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From: Gretchen Horton <>
Subject: RE: Retracing my steps: Merry - Dyer connection
Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2002 09:19:08 -0500


Is this the Cornelius Merry line?
Gretchen

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From: David Sylvester [mailto:]
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Subject: Retracing my steps: Merry - Dyer connection


Retracing my steps: Merry - Dyer connection

John Herbert Merry born 8 March 1895 in Woodland, Aroostook, Maine,
son of Herbert Leslie Merry (Asa 7, Jonathan 6, Asa 5, David 4,
Samuel 3, Samuel 2, Joseph 1) and Selena Irene Raven (William Neal
2, John 1). He died 23 July 1993 in Bangor, Penobscot, Maine.

Sadie Jane Dyer born 30 April 1899 in Thorndike, Waldo, Maine,
daughter of Edgar Willis Dyer (Parris 8, Levi 7, George 6, [weak
link here] Levi 5, William 4, William 3, William 2, William 1) and
Anna May Dolloff (Daniel B 8, Daniel B 7, [weak link here] Daniel B
6, Noah 5, Thomas 4, Nicholas 3, Thomas 2, Christian 1). She died
16 November 1973 in Searsport, Waldo, Maine.

Married 26 October 1917 in Thorndike.

Children:

1. son born 13 September 1918, died 2001. Married. One adopted child.

2. son born 13 June 1921, died December 1985. Married, divorced.
One son. Married March 1962. One son.

3. daughter born 7 July 1922, living. Married, three sons and four
daughters.

4. daughter born 18 September 1924, living. Married, five sons.

5. son born 23 April 1926, died 2 April 1988. Married, three sons
and four daughters.

6. son born 14 October 1927, living. Married, two daughters and
one son.

7. daughter born 6 January 1932, living. Married, one son and one
daughter.

8. daughter born 24 December 1940, died 26 December 1940.

John grew up in Thorndike and as an adult removed to Swanville,
Waldo, Maine; Searsport, Waldo, Maine; and Belfast, Waldo,
Maine. In his senior years John lived in Lubec, Washington, Maine;
Searsport; and Bangor, Penobscot, Maine. He was a farmer, a fish
peddler, a used car dealer and a lay minister who founded several
churches. He was highly respected by his peers and family.

Sadie grew up in Thorndike and at the age of 16 took the
responsibility of raising an orphan child. She worked at a local
canning company and was a very active woman who loved
shopping. She spent her last years as an invalid.


Sources available on request. If anybody has anything to add,
subtract, confirm or refute I'd like to hear what you've got.

If you'd like to add this information to your database or share it
with others feel free to do so and please cite the source. If you
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saying so. This data is not to be submitted to any person,
organization or firm that in the business of collecting data to put
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