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(In front): Ruth Merrick in dress, and George Merrick, son of
George Merrick in Hine photo. (Standing L-R): Wallace Merrick, 7th child of Edward and Lillie; Lutisia Merrick, wife of George
Merrick; Edward Merrick and Lillie Merrick. Photo taken about 1940.
According to several family history postings on Ancestry.com, Edward
Lecompte Merrick and Lillie Burton Berridge were married in Secretary, Maryland, on November 28, 1900. Both of them were born
in Dorchester County, Maryland. They had eight children. Edward died in 1963, at the age of 82; and Lillie died in 1966, at
about the age of 83. Both died in Dorchester County. Pauline died in 1956, at the age of 55; John died in 1983, at the
age of 80; George died in 1966, at the age of 61; and Cyril died in 1987, at the age of 78.
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