Margie Harriet Erickson ^{2 3}

  Noted events in her life were:

• She appeared on the 1940 US Census in Lenroot, WI on 7 May 1940. ³

Sheet 8B, Roll 4524, District 57-13, Family 194
Lenroot, Sawyer County, Wisconsin
Last Place of Residence: Same House
house rented, $8
Wife..Margie H. Wier..28..WI..8th grade..Waitress, Restaurant..earned $280 in 1939
(Living with husband.)
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• She was buried in 1957 in the Evergreen Washelli Memorial Park in Seattle, WA.

Find A Grave Memorial #121944664
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Margie married Merrill Audry Wier, son of Joseph Steele Wier and Leanna Mary Lightfoot, on 7 February 1942 in Kodiak, Territory of Alaska.¹ (Merrill Audry Wier was born on 7 April 1905 in Muscatine, IA,^{3 4 6 7 8} died on 11 July 1975 in Fairbanks, AK ⁸ and was buried after 11 July 1975 in Seattle, WA ⁴.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1940 US Census in Lenroot, WI on 7 May 1940. ³

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
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• Marriage Image: 7 February 1942, in Kodiak, Territory of Alaska. 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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