Person:Merrill Childs (1)

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Name Merrill Childs
Gender Male
Birth[3] 11 May 1888 Norwalk, Huron, Ohio, United States
Census[1] 1900 Norwalk, Huron, Ohio, United StatesMerrill Childs, age 12, lived at 148 East Main Street, Norwalk, Ohio with his father Austin Childs, a commercial ? tobacco, age 47 and mother Emma, a sales lady at a dry goods store, age 48.
Census[2] 1910 Troy, Miami, Ohio, United StatesMerrill Childs, age 21, was a lodger at 115 Market Street, Troy City, Miami County, Ohio. He worked as a bookkeeper at Sunshine. His landlady was a widow, Sarah L Combs, age 57; also lodging at the house was Charles Rasor, age 24, also a bookkeeper at a distillery.
Living[4] 1911 Lakewood, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United StatesMerrill M Childs lived at 2245 East 83rd SE, Cleveland, Ohio and worked as a teller at Cleveland National Bank, 2245 East 63rd NE, Cleveland, Ohio.
Marriage 1915 Norwalk, Huron, Ohio, United Statesto Carrie Spurrier
Living[5] 1916 Lakewood, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United StatesMerrill M Childs worked as a teller at Cleveland National Bank and lived at 1325 Park Row, Lakewood, Ohio.
Military[6] 1917 Lakewood, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United StatesAccording to the WWI Draft Registration for Merrill Childs dated June 5, 1917, lived at 1325 Park Row in Lakewood, Ohio. He was in the banking business in Cleveland (company name illegible) and had a wife and child under 12 years old.
Census[7] 1920 Lakewood, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United Statesfor Merrill M (age 32) and Carrie Childs (age 32) live at 1377 Lakewood Avenue, Lakewood, Ohio, which they own, with their son Raymond, age 5. Merrill was clerk at a bank.
Census[8] 1930 Lakewood, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United StatesMerrill (age 42), and Carrie Childs (age 42), live at 1377 Lakewood Avenue, Lakewood, OH, which they own, with their son Raymond, age 15. Merrill was a secretary at a bank.
Death[3] 30 Apr 1932 Lakewood, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United StatesMerrill Childe died April 1, 1932 and was buried at Woodlawn Cemetery in Norwalk, Ohio.
References
  1. US Census 1900; Census Place: Kenton Ward 2, Huron, Ohio, in Huron County, Ohio. 1900 U.S. Census Population Schedule
    Roll: 1288; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 0031; FHL microfilm: 1241288., 1900.
  2. US Census 1910; Census Place: Troy Ward 1, Miami, Ohio, in Miami, Ohio, United States. 1910 U.S. Census Population Schedule
    Roll: T624_1215; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 0101; FHL microfilm: 1375228., 1910.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Find a Grave for Merrill Childs, in Find a Grave
    http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=88057854&ref=acom.
  4. Cleveland City Directory 1911, in U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
    page 267, 1911.
  5. Cleveland City Directory 1916, in U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
    page 275, 1916.

    Cleveland City Directory1916: Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Original sources vary according to directory. The title of the specific directory being viewed is listed at the top of the image viewer page. Check the directory title page image for full title and publication information.

  6. WWI Draft Registration for Merrill Childs, in United States. Selective Service System. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. (Washington, D.C.: National Archives Microfilm Publication M1509, 1987-1988)
    Registration State: Ohio; Registration County: Cuyahoga; Roll: 1832067; Draft Board: 01., 1917.
  7. US Census 1920; Census Place: Lakewood Ward 2, Cuyahoga, Ohio, in Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States. 1920 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration Publication T625)
    Roll: T625_1375; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 577; Image: 958., 1920.
  8. US Census 1930; Census Place: Lakewood, Cuyahoga, Ohio, in Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States. 1930 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration Publication T626)
    Roll: 1786; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 0638; Image: 461.0; FHL microfilm: 2341520., 1930.