Merryman · ◉ a direct ancestor of ours

♀Anne Walker Merryman

Born 1869, Topsfield, Washington, Maine, United States. Died 1942, Pelham, Westchester, New York, United States.

3 of 5 events rest on a record we have read; the rest come from compiled sources or are still to be documented.

Parents

William Simpson Merryman 1840–1909 and Francis E. Dennett 1846–1925 their family

Spouses and children

Married 5 Sep 1894, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, to George Wesley Blanchard 1868–1939 family page
- William Wesley Blanchard 1895–1973
- Kenneth Blanchard 1897–1975
- Frances Eldora Blanchard 1900–1988
- Theodore Blanchard 1902–1979

Stories

The Merryman cousins Why two of Nancy's ancestors shared a surname, and what that means.

Life, as the records tell it

Event	When	Where	How we know
Birth	May 1869	Topsfield, Washington, Maine, United States	on record
Living at sheet 15A, household 269	1900	ED 776 Borough of Manhattan, Election District 6 New York City Ward 29, New York County, New York, United States	on record
Living at in the household as Wife	1925	Highland, Orange	on record
Death	4 Dec 1942	Pelham, Westchester, New York, United States	from a compiled source
Burial	.	Hartsdale, Westchester, New York, United States	from a compiled source

on record means we have read the original document. from a compiled source means an index, a printed genealogy or a memorial page says so. not yet documented means it is in the family's record but no source is attached yet.

Sources

U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current — Birth, Death, Burial
New York, U.S., State Census, 1925 — Birth, Living at
1900 U.S. census, Manhattan Ward 29, ED 776, New York Co., New York, sheet 15A, George W. Blanchard household — Living at

Ancestors in time

Time runs down the page, oldest at the top. Each dot is a person at the year they were born (hollow where the year is estimated); curves run from a person up to their parents, pink for a woman, blue for a man. Hover for names and years; click a dot for that person's page or their own charts; drag to move, scroll to zoom, double-click to reset.

Line of descent

William Simpson Merryman 1840–1909
1. John Merryman 1808–1891
  1. Walter Merriman III 1785–1867
  2. Hannah Merryman 1783–1862
2. Eleanor C. McManus 1808–1891
  1. Robert McManus
  2. Eleanor Coombs
Francis E. Dennett 1846–1925
1. William Dennett 1803–1888
2. Eliza Stone Wilson 1812–1881
  1. Johnson Wilson
  2. Hannah Walker

Descendants in time

Anne Walker Merryman at the top; each descendant a dot at their birth year, joined to the parent they came through. A descendant who may still be living is shown only as "Living", at an estimated birth year, with no page of their own.

Descendants

William Wesley Blanchard 1895–1973
1. Robert Wesley Blanchard 1926–1980
  1. children who may still be living
Kenneth Blanchard 1897–1975
1. Nancy Jane Blanchard 1929–2006
  1. children who may still be living
2. Robert Watson Blanchard 1934–2006
  1. children who may still be living
3. children who may still be living
Frances Eldora Blanchard 1900–1988
1. Charles Leamington West Jr 1924–2010
  1. children who may still be living
2. George Blanchard West 1926–1942
3. children who may still be living
Theodore Blanchard 1902–1979
1. Sandra Blanchard –1979
2. children who may still be living