Merrill Audry Wier ^{2 3 4 5 6}

  Death Notes:

Age: 70
Given Name: Merrill
Surname: Wier
Birth Date: 07 Apr 1905
State: Wisconsin
Last Place of Residence: Fairbanks North Star, Alaska
Previous Residence Postal Code: 99701
Event Date: Jul 1975

Citing this Record
"United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JYJ1-5ZV : 20 May 2014), Merrill Wier, Jul 1975; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
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  Burial Notes:

Find A Grave Memorial 121944653

  Noted events in his life were:

1. 1910 US Census, 26 April 1910, Muscatine, Muscatine, Iowa, United States. ² 1910 US Census
Sheet 19A, District 112, Dwelling 355, Family 443
Muscatine, Muscatine, Iowa
517 East Eighth Street; home owned with mortgage
Merrill Wier...Son..5..IA

(Living with parents and maternal grandmother.)

2. 1920 US Census, 31 January 1920, Sigel Township, Chippewa, Wisconsin, United States. ³ 1920 US Census
Sheet 6B, District 79, Family 120, Roll 1978
Sigel Township, Chippewa, Wisconsin
Farm owned, with mortgage
Merriell Wier..Son..13..IA

(Living with parents.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 7 Apr 1905, then his age should have been 14 instead of 13.

3. 1930 US Census, 19 April 1930, Eau Claire, Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States. ⁴ 1930 US Census
Sheet 20B, Dwelling 441, Family 480, Roll 2571, District 18
Eau Claire, Eau Claire, Wisconsin
Millward Road; Home owned, $3000
Merrill A. Wier..Son..24..IA

(Living with widowed mother.)

4. 1940 US Census, 7 May 1940, Lenroot, Sawyer, Wisconsin, United States. ⁵ 1940 US Census
Sheet 8B, District 57-13, Family 194, Roll 4524
Lenroot, Sawyer County, Wisconsin
House rented, $8
Merrill A. Wier..Head..34..IA..12th grade..Operator, Dance Hall-Tavern..earned $380 in 1939

(Living with wife.)

5. Military: Enlistment in US Army, 9 December 1942, Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. ⁷

Merrill married Margie Harriet Erickson, daughter of Hjalmar Henry Erickson and Minnie Bertha Sands, on 7 February 1942 in Kodiak, Kodiak Island, Territory of Alaska, United States.¹ (Margie Harriet Erickson was born on 12 November 1911 in Eau Claire, Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States,⁵ died on 19 August 1965 in Fairbanks, Fairbanks North Star, Alaska, United States and was cremated in August 1965 in Evergreen Washelli Memorial Park, Seattle, King, Washington, United States.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

1. 1940 US Census, 7 May 1940, Lenroot, Sawyer, Wisconsin, United States. ⁵ 1940 US Census
Sheet 8B, Roll 4524, District 57-13, Family 194
Lenroot, Sawyer County, Wisconsin
Last Place of Residence: Same House
House rented, $8
Merrill A. Wier..Head..34..IA..12th grade..Operator, Dance Hall-Tavern..earned $380 in 1939
Margie H. Wier..Wife..28..WI..8th grade..Waitress, Restaurant..earned $280 in 1939

2. Marriage Image, 7 February 1942, Kodiak, Kodiak Island, Territory of Alaska, United States. ¹

  Marriage Notes:

Name: Merrill A Wier
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 07 Feb 1942
Event Place: Kodiak, Alaska, United States
Event Place (Original): Territory Of Alaska
Gender: Male
Spouse's Name: Margie Erickson

Citing this Record
"Alaska, Vital Records, 1816-1959," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2M9-MCYD : 18 March 2018), Merrill A Wier and Margie Erickson, Kodiak, Alaska, United States; citing Marriage, Kodiak, Alaska, United States, Alaska State Archives, Juneau; FHL microfilm 100,818,120.
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The fact that there exists a marriage document for Merrill Wier and Margie Erickson dated 1942 in Alaska yet there is also a 1940 US Census document from Wisconsin showing them living together with Margie using a married name of Wier could mean only one of two different things. First, there is the possibility that in 1940 they really weren't married but just living together. Second, is the possibility that they were really married sometime before 1940 but divorced and then were remarried in Alaska in 1942. The marriage document from Alaska shows Margie using her maiden name. There are no records to support the second conclusion.
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