Merritt, Jedediah Prendergast "J. P." (Died)
appeared in St. Catharines Standard (St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada), 19 Nov 1900, p. 1
Description
- Media Type
- Genealogical Resource
- Text
- Newspaper
- Item Type
- Obituaries
- Notes
- Survivor(s): Merritt, J. P. Mrs. (wife) (nee Prescott); Merritt, W. H. MAJOR, M. D. (son); Merritt, Louis (son); Merritt, J. P. (son); Merritt, Thomas (son); Merritt, John O. (son); Merritt, Catherine (daughter); Merritt, Helen (daughter)
City of Death: St. Catharines, Ontario
Obituary Notice; predeceased by a son; predeceased by Merritt, William Hamilton HON. (father); In May 1845 he was appointed Postmaster at St. Catharines; Appointed by a vote of Parliament in 1860 to a position known as Archivist. He collected 10, 000 pages of historical matter as put upon record by the pioneers in Canada prior and subsequent to the Revolutionary War.; A poem he wrote as a memento of the Visit of the Duke of Kent to Canada received distinct acknowledgement by the Prince of Wales, His Grace the Duke of Newcastle, and Earl St. Germans.; Was a strong advocate of the metric system and strongly supported it's use in schools in Canada
- Date of Publication
- 19 Nov 1900
- Date Of Event
- November 18, 1900
- Last Name(s)
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Merritt
- Language of Item
- English
- Geographic Coverage
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City of Death:
Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.16681 Longitude: -79.24958
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City of Death:
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