Eliza Emeline MERRICK

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27 October 1839 , Amherst, Massachusetts, USA

Died

20 November 1860 , Amherst, Massachusetts, USA

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Born: 27 October 1839 in Amherst, Massachusetts, USA

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Eliza Emeline MERRICK died 20 November 1860 in Amherst, Massachusetts, USA .

Father: Allen P. Merrick
Mother: Minerva Blodgett

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Birth — 1839
27 October 1839
Amherst, Massachusetts, USA

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

From 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.

1841 - William Henry Harrison becomes President of the United States

1841 - John Tyler becomes President of the United States

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1845 - James Knox Polk becomes President of the United States

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1849 - Zachary Taylor becomes President of the United States

1850 - Millard Fillmore becomes President of the United States

1853 - Franklin Pierce becomes President of the United States

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - James Buchanan becomes President of the United States

1857 - March 6 – Dred Scott v. Sandford: The Supreme Court of the United States rules that Blacks are not citizens and slaves can not sue for freedom, driving the country further towards the American Civil War.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

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Name: Eliza E. Merrick
Gender: Female
Burial Date:
Burial Place: So. Amherst
Death Date: 20 Nov 1860
Death Place: W. Amherst, Hampshire, Mass.
Age: 21
Birth Date: 1839
Birth Place: Amherst
Occupation:
Race:
Marital Status: Single
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Allen P. Merrick
Father's Birthplace: Amherst
Mother's Name: Minerva Blodgett
Mother's Birthplace: E. Windsor, Ct.
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B50128-3
System Origin: Massachusetts-EASy
GS Film number: 186127
Reference ID: v 5 p 28

'Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910,' database, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ ark:/ 61903/ 1:1:FH1Z-DVD : 10 December 2014), Eliza E. Merrick, 20 Nov 1860; citing W. Amherst, Hampshire, Mass., reference v 5 p 28; FHL microfilm 186,127.'