Pearl Etta Hays

b. Mar, 1890, d. 1914
FatherMitchell Elmer Hays1,2,3,4,5 b. May 25, 1868, d. Oct 17, 1951
MotherEmma Jane Morrow1,2,3,4,5 b. Jan 12, 1870, d. Mar 14, 1938
     Pearl was born in KS in Mar, 1890.1,2,6,7,8,9
     Pearl Etta Hays was listed as a resident in Mitchell Elmer Hays's household in the census report in Smith Center, Smith Co, KS, in 1895.10
     Pearl Etta Hays was listed as a daughter in Mitchell Elmer Hays's household on the 1900 Census in Smith Center, Smith Co, KS.11
     Pearl Etta Hays was listed as a resident in Mitchell Elmer Hays's household in the census report in Smith Center, Smith Co, KS, in 1905.12
     Pearl Etta Hays was listed as a daughter in Mitchell Elmer Hays's household on the 1910 Census in Smith Center, Smith Co, KS.6
     Pearl Etta Hays was employed as a printer on Apr 15, 1910 in Smith Center, Smith Co, KS.6
     She married Ernest A. Merriam in home, Smith Center, Smith Co, KS, on Sep 17, 1912. Elder W. E. Robb of the Christian Church officiated. From the Smith County Journal, September 19, 1912, p 1: "After the ceremony and congratulations some delicious refreshments consisting of ice cream and cake were served to about fifty invited guests.".13,9
     Pearl, as Ernest A. Merriam's wife, resided with him, in Smith Center, Smith Co, KS, on Sep 19, 1912.14
     Pearl died in 1914.7,8,9 She was buried circa 1914 in Smith Center, Smith Co, in KS.9
Etta Pearl Merriam
Fairview Cemetery, Smith Center, KS
Photo by Julia Langel, July 2011

Family

Ernest A. Merriam

Citations

  1. [S138] 1900 Census -- KS, Hays, Elmer.
  2. [S142] 1905 Census -- KS, Smith Co, Mitchell Hays.
  3. [S143] 1910 Census -- KS, Smith Center, Hays.
  4. [S460] Smith County Pioneer, n31, March 31, 1938, page 6.
  5. [S463] Smith County Pioneer, v80, n11, October 25, 1951, page 1.
  6. [S143] 1910 Census -- KS, Smith Center, Hays , dwelling 44, family 45, Elmer Hayes household.
  7. [S460] Smith County Pioneer, n31, March 31, 1938, page 6, page 6, column 6.
  8. [S463] Smith County Pioneer, v80, n11, October 25, 1951, page 1, page 1, column 6.
  9. [S2018] Etta Pearl Merriam Cemetery Marker, Fairview Cemetery, Smith Center, Smith Co, KS.
  10. [S139] 1895 Census -- KS, Smith Center -- Mitchell Hays.
  11. [S138] 1900 Census -- KS, Hays, Elmer , E.D. 165, sheet 5, line 92, dwelling 89, family 96 (Elmer Hayss household).
  12. [S142] 1905 Census -- KS, Smith Co, Mitchell Hays , page 4, line 15, family 29.
  13. [S201] News clipping, Hays, Pearl marriage , page 1, column 4.
  14. [S201] News clipping, Hays, Pearl marriage.
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