MERRITT Chart 0300

This is a Chart for Edward Merritt and Lucy Woods

 

married
27th May 1876
Holy Trinity
Rudgwick
Sussex
registered
June quarter
1876
Horsham district
Sussex

 

1
EDWARD MERRITT
 born about 
 December quarter 1851
Shipley, Sussex
baptised
 4th January 1852 
St Mary the Virgin
Shipley, Sussex
  (parents William and Mary Ann)
occupation
1881, 1891 Farm Labourer, 1901 Labourer on Farm?
1911 Forman Delver In stone Quarry
died about
 September quarter
1915
Horsham district, Sussex
Aged 64

  

2
LUCY WOODS
born 
1st August 1858
 Rudgwick, Sussex
(birth date shown as 3rd August 1857 on 1939 census)
registered
September quarter
1858
Petworth district
Sussex
baptised
5th September 1858
Holy Trinity
Rudgwick 
Sussex
(mother down as Fanny)
occupation
1871 General Servant
1939 Retired Incapacitated
died
March quarter 1940 
Surrey South Eastern district
 Surrey 
Aged 82
 3
Lucy
 MERRITT
born about  
March quarter
 1877 
Billingshurst
 Sussex
baptised
28th January 1877
St Mary
Billingshurst
Sussex
 died about  
September quarter
1889
 Horsham district, Sussex 
Age 12
 4
 Annie 
MERRITT
born about
  December
quarter
 1878 
Billingshurst Sussex
baptised
29th September
1878
St Mary
Billingshurst
Sussex
(parents Edward and Lucy)
as
Anna
occupation
  1891 Scholar
died
(registration not found)




5
Edith 
Mary
 MERRITT  
born about 
1881
(1 week on the
1881 Census. not named)  
Rudgwick Sussex
possibly registered
as
 Edith Mary
MERRIT
June quarter
1881
Horsham
district
Sussex
baptised
24th April 1881
Holy Trinity
Rudgwick
Sussex
(parents Edward and Lucy)
possibly died
June
quarter
1889
Horsham
district
Sussex
Aged 8 		6
James 
MERRITT
 born 
8th June 1883
Billingshurst Sussex
baptised
22nd July 1883
St Mary
Billingshurst
Sussex
(parents Edward and Lucy)
died
September quarter 1964 
Horsham district
Sussex 
Aged 81

married
4th February 1911
St Peter
Slinfold
Sussex
registered
March quarter
1911
Horsham
district
Sussex
Eunice 
Emily
TURNER
 		7
 Mabel
 MERRITT
born about 
 March quarter
1886
 Billingshurst Sussex.
died
September quarter
1916
 Horsham district, Sussex
 Age 30

married
March quarter
1906
Horsham district
Sussex
Arthur
Edward
JACKSON
 		8
 Rosa 
(Rosie)
MERRITT
born about 
 March quarter
 1889
 Billingshurst, Sussex (Petersfield District)
baptised 
24th June 1888
St Mary
 Billingshurst
Sussex
(parents Edward and Lucy)
died
December quarter
1910 
Horsham district
Sussex 
as 
Rose 
Aged 22
 9
Frank
 MERRITT
born 
23rd June 1890 Rudgwick (1891)
 or 
Slinfold (1901), Sussex 
(birth date shown as 1889 in the Death Index)
registered
June quarter
1890
Horsham district
Sussex
baptised
17th August
1890
St Peter
Slinfold
Sussex
(parents Edward and Lucy)
died
March quarter 1977 
Crawley disrict
 West Sussex
Aged 87

married
22nd March 1913
St Peter
Slinfold
Sussex
registered
March quarter 1913 Horsham district Sussex 
Jane 
Maria
FIELDER
10 
Alfred
Arthur
 MERRITT
born 
21st November 1892
Slinfold Sussex
registered
 June quarter
1891
Horsham district
Sussex 
baptised
 24th January 1893
St Peter
 Slinfold, Sussex (parents Edward and Lucy)
died
 March quarter 1978 Horsham district Sussex

married 
 September quarter 1921
 Horsham district Sussex
 Winifred
 PELLING 		11
 Lily
 Frances 
MERRITT
born 
 21st June 1895
Slinfold, Sussex
registered
  September
quarter 
1895 
Horsham district
Sussex
baptised
31st July 1895
St Peter
Slinfold
Sussex
died
March 1987
Surrey South Eastern district
Surrey
Aged 91

