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.
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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