Individual Details
Bessie Lucille Merriam
(21 Apr 1887 - 2 Feb 1972)
Events
| Birth | 21 Apr 1887 | Wrightstown, Otter Tail County, Minnesota | |||
| Census (family)-shared | 10 Jun 1895 | (Elias B. Merriam and Edith May Pike) Woodside, Otter Tail County, Minnesota |  |  | |
| Census-shared | 6 Jun 1900 | (Elias B. Merriam) Woodside, Otter Tail County, Minnesota | | | |
| Marriage | 17 Feb 1907 | Nooksack, Whatcom County, Washington - Harlie Frank Markham | |||
| Census (family) | 20 Apr 1910 | Seattle, King County, Washington - Harlie Frank Markham | | | |
| Census (family) | 13 Jan 1920 | Seattle, King County, Washington - Harlie Frank Markham | | | |
| Census (family) | 13 Apr 1930 | Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California - Harlie Frank Markham | | | |
| Census (family) | 19 Apr 1940 | Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California - Harlie Frank Markham | | | |
| Death | 2 Feb 1972 | Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California | | ||
| Burial | Inglewood Park Cemetery, Los Angeles County, California | |
Families
| Spouse | Harlie Frank Markham (1874 - 1944) |
| Child | Donald Merriam Markham (1908 - 1942) |
| Child | Kenneth Markham (1913 - 1913) |
| Child | Charles Pike Markham (1914 - 1991) |
| Child | Edith Markham (1916 - ) |
| Child | Earl Markham (1919 - 1919) |
| Child | Howard Fred Markham (1923 - 1974) |
| Father | Elias B. Merriam (1855 - 1936) |
| Mother | Edith May Pike (1861 - 1955) |
| Sibling | Charles Earl Merriam (1885 - 1973) |
| Sibling | Harry Harrison Merriam (1889 - 1982) |
| Sibling | Sherman Lee Merriam (1892 - 1983) |
| Sibling | Clair Vernon Merriam (1894 - 1956) |
| Sibling | Mildred M. Merriam (1901 - 1979) |
| Sibling | Lois Winnifred Merriam (1904 - 1978) |
Notes
Census (family)-shared
Elias Merriam M 40y Canada - FarmerEdith Merriam F 34y Iowa
Charlie Merriam M 9y Minnesota
Bessie Merriam F 8y Minnesota
Harry Merriam M 6y Minnesota
Lee Merriam M 3y Minnesota
Clair Merriam M 1y Minnesota
Matilda Thompson F 17y Minnesota
Census-shared
Elias Merriam Head M 45 Canada Eng - FarmerCharles E Merriam Son M 15 Minnesota - Farm laborer
Bessie L Merriam Daughter F 13 Minnesota - at school
Harry H Merriam Son M 11 Minnesota - at school
Sherman L Merriam Son M 8 Minnesota - at school
Census (family)
Harlie F Markham Head M 35 Minnesota - Painter and paper hangerBessie Markham Wife F 24 Minnesota
Donald Markham Son M 2 Washington
Census (family)
Harley F Markham Head M 45 Minnesota - Painter and paper hanger, houseBessie L Markham Wife F 32 Minnesota
Donald M Markham Son M 11 Washington
Charles P Markham Son M 5 Washington
Edith Markham Daughter F 3 Washington
Census (family)
Harley Markham Head M 55 Minnesota - Painting and paper hanger, contractorBessie Markham Wife F 42 Minnesota
Donald M Markham Son M 21 Washington - Painter, building
Charles P Markham Son M 15 Washington
Edith Markham Daughter F 13 Washington
Howard Markham Son M 6 California
Census (family)
Harley Markham Head M 66 Minnesota - Painter, buildingBessie Markham Wife F 54 Minnesota - Cooking school assistant
Donald Markham Son M 31 Washington - Painter, building
Howard Markham Son M 16 California
Endnotes
1. "Minnesota State Census, 1895," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQ6F-K9D : 3 April 2016), Clair Merriam in household of Elias Merriam, Woodside, Otter Tail, Minnesota; citing p. , line 21, State Library and Records Service, St.Paul; FHL microfilm 565,793..
2. "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M93W-19Q : accessed 16 October 2018), Sherman L Merriam in household of Elias Merriam, Woodside Township, Otter Tail, Minnesota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 165, sheet 1B, family 15, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,779..
3. "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGVX-BMS : accessed 15 October 2018), Bessie Markham in household of Harlie F Markham, Seattle Ward 11, King, Washington, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 190, sheet 7B, family 187, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1662; FHL microfilm 1,375,675..
4. "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHNG-B74 : accessed 15 October 2018), Bessie L Markham in household of Harley F Markham, Seattle, King, Washington, United States; citing ED 93, sheet 11B, line 52, family 272, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1926; FHL microfilm 1,821,926..
5. "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCVM-Y58 : accessed 15 October 2018), Bessie Markham in household of Harley Markham, Los Angeles (Districts 0001-0250), Los Angeles, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 85, sheet 27B, line 86, family 420, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 135; FHL microfilm 2,339,870..
6. "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K9C5-KMZ : 15 March 2018), Bessie Markham in household of Harley Markham, Councilmanic District 3, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Township, Los Angeles, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 60-235, sheet 16A, line 9, family 462, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 408..
7. "California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPHN-CFR : 26 November 2014), Bessie L Markham, 02 Feb 1972; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento..
8. "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGVF-6N7Y : 22 August 2018), Bessie L Markham, 1972..
9. "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J5DK-TZD : 20 May 2014), Bessie Markham, Feb 1972; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing)..
10. Find A Grave Memorial 95523348.