William Neal Raven
(1826-1902)
Hannah Jane Hanson
(Abt 1826-1894)
Herbert Leslie Merry
(1871-1935)
Selena Irene Raven
(1856-1942)

Bernice Eloise Merry
(1900-1982)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Walter Carl Gordon Sr.

Bernice Eloise Merry 1

  • Born: 13 Aug 1900, Woodland, ME 2 3
  • Marriage (1): Walter Carl Gordon Sr. on 15 Sep 1917 in Belfast, ME 1
  • Died: 30 Nov 1982, Camden, ME at age 82
  • Buried: Grove Cemetery, Belfast, ME

bullet   FamilySearch ID: 2C19-QJP. Find a Grave ID: 69604917.

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• Census, 21 Apr 1910, Thorndike, ME. 2

• Census, 7 Jan 1920, Belfast, ME. 4

• Census, 7 Apr 1930, Belfast, ME. 5

• Census, 5 Apr 1940, Belfast, ME.

• Census, 4 Apr 1950, Belfast, ME. 6

• Obituary: Republican Journal, 2 Dec 1982, Belfast, ME.
SEARSPORT -- Bernice E. Gordon, 82, died at a Camden nursing home, Nov. 30, 1982. She was born in Woodland, Aug. 13, 1900, the daughter of Herbert and Selena (Raven) Merry.
She was the wife of the late Walter Gordon.
She is survived by two sons, Walter C. of Waldo and Alton O. of Burnham; 3 daughters, Marie Russell of Northport, Carlene I Evans of Searsport, and Norma Duplisea of Burnham; brother, John Merry of Bangor; sister, Ruby Fields of Freeport; 15 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held at Young Funeral Home, Searsport at 11 a.m. Friday. Burial will be in Grove Cemetery, Belfast.


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Bernice married Walter Carl Gordon Sr. on 15 Sep 1917 in Belfast, ME.1 (Walter Carl Gordon Sr. was born on 21 May 1894 in Thorndike, ME,7 died on 21 Apr 1942 in Belfast, ME and was buried on 25 Apr 1942 in Knox Station Cemetery, Knox, ME.)

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• Newspaper Article: Bangor Daily News, 20 Sep 1917, Bangor, ME.
GORDON--MERRY-- In Belfast, Sept. 15, by Rev. D. Brackett, Walter Carl Gordon and Miss Bernice Elouise Merry, both of Thorndike.


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Sources


1 Maine Maine State Archives Walter Carl Gordon-Bernice Ellouise Merry; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 27 Nov 2011).

2 1910 U.S. census, Waldo County, Maine, population schedule, Thorndike, enumeration district (ED) 0254, sheet 3, p. 3A, dwelling 49, family 54, Herbert L. Merry; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 15 Oct 2011); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T624, roll T624_546.

3 Maine Maine State Archives, Maine, Birth Records, 1715-1922, Bernice A. Merry; digital image, Ancestry.com (https://ancestry.com: 27 Nov 2011).

4 1920 U.S. census, Waldo County, Maine, population schedule, Belfast, enumeration district (ED) 125, sheet 6, p. 6B, dwelling 132, family 160, Walter Gordon; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 30 Apr 2012); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T625, roll T625_649.

5 1930 U.S. census, Waldo, Maine, population schedule, Belfast, enumeration district (ED) 1, sheet 5, p. 5B, dwelling 122, family 148, Walter C. Gordon; digital images, Ancestry.com (https://ancestry.com : accessed 9 May 2012); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T626, roll 840.

6 1950 U.S. census, Waldo, Maine, Belfast, enumeration district (ED) 14-5, sheet 11-12, household 103, Berniece E. Gordon; digital images, Ancestry.com (https://ancestry.com : accessed 1 Apr 2022); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T628.

7 Maine Maine State Archives, Maine, Birth Records, 1715-1922, Walter Carl Gordon; digital image, Ancestry.com (https://ancestry.com: 27 Nov 2011).


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