Joseph Harmon Merrifield (1818-1876)

Barbara Fast (1824-1896)

Isaac Wesley Merrifield (1843-1889)

Lauretta Van Wagenen (1846-1935)

Ernest M. Merrifield (1867-After 1900)

 

Family Links Ernest M. Merrifield 1 2 3 4 Born: 1867, Michigan 2 3 Died: After 1 June 1900   Noted events in his life were: • He has alternate birth date of April 1869 and a birth location of Michigan. This birth date was given on his 1900 US Census. . 4 • He appeared on the 1870 US Census in Rutland Township, Barry County, MI on 12 July 1870. 2 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 . • He appeared on the 1880 US Census in Whitehall, MI on 10 June 1880. 3 1880 US Census Page 48A, District 185, Dwelling 196, Family 199, Roll 597 Whitehall, Muskegon County, Michigan Ernest Merrifield..Son..13..MI..At Home (Living with parents.) . • He 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 Ernest M. Merrifield..Son..Apr 1869..31..MI..Shingle Sawyer (Living with widowed mother.) NOTE - His birth date is believed to be in 1867 instead of Apr 1869. Therefore his age should have been 32 or 33 instead of 31. .

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 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.

3 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.

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.