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Roda Merlin

carlowen — 2009-08-07 23:01:47Z

Looking for any information on Roda Merlin. Married to D.A. Reumont on June 16, 1892 in Desota County, Florida. Passed away sometime possibly around 1912. She was my great grandmother.

Merline, Mohrlein Germany to Maryland, then to Oconto, WI

SharieMerline — 2009-03-31 17:26:22Z

Johan Mohlein was born in 1785 to Johan Mohlein in Ludwach Germany and some of his descendants came thru Havre De grace Maryland, then on to Oconto WI and there are 125 now in my family tree on Rootsweb [a free site]and ancestry.com. Does anyone know where the name came from? We heard a long time ago it meant little black boy and it was a morish name. What is morish? I am having a family re-union later this summer in Oconto,WI and would like to hook up with anyone else who has any more info. I also have seen Merlin as jewish? Also that these jewish people lived in Russia....... Are they all related?

Re: Merlin from Nova Scotia

Bill_merlin — 2008-09-17 22:06:53Z

I have been working on this family for about 15 years. What part of the family are interested in,

Bill

Merlin Genealogy

Bill_merlin — 2008-09-15 02:13:29Z

I am researching the Merlin family name ,I have been doing so for the past 15 years. I beleive the Merlin's arrived from the town of Atsweiler in Saarland area near Sankt Wendel not very far from the German /French border line, on the ship Ann in 1750.As the childred of John George Merlin have indicated in the cences over the years that they are of German decent. I am interested in the Merlin family in Canada as well as the USA.

Re: Merlin Genealogy

Bill_merlin — 2008-09-14 23:05:55Z

Joseph Merlin was this the son of Jerome Merlin and the son of Danial Merlin. My Joseph merlin was born 1843. I understand we are related, fust trying to get the dates correct.

Re: Merlin Genealogy

Bill_merlin — 2008-07-20 04:14:48Z

My email addres is bmerlin@sympatico.ca
Reasearching Merlin in Nova Scotia, and the Boston area

Re: PICS: Merlin History in "Vanishing Halifax"

colinkiley75 — 2008-03-23 13:26:08Z

John Philip was born before 1750, not after 1752. Sorry about that.

Colin.

Re: PICS: Merlin History in "Vanishing Halifax"

colinkiley75 — 2008-03-23 13:23:20Z

Deborah;

First a correction. Amanda Beck could not be Irish, so that has to be an error in the Census. It's not uncommon, I run into them all of the time. As you will see below, she could not be Irish because both of her parents were descended from German settlers in Nova Scotia. Again, the Catholic Church in Upper Prospect is the only Church that has ever existed in the village and it was very isolated in the 19th century. The Catholic Church of that era was really the only Church with missions along that shore. So, it was be Catholic, or be nothing.

I checked out the Nova Scotia archives yesterday and this is what I found.

George Merlin and Mary Amanda Beck were married on November 9, 1874 at Upper Prospect, Nova Scotia. Mary Amanda was the daughter of Jacob Beck (b. 1824) and Catherine Knickle. Both were born in Nova Scotia, so I'll have to do some more research on them. Jacob and Catherine had several children including:

Mary Amanda, b. December 12, 1854
Lilian Ellen, b. December 10, 1855
Mary Rossanna, b. January 15, 1857
Cecilia, b. April 16, 1860
Sophia Ann, b. May 4, 1862
John Henry, b. July 2, 1864
Michael, b. August 30, 1866
Clara, b. August 27, 1868
Joseph, b. Aprli 27, 1871
Martin Michael, b. December 6, 1873
Helena Cynthia, b. March 29, 1876

There is no telling how many lived to adulthood, but I would assume not all.

George Merlin was the son of John Daniel Merlin. John Daniel was was born September 1783 in Halifax County and died between 1851 - 1861 at Upper Prospect, Nova Scotia. His first wife was Abagail Bangs. His second wife was Amelia Emma Murphy. His children were as follows:

Children with Abagail Bangs were:

Henry, b. November 16, 1823
Jerome, b. July 20, 1826 (my ancestor)
Phillip, b. July 20, 1829
George, July 20, 1829

Children with Amelia Murphy were:

William, b. May 3, 1839
Margaret b. January 15, 1841
Joseph, b. December 23, 1843
Martin b. June 7, 1847
George, b. April 5, 1850 (your ancestor)
Abagail, b. March 6, 1855
Daniel, b. June 7, 1857

John Daniel Merlin was the son of John Philip Merlin. John Philip was born before 1750 in Hallwiler, Canton of Aargau, Switzerland. He died March 25, 1788 at Halifax, Nova Scotia. He married Barbara Hail on January 3, 1773 at Saint Paul's Anglican Church, Halifax, Halifax County. She was the daughter of Johannes Hail and Barbara Rosina.

