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Marion (Marian) Merry 1796 – 1882 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: abt 1796

Birth Location: Muirkirk, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death Date: 22 Feb 1882

Death Location: Hobart, Tasmania

Father: James Merry

Mother: Margaret Tennant

Spouse(s): Archibald Wilson

Children(s): James Wilson

Marion (Marian) Merry was born in 1796 in Muirkirk, Ayrshire, Scotland, the child of James Merry and Margaret Tennant. Marion (Marian) Merry married Archibald Wilson, and had children including James Wilson. Marion (Marian) Merry passed away in 1882 in Hobart, Tasmania.

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Biography

  • Marion (Marian) Merry was born in 1796 in Muirkirk, Ayrshire, Scotland, the child of James Merry and Margaret Tennant.
  • Marion (Marian) Merry married Archibald Wilson, and had children including James Wilson.
  • Marion (Marian) Merry passed away in 1882 in Hobart, Tasmania.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Marion Merry's Ancestors

Self
Marion Merry
1796 – 1882
Birth Place: Muirkirk, Ayrshire, Scotland
Parents
James Merry
1766 – 1840
Muirkirk, Ayrshire, Scotland
Margaret Tennant
1771 – 1831
Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Robert Merry
1740 – 1788
Muirkirk, Ayrshire, Scotland
William Tennant
1740 –
Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland
Margaret Galbreath
1748 – 1827
Dalrymple, Ayrshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Helen McTaggart
1706 –
William GALBRETH
1729 – 1788
Agnes Smith
1731 – 1789
2nd-Great-Grandparents
David Galbraith
1704 – 1770
Elspeth Crichton
1705 – 1770

Marion Merry's Descendants

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Marion ((Marian)) Merry (abt 1796 – 22 Feb 1882) m. Archibald Wilson (20 March 1792 – 10 March 1873)
  1. 1. James Wilson (18 Jun 1821 – 13 Dec 1908) m. Jane ((Jean)) Adamson (29 Mar 1828 – 12 Jul 1903)
    1. 1. Archibald ("Archie" Robert Adamson) Wilson (8 Jul 1850 – 3 Mar 1925)
    2. 2. Henry (James) Wilson (1851 – )
    3. 3. Margaret Wilson (19 Feb 1852 – 13 Mar 1913)
    4. 4. Hugh Wilson (10 Nov 1853 – 18 Mar 1930)
    5. 5. Robert Wilson (1854 – )
    6. 6. David Wilson (1856 – )
    7. 7. William ((John?)) Wilson (23 Feb 1856 – 28 Jul 1936) m. Margaret ((Jean?}) Kelly (24 Sep 1858 – 14 Sep 1933)
      1. 1. Margaret (K) Wilson (Abt. 1877 – )
      2. 2. James (Adamson) Wilson (12 May 1883 – 15 oct 1958)
      3. 3. Bessie Wilson (23 Jun 1884 – 25 Mar 1885)
      4. 4. Archibald (William Watson) Wilson (17 Jan 1887 – 24 Aug 1969)
      5. 5. David Wilson (Abt. 1888 – )
      6. 6. John (Hugh) Wilson (13 Sep 1888 – 18 Jul 1965)
      7. 7. Jean (Marion) Wilson (16 Dec 1890 – 11 sep 1968)
      8. 8. Janet (Adamson) Wilson (19 Mar 1893 – 8 Feb 1972)
      9. 9. Samuel Wilson (1896 – 25 Aug 1971) m. Grace (Olive) O'Donnell (January 1910 – 1981)
        1. 1. Mavis (Jean) Wilson (25 Apr 1934 – 23/03/2019) m. Andrew (Muir) Shearer (27/04/1918 – 23/06/1979)
        2. 2. Margaret (Dawn) Wilson (20 Feb 1936 – 12 Dec 2021) m. Geddes
        3. 3. James (Samuel) Wilson (15 Jul 1937 – 04 Sep 2018)
        4. 4. Patricia (Ann) Wilson m. Alfred (Walter) Symonds (4 May 1940 – 02 Sep 2018)
        5. 5. Myrie Wilson m. Stopforth
      10. 10. Cedrick (William) Wilson (8 Sep 1895 – 3 Oct 1895)
      11. 11. Stewart (Gibson) Wilson (18 Sep 1895 – ) m. Annie (Elizabeth) Waugh ( – 1986)
      12. 12. Olga (Agnes) Wilson (21 Jun 1896 – 17 Feb 1934)
    8. 8. Margaret Wilson (1858 – )
    9. 9. John Wilson (1 Mar 1861 – )
    10. 10. Matthew Wilson (1862 – )
    11. 11. Jane Wilson (1865 – )
    12. 12. Marion Wilson (13 Jun 1869 – 19 Apr 1903)
    13. 13. George Wilson (1877 – 7 Feb 1893)

Marion Merry's Timeline

2 Records

1796
abt 1796
Birth of Marion (Marian) Merry in Muirkirk, Ayrshire, Scotland
Muirkirk, Ayrshire, Scotland
1882
22 Feb 1882
Age 86
Death of Marion (Marian) Merry in Hobart, Tasmania
Hobart, Tasmania

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: abt 1796
    Event Place: Muirkirk, Ayrshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 22 Feb 1882
    Event Place: Hobart, Tasmania

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