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Personal data Cyrena Merrill 


Household of Cyrena Merrill

(1) She is married to David Salsberry.

They got married on July 5, 1846 at Lucas Co., OH, she was 22 years old.

David Salsberry oo Cyrena Merrill

Marriage source: Lucas Co. OH court recs. for date of marriage = 5 Jul 1846 & place = Lucas Co., OH

'History of Fulton Township from its First Settlement,' Fulton Footprints, Vol 22 No. 1, (Swanton OH, FCCOGS, Jan-Mar 2002) pg 10

This account came from a hand-written journal, repository: Fulton Co., OH Hist. Soc.

'... Cyrena was married to Mr. David Salsbury in 1843 ...' <>

Child(ren):

  2. David J. Salsberry  1848-1908 
  3. Mary Ann Salsberry  1850-1914 
  4. Olive Cyrena Salsberry  1853-1912 
  5. Oliver C. Salsberry  1856-1879
  6. Charles A. Salsberry  1859-1914 


(2) She is married to Henry Keller.

They got married on May 28, 1888 at Fulton Co., OH, she was 63 years old.

Henry Keller oo Cyrena Merrill

Source: Fulton Co OH Marriages, (Swanton OH, FCCOGS, 1996), pg. 87

'Keller, Henry - Salsbury, Cyrena * 28 May 1888 5-173'

Asterisk * means 2nd marriage for Cyrena.

Notes about Cyrena Merrill

Cyrena Merrill

Cyrena's ts. extract reads 'KELLER, Cyrena Salsberry'. She is buried near David Salsberry, her son Oliver, and Henry Keller.

Source: Author: Klaus, Terry, Title: The Family Alwood, (Publication location: Sacramento, CA, Publisher: Terry Klaus, Publication date: June MCMXCI), pg. 2 for state = ME & dob = 4 Jul 1824.

cf. Author: Stahl, Harriet, Title: The Family of Johann Jacob Stahl, Sr. of LeHigh Co., PA, (Publication location: Mt. Vernon IN, Publisher: Windmill Pub Inc, Publication date: MCMXCV), pg. 356, Repository: Lenig Lib., New Bloomfield, PA

"F-3-8 DAVID SALSBURY ... CYRENA MERRILL ..."

Cyrena's husbands: 1) David Salsberry
2) Henry Keller

5 June 1880 Pike Twp Fulton Co OH census, pg 86B-6, Repository: Dallas TX Pub. lib.

"17, 4, 4, Salsbery Cyrena, white, fem, 55, widowed or divorced, keeping House, b. ME, parents b. ME 18, Charles A, white, male, 20, Son, single, Farmer, b. OH, fath b. PA, moth b. ME 19, Lamon, John, white, male, 19, single, Dom Servant, employed 8 mo, b. OH, parents b. OH"

Cyrena counted between households of David Salsbery & J.A. Salsbery.

1 June 1900 Pike Twp Fulton Co OH census sheet 173B, Repository: Dallas TX pub. lib.

Cyrena is living with Wm & Olive Huyck

"line 52, Keller, Cyrena, m-i-l, white, female, born July 1824, age 75, widow, six children born, 5 children living, born ME, parents born ME, can read/write, can speak Eng"

Next entry is the next houshold headed by David Salsberry.

Fulton Footprints Vol 16 # 6, (Publication location: Swanton OH, Publisher: FCCOGS, Nov-Dec 1996), pg. 4, Repository: Evergreen lib., Metamora, OH.

"1904 Fulton County Tribute abstracts contin.."

"July 29 ... -Cyrena MERILL SALSBERRY was born in Penobscot Co., Maine, on July 4, 1824. She came with her parents to Lucas (now Fulton) Co. in 1834. She died July 12, 1904, aged 80 years and 8 days. In 1846, she married DavidSALSBERRY, Sr. and became the mother of 4 sons and 2 daughters, 21 grandchildren and 7 great-grandchildren."

"History of Fulton Township from its First Settlement," Fulton Footprints, Vol 22 No. 1, (Publication location: Swanton OH, Publisher: FCCOGS, Publication date: Jan-Mar 2002) pg. 10, Repository: Dallas TX pub. lib.

This account came from a hand-written journal, repository: Fulton Co., OH Hist. Soc.

