Individual Details

Magdalene Catherine MERCK

(31 Dec 1905 - 23 Nov 2002)

Events

Birth	31 Dec 1905	Shcherbanka, Odessa, Ukraine
Immigration	3 Jun 1912	via footbridge, Laredo, Webb, Texas, United States
Declaration of Intent (Citizenship)	3 Jan 1934	Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States
Naturalization	16 Jun 1936	Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States
Marriage	10 Jun 1939	Alameda, Alameda, California, United States - Stephen Owen ROSERA
Census (family)	1 Apr 1940	1915 NW Washington Street, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States - Stephen Owen ROSERA
Death	23 Nov 2002	Missoula, Missoula, Montana, United States
Burial		Mount Calvary Cemetery, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States

Families

Spouse

Stephen Owen ROSERA (1902 - 1975)

Father	Joseph John MERCK ( - )
Mother	Katherina Cecelia EBERLE ( - )

Webtags

Find-a-Grave memorial: Magdalene Merck Rosera

Naturalization Papers: Magdalena Merck

1940 Census: Magdeline Rosera, age 33

Notes

Birth

formerly Elsass, Kutschurgan District, South Russia

Immigration

Magdalene emigrated first to Daragueira, Argentina and moved through Buenos Aires, Argentina and Veracruz, Mexico, before entering the US at Laredo.

Marriage

Book 235, record 348

Census (family)

Enumerated with this family were Stephan O. Rosera, age 37, an electrician and electrical contractor; his wife, Magdeline, age 33, a seamstress for a casket manufacturing company; and daughter, Marilyn, age one month.

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Naturalization Papers: Magdalena Merck

Four pages. Includes photo and biographical info, and continues on three subsequent images!

Endnotes

1. 1940 U.S. Federal Census, , population schedule, Oregon, Multnomah, Portland City Election Precinct 7, Tract 49, enumeration district (ED) 37-13, sheet 2A, image 3, household 44, Stephan O. Rosera and family; digital images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/1940census : accessed 25 April 2016); National Archives and Records Administration.

2. , Find A Grave, photographs and extracted information (findagrave.com : accessed 25 April 2016), Magdalene Merck Rosera; memorial #55539447.

3. "Montana, Death Index, 1868-2011," database online, Ancestry.com (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=5437 : accessed 25 April 2016), Magdalene Catherine Rosera; State of Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services, Office of Vital Statistics; died 23 Nov 2002.

4. Social Security Death Index, Magdalene Rosera.

5. "Selected U.S. Naturalization Records - Original Documents, 1790-1974," digital images, Ancestry.com ( : accessed 25 April 2016), Magdalene Merck; National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), Washington D.C.; Oregon > District Court (Rolls 14-59, 14-59), 1911-1941 > (Roll 47) Petition and Record, 1936; #9921-10350.

6. "Selected U.S. Naturalization Records - Original Documents, 1790-1974," digital images, Ancestry.com ( : accessed 25 April 2016), Magdalene Merck; National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), Washington D.C.; Oregon > District Court (Rolls 14-59, 14-59), 1911-1941 > (Roll 47) Petition and Record, 1936; #9921-10350, images 248-251.

7. "Selected U.S. Naturalization Records - Original Documents, 1790-1974," digital images, Ancestry.com ( : accessed 25 April 2016), Magdalene Merck; National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), Washington D.C.; Oregon > District Court (Rolls 14-59, 14-59), 1911-1941 > (Roll 47) Petition and Record, 1936; #9921-10350.

8. "Selected U.S. Naturalization Records - Original Documents, 1790-1974," digital images, Ancestry.com ( : accessed 25 April 2016), Magdalene Merck; National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), Washington D.C.; Oregon > District Court (Rolls 14-59, 14-59), 1911-1941 > (Roll 47) Petition and Record, 1936; #9921-10350.

9. "California. Marriage Records from Select Counties, 1850-1941," database with images online, Ancestry.com ( : accessed 25 April 2016), Stephen Owen Rosera and Magdalena Merck; California State Archives, Sacramento, California; Alameda; Index to Marriage Licenses and Certificates, Vol. 45, 1939-1940; image 499, record 1569: Book 235, record 348.

10. 1940 U.S. Federal Census, , population schedule, Oregon, Multnomah, Portland City Election Precinct 7, Tract 49, enumeration district (ED) 37-13, sheet 2A, image 3, household 44, Stephan O. Rosera and family; digital images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/1940census : accessed 25 April 2016); National Archives and Records Administration.

11. , Find A Grave, photographs and extracted information (findagrave.com : accessed 25 April 2016), Magdalene Merck Rosera; memorial #55539447.

12. "Montana, Death Index, 1868-2011," database online, Ancestry.com (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=5437 : accessed 25 April 2016), Magdalene Catherine Rosera; State of Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services, Office of Vital Statistics; died 23 Nov 2002.

13. Social Security Death Index, Magdalene Rosera.

14. , Find A Grave, photographs and extracted information (findagrave.com : accessed 25 April 2016), Magdalene Merck Rosera; memorial #55539447.