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Alice Catherine LYNN
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Name Alice Catherine LYNN Birth Between Oct 1853 and Dec 1853 Bristol, Somerset, England
[1] Gender Female *AKA Alice Catherine Hart *AKA Alice Catherine Merton Census 3 Apr 1881 Hackney, London, England
[2] Age: 27y Address: 2 Ridley Road - Relation to Head of House: Wife
As Merton
Census 16 Jun 1900 Bronx, New York, USA
[3] Age: 46y Address: 1046 Forest Street - Relation to Head of House: Wife
Married 25 years
No of children Born: 10
Immigration year: 1887
Recorded as MertEn
Reference Number BR 4253b Reference Number BR-J Kirby Death 2 Apr 1922 Bergen County, New Jersey, USA
Person ID I11292 Simpson Last Modified 2 Nov 2026
Father John Henry LYNN, b. Abt 1802, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England
Mother Frances A SCHOLEY, b. Abt 1812, Ripon, Yorkshire, England
Family ID F3722 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Samuel HART, b. 15 May 1851, Mile End, London, England
d. 11 Jul 1901, Bronx, New York, USA
(Age 50 years) Marriage 1 Mar 1876 Islington, London, England
[4] Address: Register Office - Exact details from Phil Kirby
Samuel Hart, 25 Bachelor Town, Traveller, 61, Canonbury Road
Father Aaron Hart, Boot manufacturer
Alice Catherine Lynn, 22, Spinster, 64 Packington Street
Father John Henry Lynn, Commercial Traveller
Witnesses Fanny Freeman; John Henry Lynn
Children 1. Annie Alice Merton HART, b. 6 Apr 1876, Hammersmith, London, England 
2. Samuel Charles Merton HART, b. Between Jul 1877 and Sep 1877, Fulham, London, England 
3. Fred Harry Merton HART, b. Between Jul 1879 and Sep 1879, Islington, London, England 
4. Frances Ada Merton HART, b. Between Oct 1880 and Dec 1880, Hackney, London, England 
5. Bernard Edward Merton HART, b. Between Apr 1883 and Jun 1883, Lambeth, London, England 
6. Percy Merton HART, b. Between Jan 1886 and Mar 1886, Hackney, London, England 
7. Eva Nellie MERTON, b. 10 Dec 1890, Manhattan, New York, USA 
8. William R MERTON, b. Abt 1892, New York, USA 
9. Rose MERTON, b. Abt 1893, New York, USA 
10. George A MERTON, b. Abt 1897, New York, USA 
Family ID F3721 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 2 Nov 2026
- Relation to Head of House: Wife
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Notes - Samuel Hart / Charles Merton
Samuel changed his name to Charles Merton.
We have no idea why.
He marries Alice Lynn as Hart in 1876
This seems to have happened in early 1876.
In the 1881 census he is Charles Merton and the rest of the family are also Merton
Their first 6 children all have Merton as part of their forename but have Hart as their surname.
His 7th and later children,were born as Merton
- Samuel Hart / Charles Merton
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