Melvin Robert DEMERCHANT

1827 - 1907  (79 years)

• Name	Melvin Robert DEMERCHANT  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28]
  Birth	7 Dec 1827	York, New Brunswick, Canada   [1, 2, 5, 9, 10, 11, 12, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20]
  Gender	Male
  Death	1907	Victoria, New Brunswick, Canada
  Burial	1907	Pomphrey Island Cemetery, Clearview, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada   [5]
  Origins
  Patriarch & Matriarch	John DEMERCHANT, II           b. 1792, Sunbury, New Brunswick, Canada           d. 4 Sep 1867, Wicklow, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada  (Age 75 years)  (Father)  Levina GINSON           b. Bef 1800, Unknown           d. Aft 1871, Unknown  (Age > 73 years)  (Mother)
  Person ID	I22196	Carleton

  
  

  Father	John DEMERCHANT, II           b. 1792, Sunbury, New Brunswick, Canada           d. 4 Sep 1867, Wicklow, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada (Age 75 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Levina GINSON           b. Bef 1800, Unknown           d. Aft 1871, Unknown (Age > 73 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1 Mar 1815	Connell, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada
  Family ID	F9657	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary MCLAUGHLIN           b. 1838, New Brunswick, Canada           d. UNKNOWN
  Children	1. George DEMERCHANT           b. 26 May 1865, Wicklow, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada           d. 25 May 1935, Lerwick, Victoria, New Brunswick, Canada (Age 69 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] ▻ Jerusha Jessica KILCOLLINS  m. 24 Sep 1890
  Family ID	F15662	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 7 Dec 1827 - York, New Brunswick, Canada Death - 1907 - Victoria, New Brunswick, Canada  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos

  DeMerchant.Melvin.Robert_1827-1907 Photo: Norman DeMerchant

  
  

• Sources

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