William Merritt
Birth
Death Marriage Spouse Marriage Spouse Father Mother Sibling/s Children |
17 October 1806
27 November 1874 7 May 1834 Elizabeth Harding April 1856 Charlotte Allen William Merritt Patience Letissine Wigg Thomas Merritt Hannah Merritt Jane Merritt Mary Merritt Moses Merritt John Merritt William Harding Merritt (mother; Elizabeth Harding) Mirriam Merritt (mother; Elizabeth Harding) Rhoda Merritt (mother; Elizabeth Harding) Joseph Bailey Merritt (mother; Elizabeth Harding) Alfred Merritt (mother; Elizabeth Harding) Mary Jane Merritt (mother; Elizabeth Harding) Walter William Merritt (mother; Elizabeth Harding) Donald Merritt (mother; Charlotte Allen) Elizabeth Merritt (mother; Charlotte Allen) |
Location
Location Location Location |
Woodmancott, Hampshire, England
Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia Brixton, London, England Newbury, Berkshire, England |
William Merritt was born on the 17th of October 1806 in Woodmancott, Hampshire, England to William Merritt and Patience Letissine Wigg.
He married Elizabeth Harding on the 7th of May 1834 at St Matthew’s Church in Brixton.
He married Elizabeth Harding on the 7th of May 1834 at St Matthew’s Church in Brixton.
They had 7 children; William Harding Merritt, Mirriam Merritt, Rhoda Merritt, Joseph Bailey Merritt, Alfred Merritt, Mary Jane Merritt, and Walter William Merritt.
Elizabeth died in early 1855 aged 46.
After the death of Elizabeth, William married 28 year old Charlotte Allen in April 1856 in Newbury, Berkshire.
William and Charlotte had 2 children; Donald Merritt, born in England in 1857, and Elizabeth Merritt, born in Queensland in 1862.
William, Charlotte, and family came out to Australia on the Clipper "Red Jacket". They arrived in Melbourne on the 24th April 1861.
Elizabeth died in early 1855 aged 46.
After the death of Elizabeth, William married 28 year old Charlotte Allen in April 1856 in Newbury, Berkshire.
William and Charlotte had 2 children; Donald Merritt, born in England in 1857, and Elizabeth Merritt, born in Queensland in 1862.
William, Charlotte, and family came out to Australia on the Clipper "Red Jacket". They arrived in Melbourne on the 24th April 1861.
On the 9th of June 1862, just 3 months after the birth of her daughter Elizabeth, Charlotte died in Toowoomba aged 34 years.
In 1862, William was successful in the search of a missing baby girl lost in the bush.
William died on the 27th of November 1874 in Toowoomba aged 68 years. He was buried on the 30th of November in Drayton
& Toowoomba Cemetery.