married(1)
June quarter
1918
Horsham district
Sussex
William P
ROSS
married(2)
September quarter
1929
Horsham district
Sussex
William 
George
COUSALL
 		12
 Amos
 Peter 
MERRITT
born 
31st January
1898
Slinfold
Sussex
registered
 March quarter
 1898 
Horsham
 Sussex
baptised
13th March 1898
St Peter
Slinfold
Sussex
(parents Edward and Lucy)
died
9th July 1978
registered
September quarter 1978 
Surrey Mid Eastern district
Surrey

married
June quarter
1931
Horsham district
Sussex
Dorothy 
May
CAPON
 13
 Frederick 
William
 MERRITT
 born about
June  quarter 1900 Slinfold, Sussex
baptised
3rd June 1900
St Peter
Slinfold
Sussex
(parents down as Edward and Elizabeth)
occupation
1911
At School
military
WWI
Private
Service Number
81957
Durham Light Infantry
22nd Battalion
died
WWI
27th May 1918
Aisne River, France 
Aged 18
memorial 
Soissons Memorial
Left bank of River Aisne
100 kms north-east of Paris
14
Ronald
MERRITT
born 
26th January 1903
Slinfold
Sussex
registered
March quarter
1903
Horsham district
Sussex
military
RN
first service date
4th September 1918
"Impregnable)
last service date
3rd September 1924
"Vivid I"
died
(registration not found)
  1. 1881 Census -Haven Street Cottage, Rudgwick, Sussex
    1891 Census -Jeans Haven, Rudgwick, Sussex
    1901 Census -Salt Base?, Slinfold, Sussex. Boarding with them was Thomas MERRITT (40) Labourer on Farm born Billingshurst, Sussex
    1911 Lime Kiln Cottage Slinfold Sussex
  2. 1861 Census -1 Haven, Rudgwick, Sussex 
    1871 Census -Old House, Slinfold, Sussex. Servant to Alfred KNIGHT (36) Farmer of 97 Acres employing 4 men and 2 boys born Slinfold, Sussex, his wife Maria born Billingshurst, Sussex and children Elizabeth (7), Charles (5), Alfred (4), Emily (3), Annie (2) and Mary (1) all born Slinfold, Sussex. Also living with them was sister Annie BOTTING (29) unmarried Assistant born Billingshurst, Sussex. Another servant was Mary JENKINS (16) born Ewhurst, Surrey
    1881 Census -Haven Street Cottage, Rudgwick, Sussex
    1891 Census -Jeans Haven, Rudgwick, Sussex
    1901 Census -Salt Base?, Slinfold, Sussex. Boarding with them was Thomas MERRITT (40) Labourer on Farm born Billingshurst, Sussex
    1911 Lime Kiln Cottage Slinfold Sussex. Lucy is down as having been married 33 years and having had 12 children 9 of whom survive and 3 f whom had died at the date of this Census.
    After 1918 Lime Kiln Cottage, Slinfold, Horsham, Sussex (death of son Frederick William)
    1939 18 Carter Dale, Dorking and Horley R.D., Surrey, (transcribed as MENHILL). Lucy was living with daughter Lily Frances COUSALL and her husband William. Living with them was Bernard G COUSALL (William's step son). After him there is 1 Record Officially Closed entry
  3. 1881 Census -Haven Street Cottage, Rudgwick, Sussex
  4. 1881 Census -Haven Street Cottage, Rudgwick, Sussex
    1891 Census -Jeans Haven, Rudgwick, Sussex
  5. 1881 Census -Haven Street Cottage, Rudgwick, Sussex
  6. 1891 Census -Jeans Haven, Rudgwick, Sussex
    1901 Census -Salt Base?, Slinfold, Sussex. Boarding with them was Thomas MERRITT (40) Labourer on Farm born Billingshurst, Sussex
    1911 Salt Bax Cottage Slinfold, Shinfold, Sussex,
    1917 Salt Cox Cottages, Slinfold Sussex (British Army WWI Service Records)
    1939 River Cottage , Horsham R.D., Sussex. After son Charles J MERRITT there were 2 Record Officially Close entries, then after David R MERRITT there was another Record Officially Close entry
  7. 1891 Census - Jeans Haven, Rudgwick, Sussex
    1901 Holmans, Park Street, Village, Slinfold, Horsham, Sussex, Servant of George Laurie FOGO (53) Clergyman Church Of Scotland born Scotland and his wife Fanny E (44) born Petworth, Sussex
    1911 Salt Box Cottage Slinfold Sussex.. On the 1911 census Mabel is shown a having been married 5 years and having had 4 children, 2 still living and 2 had died
    1915 85 Cheever Street, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. WWI CEF Attestation Papers 1914-1918. down as next of kin to Arthur.
