Edith
Chamberlain Merritt
(1907 -
2001)
Edith
Chamberlain was born August 04, 1907 in Bathurst,
New Brunswick, Canada. She was the daughter of
Amié Chamberlain (1870-1930) and Margaret
"Maggie" Lagacé (1867 - 1913). Edith
was the grand-daughter of Basile Lagacé and
Euphrosine (Jane) Roy, and the great
grand-daughter of Louis Mignier dit Lagacé (born
1783) and Madeleine Levesque. She was the 5th
great granddaughter of André Mignier dit Lagacé
(1640 - 1727), who came to Canada in 1665 from
France.
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Right:
Edith Chamberlain at her parents' home in East
Bathurst, New Brunswick, prior to 1922 when she
moved to Detroit, Michigan to live with her
sister, Malvina "Vini" Chamberlain
(1896 - 1982) and husband, Joseph Panackia (1894
- 1970).
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Left: Edith
Chamberlain and her husband, Russell Charles
Merritt (1903 - 1955) taken at Cedar Point, Ohio.
They were married in 1927 in Bowling Green, Ohio. |
Right:
Edith Chamberlain c. 1920
Her
sister had this "artist rendition" made
of the top photo on this page.
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Below:
Edith Chamberlain, c. 1965
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