Person:Lydia Mercer (2)

The Panic of 1873 began in Europe and reached the United States in the fall of 1873. <http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h213.html>

[1873] Nov. 13, Sixteen Mile Stand, Hamilton Co., OH. Ada Wyckoff Hopkins wrote her cousin Jane Love: "I received a letter from cousin Ella last week / they were all well, / she said the panic had not effected Henrys business very much for where they couldnt pay him the money he can get orders for coal or Groceries, / But there are a great many poor families that will suffer this winter in the large cities, / the shop where Ella an Lydia worked stopped two weeks but expected to resume last Monday."

1880 New Castle Co., DE, census, p.288A, Red Lion Hundred, June 1, 1880, D.B. Henry: 5/5, George WESTWOOD, W M 25, head of family, butcher, good health, NY England England; Lydia, W F 23, wife, TX PA IL; Harry, W M 3, son, affected spine, DE NY TX.

1889 July 15, Philadelphia, PA. Ada Wyckoff Hopkins wrote her cousin Jane Love: "You will no doubt be surprised to receive a letter written by me from here . . . Lizzie daughter Lydia lives about four squares away [from her parents] across the RR. / her sons are both at home. . . . John [Lydia's brother] is in the lumber yard, / Lydia husband works there too and he also has a store / Lydia attends to it. Lydia has two children living, both boys [Harry and George], three dead, all girls."

1890 Feb. 25, Mason, Warren Co., OH. Ada Wyckoff Hopkins wrote her cousin Jane Love: "I had a letter from Ella this week / she is well. She had a letter from Lizzie / aunt Phebe is in very poor health failing fast Ella says and Lydias oldest boy was lying very low with Typhoid fever / little Harry he is 13 yrs old / such a pretty boy. I became so attached to him / he is an invalid [see the 1880 census], / His mother says She dont know how to give him up / she has lost three / all little girls, / Poor Lydia / She is almost worn out Ella says."

1891 Jan. 28, Mason, Warren Co., OH. Ada Wyckoff Hopkins wrote her cousin Jane Love: "I heard from Luella last week . . . Aunt Phebe is in Philadelphia taking care of Lydia, she has a little girl. she calls it Ella May."

1892 Nov. 22, Mason, Warren Co., OH. Ada Wyckoff Hopkins wrote her cousin Jane Love: "I have been waiting so long for Lizzie Mercers address so as to send it to you for Jane they have gone so very far away that I never expect to see them again. The 12th of September Henry, Lizzie, aunt Phebe, Evan, John, and Johns little girl left Philadelphia for a ranch on Can[y]on Creek Wyoming. Lydia remained in Philadelphia."

1893 Feb. 5, Canyon Creek Ranch, Vermillion P.O., Sweetwater Co., WY. Lizzie Mercer wrote her niece Jane Love: "we get a letter from Sister Ella & our daughter every week / Ella is in NY / she talks of coming out in the spring / so does our daughters family"

1894 Feb. 15, Mason, Warren Co., OH. Ada Wyckoff Hopkins wrote her cousin Lillice Jones Harper: "Your welcome letter was received yesterday evening. I had written in December after Henry Mercers death. He died the 2nd of December . . . I dont know what they will do / Lydia wants them to go back to Philadelphia. . . . John is with Lydia in Philadelphia" Correspondence from the family letters and papers of Jane Love and her cousin, Lillice Jones Harper, courtesy John, Danny, and Dave Harper in 2001 and 2004, transcribed by Brenda Boyer

1900 Philadelphia Co., PA, census, p.80A {7A ED 69), Philadelphia Ward 3, June 5, 1900, William J. Leonard: 773 S. Mervene St., 86/163, GEORGE WESTWOOD, head, W M, May? 1860?, 40, md. 23 [25?] yrs., NY England England, teamster; Lydia, wife, W F, Aug. 1857, 42, mother of 7 children, 2 living, TX TX TX; George, son, W M, ___ 18__, 15, PA NY TX, electrician; Ella, dau, W F, Dec. 1890, 9, PA NY TX. {image very dark; writing very faded and nearly impossible to read}

Lydia and George apparently divorced right after the 1900 census was enumerated; Lydia moved west to be with her mother, married Fred Kimme, then died in 1908.

