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Olive Elizabeth Blanche MERRITT 1891–1949 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 20 APR 1891

Birth Location: Kaniva, Vic, Australia

Death Date: AFT 8 JUN 1949

Death Location: Centennial Park Cemetery, Pasadena, SA, Australia

Father: Solomon BROWN

Mother: Elizabeth BROWN

Spouse(s): Walter MERRITT

Children(s): James MERRITT, Edna Fischer, Amy MILDWATERS, Ivy SLATTERY, Ivan MERRITT, Manuel MERRITT, Richie MERRITT, Gilbert MERRITT

The story of Olive Elizabeth Blanche MERRITT began in 1891 in Kaniva, Vic, Australia. In 1910, Olive Elizabeth Blanche MERRITT established residence. Olive Elizabeth Blanche MERRITT married Walter Thomas John Merritt, and had children including Amy Violet Myrtle Mildwaters, Edna Margaret Elizabeth Fischer, Gilbert Murray Merritt, Ivan Walter Thomas Merritt, Ivy Maud Slattery, James Clifford Jim Merritt, Manuel Mervin Frank Merritt, Richie Clarence Roy Merritt. Olive Elizabeth Blanche MERRITT passed away in 1949 in Centennial Park Cemetery, Pasadena, SA, Australia.

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Biography

  • The story of Olive Elizabeth Blanche MERRITT began in 1891 in Kaniva, Vic, Australia.
  • In 1910, Olive Elizabeth Blanche MERRITT established residence.
  • Olive Elizabeth Blanche MERRITT married Walter Thomas John Merritt, and had children including Amy Violet Myrtle Mildwaters, Edna Margaret Elizabeth Fischer, Gilbert Murray Merritt, Ivan Walter Thomas Merritt, Ivy Maud Slattery, James Clifford Jim Merritt, Manuel Mervin Frank Merritt, Richie Clarence Roy Merritt.
  • Olive Elizabeth Blanche MERRITT passed away in 1949 in Centennial Park Cemetery, Pasadena, SA, Australia.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Olive MERRITT's Ancestors

Self
Olive MERRITT
1891–1949
Birth Place: Kaniva, Vic, Australia
Parents
Solomon BROWN
1857–1903
Aldinga, dist Wil, SA, Australia
Elizabeth (Jane (Bessie)) BROWN
1860–1938
Templers, dist Bar, SA, Australia
Grandparents
John (Matthew Thomas) PARKER
1830–1879
England, UK
Elizabeth PARKER
1834–1913
Gwennap, Cornwall, England, UK
Great-Grandparents
Thomas PARKER
1803–1842
Charlotte GUESDON
1802–1870
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Olive MERRITT's Descendants

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Olive (Elizabeth Blanche) MERRITT (20 APR 1891–AFT 8 JUN 1949) m. Walter (Thomas John) MERRITT (14 NOV 1889–AFT 28 OCT 1973)
  1. 1. James (Clifford (Jim)) MERRITT 1911–1936
  2. 2. Edna (Margaret Elizabeth) Fischer 1913–1994 m. William (David Lawrence) MANUEL 1909–1963
  3. 3. Amy (Violet Myrtle) MILDWATERS 1915–1991 m. Claude (James) MILDWATERS 1914–1943 m. Harold (Walter) COATES 1906–1983
  4. 4. Ivy (Maud) SLATTERY 1917– m. Patrick (Joseph) SLATTERY 1916–2000
  5. 5. Ivan (Walter Thomas) MERRITT 1918–1945 m. Dorothy (Joyce) Wickham 1920–
  6. 6. Manuel (Mervin Frank) MERRITT 1920–1988
  7. 7. Richie (Clarence Roy) MERRITT 1922–1993 m. Shirley MERRITT 1923–
  8. 8. Gilbert (Murray) MERRITT 1928–1957
    1. 1. Helen MERRITT 1950–1950
    2. 2. Unnamed MERRITT 1950–1950

Olive MERRITT's Timeline

4 Records

1891
20 APR 1891
Birth of Olive Elizabeth Blanche MERRITT in Kaniva, Vic, Australia
Kaniva, Vic, Australia
1910
1910
Age 19
Olive Elizabeth Blanche MERRITT resided here
None
1949
8 JUN 1949
Age 58
Death of Olive Elizabeth Blanche MERRITT in Narma Private Hospital, Adelaide, dist Ade, SA, Australia
Narma Private Hospital, Adelaide, dist Ade, SA, Australia
1949
AFT 8 JUN 1949
Age 58
Burial of Olive Elizabeth Blanche MERRITT in Centennial Park Cemetery, Pasadena, SA, Australia
Centennial Park Cemetery, Pasadena, SA, Australia

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 20 APR 1891
    Event Place: Kaniva, Vic, Australia

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1910
    Record Source: Walter & Olive lived in many places during their married Life. Starting out on a farm at Sandsmere, Victoria, then spent some years at Tailem Bend, SA before returning to Sandsmere. After a big operation, in Melbourne, Walter came to live at Enfield, SA and worked at the Gepps Cross abattoirs. After a few years he took up land at Netherton, SA . Around about 1937, Walter & Olive moved to Gawler, where Walter was in the butchering business with his son in law David Manuel. They were only here for 3 months and then moved to Parkside and finally Wellbourne Street, Mitcham, suburbs of Adelaide. Walter spent his later years with his daughter Maud at 6 Margaret Street, Evanston, SA.

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 8 JUN 1949
    Event Place: Narma Private Hospital, Adelaide, dist Ade, SA, Australia

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: AFT 8 JUN 1949
    Event Place: Centennial Park Cemetery, Pasadena, SA, Australia

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