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Grace (Zelpha) Merritt 1905–2000 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 4 Mar 1905

Birth Location: Wayne, West Virginia, United States

Death Date: 12 Mar 2000

Death Location: Reseda, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Father: General Merritt

Mother: Lou Clay

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Grace (Zelpha) Merritt was born in 1905 in Wayne, West Virginia, United States, the child of General George Jackson Merritt And Lou Verna Clay. Grace (Zelpha) Merritt passed away in 2000 in Reseda, Los Angeles, California, United States of America.

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Biography

  • Grace (Zelpha) Merritt was born in 1905 in Wayne, West Virginia, United States, the child of General George Jackson Merritt And Lou Verna Clay.
  • Grace (Zelpha) Merritt passed away in 2000 in Reseda, Los Angeles, California, United States of America.

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Grace Merritt's Ancestors

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Grace Merritt
1905–2000
Birth Place: Wayne, West Virginia, United States
Parents
General George Jackson Merritt
1882–1931
Watson county, West Virginia, USA
Lou (Verna) Clay
1884–1979
Wayne, Wayne, West Virginia, United States
Grandparents
James (Loren) Clay
1861–1942
Wayne, Wayne, West Virginia, USA
Mary (Elizabeth) Clark
1864–1930
Tazewell County, Virginia, USA
Great-Grandparents
David Clark
1823–1888
ELIZA Bowling
1827–1919
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas Cook
1796–1878
Nancy Bolling
1805–1858

Grace Merritt's Timeline

2 Records

1905
4 Mar 1905
Birth of Grace (Zelpha) Merritt in Wayne, West Virginia, United States
Wayne, West Virginia, United States
2000
12 Mar 2000
Age 95
Death of Grace (Zelpha) Merritt in Reseda, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Reseda, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 4 Mar 1905
    Event Place: Wayne, West Virginia, United States

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 12 Mar 2000
    Event Place: Reseda, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

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