Lauretta Van Wagenen
(1846-1935)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Isaac Wesley Merrifield

Lauretta Van Wagenen 1 2 3 4

  • Born: 26 October 1846, Twinsburg, OH 1 2 4
  • Marriage (1): Isaac Wesley Merrifield on 31 May 1866 1 2
  • Died: 16 April 1935, Muskegon, MI at age 88 1
  • Buried: After 16 April 1935, Whitehall, MI 1
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bullet  Noted events in her life were:

• She appeared on the 1870 US Census in Rutland Township, Barry County, MI on 12 July 1870. 3

1870 US Census
Page 4, District , Dwelling 25, Family 24, Roll 661
Rutland Township, Barry County, Michigan
Loretta Merrifield..24..OH..Keeps House
(Living with husband and 2 sons.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 26 Oct 1846, then her age should have been 23 instead of 24.
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• She appeared on the 1880 US Census in Whitehall, MI on 10 June 1880. 2

1880 US Census
Page 48A, District 185, Dwelling 196, Family 199, Roll 597
Whitehall, Muskegon County, Michigan
Lucy Merrifield..Wife..33..OH..Keeping House
(Living with husband and 2 sons.)
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• She appeared on the 1900 US Census in Whitehall, MI on 1 June 1900. 4

1900 US Census
Sheet 8A, District 82, Dwelling 173, Family 176
Whitehall, Muskegon County, Michigan
Home owned no mortgage
Lauretta Merrifield..Head..Oct 1846..53..OH..Wd..2/2
Ernest M. Merrifield..Son..Apr 1869..31..MI..Shingle Sawyer

(Lauretta was widowed and living with son, Ernest.)
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• She was buried after 16 April 1935 in the Oakhurst Cemetery in Whitehall, MI.


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Lauretta married Isaac Wesley Merrifield, son of Joseph Harmon Merrifield and Barbara Fast, on 31 May 1866.1 2 (Isaac Wesley Merrifield was born in 1843 in Ohio,2 3 5 6 died on 18 January 1889 in Dalton, MI 1 and was buried after 18 January 1889 in Whitehall, MI 1.)

bullet  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1870 US Census in Rutland Township, Barry County, MI on 12 July 1870. 3

1870 US Census
Page 4, District , Dwelling 25, Family 24, Roll 661
Rutland Township, Barry County, Michigan
Wesley Merrifield..26..OH..Farmer
Loretta Merrifield..24..OH..Keeps House
Ernest Merrifield..3..MI
Dorrance Merrifield..2..MI
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• They appeared on the 1880 US Census in Whitehall, MI on 10 June 1880. 2

1880 US Census
Page 48A, District 185, Dwelling 196, Family 199, Roll 597
Whitehall, Muskegon County, Michigan
Wes. Merrifield..Self..36..OH..Works In Mill
Lucy Merrifield..Wife..33..OH..Keeping House
Ernest Merrifield..Son..13..MI..At Home
D.W. Merrifield..Son..12..MI..At School
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Sources

1 Larry Overmire, "Genealogy of Fast, Shriver, Burns, Scott, McKibben, Including Descendants of Revolutionary War Hero Christian Fast," database, RootsWeb (http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=lovermire : accessed 20 Mar 2010).

2 1880 U.S. census, population schedule, Whitehall, Muskegon County, Michigan, enumeration district (ED) 185, p. 48A, dwelling 196, family 199, Isaac Wesley Merrifield and Lauretta Van Wagenen; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 5 Jan 2019); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, roll 597.

3 1870 U.S. census, population schedule, Rutland Township, Barry County, Michigan, p. 4, dwelling 25, family 24, Isaac Wesley Merrifield and Lauretta Van Wagenen; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 20 Mar 2010); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M593, roll 661.

4 1900 U.S. census, population schedule, Whitehall, Muskegon County, Michigan, enumeration district (ED) 82, sheet 8A, dwelling 173, family 176, Lauretta Van Wagenen; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 21 Mar 2010); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T623, roll 734.

5 1850 U.S. census, population schedule, Sullivan Township, Ashland County, Ohio, p. 463B, dwelling 49, family 53; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 20 Mar 2010); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M432.

6 1860 U.S. census, population schedule, Rutland, Barry County, Michigan, p. 19, dwelling 156, family 146, Joseph H. Merrifield and Barbara Fast; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 16 Jan 2015); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M653, roll 536.

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