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This profile is part of the Whitehill Name Study.
Biography
Jean Louise Whitehill was born on July 14, 1921 to Franklin T. Whitehill and Maude L. (Riley) Whitehill in Boalsburg, Pennsylvania. She was the youngest of 10. She died on May 30, 1998 in Clinton, Prince George's, Maryland.
She married Ted Merkle on her 23rd birthday in St. Petersburg, Florida.[1] They had seven children.
Sources
- ↑ Florida Department of Health. Florida Marriage Index, 1927-2001. Certificate of Marriage, Theodore Merkle and Jean Whitehill. 14 Jul 1944. Florida Department of Health, Jacksonville, Florida. Volume 928, Certificate 27558.
- Maternal relationship is confirmed with an AncestryDNA test match between Jane Merkle and Theresa Merkle, full sisters. Predicted relationship reported by AncestryDNA: Immediate family. 2,656 centimorgans shared across 59 DNA segments; Confidence: Extremely High.
- "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH8T-BRJ : accessed 26 June 2017), Jean L Whitehill in household of Frank T Whitehill, College, Centre, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 9, sheet 6A, line 50, family 130, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2015; FHL microfilm 2,341,749.
- "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQ8V-2KB : accessed 26 June 2017), Jean Whitehill in household of Frank Whitehill, College Township, Centre, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 14-10, sheet 3B, line 76, family 72, 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 3462.
- DEATH NOTICES, Jean Louise Merkle. (1998, Jun 01, pg B4). The Washington Post (1974-Current File) Retrieved from https://search.proquest.com/docview/1620829935?accountid=31191, accessed 15 January 2018.
- Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/77650691/jean-louise-merkle : accessed 04 May 2019), memorial page for Jean Louise Whitehill Merkle (14 Jul 1921–30 May 1998), Find A Grave Memorial no. 77650691, citing Resurrection Cemetery, Clinton, Prince George's County, Maryland, USA ; Maintained by Stan Jett (contributor 47100295) .
