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Selena Irene Raven
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Selena Irene Raven
- Born: 31 Mar 1856, Hainesville, NB 3 4
- Marriage (1): George Albert Carson on 20 May 1875 1
- Marriage (2): Herbert Leslie Merry on 13 May 1894 in Caribou, ME 2
- Died: 2 Apr 1942 at age 86
- Buried: Thorndike Center Cemetery, Thorndike, ME
 FamilySearch ID: LH2G-T6N. Find a Grave ID: 75559316.
Research Notes:
Missing:
Death Place
Events
• Census, 1861, Douglas, NB. 5
• Census, 23 Aug 1870, Mapleton, ME. 3
• Census, 15 Jun 1880, Mapleton, ME. 6
• Census, 25 Jun 1900, Woodland, ME. 7
• Census, 21 Apr 1910, Thorndike, ME. 8
• Newspaper Article: Bangor Daily News, 2 Nov 1917, Bangor, ME.
The following real estate transfers have been recorded in the Waldo county registry of deeds:
John H. Merry, Thorndike, to Selena I. Merry, do; land in Thorndike.
Selena I. Merry, Thorndike, to Herbert L. Merry, do; land in Thorndike.
• Census, 6 Jan 1920, Thorndike, ME. 9
• Census, 3 Apr 1930, Thorndike, ME. 10
Selena married George Albert Carson on 20 May 1875.1 The marriage ended in divorce on 3 May 1894. (George Albert Carson was born on 3 Apr 1852 in Corinna, ME,1 died on 2 Oct 1918 in Belfast, ME 1 and was buried on 6 Oct 1918 in Crocker Cemetery, St. Albans, ME 1.). The cause of his death was diabetes.
Selena next married Herbert Leslie Merry on 13 May 1894 in Caribou, ME.2 (Herbert Leslie Merry was born on 28 Feb 1871 in Starks, ME,2 died on 29 May 1935 in Thorndike, ME and was buried in 1935 in Thorndike Center Cemetery, Thorndike, ME.)
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Sources
1
Maine Maine State Archives, death certificate George A. Carson; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 22 Sep 2011).
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Maine Maine State Archives Herbert Merry-Selene Reoven; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 21 Sep 2011).
3
1870 U.S. census, Aroostook, Maine, population schedule, Mapleton, p. 272B, dwelling 41, family 41, William N. Raven; digital images, Ancestry.com (https://ancestry.com : accessed 8 Jun 2011); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M593, roll M593_538.
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Maine Maine State Archives, Maine, Birth Records, 1715-1922, Frank Alden Carson; digital image, Ancestry.com (https://ancestry.com: 21 Sep 2011).
5
1861 census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Third Parish of Douglas County of York, Douglas, p. 30, William Raven; RG 31; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 8 Jun 2011).
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1880 U.S. census, Aroostook, Maine, population schedule, Mapleton, enumeration district (ED) 209, p. 259C, dwelling 141, family 145, Geo. A. Carson; digital images, Ancestry.com (https://ancestry.com : accessed 21 Sep 2011); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, roll 476.
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1900 U.S. census, Aroostook, Maine, population schedule, Woodland, enumeration district (ED) 35, sheet 18, p. 18A, dwelling 336, family 354, Herbert Merry; digital images, Ancestry.com (https://ancestry.com : accessed 12 Oct 2011); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T623, roll T623_589.
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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.
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1920 U.S. census, Waldo County, Maine, population schedule, Thorndike, enumeration district (ED) 134, sheet 1, p. 1B, dwelling 14, family 14, Herbert L. Merry; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 20 Oct 2011); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T625, roll T625_649.
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1930 U.S. census, Waldo, Maine, population schedule, Thorndike, enumeration district (ED) 26, sheet 5, p. 5B, dwelling 100, family 108, Herbert L. Merry; digital images, Ancestry.com (https://ancestry.com : accessed 20 Oct 2011); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T626, roll 840.