Emma Evangeline Merritt1

F, b. June 1862, d. after 1920
Last Edited12 Feb 2017
     Emma Evangeline Merritt was born in June 1862 at Wisconsin.2 She married Samuel Leonard Tallman, son of David Tallman and Aurilla Smith, on 7 February 1878 at Garden Valley, Jackson Co, Wisconsin; Sheri Stuve mentions they were married in a garden ceremony, and gives her last name as Merritt. They were said to have lived for some time in Merrilan, Wisconsin after their marriage.3,4 Emma Evangeline Merritt died after 1920 at Minneapolis, Hennepin Co, Minnesota.5
     She appeared on the census of 7 June 1900; Emma Talman, 37, widow, Erfurd O., 13, both born WI, Ethel I, 10, Elsie E., 7, Leonard S., 5, Lota E., 3, all born ND, Archie I, 1 and Samuel E., 5/12, both born MN. We can determine from this that Samuel must have died in 1899.6

Family

Samuel Leonard Tallman b. 2 Oct 1857, d. 8 Dec 1899
Children

Citations

  1. [S143] Ancestry.com Inc., Birth, Marriage, & Death Records > Wisconsin Marriages, 1835-1900. Marriage between Samuel Tallman and Emma Evangeline Merrill.
  2. [S360] 1900 US Federal Census , Minnesota, Otter Tail Co, Oak Valley Twp. Series: T623 Roll: 780 Page: 72, Household of Emma Talman.
  3. [S323] Sheri Stuve, E-mail - Stuve, Sheri Hyland.
  4. [S143] Ancestry.com Inc., Birth, Marriage, & Death Records > Wisconsin Marriages, 1835-1900.
  5. [S199] 1920 US Federal Census , Minnesota, Hennepin Co, Minneapolis. Roll: T625_836, Page: 1A , ED: 156. Household of Emma. E. Tollman, widow.
  6. [S360] 1900 US Federal Census , Minnesota, Otter Tail Co, Oak Valley Twp. Series: T623 Roll: 780 Page: 72.
  7. [S204] 1910 US Federal Census , Minnesota, Hennepin Co, 13-WD Minneapolis. Series: T624, Roll: 706, Part: 1, Page: 131A.