In 1939, Marion and Harold took a luxury cruise to Bermuda on board the ocean liner, the Bermuda Monarch. This was just at the end…
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Stories about my Merrick ancestors
The bare bones of James Merrick’s life are as follows: He was the grandson of the first of my Merrick branch to settle in North…
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Harold Ely Merrick and Marion Elizabeth Skewis were married on July 30, 1927. The Pittsburgh newspaper reported all the details. “One of the fashionable weddings…
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As people protested across the United States this month, I wondered did anyone in my family tree protest for change in their time? I didn’t…
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Of my eight great-grandparents, Edward Bridgman Merrick is the one I wouldn’t even recognize if I walked right by him on the street. He died…
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After Marion Skewis graduated from Cornell University, she moved to Newark, Delaware to claim her promised job as a Dietitian at the Men’s College at…
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Marion and Harold got engaged in January of 1926, and were married in the summer of 1927. During that year, they traveled back and forth…
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Marion Elizabeth Skewis was the first in her family to go to college…and she had to pay for every dime on her own. Marion dated…
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Etta Bliss Merrick knew she was adopted, but not much about the circumstances of her adoption. 4 year old Etta was dropped off at the…
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My grandfather, Harold Ely Merrick, had a brief, but apparently illustrious career as an actress. While attending University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business (1923-1927),…
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