Merlin was the son of Charles Thomas and Lillian Baber. He married Margaret Ethel Wilson on 6 Jun 1935.
Sources
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWDF-J65 : accessed 16 April 2018), Merlin Thomas, Spencerville Village, Spencer Township, Allen, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 2-65, sheet 12B, line 74, family 298, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3021.
"Ohio Death Index, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VK2M-VVD : 8 December 2014), Merlin Leo Thomas, 13 Jan 1995; from "Ohio, Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-2007," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2010); citing vol. 30093, certificate number 000036, Ohio Historical Society, Columbus; Ohio Department of Health, State Vital Statistics Unit, Columbus.
"United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J1WR-VTB : 19 May 2014), Merlin L Thomas, 13 Jan 1995; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 16 April 2018), memorial page for Merlin Leo Thomas (26 Feb 1909–13 Jan 1995), Find A Grave Memorial no. 162121972, citing Memorial Park Cemetery and Mausoleum, Lima, Allen County, Ohio, USA ; Maintained by Cathy Miller Giddeon (contributor 48240506) .
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Merlin by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Merlin: