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Nicholas Jacob Fast
(1786-1868)
Barbara Blosser
(1788-1870)
Joseph Harmon Merrifield
(1818-1876)
Barbara Fast
(1824-1896)
George Merrifield
(1853-1922)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Cora Smith

George Merrifield 2 3

  • Born: 5 February 1853, Ohio 1
  • Marriage (1): Cora Smith on 15 September 1881 1
  • Died: 23 June 1922, Alaska at age 69 1
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bullet  Noted events in his life were:

• He has alternate birth date of 1852 and a birth location of Ohio.

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• He has alternate birth date of 1856 and a birth location of Ohio.

This birth year was referenced by his age of 24 on the 1880 US Census.
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• He appeared on the 1860 US Census in Rutland, MI on 9 June 1860. 2

1860 US Census
Page 19, Roll 536, Dwelling 156, Family 146
Rutland, Barry County, Michigan
George Morefield..8..OH
(Living with parents.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 5 Feb 1853, then his age should have been 7 instead of 8.
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• He appeared on the 1880 US Census in Belvidere Township, Montcalm, MI on 1 June 1880. 3

1880 US Census
Page 11B, District 226, Dwelling 21, Family 21, Roll 0596
Belvidere Township, Montcalm County, Michigan
George Merrifield..Other..24..OH..Laborer

(Living with and working for the John and Nellie HANSLER family which was not too far away from where his mother was living by herself.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 5 Feb 1853, then his age should have been 27 instead of 24.
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George married Cora Smith on 15 September 1881.1 (Cora Smith was born on 11 April 1865 in Michigan 1 and died on 22 February 1965 in California 1.)


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Sources


1 Sandra S. Shuster, World Family Tree Vol. 007, Ed. 1, Tree #1334 (Brøderbund Software, Inc., Release date: October 17, 1996).

2 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.

3 1880 U.S. census, population schedule, Belvidere Township, Montcalm County, Michigan, enumeration district (ED) 226, p. 11B, dwelling 21, family 21, George Merrifield; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 5 Jan 2019); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, roll 0596.


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