Their children were:

George, b. November 21, 1773
John Philip, b. November 12, 1775
Henry, b. August 6, 1778
Elizabeth, b. August 20, 1780
John Daniel, b. September 1783 (your ancestor)

John Philip was the son of Hans George Merlin. Hans George Merlin was born about 1717 in Hallwiler, Canton of Aargau, Switzerland, and died April 16, 1787 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. His first wife Magdalena who died of typhoid during the winter of 1750/1 in Halifax. She is probably buried beneath the Old Dutch Church on Brunswick Street; though this is only a supposition on my part. Magdalena crossed from Europe with Hans George. George remarried on February 18, 1752 to Maria Magdalena Haas at St. Paul's Anglican, Halifax. She was the daughter of Bartel Haas and Margretha Haas. Maria was born in Kleinheubach, Germany, and died in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Upon her death, George married a third time to the widow Ursilla Pondever in August, 1764.

I have the children of Hans George Merlin and Magdalena as:

John Philip Merlin, b. before 1750, Halifax, Nova Scotia; d. March 25, 1788, Halifax, Nova Scotia. (your ancestor)

The children of Hans George Merlin and Maria Magdalena Haas were:

Sophia Elizabeth Merlin
Mary Dorothy Merlin
John Christopher Merlin

He had no children with Ursilla Pondever.

Colin.

Re: PICS: Merlin History in "Vanishing Halifax"

colinkiley75 — 2008-03-23 12:39:18Z

You are quite right. My research is as follows:

Hans George Merlin was born about 1717 in Hallwiler, Canton of Aargau, Switzerland, and died April 16, 1787 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. His first wife Magdalena who died of typhoid during the winter of 1750/1 in Halifax. She is probably buried beneath the Old Dutch Church on Brunswick Street; though this is only a supposition on my part. Magdalena crossed from Europe with Hans George. George remarried on February 18, 1752 to Maria Magdalena Haas at St. Paul's Anglican, Halifax. She was the daughter of Bartel Haas and Margretha Haas. Maria was born in Kleinheubach, Germany, and died in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Upon her death, George married a third time to the widow Ursilla Pondever in August, 1764.

I have the children of Hans George Merlin and Magdalena as:

John Philip Merlin, b. Aft. 1752, Halifax, Nova Scotia; d. March 25, 1788, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

The children of Hans George Merlin and Maria Magdalena Haas were:

Sophia Elizabeth Merlin
Mary Dorothy Merlin
John Christopher Merlin

He had no children with Ursilla Pondever.

I am a descendent of Hans George's first child John Philip Merlin.

Colin.

Re: PICS: Merlin History in "Vanishing Halifax"

colinkiley75 — 2008-03-21 18:23:18Z

This is indeed the ancestor of our Upper Prospect Merlins and he did come from Allweiler. With regard to German or Swiss, I believe he was German. Perhaps German Swiss. This comes from another persons' research and I have no reason to contest it. Please search this message board and you will find other postings and pictures I have made of the family. If you would like to e-mail me at colinkiley@hotmail.com I will send you my current research. I'm still working on it so I would prefer not to post it on a more public site. However, you are welcome to what I have.

Re: PICS: Merlin History in "Vanishing Halifax"

dmcdrama1 — 2008-03-20 17:07:04Z

I have a tract from a book called "Planters and Pioneers. Nova Scotia, 1749 to 1775--the person who sent me the tract in 1999 said the following entry is the first mention of Merlin in Nova Scotia: "Merlin, Hans Georg....Halifax; from Alweiler,(Germany) Ann(name of ship), 1750. d. 16 Apr. 1787, ae 69. m. Magdalena m. (2) 18 Feb. 1752, Maria Magdelena kaiser, bur. 14 Sept. 1763. m. (3) Aug. 1764 Ursula Pondever, widow. Ch: Phillip (2d) Sophia Elizabeth, Mary Dorothy, John Christopher, Jean Christopher." the sender added that Alweiler is located somewhere along the Rhine corridor,in present-day Germany, and that they arrived in Halifax on the vessel Ann. Would you know if these Merlins are the direct ancestors of my branch or were there others that arrived later from Switzerland? And thank you for sharing this information, as I have forwarded it to my brothers and my cousins.