(?) 1910 Philadelphia Co., PA, census, p.104B, Philadelphia City: 73/77, George N. WESTWOOD, age 45, NY England England, a shipping clerk for a piano factory; md. 8 yrs. to Linda C., age 42, MD MD MD.

1910 Whatcom Co., WA, census, p.218A, Bellingham City (Ward 4), April 21, 1910, J.R. Wargill: 530 Boulevard, 163/198, FRED KIMME, head, M W 43, ? 0 yrs., Germany Germ Germ, longshoreman; Ella W. WESTWOOD, step-dau, F W 19, [??], PA KS TX, stenographer, lumberman.

Bayview Cemetery, Whatcom Co., WA http://www.bayviewcemetery.com/index.htm Name ~ Property Description ~ Serv. # ~ Date HARMON, Hannah A. ~ Section C, Lot 157, Grave 1-A ~ 0001643 ~ 03/10/1901 HARMON, John ~ Section C, Lot 157, Grave 2-A ~ 0001646 ~ 12/03/1948 [age 85] MERCER, H. ~ Section C, Lot 157, Grave 3-A ~ 0001638 ~ 02/06/1923 MERCER, Elizabeth ~ not listed in this database ~ Lot 157 ~ Grave 4 KIMME, Lydia R. ~ Section C, Lot 157, Grave 5-A ~ 0001641 ~ 05/01/1908 MERCER, Evan H. ~ Section C, Lot 157, Grave 6-A ~ 0001642 ~ 08/09/1919 SHEPARD, George H. ~ Section C, Lot 157, Grave 7-A ~ 0001647 ~ 10/24/1947 SHEPARD, Ella May ~ Section C, Lot 157, Grave 8-A ~ 0001648 ~ 02/02/1952

. . this Ella May is not Ella Westwood, dau. of Lydia Mercer; this Ella May was b. in MN, her parents in MA and NH.

http://www.bayviewcemetery.com/source/htm/records.htm (no Benham or Westwood burials)

MERCER Elizabeth ~ buried 5-20-29 ~ Section [blank] ~ Lot 157 ~ Grave Hd 4 MERCER Evan H. ~ buried unknown ~ Section [blank] ~ Lot 157 ~ Grave 6 MERCER Harry ~ buried 2-14-23 ~ Section [blank] ~ Lot 157 ~ Grave 3 ftp://ftp.cob.org/parks/cemetery/Burials_M-Mil.pdf (page 44 of 51) ftp://ftp.cob.org/parks/cemetery/Burials_B-Birtch.pdf (no Benham burials)

1900 Whatcom Co., WA, census, p.154A, KINNE FRED 36 M W GERM WA WHATCOM 1-WD FAIRHAVEN 1900 no wife; enumerated with a male partner, George Woodson [sic]; 11th line from the bottom, very dark, hard to read

1920 Whatcom Co., WA, census, p.212B, Bellingham City, 98/112, Fred Kimme is remarried to Inez. Washington Death Index, 1940-1996 (Ancestry.com); Fred Kimme d. March 26, 1950, age 84, Whatcom Co., WA, certificate 5735; Inez C. Kimme d. Oct. 14, 1952, age 86, certificate 18735.

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Cemetery records of Whatcom County, Washington, additions and corrections to series II (CD). (Bellingham, Washington: Whatcom Genealogical Society, c2019 version 1.5)
   ver. 1.4, p. 316.

   KIMME, Lydia R/K d 1 May 1908 ae 47

2. ↑ Washington State Death Record.

   age 47 years, 8 months, 6 days.