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Christopher Merkley



Birth18 December 1808Williamsburg, Dundas, Upper Canada, British North America
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    Deseret News, Deseret Weekly (Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret News Co., 1888-1898), 1893-05-13, p. 32, Deaths, Merkley.

    Christopher Merkley, Biography of Christopher Merkley (Salt Lake City: J. H Parry & Company, 1887), pg. 3.

    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Sealings and adoptions of the living, 1846-1857; index, 1846-1857 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1958), p. 397-398.

Death2 May 1893Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    Find A Grave, database and images, Memorial #40234216.

    Salt Lake County, Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Management and Archives), database and images, FamilySearch, Christopher Merkley (2 May 1893); citing Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, Management and Archives, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 4,139,830.

    Salt Lake Herald, Salt Lake Herald (Salt Lake City, Utah: W.C. Dunbar & E.L. Sloan, 1870-1920), 1893-05-03, p. 8, Christopher Merkley Dead.

Burial6 May 1893Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    Find A Grave, database and images, Memorial #40234216.

    Salt Lake County, Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Management and Archives), database and images, FamilySearch, Christopher Merkley (2 May 1893); citing Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, Management and Archives, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 4,139,830.

    Gateway Mapping, Inc., Names in Stone- Cemetery Maps (: http://www.namesinstone.com/), Salt Lake City Cemetery, Christopher Merkley (1808-1893).

    Deseret News (Salt Lake City, Utah, United States: Digitized by: University of Utah, 1877), Deseret Evening News, 1893-05-04, p. 1, Funeral Notice.

FatherJacob Merkley
MotherElizabeth Stata

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   • Sarah Davis
Married18 February 1828Williamsburg, Dundas, Upper Canada, British North America
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    Christopher Merkley, Biography of Christopher Merkley (Salt Lake City: J. H Parry & Company, 1887), pg. 3.

    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Sealings and adoptions of the living, 1846-1857; index, 1846-1857 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1958), p. 397-398.

          Children:
               Nelson Merkley Sr.


   • Minerva Stowell
Married24 January 1846Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
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    Christopher Merkley, Biography of Christopher Merkley (Salt Lake City: J. H Parry & Company, 1887), pg. 21.

    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Sealings and adoptions of the living, 1846-1857; index, 1846-1857 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1958), p. 397-398; FHL IGN 5265582.


   • Xarissa Fairbanks
Married17 January 1858Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    Various Idaho Newspapers, Idaho, Southeast Counties Obituaries, 1864-2007 (Idaho Falls, Idaho: Idaho Falls Regional Family History Center), Xarissa Fairbanks Merkley, 1903, Idaho Falls. FHL #100,464,684..

          Children:
               Christopher Amos Merkley
               Jacob Nathaniel Merkley
               Alva Marion Merkley
               Mary Jane Merkley
               Martha Elizabeth Merkley
               Lucy Merkley
               Sousa Merkley


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• 1845Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
• 1850Great Salt Lake County, Utah Territory, United States
• 1860Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
• 1880St. Charles, Bear Lake, Idaho Territory, United States

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Baptism27 July 1837
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    Christopher Merkley, Biography of Christopher Merkley (Salt Lake City: J. H Parry & Company, 1887), pg. 3-4.


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• 1850 Population CensusGreat Salt Lake County, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
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• 1860 Population Census15th Ward Gt. Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1880 Population CensusSaint Charles, Bear Lake, Idaho TerritoryExtractImage

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Crossing the Plains

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    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pioneer Overland Travel" (Salt Lake City, UT: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)

       Departure5 Jul 1849
       Arrival10 Oct 1849
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    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pioneer Overland Travel" (Salt Lake City, UT: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)

       Departure7 Oct 1856
       Arrival15 Dec 1856


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