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MERKLEY, John
(1855-)
McEWEN, Elizabeth
(1860-)
MERKLEY, Effie Bee
(1885-1972)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. MARQUETTE, Andrew Albertus

2. FROOM, Edgerton Ryreson

MERKLEY, Effie Bee 1 3 4

  • Born: 24 May 1885, Mountain, Dundas, Ontario, Canada 1 3 5 6
  • Marriage (1): MARQUETTE, Andrew Albertus on 30 Nov 1904 in Winchester, Dundas, Ontario, Canada 1
  • Marriage (2): FROOM, Edgerton Ryreson on 13 Nov 1948 in Ottawa, Carleton, Ontario, Canada 2
  • Died: 23 Mar 1972, Ottawa, Carleton, Ontario, Canada aged 86 3 4 7
  • Buried: 1972, Inkerman, Dundas, Ontario, Canada 3 4 8

   Another name for Effie was Effa Bel.6

  Facts and details for Effie Bee Merkley:

• An alternative source document lists her birth date as May 1884. 9

• She lived in Mountain, Dundas, Ontario, Canada from 1891 to 1901. 5 10

• She lived at Lot 18 Concession 3 in Mountain, Dundas, Ontario, Canada in 1911. 9

• She lived in Regina, Division 6, Saskatchewan, Canada in 1916. 11

• She lived in Pense, Division 6, Saskatchewan, Canada from 1921 to 1935. 12 13

• She lived at 386 Elgin Street in Ottawa, Carleton, Ontario, Canada from 1945 to 1948. 14 15



• She was buried at the Knight's Cemetery, plot KNS91 in Inkerman, Dundas, Ontario, Canada in 1972. 4



• Her obituary was published in the Ottawa Journal on 24 Mar 1972 in Ottawa, Carleton, Ontario, Canada. It read as follows:

FROOM, Effie -- On March 23, 1972, Effie Merkley Marquette, age 86, of Carleton Lodge and Kemptville, wife of Edgerton Froom, widow of Bert Marquette, mother of Eric, Niagara Falls; Mrs. A. Ziviello (lyla), Pelham, N.Y.; Mrs. A. Eaglestone, (Lorraine), Columbus, Ohio, and Mrs. Edward Root (Twila), Ottawa. Resting Rolston Funeral Home, Kemptville. Service in chapel Saturday, 5 p.m. Spring interment Knights cemetery. 8


Effie married Andrew Albertus MARQUETTE, son of Hugh MARQUETTE and Mary Jane BOWER, on 30 Nov 1904 in Winchester, Dundas, Ontario, Canada.1 (Andrew Albertus MARQUETTE was born on 21 Nov 1883 in Mountain, Dundas, Ontario, Canada,1 3 16 17 died on 20 Feb 1934 3 17 and was buried in Feb 1934 in Pense, Division 6, Saskatchewan, Canada 17 18.)


  Marriage Notes:

They were married by Rev. E. S. Logie. The witnesses were N. W. Beach and Belle Logie, both of Winchester. 1

Effie next married Edgerton Ryreson FROOM, son of Albert Robinson FROOM and Adeline WESTON, on 13 Nov 1948 in Ottawa, Carleton, Ontario, Canada.2 (Edgerton Ryreson FROOM was born on 10 Oct 1874 in Shanly, Grenville, Ontario, Canada,19 20 21 died on 29 Jan 1973 in Ottawa, Carleton, Ontario, Canada 19 20 21 and was buried in 1973 in Shanly, Grenville, Ontario, Canada 20 21.)

Sources

1 "Ontario Marriage Records 1801-1942," database, Andrew Marquette and Effie Merkley.

2 "Marriage of Edgerton Froom and Effie Marquette," (Ottawa) The Ottawa Journal, 16 Nov 1948, p. 28.

3 Lynn Cook, "Gravestones - Knight's Cemetery, Inkerman ON" (typescript, p. KNS 91.

4 "Find a Grave," database (www.findagrave.com : accessed 13 Feb 2023), Effie Bee Merkley Froom #138634872.

5 1901 census of Canada, Ontario, district 54, sub-district E, Mountain, p. 1, dwelling 4, family 5; RG 31; digital images, Ancestry, Census - Canada - 1901 - Ontario .

6 Ontario Archives, "Ontario Birth Records 1832-1917," database(accessed 23 Oct 2012), Effa Bel Merkley; Dundas 1886.

7 Family Tree, Hutty Family Tree: http://trees.ancestry.ca/tree/38172032/person/20441439203.

8 "Death of Effie Froom," (Ottawa) The Ottawa Journal, 24 Mar 1972, p. 34.

9 1911 census of Canada, Ontario, district 63, sub-district 2, Mountain Township, p. 3, dwelling 30, family 32; RG 31; digital images, Ancestry, Census - Canada - 1911 - Ontario .

10 "Census of Canada - 1891," database, Census - Canada - 1891 (accessed 23 Oct 2012), John Merkley and family; Ontario > Dundas > Mountain > 23.

11 database, Census - Canada - 1916 - Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta (accessed 4 Nov 2013), Andrew A Marquette and family; Saskatchewan, Regina.

12 1921 census of Canada, Saskatchewan, district 225, sub-district 8, Pense, p. 3, dwelling 28, family 30; RG 31; digital images.

13 Canada, Effie Marquette; digital images, "Saskatchewan, Lake Centre 1935," Canada Voters Lists, 1935-1980 (accessed 5 Feb 2014).

14 "M1480 - New York, 1902-1954," online images, Border Crossings: From Canada to U.S., 1895-1956 (accessed 5 Feb 2014), 24 Aug 1942, Elsie Lorraine Eaglestone.

15 Canada, Effie and Twila Marquette; digital images, "Ontario, Ottawa West, 1945," Canada Voters Lists, 1935-1980 (accessed 6 Feb 2014).

16 Ontario Archives, "Ontario Birth Records 1832-1917," database(accessed 23 Oct 2012), Andrew Albertus Marquette; Dundas 1883.

17 "Find a Grave," database (www.findagrave.com : accessed 13 Feb 2023), Andrew Albertus Marquette #91963627.

18 Family Tree, http://trees.ancestry.ca/tree/7015449/person/-1123657011.

19 "Death of Edgerton R Froom," (Ottawa) The Ottawa Journal, 30 Jan 1973, p. 32.

20 "Obituary of Egerton R. Froom," (Ottawa) Ottawa Citizen, 30 Jan 1973, p. 30.

21 "Find a Grave," database (www.findagrave.com : accessed 13 Feb 2023), Egerton Ryerson Froom #93599726.