Deborah Merlin Craig

Re: PICS: Merlin History in "Vanishing Halifax"

colinkiley75 — 2008-03-20 13:05:02Z

Yes, I believe they were German-Swiss. The early Merlins in Nova Scotia also intermarried with German settlers in the Lunenburg area, so that would help explain the strength of the German culture in the family. For Amanda to be Catholic is not a suprise. The only church in Upper Prospect was, and still is, a Catholic church. I will get back to you with more information and I'll forward my research.

Re: PICS: Merlin History in "Vanishing Halifax"

dmcdrama1 — 2008-03-19 23:50:18Z

Thank you very much---it was always a puzzle to me why my grandfather was Catholic, but as Amanda was Irish and not Dutch as I had originally thought, there's my answer--I will study the Prospect genaological site, and pass this information to my brothers and my cousins. In researching the name of Merlin itself, it appears it can be French, English, German, Welsh or Breton. Perhaps they wer Frnch or German Swiss-- Thank you again.

Deborah Merlin Craig

Re: PICS: Merlin History in "Vanishing Halifax"

colinkiley75 — 2008-03-19 22:50:56Z

I have found a William Merlin son of George and Amanda Merlin living in Upper Prospect in the 1891 Census. Amanda Beck is listed in the earlier 1871 Census of Upper Prospect as an Irish servant aged 18 living in the household of John and Ann Hearn. In the 1891 Census William's age is given as 6, which, in 19th century Census terms is close enough to your know birth year of 1887. My Great-Grandmother was Mary Catherine Merlin, of Upper Prospect. I believe she was a cousin of George Merlin, but I will have to check other sources. The Merlins, according to my research, are from Switzerland. I will check on George and Amanda from other sources and send you a reply in a few days. I live in Halifax so I have access to other sources. Check out the Prospect Genealogical website. It has a wealth of information on Prospect and the Merlins, and my family the Kiley/Kielys.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~prospect/index.html

Re: PICS: Merlin History in "Vanishing Halifax"

dmcdrama1 — 2008-03-17 03:24:06Z

I am Deborah Merlin Craig, and my grandfather's name was also George William Merlin---he was born in Prospect, NS, in 1887, moved to Halifax, married my grandmother, Mary Ethel Hooper arond 1905---he was a tailor who relocated to Boston in 1925--my father was 2 years old at the time---My grandfather served in the Cape Breton higlanders and was the tailor for his regiment. He lived the rest of his life in Boston, and had ten children, 6 boys and 4 girls. I am Everett's daughter, and was born in Boston in 1953, and grew up in Wrentham and North Attleboro, MA. I am trying to determine the exact nationality of my grandfather's Merlin's branch--I do know that his mother was Amanda Beck, and that she was Dutch; my grandfather was also catholic. I have twenty-seven first cousins, mostly in Massachusetts, and even more second cousins. I also know my grandfather had two sisters, May and Grace, who remained in NS, and one brother, Gerald, who also remained in Canada. If anyone onsite is connected to this branch of the Merlins, I would be interested to hear from you and any other information you may have.

Debbie Merin Craig

Re: Merlins from Russia

irishcousin — 2007-11-20 19:59:10Z

Sorry I can't help you. I'm searching for Alexandra Merlin(a), b. 1913, m. Alexander Euphomovitch Meleiko abt. 1939, Rostov, Russia, her decendents and her sibblings. Would you have a connection there? Thanks

Re: Merlin History in "Vanishing Halifax"

miefamilytree — 2007-09-17 03:56:00Z

Hi Gina! I see that you are from the Halifax area, and you have Marriotts in your family. By any chance do you know of a Sarah Jane Marriott? She was my great-great grandmother. Sarah was born around 1844 or so, and married Samuel Kemp(Kempt).Their kids were George, James, Cecelia, Florence, Emma, Clara, Helder, and my gr. grandfather, Samuel. My Kemps and Marriotts were all from Halifax, Nova Scotia. They attended the Church of England. Do you know of the church, or how I can get baptism or marraige records from the church or town? Thanks so much!

Re: PICS: Merlin History in "Vanishing Halifax"

ColinKiley82 — 2006-12-18 13:00:05Z

I can't remember what the question was? What was I going to look-up for you?

Re: Merlin Genealogy

2006-08-06 10:18:00Z

Catherine Merlin was already married to my Great-Grandfather by 1881. She appears as the wife of John Kiley - Catherine Kiley (27) ancestry German. My own name hearkens back to my Great-Great Grandfather Merlin. My name is Colin Abraham Jerome Kiley. With regard to the other male, Charles, I do not have any information at this time.

