18 Aug 2023                   
                Wife: Agnes Maria Gibson    
                Born: 1886                 in Cambridge  1 (see note 1)
              Census: 1891                 in Cambridge   (see note 2)
              Census: 1911                 in Nightingale Cottages, Trumpington   (see note 3)
             Resided: 1912 - 1913          in Nightingale Cottage, Trumpington  2
           Emigrated: 1920                 in Canada  3
                Died: 1956                 in Canada  3
              Father: James Gibson   (1860 -     ) 
              Mother: Sarah Ann Hasler   (1850 -     ) 
             Husband: George Merry     
             Married: 1909                 in Cambridge  1 (see note 4)
                Born: 20 Nov 1886          in Suffolk  1,3 (see note 5)
              Census: 1911                 in Nightingale Cottage, Trumpington   (see note 6)
          Occupation: 1911                 Steam-roller Driver  
             Resided: 1912 - 1913          in Nightingale Cottage, Trumpington  2
          Occupation: 1912 - 1913          Labourer  2
          Occupation: 1913                 Steam Roller Driver  4
           Emigrated: 1920                 to Canada  3
                Died: 1938                 in Canada  3
              Father:
              Mother:
           F Child 1: Doris Emily Merry      
                Born: 1909                 in Cambridge  
              Census: 1911                 in Nightingale Cottages, Trumpington   (see note 7)
                Died: 1911                   
              Buried:  5 Oct 1911          in Trumpington   (see note 8)
           M Child 2: Thomas Henry Merry      
                Born: 11 Mar 1912            1,5 (see note 9)
          Christened:  5 May 1912          in Trumpington   (see note 10)
             Resided: 1939                 in Essex  5 (see note 11)
                Died: 1984                 in Essex  6 (see note 12)
           M Child 3: Ronald James Merry      
                Born: 1913                 in Cherry Hinton, Cambridgeshire  3
          Christened:  5 Oct 1913          in Trumpington   (see note 13)
                Died: 1996                 in Canada  3

Sources:
(1) FreeBMD website. 
(2) Baptism records of children. 
(3) Ancestry family tree. 
(4) Spalding's Directory (Kelly's after WW2) 
(5) 1939 Register. 
(6) Index on ancestry.co.uk. 


Event Notes
Note (1) Mar 1886 Cambridge 3b 505
Note (2) Age 5, born Cambridge, with family
Note (3) Age 25, born Cambridge, with husband George Merry and daughter Doris
Note (4) Dec 1909 Cambridge 3b 1109
Note (5) Mar 1887 Risbridge 4a 639
Note (6) Age 24, born Cowlinge.  Steam-roller Driver, with wife Agnes Maria and
daughter Doris
Note (7) Age 1, born Cambridge, with parents
Note (8) Oct 5 MERRY Doris Emily otp 19 mons
Note (9) Jun 1912 Chesterton 3b 766   mothers surname Gibson
Note (10) May 5 MERRY Thomas Henry of George & Agnes Maria of Nightingale Cottage,
Cambridge lab
Note (11) Single, "Mental Defective" in Bridge Home, Witham
Note (12) Oct 1984 Braintree 9 1352   born 11 Mar 1912
Note (13) Oct 5 MERRY Ronald James of George & Agnes Maria of Nightingale Cottage,
Trumpington lab

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