Ninth Generation

326. John Edmund "Ed" MERCK lived in Freeport, Stephenson County, Illinois, USA between 1882 and 1930.^111,174 He was born on 29 January 1882 in Freeport, Stephenson County, Illinois, USA.^174,175 He appeared in the census on 7 June 1900 in Freeport, Stephenson County, Illinois, USA.⁸⁴ Between 1910 and 1940 Ed was a proprietor of a meat market in Freeport, Stephenson County, Illinois, USA.^82,111 He appeared in the census in April 1910 in Freeport, Stephenson County, Illinois, USA.⁸² He registered for the draft (WWI) on 12 September 1918 in Freeport, Stephenson County, Illinois, USA.¹⁷⁶ Ed appeared in the census in January 1920 in Freeport, Stephenson County, Illinois, USA.¹²³ He appeared in the census in April 1930 in Freeport, Stephenson County, Illinois, USA.¹¹¹ He appeared in the census in April 1940 at E.D. 19 in Freeport, Stephenson County, Illinois.¹²⁶ Ed died on 8 February 1964 at the age of 82 in Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, USA.^129,177 He was buried on 12 February 1964 in St. Joseph's Catholic Cemetery, Freeport, Illinois.^120,177

John Edmund "Ed" MERCK and Josephine Sophie BAADTE were married on 29 April 1912 in Stephenson County, Illinois, USA.^111,112 Josephine Sophie BAADTE¹¹¹, daughter of George BAADTE and Sophia WICHMAN, was born on 8 November 1885 in Stephenson County, Illinois, USA.^84,122 She appeared in the census on 11 June 1900 in Freeport, Stephenson County, Illinois, USA.⁸⁴ She appeared in the census on 11 April 1910 in Freeport, Stephenson County, Illinois, USA.¹²³ Josephine appeared in the census on 5 January 1920 in Freeport, Stephenson County, Illinois, USA.¹²³ She appeared in the census in April 1930 in Freeport, Stephenson County, Illinois, USA.¹¹¹ She appeared in the census in April 1940 at E.D. 19 in Freeport, Stephenson County, Illinois.¹²⁶ Josephine died on 1 July 1947 at the age of 61 in Freeport, Stephenson County, Illinois, USA.^122,124 She was buried.

John Edmund "Ed" MERCK and Josephine Sophie BAADTE had the following children: