Born in Elgin, Ontario, Canada
Ancestors 
Daughter of John Adolphus Nelles
and Priscilla C (Pearson) Nelles
Sister of
Annie Nelles [half], Duncan James Nelles [half], Duncan James Nelles [half], John Adolphus Nelles Jr. [half], [private sibling (1870s - unknown)], [private sibling (1870s - unknown)] [half], Charles Chester Nelles and Roy O Nelles
Wife of
Herbert Leslie Merritt
— married
9 Oct 1901 in Blenheim, Kent, Ontario, Canada
Descendants 
Mother of
[private daughter (1900s - 1990s)] and
[private son (1900s - unknown)]
Died
at age 24
in Chatham, Kent, Ontario, Canada
Profile last modified
| Created 1 Oct 2009
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Biography
When Sarah Catharina Nelles was born on March 7, 1881, in Blenheim, Ontario, Canada, her father, John, was 37, and her mother, Priscilla, was 26. She had one daughter with Herbert L Merritt in 1902. She died as a young mother on March 16, 1905, in Chatham, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 24, and was buried in her hometown.
Sources
Ontario, Canada Births, 1832-1916. Name: Sarah Catharina Nelles; female; birthdate: 8 Nov 1880; birth place: Elgin County, Ontario, Canada; father: Adolphus Nilles; mother: Prescilla C Pearson.
"Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JXSN-72P : 9 March 2018), Sadie Merritt, 06 May 1905; citing Chatham, Kent, Ontario, yr 1905 cn 13709, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,854,396.
Canada, Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZBX-CL5 : 8 March 2021), Herbert L Merritt and Sadie C Nellis, 09 Oct 1901; citing registration , Blenheim, Kent, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,871,080.
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