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Laura Reigh Beals 1925–1999 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 22 Aug 1925

Birth Location: Okmulgee, Okmulgee Co. OK USA

Death Date: 19 Mar 1999

Death Location: Houston, Harris, TX, USA

Father: Francis Beals

Mother: Ferrol Shuford

Spouse(s): Fredrick Merliss

Children(s): Francis Merliss

Laura Reigh Beals was born in 1925 in Okmulgee, Okmulgee Co. OK USA, the child of Francis Charles Aka Frank Beals And Ferrol Francis Shuford. In 1950, Laura Reigh Beals resided in Payne, Oklahoma, USA. Laura Reigh Beals married Fredrick E Merliss, and had children including Francis Frederick Merliss, Rebecca Reigh Merliss. Laura Reigh Beals passed away in 1999 in Houston, Harris, TX, USA.

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Biography

  • Laura Reigh Beals was born in 1925 in Okmulgee, Okmulgee Co. OK USA, the child of Francis Charles Aka Frank Beals And Ferrol Francis Shuford.
  • In 1950, Laura Reigh Beals resided in Payne, Oklahoma, USA.
  • Laura Reigh Beals married Fredrick E Merliss, and had children including Francis Frederick Merliss, Rebecca Reigh Merliss.
  • Laura Reigh Beals passed away in 1999 in Houston, Harris, TX, USA.

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Laura Beals's Ancestors

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Laura Beals
1925–1999
Birth Place: Okmulgee, Okmulgee Co. OK USA
Parents
Francis Charles aka Frank Beals
1900–1967
Saint Albans, Franklin, Vermont
Ferrol (Francis) Shuford
1903–1986
Missouri
Grandparents
Charles (H) Beals
1851–1913
Vermont
Ruth (Eliza) Smith
1860–1930
Vermont, United States
Great-Grandparents
Andrew Smith
1828–1907
Lucinda Hazen
1833–1915
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Josiah Smith
1783–1853
Sarah Whittemore
1793–1837
Jabez Hazen
1808–1876
Sophronia Peters
1809–1864

Laura Beals's Descendants

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Laura (Reigh) Beals (22 Aug 1925–19 Mar 1999) m. Fredrick (E) Merliss (abt 1926–)
  1. 1. Francis (Frederick) Merliss 1946–2021

Laura Beals's Timeline

3 Records

1925
22 Aug 1925
Birth of Laura Reigh Beals in Okmulgee, Okmulgee Co. OK USA
Okmulgee, Okmulgee Co. OK USA
1950
1950
Age 25
Laura Reigh Beals resided here in Payne, Oklahoma, USA
Payne, Oklahoma, USA
1999
19 Mar 1999
Age 74
Death of Laura Reigh Beals in Houston, Harris, TX, USA
Houston, Harris, TX, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 22 Aug 1925
    Event Place: Okmulgee, Okmulgee Co. OK USA
    Record Source: 1950 United States Federal Census, National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: Payne, Oklahoma; Roll: 605; Page: 16; Enumeration District: 60-50B

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1950
    Event Place: Payne, Oklahoma, USA
    Record Source: 1950 United States Federal Census, National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: Payne, Oklahoma; Roll: 605; Page: 16; Enumeration District: 60-50B

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Stillwater, Payne, Oklahoma
    Record Source: 1950 United States Federal Census, National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: Payne, Oklahoma; Roll: 605; Page: 16; Enumeration District: 60-50B

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 19 Mar 1999
    Event Place: Houston, Harris, TX, USA

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