Merit Irving Wilks 1886

Merit Irving Wilks, 1886–1966 (aged 80 years)

Name

Merit Irving Wilks

Name: Merit Irving /Wilks/
Given names: Merit Irving
Surname: Wilks

Gender Male

Events of close relatives Historic events
Birth	July 17, 1886 28 27 Denton, Texas, USA Source: Doris Ross Johnston's Our Texas Family Source: Pyle & Evatt Families of southwestern Missouri [Wilks] on RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project
Marriage	Gertrude Oliver Arnn — View this family yes Source: Doris Ross Johnston's Our Texas Family
Birth of a sister	Hallie Wilks August 1888 Arlie, Childress, Texas, USA Source: Doris Ross Johnston's Our Texas Family Source: Pyle & Evatt Families of southwestern Missouri [Wilks] on RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project
Death of a sister	Hallie Wilks September 1888 Arlie, Childress, Texas, USA Source: Doris Ross Johnston's Our Texas Family Source: Pyle & Evatt Families of southwestern Missouri [Wilks] on RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project
Burial of a sister	Hallie Wilks September 1888 Arlie, Childress, Texas, USA Cemetery: Arlie Cemetery Address: GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 34.72530, Longitude: -100.08750. Row 8 EAST SECTION Source: Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records Citation details: Memorial# 50313529. Added 27 MAR 2010 by ATK. Note: "Inscription: Limestone rock "6 mos" Note: This was the first grave in the Arlie Cemetery, the site of which was selected by Stewart Bennett and W. Brown Poling, who then became the next person buried in the cemetery in 1891. Hallie Wilks was the infant-daughter of George W. and Francis E. Fields," ATK.
British Queen	Victoria from June 20, 1837 to January 22, 1901
23rd President of the United States	Benjamin Harrison March 4, 1889
Birth of a sister	Ethel P. Wilks November 26, 1890 Arlie, Childress, Texas, USA Source: Doris Ross Johnston's Our Texas Family Source: Pyle & Evatt Families of southwestern Missouri [Wilks] on RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project
Birth of a sister	Annie Belle Wilks October 16, 1892 Arlie, Childress, Texas, USA Source: Doris Ross Johnston's Our Texas Family Source: Pyle & Evatt Families of southwestern Missouri [Wilks] on RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project Source: Texas Death Certificate Citation details: Certificate # 32275
24th President of the United States	Grover Cleveland March 4, 1893
25th President of the United States	William McKinley March 4, 1897
Census	June 20, 1900 (aged 13 years) Childress, Texas, USA Address: Precinct 3 Childress County, Texas, USA Source: 1900 Census for Childress County, Texas, USA Citation details: Sheet 7 B Text: Enumerator: Thos. H. Egerton Supervisor's District: 3 Enumeration District: 13 Quality of data: census image Note: in hh 107 107 as Wilks, George W., Head, White, Male, Born: __ 1857, Age: 43, Married: 18 years, MO MO MO, Farmer, Home: owner, free, farm #98; Nellie, Wife, White, Female, Born: June 1859, Age: 40, Married: 18 years, Children born: 7, Children living: 6, MO ME IL; Efton, Son, White, Male, Born: Oct 1882, Age: 17, Single, TX MO IL, Farm laborer, Unemployed: 4 months, Attended school: 4 months; Artie, Son, White, Male, Born: Oct 1885, Age: 14, Single, TX MO IL, Farm laborer, Unemployed: 5 months, Attended school: 5 months; Merit, Son, White, Male, Born: Sep 1886, Age: 13, Single, TX MO IL, Farm laborer, Unemployed: 5 months, Attended school: 5 months; Ethel, Daughter, White, Female, Born: Nov 1889, Age: 10, Single, TX MO IL, At school: 5 months; Annie, Daughter, White Female, Born: Oct 1891, Age: 8, Single, TX MO IL, At school: 5 months. All could read, write & speak English.
26th President of the United States	Theodore Roosevelt September 14, 1901
Death of a mother	Frances Ellen Fields 1903 Childress, Texas, USA Source: Doris Ross Johnston's Our Texas Family
Burial of a mother	Frances Ellen Fields 1903 Arlie, Childress, Texas, USA Cemetery: Arlie Cemetery Address: GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 34.72530, Longitude: -100.08750. Row 8, East Section. Source: Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records Citation details: Memorial# 50313527. Added 27 MAR 2010 by ATK. Note: transcription of tombstone inscription: Mother; Francis E. Wilks; 1859 - 190344
Marriage of a brother	Lowell Efton Wilks Sr — Annie Lee Mitchell — View this family February 2, 1906 Source: Doris Ross Johnston's Our Texas Family
Marriage of a brother	Artie Ernest Wilks — Icle Victoria Hill — View this family September 22, 1907 Arlie, Childress, Texas, USA Source: Doris Ross Johnston's Our Texas Family
British King	Edward VII from January 22, 1901 to May 6, 1910
27th President of the United States	William Howard Taft March 4, 1909
