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Merriam
Family Tree
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 1875 - 1970
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| Name |
MERRIAM, Gertrude Elizabeth |
| Born |
23 Nov 1875 |
Flesherton, Grey Co, Ontario, Canada  [1, 2] |
| Gender |
Female |
| Died |
9 Apr 1970 |
Fort Qu'appelle, , Saskatchewan, Canada [2] |
| Buried |
Regina, , Saskatchewan, Canada |
| Notes |
- SOURCE: Email from June Carey Pearce to Kit Cutting: (Gertrude was the daughter of Austin Anthony and Elizabeth Dowd MERRIAM):
"Unlike every pioneer family I ever knew, Tom and Gertie Campbell did not arrive on the prairies bent on taking up land. They opened a little store and postal outlet in the tiny village of Disley, Saskatchewan near Regina where they spent the rest of their married life.
Gertie had been left in Port Elgin with the children, one of them, my dear sickly mother-in-law, Gertrude Irene Campbell, who had been stricken with polio at about eighteen months, and forever nursed a leg that restricted her in many ways. When Tom Campbell left for Saskatchewan in 1910, he knew only that he was heading for the Qu'Appelle Valley. Many years later, the family still chuckled, recalling that until they all landed in Saskatchewan, they believed that Dad had gone to "Cue Apple."
Gertie was proficient in anything she put her mind to - from "child birthing" her neighbors' babies to beautifully making and re-making clothing for her family from any and every scrap of fabric she could get her hands on. She was also one of the finest cooks and bakers, passing these skills on to most of her daughters.
After Tom's death in 1949, she made her home with one child or another in Disley, Foam Lake or Ft. Qu'Appelle. She was a cheerful, non-complaining saint 'til the day she died in her mid-nineties."
June Pearce was a great source for the information on this family.
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| Person ID |
I1173 |
SEQUOIA |
| Last Modified |
30 Sep 2012 |
| Father |
MERRIAM, Austin Anthony, b. 20 Dec 1852, Haldimand Twp, Northumberland Co, Ontario, Canada , d. 9 Feb 1924, Chatsworth, Grey Co, Ontario, Canada |
| Mother |
DOWD, Elizabeth Jane, b. 22 Nov 1854, Sullivan Twp, Grey Co, Ontario, Canada , d. 7 Apr 1912, Toronto, York Co, Ontario, Canada |
| Married |
24 Sep 1872 |
Owen Sound, Grey Co, Ontario, Canada |
| Family ID |
F387 |
Group Sheet |
| Family |
CAMPBELL, Thomas James, b. 22 Jul 1875, Port Elgin, Bruce Co, Ontario, Canada , d. 31 Mar 1949, Disley, , Saskatchewan, Canada |
| Married |
15 Dec 1897 |
Southampton, , Ontario, Canada |
| Children |
| | 01. CAMPBELL, Christina May, b. 31 May 1898, Port Elgin, Bruce Co, Ontario, Canada , d. 26 Feb 1976, Mesa, Maricopa Co, Arizona, United States |
| > | 02. CAMPBELL, Gertrude Irene, b. 21 Sep 1899, Port Elgin, Bruce Co, Ontario, Canada , d. 17 Jan 1994, Foam Lake, , Saskatchewan, Canada |
| > | 03. CAMPBELL, Ida Maude, b. 19 Jul 1901, Port Elgin, Bruce Co, Ontario, Canada , d. 30 Apr 1998, Coeur d'Alene, Kootenai Co, Idaho, United States |
| > | 04. CAMPBELL, Gordon Laverne, b. 31 Jan 1904, Port Elgin, Bruce Co, Ontario, Canada , d. 22 Oct 1986, Maple Ridge, , British Columbia, Canada |
| > | 05. CAMPBELL, Minnie Viola, b. 14 Jan 1906, Port Elgin, Bruce Co, Ontario, Canada , d. 18 Aug 1998, Shaunavon, , Saskatchewan, Canada |
| > | 06. CAMPBELL, Cecil James, b. 21 Jun 1908, Port Elgin, Bruce Co, Ontario, Canada , d. 2 Mar 1996, , , Saskatchewan, Canada |
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| Last Modified |
30 Sep 2012 |
| Family ID |
F423 |
Group Sheet |
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| Event Map |
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 | Born - 23 Nov 1875 - Flesherton, Grey Co, Ontario, Canada |
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 | Married - 15 Dec 1897 - Southampton, , Ontario, Canada |
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 | Died - 9 Apr 1970 - Fort Qu'appelle, , Saskatchewan, Canada |
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 | Buried - - Regina, , Saskatchewan, Canada |
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| Photos |
 | PHOTO: MERRIAM, Austin Anthony, b 20 December, 1852; DOWD,Elizabeth Jane, b 22 November 1854; MERRIAM,Lavern David b 02 March 1878; MERRIAM, Gertrude Elizabeth b 22 November 1854; MERRIAM, Wesley George, b 19 July 1873; MERRIAM, Ida Eliza, b 22 March 1884
Back row Lavern, Gertude, Wesley, Ida, Amos
Seated Austin, Elizabeth
Front Arthur |
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