Merrick and Minor families

Photograph

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Greene Connections

Name/Title

Merrick and Minor families

Entry/Object ID

2019.18.29

Description

Dated July 1915, Bradford's picnic. [Left-Right]: Kate McBeth (Simpson) Merrick [1884-1959], Robert Silas Merrick [1914-2002] (9 months old), and Dorothy Simpson (Minor) Cary. Handwritten inscription on back of photograph, reads: "Bradford's Picnic July 1915 / nine months old / Dorothy and Robert and / myself."

Collection

Robert Silas and Eva Mae (Christie) Merrick Collection

Made/Created

Artist

No artist / photographer / studio listed.

Date made

1915

Lexicon

Search Terms

Merrick family, Minor family, Simpson family

Other Names and Numbers

Other Number

Other Number: MERR-AN004-0002-0037

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Merrick, Robert Silas (Sr.) [1914-2002]

Person or Organization

Minor, Dorothy Simpson [1894-1969]

Person or Organization

Simpson, Kate McBeth [1884-1959]

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Miller Series - Robert Silas and Eva Mae (Christie) Merrick Collection

Notes

The Miller Series photographs and documents were passed from Alfred Brashear Miller [1829-1902] and his wife, Margaret Kerr Bell [1826-1874], to their eldest daughter, Lida C. (Miller) Simpson [1856-1919] and her husband, Dr. Theodore Parker Simpson [1856-1934], to their daughter Kate McBeth (Simpson) Merrick [1884-1959] and her husband, Silas Clarence Merrick [1879-1942], to their only son, Robert Silas Merrick [1914-2002], and his wife, Eva Mae Christie [1918-2005], to their grandson, Peter Merrick who owned and shared the collection with the Greene Connections: Greene County, Pennsylvania Archives Project in 2012. Source Citation: Merrick and Minor families, item no. MERR-AN004-0002-0037, Robert Silas and Eva Mae (Christie) Merrick Collection, shared by Peter Merrick, Greene Connections Archives Project (www.GreeneConnections.com).