Birth of a son	Wendell Wilks about 1912 Texas, USA Source: Pyle & Evatt Families of southwestern Missouri [Wilks] on RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project
28th President of the United States	Woodrow Wilson March 4, 1913
Birth of a daughter	Pauline Wilks June 11, 1914 Texas, USA Source: Pyle & Evatt Families of southwestern Missouri [Wilks] on RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project
Birth of a daughter	Louise Wilks 1916 Texas, USA Source: Pyle & Evatt Families of southwestern Missouri [Wilks] on RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project
Marriage of a brother	Artie Ernest Wilks — Jessie Mae Willingham — View this family about 1920 Source: Pyle & Evatt Families of southwestern Missouri [Wilks] on RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project
Birth of a son	Don L. Wilks February 29, 1920 Texas, USA Source: Pyle & Evatt Families of southwestern Missouri [Wilks] on RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project
29th President of the United States	Warren G Harding March 4, 1921
Birth of a daughter	Living Daughter Merit Irving Wilks about 1922 Texas, USA Source: Pyle & Evatt Families of southwestern Missouri [Wilks] on RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project
31st President of the United States	Herbert Hoover March 4, 1929
32nd President of the United States	Franklin D Roosevelt March 4, 1933
Burial of a brother	Lowell Efton Wilks Sr June 29, 1935 Childress, Texas, USA Cemetery: Arlie Cemetery Address: GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 34.72530, Longitude: -100.08750. Row 8, East Section. Source: Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records Citation details: Memorial# 50313526. Added 27 MAR 2020 by ATK. Source: Texas Death Certificate Citation details: Certificate # 27253
British King	George V from May 6, 1910 to January 20, 1936
30th President of the United States	Calvin Coolidge August 2, 1923
Death of a brother	Lowell Efton Wilks Sr June 28, 1935 – 2:30 p.m. Age: 51 years, 8 months, 1 day Arlie, Childress, Texas, USA Cause: Angina pectoris & Coronary thrombosis Address: Arlie Childress County, Texas, USA Source: Texas Death Certificate Citation details: Certificate # 27253 Text: Informant: Lowell Wilks, Jr., his son of Wellington, Texas Quality of data: death certificate
British King	Edward VII from January 20, 1936 to December 11, 1936
Death of a brother	Artie Ernest Wilks November 3, 1939 Roosevelt, New Mexico, USA Cause: heart attack Source: New Mexico Deaths, 1889-1945 Citation details: Film# 1913309, Reference# 5058 Source: Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records Citation details: Memorial# 10598136. Added 11 MAR 2005 by Joyce Gore Locke.
Burial of a brother	Artie Ernest Wilks November 1939 Causey, Roosevelt, New Mexico, USA Cemetery: Causey Cemetery Address: Causey, Roosevelt County, New Mexico, USA. GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 33.85080, Longitude: -103.14190 Source: Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records Citation details: Memorial# 10598136. Added 11 MAR 2005 by Joyce Gore Locke. Note: tombstone inscription: Artie Ernest; Wilks; Feb. 27, 1884; Nov. 3, 1939; Weep not, he is at rest. [Artie and Jessie are both buried here.]
Death of a father	George Washington Wilks September 18, 1944 Arlie, Childress, Texas, USA Source: Doris Ross Johnston's Our Texas Family
Burial of a father	George Washington Wilks September 1944 Arlie, Childress, Texas, USA Cemetery: Arlie Cemetery Address: GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 34.72530, Longitude: -100.08750. Row 8, East Section. Source: Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records Citation details: Memorial# 50313528. Added 27 MAR 2010 by ATK. Note: transcription of tombstone inscription: Father; George W. Wilks; 1858 - 1944
British King	George VI from December 11, 1936 to February 6, 1952
33rd President of the United States	Harry S Truman April 12, 1945
British Queen	Elizabeth II from February 6, 1952
34th President of the United States	Dwight D Eisenhower January 20, 1953
35th President of the United States	John F Kennedy January 20, 1961
36th President of the United States	Lyndon B Johnson November 22, 1963
Death	December 1966 (aged 80 years) Childress, Childress, Texas, USA Source: Pyle & Evatt Families of southwestern Missouri [Wilks] on RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project Note: Social Security Death Index shows he was born March 17, 1886.
Burial	December 1966 (0 after death) Wellington, Collingsworth, Texas, USA Cemetery: Memorial Gardens Cemetery Address: GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 34.86220, Longitude: -100.20690. Section 3, Row 7 Source: Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records Citation details: Memorial# 48811844. Added 25 FEB. 2010 by ATK. Note: Find A Grave source was the 1976 census