"Mr. Charles V. Merrill and family came from the state of Maine in 1837 and settled on the S1/2 of the NE1/4 of Section 4 Town 10 South Range 4 East where he continued to reside until his death in 1846. He was a minister of the ChristianChurch, being very zealous. He would hold meetings at the different cabins of the early settlers and log school houses of those days in this and the surrounding township, continuing his ministerial labors until his last sickness. Hiswidow is still living on the same place where he first located on his arrival here. There are now but three children living (although there were 12 children born to them). Cyrena was married to Mr. David Salsbury in 1843 and resides inPike Township this county until the past three years when she has been caring for her invalid mother in Fulton Township. Huldah was married to Mr. Thomas Lehman about 1843 and resides on the Timon farm in Monclova Township, Lucas County,Ohio. John C. Merrill, the youngest, worked on the farm living with his mother and was Treasurer of Fulton Township some two years and was engaged in merchantile (sic) business with Mr. John Nobbs at Ai until he for Nebraska in 1871where he a present resides." <>

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Cyrena Merrill

Cyrena Merrill
1824-1904

(1) 1846

David Salsberry
1808-1874

Israel Anderson Salsberry
1847-1919
David J. Salsberry
1848-1908
Mary Ann Salsberry
1850-1914
Olive Cyrena Salsberry
1853-1912
Oliver C. Salsberry
1856-1879
Charles A. Salsberry
1859-1914
(2) 1888

Henry Keller
1821-1895


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Birthday July 4, 1824

  • The temperature on July 4, 1824 was about 15.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: half bewolkt winderig. Source: KNMI
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    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • In the year 1824: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 22 » The Ashantis defeat British forces in the Gold Coast.
    • March 17 » The Anglo-Dutch Treaty is signed in London, dividing the Malay archipelago. As a result, the Malay Peninsula is dominated by the British, while Sumatra and Java and surrounding areas are dominated by the Dutch.
    • June 21 » Greek War of Independence: Egyptian forces capture Psara in the Aegean Sea.
    • July 25 » Costa Rica annexes Guanacaste from Nicaragua.
    • August 6 » Peruvian War of Independence: The Battle of Junín.
    • December 1 » United States presidential election: Since no candidate received a majority of the total electoral college votes in the election, the United States House of Representatives is given the task of deciding the winner in accordance with the Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution.

Day of marriage May 28, 1888

  • The temperature on May 28, 1888 was about 11.2 °C. The air pressure was 17 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 76%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1888: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • March 23 » In England, The Football League, the world's oldest professional association football league, meets for the first time.
    • June 15 » Crown Prince Wilhelm becomes Kaiser Wilhelm II; he will be the last Emperor of the German Empire. Due to the death of his predecessors Wilhelm I and Frederick III, 1888 is the Year of the Three Emperors.
    • August 31 » Mary Ann Nichols is murdered. She is the first of Jack the Ripper's confirmed victims.
    • September 4 » George Eastman registers the trademark Kodak and receives a patent for his camera that uses roll film.
    • October 14 » Louis Le Prince films the first motion picture, Roundhay Garden Scene.
    • October 17 » Thomas Edison files a patent for the Optical Phonograph (the first movie).

Day of death July 12, 1904

  • The temperature on July 12, 1904 was between 10.8 °C and 27.2 °C and averaged 19.3 °C. There was 14.2 hours of sunshine (87%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1904: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.4 million citizens.
    • January 8 » The Blackstone Library is dedicated, marking the beginning of the Chicago Public Library system.
    • January 23 » Ålesund Fire: the Norwegian coastal town Ålesund is devastated by fire, leaving 10,000 people homeless and one person dead. Kaiser Wilhelm II funds the rebuilding of the town in Jugendstil style.
    • February 8 » Battle of Port Arthur: A surprise torpedo attack by the Japanese at Port Arthur, China starts the Russo-Japanese War.
    • February 9 » Russo-Japanese War: Battle of Port Arthur concludes.
    • June 28 » The SSNorge runs aground on Hasselwood Rock in the North Atlantic 430 kilometres (270mi) northwest of Ireland. More than 635 people die during the sinking.
    • October 4 » The IFK Göteborg football club is founded in Sweden.


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