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John Edward William Mercer 1898 – 1919 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 19 Dec 1898

Birth Location: Isle of Ceylon

Death Date: 11 Mar 1919

Death Location: Suicide Lincs

Father: John Mercer

Mother: Eliza Rodda

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John Edward William Mercer was born in 1898 in Isle of Ceylon, the child of John (Jack) Mercer and Eliza Jane Rodda. John Edward William Mercer passed away in 1919 in Suicide Lincs.

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Biography

  • John Edward William Mercer was born in 1898 in Isle of Ceylon, the child of John (Jack) Mercer and Eliza Jane Rodda.
  • John Edward William Mercer passed away in 1919 in Suicide Lincs.

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John Mercer's Ancestors

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John Mercer
1898 – 1919
Birth Place: Isle of Ceylon
Parents
John (Jack) Mercer
1874 – 1948
St Helens, Lancashire, England
Eliza (Jane) Rodda
1875 – 1930
Crowan, Cornwall, England
Grandparents
EDWARD Mercer
1840 – 1917
Eccleston, Lancashire, England
Ellen (Rigby) (Mercier)
1846 – 1902
St Helens, Lancashire, England
Eliza (Ann) Colliver
1849 – 1917
Crowan, Cornwall, England
Great-Grandparents
James Mercer
1803 – 1888
Elizabeth Holden
1805 – 1891
ELLEN Brownbill
1819 – 1878
John Colliver
1793 – 1870
Elizabeth Yeats
1807 –
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Mercer
1772 – 1851
Julia Gregson
1779 – 1858
Henry Colliver
1753 –
James YEATS
1784 –

John Mercer's Timeline

2 Records

1898
19 Dec 1898
Birth of John Edward William Mercer in Isle of Ceylon
Isle of Ceylon
1919
11 Mar 1919
Age 21
Death of John Edward William Mercer in Suicide Lincs
Suicide Lincs

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 19 Dec 1898
    Event Place: Isle of Ceylon

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 11 Mar 1919
    Event Place: Suicide Lincs

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