Re: Merlin Genealogy

2006-08-04 21:21:35Z

Clearly I am not a Merlin by name, but my Great-Grandmother was Joseph Merlin's sister. Her name was Mary Catherine Merlin. She was born on April 13, 1853, in Upper Prospect. She died in 1930. I have sent three pictures of Catherine (Merlin) Kiley. In one of the pictures she is standing in front of the Kiley homestead in Upper Prospect. It was built in about the 1840's. It still exists and looks very much unchanged.

Re: Merlin Genealogy

2006-08-03 10:49:16Z

What geographic area are you looking at?

Re: PICS: Merlin History in "Vanishing Halifax"

2006-04-22 03:28:35Z

Colin Kiley:
hello I am trying to connect your family to mine. The George merlin you speak of when was he born, and what was his date of deith. John George merlin whom arrived on the ship Ann in 1749 had three marrages.

Thank you,
Bill

Re: PICS: Merlin History in "Vanishing Halifax"

2006-04-19 12:49:08Z

What was that date?

Re: PICS: Merlin History in "Vanishing Halifax"

2006-04-19 01:48:56Z

Colin Kiley:
What was George Merlin (died ~1978) father name and date of birth.
thank you,
Bill

bmerlin@sympatico.ca

Re: PICS: Merlin History in "Vanishing Halifax"

2006-04-18 22:11:12Z

The information comes from my Grandmother's notes. Her notes are from the 1920's and 30's. She would have been able to speak to my Great-Grandmother Catherine (Merlin) Kiley. She stated the Merlin's were Swiss. I will get back to you soonest with the particular location as soon as I check with the originator. All I can say is that the particular location was another person's research and I do not have permission to relate that, but I will ask if I can pass that on.

Re: PICS: Merlin History in "Vanishing Halifax"

2006-04-17 23:55:39Z

I have read your posting with great interest, I have working on the merlin Genealogy for about ten years. I have aquired quite a few Merlin's . I was intersetd where you located the fowing information about John George Merlin. was born in Hallwiler, Canton of Aargau, Switzerland in about 1717. This is surely a great find. There is a great number of Merlin's looking for this link.

Dewdrop48f — 2006-08-03 22:04:02Z

Hi! Colin:

The area is Prospect, Nova Scotia, Canada...I am in Halifax..

Wanting to find brothers and sisters of Joseph Merlin.. Most of my leads to living relatives have been on his wife, Sarah...

Tks for responding..

Donna

Re: Merlin Genealogy

Dewdrop48f — 2006-08-02 22:41:29Z

Returning to my research after some absence:

My Great-Grandfather was Joseph Merlin...Born April 22,1859
My Great-Grandmother was Sarah Coolin(Coolen)? Born August 08, 1862.....
They married January 25, 1884....

Children from the above Marriage:

James Author born April 13, 1886
Margaret (Maggie) Born July, 30, 1899 - Died August 04, 1889
Elizabeth (Bessy) Born November 19, 1891
Alfred Born March 04, 1897 Died March 12, 1902
Agnus Gertrude (Gertie) Born August 09, 1900
Mary Alfreda (Freda) Born May 20, 1903
Bridget Josephine Born January 25, 1905
Kathleen (Kiddy) Born September 25, 1894 Died November 04, 1970

My grandmother was Kathleen....Any info would be appreciated....Or if I could be of help to anyone...please don't hesitate to contact me...

Donna

Grand-Daughter of Kathleen Merlin
Great Grand-daughter of Joseph Merlin & Sarah Coolin(Coolen)...

Re: Merlin Genealogy

Dewdrop48f — 2006-08-02 22:34:19Z

Surname: Merlin

Dewdrop48f — 2006-08-02 21:07:47Z

Returning to my research after some absence:

Hi! to all those searching..

My Great-Grandfather was Joseph Merlin...Born April 22,1859
My Great-Grandmother was Sarah Coolin(Coolen)? Born August 08, 1862.....
They married January 25, 1884....

Children from the above Marriage:

James Author born April 13, 1886
Margaret (Maggie) Born July, 30, 1899 - Died August 04, 1889
Elizabeth (Bessy) Born November 19, 1891
Alfred Born March 04, 1897 - Died March 12, 1902
Agnus Gertrude (Gertie) Born August 09, 1900
Mary Alfreda (Freda) Born May 20, 1903
Bridget Josephine Born January 25, 1905
Kathleen (Kiddy) Born September 25, 1894 - Died November 04, 1970

My grandmother was Kathleen....Any info would be appreciated....Or if I could be of help to anyone...please don't hesitate to contact me...

Donna

Grand-Daughter of Kathleen Merlin Born September 25, 1894 -
Died November 04, 1970
Great Grand-daughter of Joseph Merlin & Sarah Coolin(Coolen)...