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1. | Thomas B. Merriman was born on 10 Aug 1843 in Louisiana (son of John Merriman and Adel (..) Merriman); died on 6 Oct 1928 in Orange Co, Texas; was buried in Evergreen Cem, Orange, Orange Co, Texas. Other Events and Attributes:
Notes: Census: Thomas married Emma Abi Delano in May 1860 in Orange Co, Texas. Emma was born about 1744; died before 1880 in Orange Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] Children:
Thomas married Elizabeth C. Wingate on 4 Oct 1879 in Jefferson Co, Texas. Elizabeth (daughter of (..) Wingate and Mrs. Lorian (..) Wingate) was born in 1858 in Texas; died after 1880 in of, Jefferson Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] Notes: Married: Thomas married Mrs. Carrie (..) Cleveland before 1920 in Orange Co, Texas. Carrie was born in 1850 in Mississippi; died after 1920 in Orange, Orange Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
2. | John Merriman was born on 28 Jan 1806 in St. Martinville, St Martin Parish, Louisiana (son of Jean (John I) Merriman and Anne Marie Berwick); died before 1860 in of, Orange, Orange Co, Texas. John married Adel (..) Merriman about 1843. Adel was born in 1824 in Louisiana; died after 1860 in of, Orange, Orange Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
3. | Adel (..) Merriman was born in 1824 in Louisiana; died after 1860 in of, Orange, Orange Co, Texas. Other Events and Attributes:
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4. | Jean (John I) Merriman was born about 1774 in Ireland/England; died after 1805 in of, St. Martin Parish, Louisiana. Jean married Anne Marie Berwick on 10 Jun 1794 in Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. Anne (daughter of Thomas Berwick, (immigrant) and Eleanore Helena Brigitta Wallace (or Walles)) was born on 14 Oct 1774 in St. Martinville, St Martin Parish, Louisiana; died on 15 Jan 1832 in Louisiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
5. | Anne Marie Berwick was born on 14 Oct 1774 in St. Martinville, St Martin Parish, Louisiana (daughter of Thomas Berwick, (immigrant) and Eleanore Helena Brigitta Wallace (or Walles)); died on 15 Jan 1832 in Louisiana. Notes: Berwick, Marie (Thomas & Hypolita Wols) m 10 Jun 1794 Jean Merriman (Ople Ch v. 1, p 50) Notes: Between 1813 and 1816 two of Thomas Berwick's daughters also left St. Mary Parish. In 1813 a list of persons subject to taxation in the parish included William Prather, who had married Aanes Imoqene Berwick and John Merriman, married to Mary, who was also called Polly, Berwick. But two civil suits filed in December 1816 show that by then the Prathers had moved to Opelousas, and the Merrimans had moved to St. Martin. Later the Merrimans moved to SL (St. Landry); Mary, settling on Bayou Said. John Merriman was active on several police jury committees.
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10. | Thomas Berwick, (immigrant) was born about 1750 in England; died on 16 Jan 1792 in Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. Notes: Berwick, Thomas of England m Eleanor Helena Birgitta Wales of Ireland (SM Ch) Thomas married Eleanore Helena Brigitta Wallace (or Walles) about 1770. Eleanore was born on 14 Aug 1748 in Dublin, Ireland; died before 17 Jun 1789 in Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
11. | Eleanore Helena Brigitta Wallace (or Walles) was born on 14 Aug 1748 in Dublin, Ireland; died before 17 Jun 1789 in Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. Notes: Berwick, Thomas, widr. of Helene Walles succ. dated 17 Jun 1789 (LSU-Archives; Opel #4) Notes: Thomas Berwick and his wife are identified somewhat differently in various records throughout the Opelousas and Attakapas districts. Thomas is variously identified as a native of England, South Carolina, and Pennsylvania. His wife, who is identified as Eleonore Wales,
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