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Ireland (Historical Counties) => Ireland => Topic started by: wallasey on Thursday 11 June 09 20:30 BST (UK)
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Hi
I am trying to find information for a friend of mine about his grandfather,info very limited, and I have searched loads of irish sites, to no avail. His name is Ernest Shergold Merritt, born c1874 Westport Co Mayo, was married to Isalella or Isabella Hutchinson in ?? Had 2 daughters Louise XXXX and Doreen XXXX we believe both in Ireland.
He was in the Inniskillen Fusiliers, Private 29106, Got gassed at either Pashendale or Somme and died in a British army Hospital in Dublin in??, we figure he was about 35-40 when he joined up for WW1.any info would be gratefully appreciated.
regards
Albert Etherington -------------Canada
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Hello,
have you tried Family Search Pilot site re Irish records?
http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch
His marriage reference is there for 1906 so you could then apply for the certificate. The spouse isn't named and Isabella Hutchinson doesn't come up in a search for a marriage of similar date.
best wishes
heywood
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http://www.leitrim-roscommon.com/
1901 census database - there is a Merritt family in Westport- Thomas 52 yrs gamekeeper born England
Louisa 52 yrs wife born England
Charles 19 yrs gamekeeper
Herbert 14 yrs
do these names mean anything to your friend?
heywood
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http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch
has a birth reference for Charles Thomas Merritt 1879 Castlebar registration district
and Herbert 1887 (there are 2 here for same quarter ???) but I can't spot Ernest :-\
also for Doreen and Louisa in Rathkeale reg district Limerick.
You could apply for all these various certificates: http://www.groireland.ie/
has information.
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Hi Heywood
Thanks for your quick reply, I tried to get into that site(trial?) but could not? will have ago again,and i will pass this info onto my friend in England(I am in Canada) and see what he thinks, and let you know,again many thanks
AL
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If you need any more specific help- just post.
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Hi
My father was Josiah H Shergold Merritt, born in Westport, Co Mayo and son of Herbert Merritt, listed below. We must be linked somewhere as he had Shergold as a middle name. My brother is still based in Co Mayo and researching the family tree, let me know if you have found any further info we coudl share.
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Wallasey,
Using the Record Search site on www.familysearch.org I found the marriage of Ernest Shergold Merritt to Isabella Hutchinson in Tulla Registration District (Co. Clare) in the Apr-Jun quarter of 1906 in Vol 4 Page 241. His death does not seem to be registered on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission site.
Regards
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There is a possible death for an Ernest Merritt in civil registrations and if this is the correct one he died in 1921, too late to be included in Commonweath War Graves lists. (age is close and death registred in Dublin area)
Ernest MERRITT (age 44) death Jan./Mar.1921 Dublin South registration district volume 2 page 537.
Here's Ernest and family in 1911 census in case you haven't seen that information yet-
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Clare/Kiltannon/Kiltanon/370835/
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Hi
This is a reply to FLASHGM4,KINGERSWELL & AGHADOWEY, to say thanks for your info for Ernest Shergold Merritt. As I am doing this for my friend in England, (I am in Canada), I will pass this on to him, and see what he thinks, again many thanks
AL
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There was a Private James Merritt, 1st Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles killed in action. Born in Westport. Enlisted in ballinasloe while living in Westport. Number 5264.
MERRITT
Initials: J
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Rifleman
Regiment/Service: Royal Irish Rifles
Unit Text: 1st Bn.
Date of Death: 14/10/1918
Service No: 5264
Additional information: Nephew of Mrs. A. Merritt, of Westport, Co. Mayo.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: III. C. 16.
Cemetery: DADIZEELE NEW BRITISH CEMETERY
Regards.
Tom.
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Hi Tom
Thanks for your information on James Merritt, I will pass it on the my friend in England, but I do not think it is him, as the one I am looking for died sometime after the war in his middle forties, he could be a relative though, so will pass it on, again many thanks.
AL---------------Canada
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Sorry for posting on this thread, but I found it while researching Isabella Hutchinson. As the original poster has not posted in a long time I fear he may have passed away, but maybe his family or his friend from England might come across this thread.
Please message me if you know anything about the descendants of Ernest Merritt and Isobella Hutchinson.
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....I found the marriage of Ernest Shergold Merritt to Isabella Hutchinson in Tulla Registration District (Co. Clare) in the Apr-Jun quarter of 1906 in Vol 4 Page 241.
Marriage of Ernest S Merritt to Isabella Hutchinson on 12 June 1906.
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/marriage_returns/marriages_1906/10129/5685405.pdf
KG
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Oh thanks for that info.
I used to have another account on here, but I seem to have lost access to it as no longer have the email address assigned to it.
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From the 1911 census (see replies #8 & 9)-
Births
Ernest Cecil Merritt born 28 June 1907 at Derrylahan townland. Father a gamekeeper, mother's MN Hutchinson.
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1907/01685/1669901.pdf
Herbert Shergold Hutchinson born 27 August 1909 at The Scap? townland.
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1909/01592/1639964.pdf
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Had 2 daughters Louise XXXX and Doreen XXXX we believe both in Ireland.
Louisa Elizabeth Merritt born 26 June 1912 at Castletown townland.
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1912/01477/1601872.pdf
https://www.townlands.ie/limerick/kenry/kilcornan/castletown/castletown/
Her father still a gamekeeper.
Doreen Agnes Caroline Merritt born 23 April 1917 at Castlegrey townland.
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1917/01308/1541036.pdf
https://www.townlands.ie/limerick/kenry/kilcornan/kilcornan/castlegrey/
Her father now a soldier in the BEF (British Expeditionary Force) in France.
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Got gassed at either Pashendale or Somme and died in a British army Hospital in Dublin in??...
Thomas Merritt
Died on 16 February 1921 at Adelaide Hospital in Dublin.
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/deaths_returns/deaths_1921/05105/4402925.pdf
Isobel(Isabella) Merritt from The Commons, Thurles died on 8 February 1947.
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/deaths_returns/deaths_1947/04589/4214572.pdf
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Children of Thomas Merritt and Louisa Shergold:
1. Louisa b 17 July 1870
2. Agnes b 7 May 1874
3. Frank b 24 December 1875
4. Frederick b 20 June 1877
5. Charles b 17 August 1879
6. Arthur b 1 March 1882
7. Herbert b 21 November 1887
Thomas Merritt + Louisa Shergold married September qtr 1869 Tunbridge, England
I wonder could this be the birth of Ernest
Birth:
Ernest Alfred Merritt born June qtr 1869 in Petersfield, England
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Louisa Elizabeth Merritt born 26 June 1912 at Castletown townland.
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1912/01477/1601872.pdf
https://www.townlands.ie/limerick/kenry/kilcornan/castletown/castletown/
Doreen Agnes Caroline Merritt born 23 April 1917 at Castlegrey townland.
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1917/01308/1541036.pdf
https://www.townlands.ie/limerick/kenry/kilcornan/kilcornan/castlegrey/
Louise Elizabeth Merritt married William Charles Lewis on 27 December 1944 at Kilcooley Parish Church, Co Tipperary. One of the witnesses was her mother Isabella Merritt.
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/marriage_returns/marriages_1944/08770/5170074.pdf
Doreen Merritt married William Herbert Thompson on 31 August 1938 at Kilcooley Parish Church, Co Tipperary. Her sister Louise E Merritt was one of the witnesses and her mother Isabella another.
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/marriage_returns/marriages_1938/08886/5213956.pdf