  8. 1891 Census -Jeans Haven, Rudgwick, Sussex
    1901 Census -Salt Base?, Slinfold, Sussex. Boarding with them was Thomas MERRITT (40) Labourer on Farm born Billingshurst, Sussex
  9. 1891 Census -Jeans Haven, Rudgwick, Sussex
    1901 Census -Salt Base?, Slinfold, Sussex. Boarding with them was Thomas MERRITT (40) Labourer on Farm born Billingshurst, Sussex
    1911 Lime Kiln Cottage Slinfold Sussex
    1915 9 New Cottages Broadbridge Heath, Horsham, Sussex (British Army WWI Service Records)
    1915 Child on British Arrmy WWI Service Records shown as Frederick George born 9th December 1915 Broadbridge Heath, Horsham, Sussex
    1939 9 New Cottages Broadbridge Heath , Horsham R.D., Sussex. After son Leslie there were 3 Record Officially Closed entries
  10. 1901 Census -Salt Base?, Slinfold, Sussex. Boarding with them was Thomas MERRITT (40) Labourer on Farm born Billingshurst, Sussex
    1911 Lime Kiln Cottage Slinfold Sussex
    1915 Polecat Cottage, Weston, Near Steyning, Sussex (Territorial Force Attestation paper)
    1939 Not found, not living with wife and family
  11. 1901 Census -Salt Base?, Slinfold, Sussex. Boarding with them was Thomas MERRITT (40) Labourer on Farm born Billingshurst, Sussex
    1911 Gringley 52 Hurst Road Horsham, Sussex. Lily was a servant with a Florence E S COLLINS aged 41 Principal & Boarding & Day school For Girls born Southsea, Hampshire and her sister Beatrice G COLLINS aged 38 also born Southsea, Hampshire
    1939 18 Carter Dale , Dorking and Horley R.D., Surrey, (transcribed as MENHILL) Lucy was living with daughter Lily Frances COUSALL and her husband William.
     Living with them was Bernard G COUSALL (William's step son). After him there is 1 Record Officially Closed entry
  12. 1901 Census -Salt Base?, Slinfold, Sussex. Boarding with them was Thomas MERRITT (40) Labourer on Farm born Billingshurst, Sussex
    1911 Lime Kiln Cottage Slinfold Sussex
    1939 8 Riverside , Dorking U.D., Surrey. After wife Dorothy there is 1 Record Officially Closed entry
    1961 39 Leslie Road, Dorking, Surrey (Surrey Electoral Roll) At this address Amos P MERRITT and Dorothy M MERRITT
    1978 17 Leslie Road, Dorking, Surrey (address given at administration)
  13. 1901 Census -Salt Base?, Slinfold, Sussex. Boarding with them was Thomas MERRITT (40) Labourer on Farm born Billingshurst, Sussex
    1911 Lime Kiln Cottage Slinfold Sussex
    Notes
    From Commonwealth War Graves Commission web site 26/8/2017
    Historical Information
    The original British Expeditionary Force crossed the Aisne in August 1914 a few kilometres west of Soissons, and re-crossed it in September a few kilometres east. For the next three and a half years, this part of the front was held by French forces and the city remained within the range of German artillery.
    At the end of April 1918, five divisions of Commonwealth forces (IX Corps) were posted to the French 6th Army in this sector to rest and refit following the German offensives on the Somme and Lys. Here, at the end of May, they found themselves facing the overwhelming German attack which, despite fierce opposition, pushed the Allies back across the Aisne to the Marne. Having suffered 15,000 fatal casualties, IX Corps was withdrawn from this front in early July, but was replaced by XXII Corps, who took part in the Allied counter attack that had driven back the Germans by early August and recovered the lost ground.
    The Soissons Memorial commemorates almost 4,000 officers and men of the United Kingdom forces who died during the Battles of the Aisne and the Marne in 1918 and who have no known grave.
    The memorial was designed by G.H. Holt and V.O. Rees, with sculpture by Eric Kennington. It was unveiled by Sir Alexander Hamilton-Gordon on 22 July 1928.
  14. 1911 Lime Kiln Cottage Slinfold Sussex

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