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flag male ancestor  William P  MERRILL

Born
abt. 1823 Windsor, Maine, USA
Died
14 April 1886 Hyde Park, Massachusetts, USA*

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Father: James
Mother: Chloe

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NewsFrom the 1840s through the 1880s, thousands trekked westward, carrying only a few belonging and supplies for the journey, and settling on the western frontier, forever changing the American West.
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
News1863 - November 19 – American Civil War: U. S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the military cemetery dedication ceremony in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
News1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states.
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Name: William P Merrill
Gender: Male
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Burial
Place: Newburyport
Death Date: 14 Apr 1886
Death
Place: Hyde Park, Massachusetts
Age: 63
Birth Date: 1823
Birth
Place: Windsor, Me
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Race: White
Marital Status: Married
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Father's
Name: James
Father's Birth
Place: Hebron, Me
Mother's
Name: Chloe
Mother's Birth
Place: Paris, Me
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B06799-7
System Origin: Massachusetts-EASy
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Film Number: 960232
Reference ID: v 374 p 270

'Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910,' database, FamilySearch.org
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Did You Know?The name Maine is probably a practical nautical term which refers to the region being a mainland (separate from the many surrounding islands). Reference to the area as 'Maine' in writing first appeared in 1622. (statesymbolsusa.org)

Prior to 1685 - New England
1686 - 1689 - Dominion of New England
1690 - 1775 - New England
1776 - 1820 - Massachusetts (District of Maine)
March 15, 1820 - Maine becomes 23rd U.S. state

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