Alexander Washington 'Alex' Merritt + Elizabeth Catherine 'Katie' Hope

15 children
18951985
Birth: May 19, 1895 46 31 Edwards Co., TX
Death: February 1985Rockport, TX
18921953
Birth: September 22, 1892 43 28 Edwards Co., TX
Death: November 13, 1953
18811956
Birth: February 21, 1881 32 17 Kerr Co., TX
Death: December 25, 1956Uvalde, TX
18961896
Birth: March 1896 47 32
Death: March 1896
18971960
Birth: April 10, 1897 48 33 Edwards Co., TX
Death: February 3, 1960
18791894
Birth: February 27, 1879 30 15 Kerr Co., TX
Death: October 19, 1894by falling off his horse, Edwards Co., TX
18991934
Birth: March 10, 1899 50 35 Edwards Co., TX
Death: March 31, 1934died after falling from a horse, NM
18901973
Birth: November 14, 1890 42 26 Edwards Co., TX
Death: December 3, 1973Camp Wood, Real Co., TX
18841966
Birth: July 30, 1884 35 20 Edwards Co., TX
Death: December 15, 1966Uvalde, TX
18821971
Birth: April 12, 1882 33 18 Edwards Co., TX
Death: between 1955 and 1971
18881977
Birth: July 3, 1888 39 24 Edwards Co., TX
Death: March 10, 1977
19091969
Birth: April 9, 1909 60 45 Edwards Co., TX
Death: February 23, 1969
19041988
Birth: April 2, 1904 55 40 Edwards Co., TX
Death: January 25, 1988Carlsbad, NM
18861971
Birth: June 29, 1886 37 22 Edwards Co, TX
Death: August 4, 1971Rocksprings, TX
19071981
Birth: March 16, 1907 58 43 Edwards Co., TX
Death: June 8, 1981
18481919
Birth: November 10, 1848 26 AR
Death: December 12, 1919San Antonio, Bexar Co., TX
18221918
Birth: May 3, 1822Morgan Co., GA
Death: August 17, 1918Kerr Co., TX
18641953
Birth: February 12, 1864 64 30 Colorado Co., TX
Death: October 8, 1953Camp Wood, TX
18001870
Birth: 1800Liberty Co., GA
Death: between 1867 and 1870between Colorado Co. and Kerr Co., TX
18341864
Birth: about 1834 GA
Death: about 1864

Facts and events

Marriage
Unique identifier: 56118908DEC6B63064494FC262BEB6D4
Record ID number: MH:FF10621

Alexander and Elizabeth Catherine Hope were married October 10, 1878 at the home of her

<p>half-brother, James Sanderson Hope in Kerr County, Texas. James, local justice of the peace, officiated at their marriage ceremony on the Guadalupe River. Mrs. Merritt said, “She was very excited over the big crowd that gathered there to witness the ceremony. They celebrated with a big supper and dance.”
Record ID number
MH:F10589
Unique identifier
56118908DEC9163074494FC262BEB6D4