Grace M Merritt Shaver and daughter Hazel

The picture below is another great picture from Donald E Merritt's album, shared with us by Roger Merritt.  It is the only picture I currently have of that generation of Merritt's.  Grace Merritt, a sister of Andrew Elijah Merritt, was the 5 of 8 children of George W Merritt and Anna Ennis,  She was born January 1, 1878 in Fleming, Cayuga County, New York.  On June 14, 1899, she married Ernest Gaylord Shaver at the home of her eldest sister, Adelaide Merritt Gardner.  They had the one daughter, Hazel A Shaver.  Earnest Gaylord died in 1928.  From my research, Grace lived most of her life from 1930 until her death in 1961 in Ithaca, New York.  Grace was buried in Soule Cemetery, in Sennett, next to her husband.  We visited that cemetery a few years ago and I have added a picture of Grace and Ernest's tombstone below.

Hazel was a one time married to Lawrence Palmer Gillette.  They married October 19, 1922, in Ithaca.  I believe they divorced sometime around 1940.

Ernest G Shaver and Grace M Merritt Shaver