Date differences

Family with parents
father	Links Birth: April 5, 1858 40 25 — Missouri, USA Census: between June 8, 1870 and June 20, 1870 — Lawrence, Missouri, USA Immigration: 1880 — Denton, Texas, USA Marriage: January 9, 1881 — Denton, Texas, USA Immigration: 1886 — Arlie, Childress, Texas, USA Family census: June 20, 1900 — Childress, Texas, USA Death: September 18, 1944 — Arlie, Childress, Texas, USA Burial: September 1944 — Arlie, Childress, Texas, USA Unique identifier: 8C1C2C86060088BE4DC91D43C828E419 Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Frances Ellen Fields Lowell Efton Wilks Sr Artie Ernest Wilks Merit Irving Wilks Hallie Wilks Ethel P. Wilks Annie Belle Wilks George Washington Wilks 1858–1944 Birth: April 5, 1858 40 25 — Missouri, USA Death: September 18, 1944 — Arlie, Childress, Texas, USA
mother	Links Birth: June 18, 1859 — Iowa, USA Marriage: January 9, 1881 — Denton, Texas, USA Family census: June 20, 1900 — Childress, Texas, USA Death: 1903 — Childress, Texas, USA Burial: 1903 — Arlie, Childress, Texas, USA Unique identifier: 8C1C2C86060088BE4DC91D43C828E419 Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse George Washington Wilks Lowell Efton Wilks Sr Artie Ernest Wilks Merit Irving Wilks Hallie Wilks Ethel P. Wilks Annie Belle Wilks Frances Ellen Fields 1859–1903 Birth: June 18, 1859 — Iowa, USA Death: 1903 — Childress, Texas, USA
Marriage	Marriage — January 9, 1881 — Denton, Texas, USA
3 years elder brother	Links Birth: October 27, 1883 25 24 — Denton, Texas, USA Census: June 20, 1900 — Childress, Texas, USA Marriage: February 2, 1906 Family census: 1920 — Roosevelt, New Mexico, USA Occupation: Farmer — before June 1935 — Childress, Texas, USA Death: June 28, 1935 — Arlie, Childress, Texas, USA Burial: June 29, 1935 — Childress, Texas, USA Unique identifier: ECB90A5CDF5EACBA4DFCBD75AEE76262 Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Annie Lee Mitchell Lowell Efton Wilks Jr Lowell Efton Wilks Sr 1883–1935 Birth: October 27, 1883 25 24 — Denton, Texas, USA Death: June 28, 1935 — Arlie, Childress, Texas, USA
16 months elder brother	Links Birth: February 27, 1885 26 25 — Denton, Texas, USA Census: June 20, 1900 — Childress, Texas, USA Marriage: September 22, 1907 — Arlie, Childress, Texas, USA Unique identifier: 238A1697E213BC814B740EEB7001A814 Marriage: about 1920 Family census: 1920 — San Miguel, New Mexico, USA Family census: 1930 — Roosevelt, New Mexico, USA Death: November 3, 1939 — Roosevelt, New Mexico, USA Burial: November 1939 — Causey, Roosevelt, New Mexico, USA Unique identifier: CEDF3FC5AA6D868749867D178D0FF77D Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Icle Victoria Hill Loftis C. Wilks Nellie C. Wilks Eugena Wilks Family with spouse Jessie Mae Willingham Artie Thomasana Wilks Roma Nell Wilks Artie Ernest Wilks 1885–1939 Birth: February 27, 1885 26 25 — Denton, Texas, USA Death: November 3, 1939 — Roosevelt, New Mexico, USA
17 months himself	Links Birth: July 17, 1886 28 27 — Denton, Texas, USA Marriage: Census: June 20, 1900 — Childress, Texas, USA Death: December 1966 — Childress, Childress, Texas, USA Burial: December 1966 — Wellington, Collingsworth, Texas, USA Unique identifier: 29AB28A20FBABBFD48AC5197CCA58008 Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Gertrude Oliver Arnn Wendell Wilks Pauline Wilks Louise Wilks Don L. Wilks Living Daughter Merit Irving Wilks Merit Irving Wilks 1886–1966 Birth: July 17, 1886 28 27 — Denton, Texas, USA Death: December 1966 — Childress, Childress, Texas, USA
2 years younger sister	Links Birth: August 1888 30 29 — Arlie, Childress, Texas, USA Death: September 1888 — Arlie, Childress, Texas, USA Burial: September 1888 — Arlie, Childress, Texas, USA Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Hallie Wilks 1888–1888 Birth: August 1888 30 29 — Arlie, Childress, Texas, USA Death: September 1888 — Arlie, Childress, Texas, USA
2 years younger sister	Links Birth: November 26, 1890 32 31 — Arlie, Childress, Texas, USA Census: June 20, 1900 — Childress, Texas, USA Death: Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Ethel P. Wilks 1890– Birth: November 26, 1890 32 31 — Arlie, Childress, Texas, USA Death:
23 months younger sister	Links Birth: October 16, 1892 34 33 — Arlie, Childress, Texas, USA Marriage: Census: June 20, 1900 — Childress, Texas, USA Number of children: 2 sons Death: May 31, 1970 — Childress, Childress, Texas, USA Burial: June 2, 1970 — Childress, Texas, USA Unique identifier: 523EA2F20B99892749870A5E9DBC12EC Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Luther Creed Hill Annie Belle Wilks 1892–1970 Birth: October 16, 1892 34 33 — Arlie, Childress, Texas, USA Death: May 31, 1970 — Childress, Childress, Texas, USA

