Wilhelm Friedrich MERLE

Birth:
9 Oct 1854
Mehlen, Waldeck, Prussia
Death:
28 Jan 1921
Chicago, Cook, Illinois
Burial:
31 Jan 1921
Mt. Carmel Cmty, Hillside, Cook, Illinois
Marriage:
11 Aug 1877
Chicago, Cook, Illinois
Sources:
Internet IGI 2005, (Sep)
Notes:
                   NOTES:
    1. Came to America in 1872
    2. William Fred aka Wilhelm Friedrick
    3. PROBABLY born in Baden-Baden, Germany
    4. Children of William and Annie were christened at Holy Family R.C.

SOURCES:
    1. 1900 Cook, IL Census (FHL#1240258)
    2. Chicago,Cook,Illinois Death Record (FHL#1,309,290)
    3. 1910 Census Cook,Illinois (FHL#1,374,275)
    4. Germans to America (FHL#973 W2 ger Vol 27) pg 333
    5. New York Passenger Lists June 1872 #429 (FHL#175,717)
    6. Marriage License by Correspondence
    7. Mt. Carmel Cemetery Records
    8. Mehlen,Waldeck,Germany Ortssippenbucher (FHL#943.41 D2wo Vol 31) pg 99 (Husband's birth)
    9. Many United States Census, Marriages, etc. (Husband)

NAME:
    Fred aka Frederick William Frederick MERLE aka Wilhelm Friedrich MERLE

MARRIAGE:
    Married at Immanuel Lutheran Church
Annie O'KEEFE
Birth:
11 May 1853/54
New York City, New York, New York
Death:
1 Jan 1914
Chicago, Cook, Illinois
Burial:
Mt. Carmel Cmty, Hillside, Cook, Illinois
Mother:
Hanora
Notes:
                   NOTES:
    Came to America in 1873/1875

SOURCES:
    1. Obituary of Annie O'Keefe

    BURIAL    30 Jul 1914(?)
Children
Marriage
1
Bertha MERLE
Birth:
1 Mar 1877
Chicago, Cook, Illinois
Death:
18 Mar 1967
Las Vegas, Clark, Nevada
John Charles BOYLE 
Marr:
8 Nov 1916
Chicago, Cook, Illinois 
Notes:
                   SOURCES:
    1. Social Security Application
    2. Death Certificate of Bertha Merle
    3. Baptismal Certificate--Holy Family Church in Chicago--for Bertha
2
Mary MERLE
Birth:
1 Mar 1877
Chicago, Cook, Illinois
Burial:
2 Mar 1877
Chicago, Cook, Illinois
 
Marr:
 
3
Frederick W. MERLE
Birth:
14 Feb 1879
Chicago, Cook, Illinois
Death:
Lucy ZYWICHE 
Marr:
10 Jan 1902
Chicago, Cook, Illinois 
Notes:
                   SOURCES:
    1. 1920 Census Chicago, Cook, IL
4
Henry Joseph MERLE
Birth:
13 Jan 1881
Chicago, Cook, Illinois
Death:
3 Sep 1967
Chicago, Cook, Illinois
Daisy M. CHAMPLIN 
Marr:
5 Aug 1902
Chicago, Cook, Illinois 
Notes:
                   SOURCES:
    1. 1910 Census Chicago, Cook, IL
5
Annie Aloysais MERLE
Birth:
Apr 1883
Chicago, Cook, Illinois
Death:
Ritchard ROACH 
Marr:
26 Oct 1910
Chicago, Cook, Illinois 
6
Mary MERLE
Birth:
18 May 1886
Chicago, Cook, Illinois
Death:
2 Feb 1963
Oakpark, Cook, Illinois
Edward A. LASS 
Marr:
20 Apr 1914
Chicago, Cook, Illinois 
7
Maud MERLE
Birth:
May 1887
Chicago, Cook, Illinois
Burial:
29 Aug 1958
Mt. Carmel Cmty, Hillside, Cook, Illinois
William E. HENN 
Marr:
25 Sep 1907
Chicago, Cook, Illinois 
8
Rosina M. MERLE
Birth:
7 Jun 1890
Chicago, Cook, Illinois
Death:
5 Jun 1966
Chicago, Cook, Illinois
CARR 
Marr:
 
9
Cecilia MERLE
Birth:
16 Jun 1893
Chicago, Cook, Illinois
Burial:
1 Mar 1955
Mt. Carmel Cmty, Hillside, Cook, Illinois
William F. O'TOOLE 
Marr:
Abt 1914
of Cook, Illinois 
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Wilhelm Friedrich Merle - Annie O'Keefe

Wilhelm Friedrich Merle was born at Mehlen, Waldeck, Prussia 9 Oct 1854. His parents were Johann Wilhelm Merle and Catharine Friedericke Krummel.

He married Annie O'Keefe 11 Aug 1877 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois . Annie O'Keefe was born at New York City, New York, New York 11 May 1853/54 daughter of Patrick O'Keefe and Hanora .

They were the parents of 9 children:
Bertha Merle born 1 Mar 1877.
Mary Merle born 1 Mar 1877.
Frederick W. Merle born 14 Feb 1879.
Henry Joseph Merle born 13 Jan 1881.
Annie Aloysais Merle born Apr 1883.
Mary Merle born 18 May 1886.
Maud Merle born May 1887.
Rosina M. Merle born 7 Jun 1890.
Cecilia Merle born 16 Jun 1893.

Wilhelm Friedrich Merle died 28 Jan 1921 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois .

Annie O'Keefe died 1 Jan 1914 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois .