Mertz Genealogy - Person Sheet
Mertz Genealogy - Person Sheet
NameSamuel Frederick Mertz (P5a3d) 
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410Birth25 December 1845
Memo(find-a-grave)
Death28 May 1906
Memo(find-a-grave)
BurialSpring Run Brethren Cemetery, McVeytown, PA
FatherIsrael Mertz (P5a3) (1812-1866)
MotherSophia Breininger (1816-)
Spouses
Birth5 February 1855
Memo(PA death certificates)
Death10 December 1921
Memo(PA death certificates)
Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation notes for Samuel Frederick Mertz (P5a3d)
We know Samuel (also known as Frederick) as Israel’s son from his presence in his father’s household in the 1850 and 1860 Census.
Relocated and Census Tracking notes for Samuel Frederick Mertz (P5a3d)
I cannot find him in 1870 or 1880. In 1900, he was in Mifflin County, his wife was Clara who he married in 1888.
Death and Find-a-Grave notes for Samuel Frederick Mertz (P5a3d)
Frederick is on find-a-grave, but curiously there is no sign of his wife there.
Parent-Proof notes for Clara (Spouse 1)
Her death certificate says she was the daughter of Gabriel Allen and Sarah Krepps. She was to be buried at Spring Run but is not on find-a-grave.