Family with Gertrude Oliver Arnn
himself	Links Birth: July 17, 1886 28 27 — Denton, Texas, USA Marriage: Census: June 20, 1900 — Childress, Texas, USA Death: December 1966 — Childress, Childress, Texas, USA Burial: December 1966 — Wellington, Collingsworth, Texas, USA Unique identifier: 29AB28A20FBABBFD48AC5197CCA58008 Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Gertrude Oliver Arnn Wendell Wilks Pauline Wilks Louise Wilks Don L. Wilks Living Daughter Merit Irving Wilks Merit Irving Wilks 1886–1966 Birth: July 17, 1886 28 27 — Denton, Texas, USA Death: December 1966 — Childress, Childress, Texas, USA
wife	Links Birth: February 1888 — Arkansas, USA Marriage: Death: November 19, 1968 — Collingsworth, Texas, USA Burial: 1968 — Wellington, Collingsworth, Texas, USA Unique identifier: 29AB28A20FBABBFD48AC5197CCA58008 Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Merit Irving Wilks Wendell Wilks Pauline Wilks Louise Wilks Don L. Wilks Living Daughter Merit Irving Wilks Gertrude Oliver Arnn 1888–1968 Birth: February 1888 — Arkansas, USA Death: November 19, 1968 — Collingsworth, Texas, USA
Marriage	Marriage — —
son	Links Birth: about 1912 25 23 — Texas, USA Death: Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Wendell Wilks 1912– Birth: about 1912 25 23 — Texas, USA Death:
3 years daughter	Links Birth: June 11, 1914 27 26 — Texas, USA Marriage: Family residence: January 2002 — Wellington, Collingsworth, Texas, USA Death: February 16, 2005 — Wellington, Collingsworth, Texas, USA Unique identifier: 7655ACE89AD8B1F541454175088D9EDA Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse … Maston Pauline Wilks 1914–2005 Birth: June 11, 1914 27 26 — Texas, USA Death: February 16, 2005 — Wellington, Collingsworth, Texas, USA
3 years daughter	Links Birth: 1916 29 27 — Texas, USA Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Louise Wilks 1916– Birth: 1916 29 27 — Texas, USA
4 years son	Links Birth: February 29, 1920 33 32 — Texas, USA Death: February 11, 1990 — Collingsworth, Texas, USA Burial: February 1990 — Wellington, Collingsworth, Texas, USA Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Don L. Wilks 1920–1990 Birth: February 29, 1920 33 32 — Texas, USA Death: February 11, 1990 — Collingsworth, Texas, USA
3 years daughter	Links Birth: about 1922 35 33 — Texas, USA Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Living Daughter Merit Irving Wilks 1922– Birth: about 1922 35 33 — Texas, USA

