), George B Merritt, Chatham, Kent, Ontario, Canada; Public Archives, Ottawa, Ontario; Library and Archives Canada film number 30953_148148.
- Canada Census, 1901," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHLW-F54 : 23 February 2021), Gorge Merrett, Kent, Ontario, Canada; citing p. 8, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa.
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