Bert Edwin Merritt

Bert Edwin was born on September 22nd, 1892.¹   Bert Edwin's father was Alexander Washington Merritt and his mother was Eliza Catherine Hope.  His paternal grandparents were John Merritt and UNKNOWN Unknown. He had seven brothers and seven sisters, named Samuel Washington, Daniel Jackson, George Wilkerson, William Alex, Infant, Winfred Author, John Randolph, Sarah Julia, Rosa Aliceann, Jennie Bell, Serrilda Elizabeth, Mary Edith, Iva and Jesse Mabel.  He was the eighth oldest of the fifteen children.