Mertz Genealogy - Person Sheet
Mertz Genealogy - Person Sheet
NameJacob Harlan Mertz 
Birth22 October 1868
Memo(death certificate)
Death23 January 1946, Vermilion Co, IL
Memo(death certificate)
FatherJacob Mertz (T3c1) (1818-1894)
MotherElizabeth Lambert (1826-1919)
Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation notes for Jacob Harlan Mertz
Jacob Harlan was Beth Rasmussen’s father. Her family tree credits him with five wives and seventeen children.
Jacob Harlan apparently spoke German, meaning the language continued in the family for 5 or so generations. He and his siblings apparently thought their father had emigrated from Germany.
Jacob Harlan apparently spoke German, meaning the language continued in the family for 5 or so generations. He and his siblings apparently thought their father had emigrated from Germany.
Relocated and Census Tracking notes for Jacob Harlan Mertz
In 1910, he lives in West Virginia with third wife, apparently, Lucy.
In 1920-1940, he lives in Vermilion County, IL with his fifth and last wife with whom he had ten children.
In 1920-1940, he lives in Vermilion County, IL with his fifth and last wife with whom he had ten children.