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Birth	Source: Doris Ross Johnston's Our Texas Family Source: Pyle & Evatt Families of southwestern Missouri [Wilks] on RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project
Marriage	Source: Doris Ross Johnston's Our Texas Family
Census	Source: 1900 Census for Childress County, Texas, USA Citation details: Sheet 7 B Text: Enumerator: Thos. H. Egerton Supervisor's District: 3 Enumeration District: 13 Quality of data: census image
Death	Source: Pyle & Evatt Families of southwestern Missouri [Wilks] on RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project
Burial	Source: Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records Citation details: Memorial# 48811844. Added 25 FEB. 2010 by ATK.

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Census	in hh 107 107 as Wilks, George W., Head, White, Male, Born: __ 1857, Age: 43, Married: 18 years, MO MO MO, Farmer, Home: owner, free, farm #98; Nellie, Wife, White, Female, Born: June 1859, Age: 40, Married: 18 years, Children born: 7, Children living: 6, MO ME IL; Efton, Son, White, Male, Born: Oct 1882, Age: 17, Single, TX MO IL, Farm laborer, Unemployed: 4 months, Attended school: 4 months; Artie, Son, White, Male, Born: Oct 1885, Age: 14, Single, TX MO IL, Farm laborer, Unemployed: 5 months, Attended school: 5 months; Merit, Son, White, Male, Born: Sep 1886, Age: 13, Single, TX MO IL, Farm laborer, Unemployed: 5 months, Attended school: 5 months; Ethel, Daughter, White, Female, Born: Nov 1889, Age: 10, Single, TX MO IL, At school: 5 months; Annie, Daughter, White Female, Born: Oct 1891, Age: 8, Single, TX MO IL, At school: 5 months. All could read, write & speak English.
Death	Social Security Death Index shows he was born March 17, 1886.
Burial	Find A Grave source was the 1976 census

Research links

Australia 2

Belgium 1

Rijksarchief België

Germany 10

International 21

Italy 1

Banca Dati dei Caduti e Dispersi (link only)

Netherlands 24

Poland 1

Szukaj w Archiwach (tylko link)

Russia 11

Ukraine 7

United Kingdom 2

United States 2

Extra information

Last change

June 29, 2010 – 05:38:10

Author of last change: barbaracorner

Unique identifier

CE756F49EBFB81F14FC07C844734171D

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Family with parents
father Parents Abner Phillip Wilks Peggy Melinda Moore Young	George Washington Wilks 1858–1944
mother	Frances Ellen Fields 1859–1903
elder brother Family Annie Lee Mitchell Lowell Efton Wilks Jr	Lowell Efton Wilks Sr 1883–1935
elder brother Family Icle Victoria Hill Loftis C. Wilks Nellie C. Wilks Eugena Wilks Family Jessie Mae Willingham Artie Thomasana Wilks Roma Nell Wilks	Artie Ernest Wilks 1885–1939
himself	Merit Irving Wilks 1886–1966
younger sister	Hallie Wilks 1888–1888
younger sister	Ethel P. Wilks 1890–
younger sister Family Luther Creed Hill	Annie Belle Wilks 1892–1970

Family with Gertrude Oliver Arnn
himself	Merit Irving Wilks 1886–1966
wife	Gertrude Oliver Arnn 1888–1968
son	Wendell Wilks 1912–
daughter Family … Maston	Pauline Wilks 1914–2005
daughter	Louise Wilks 1916–
son	Don L. Wilks 1920–1990
daughter	Living Daughter Merit Irving Wilks 1922–

Descendants

Merit Irving Wilks(1886–1966)
- Gertrude Oliver Arnn