Subject: Re: Merrill family - Henry R Merrill
Date: Sat, July 17, 2010 9:02a

Question: Laura Cholod wrote:

Hello-

I am trying to trace my family tree back. Ormond Merrill married Abbie Quint in 1867. Cannot find info on their children. My great- grandfather, Earl Warren married Celia Merrill. Trying to connect these two. Found Archie Merrill, but nothing else about him.

Help?

Answer: Laura:

Your Earl Warren cannot be the child of Ormand W and Abbie Quint.  In the 1870 and 1880 census They are with his parents in Conway NH with no children. In the 1900 census, still in Conway, Ormand W (8) , 1836 Nov, and Abby A, 1847 Aug, m. 32 years, state that she has had no children.

What specific details can you tell us about your Earl Warren [dates, location, spouse, children]? We may be able to help connect him with someone else.

Howard and Jean Merrill

Subject: Re: Merrill family - Ella Josephine Merrill
Date: Sat, July 24, 2010 8:23a

Question: Paula Comstock wrote:

Hello,

What a wonderful web site - thank you for sharing. I am trying to do the family ancestry/pedigree for Ella Josephine Merrill (Comstock) who was born circa 1853 in (perhaps) Illinois and married Thomas Carter Comstock (1850-1923). This is my husband's great grandmother and no one in the family has been able to get any information about her other than her marriage to Thomas. If you would be so kind as to reply to this email, it would be most appreciated.

Thank you, Paula

Answer: Paula:

We do not have your Ella Josephine in our database of lineage known Merrills. We do not find record of her m. in the online listing of IL marriages. Where and when did she m. and where did the live after they were m.? Who were their children? b. when and where? Do you Know when and Where she d.? Where wasThomas Comstock b.? m.? d.? who were his parents. If we can't trace Ella, maybe we can trace Thomas.

We do find an Ella, 17, in Rock Island, IL in 1870, but we think she is not yours because one reference says she is Ella Mary, and she m. Charles Everett Hawley in 1873.

We also found an Ella J, age 6, b. IL in Minneapolis in 1860, with her parents, J. C., 35, b. NH and E. G., 26, b. VT We can't find them in 1870 in MN and just given the initials makes it difficult to know who you are talking about, or identify them in another census.  At ca 17 Ella may already be m. in 1870.

Sorry we can't be more specific, but with more info about the family, perhaps we can track them down,

Howard and Jean Merrill

Subject: Re: Merrill family - Mary Merrill, 1775
Date: Thu, July 29, 2010 2:00p

Question: Jane Pratt wrote:

I have been unable to find any information on Mary Merrill, born in 1775, who married Daniel Skillings, on March 9, 1799. Daniel was born in 1775, in Gorham, ME and died on Nov. 13,1846 in Portland, ME. Hopefully, you can help me.

Thank you. Jane Pratt

Answer: Jane:

We are sorry, but we do not know who your Mary Merrill belongs to. We checked our "Lineage Known" database. Of the about 1100 Mary Merrills, a dozen were b. 1775 +/_ 1 year. All of these were either m. to someone else, or were b. somewhere else, not in or near Cumberland Co. ME. Where did Mary and Daniel m.? Of the 4 Merrill famlies listed in "Gorham and Scarborough" in the 1790 census, only one had a Mary and she was b. 1757, too early to be your Mary. There were no Merrill families listed in Gorham in the 1800 census

Our "Lineage Unknown" file is at least as big as our known file [over 56,000 individuals] and it is not computerized but on file cards, arranged by the father name. So not knowing the father's name it would be an impossible task just to find out how many Mary's there in the file.

Sorry we couldn't be more help,

Howard and Jean Merrill