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Portrait and biographical album of Mecosta County, Mich. containing
portraits and biographical sketches of prominent and representative
citizens of the county, together with portraits and biographies of all the
governors of Michigan and of the presidents of the United States: also
containing a complete history of the county, from its earliest settlement
to the present time.

Published by Chapman Bros., Chicago, IL, 1883

Judith Anne Weeks Ancell
April 30, 2011
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Page 212
MERO, Gilbert
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Gilbert Mero, farmer, sec. 28, Deerfield Tp., is a native of Lower Canada,
and was born in 1838. His parents still reside in Canada. Mr. Mero went to
Upper Canada at 19 years of age, where he was married in the fall of 1857,
to Huldah, daughter of Peter and Mina (Kyle) Newkirk. They went to Ohio and
remained four years, returned to Canada for a short time and moved to
Deerfield. Mr. Mero bought 40 acres of uncultivated land and proceeded to
do pioneer duty -- build a log house and clear the forest. He has 32 acres
under fair cultivation. The family religion is Catholic.

The children of Mr. and Mrs. Mero now living were born as follows:
Josephine, March 12, 1866; Richard, Oct. 28, 1870; Louisa, July 8, 1873;
Anna, July 4 18--; Gertrude, July 8, 1877; Henrietta, May 24, 1881. Jennie
and Margaret died in infancy.

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