Ruhamah Merriam was the daughter of William Merriam (1798-1851) and Roxana Foster (1805-1892). She was born Sterling, Massachusetts in 1837. Ruhamah never married and lived much of her life in Sterling with her mother.
Federal and state census records show her in the following locations in Worcester County:
1850 (Sterling), 1855 (Sterling), 1865 (West Boylston), 1870 (Sterling) , 1880 (Sterling).
Her given name, Ruhamah, is challenging for modern transcribers (Ruhamah was the name of a daughter of the biblical prophet Hosea), and even for 19th-century census takers (she was Bahama in the 1870 census). By 1880 she was using Emma. Near the end of her life, she moved to Denver, Colorado, where her sister, Roxana Merriam Walker (1836-1912), moved in 1888. Miss Emma Merriam was in the Denver Directory in 1906 and 1907, living with her nephew, Edward F Merriam.
The Sterling, Massachusetts death register records her death in Denver on 23 May 1907 with her body returned to Sterling for burial in Legg Cemetery. Ruhamah is buried with her parents and four of her siblings.
Federal and state census records show her in the following locations in Worcester County:
1850 (Sterling), 1855 (Sterling), 1865 (West Boylston), 1870 (Sterling) , 1880 (Sterling).
Her given name, Ruhamah, is challenging for modern transcribers (Ruhamah was the name of a daughter of the biblical prophet Hosea), and even for 19th-century census takers (she was Bahama in the 1870 census). By 1880 she was using Emma. Near the end of her life, she moved to Denver, Colorado, where her sister, Roxana Merriam Walker (1836-1912), moved in 1888. Miss Emma Merriam was in the Denver Directory in 1906 and 1907, living with her nephew, Edward F Merriam.
The Sterling, Massachusetts death register records her death in Denver on 23 May 1907 with her body returned to Sterling for burial in Legg Cemetery. Ruhamah is buried with her parents and four of her siblings.
Ruhamah Merriam was the daughter of William Merriam (1798-1851) and Roxana Foster (1805-1892). She was born Sterling, Massachusetts in 1837. Ruhamah never married and lived much of her life in Sterling with her mother.
Federal and state census records show her in the following locations in Worcester County:
1850 (Sterling), 1855 (Sterling), 1865 (West Boylston), 1870 (Sterling) , 1880 (Sterling).
Her given name, Ruhamah, is challenging for modern transcribers (Ruhamah was the name of a daughter of the biblical prophet Hosea), and even for 19th-century census takers (she was Bahama in the 1870 census). By 1880 she was using Emma. Near the end of her life, she moved to Denver, Colorado, where her sister, Roxana Merriam Walker (1836-1912), moved in 1888. Miss Emma Merriam was in the Denver Directory in 1906 and 1907, living with her nephew, Edward F Merriam.
The Sterling, Massachusetts death register records her death in Denver on 23 May 1907 with her body returned to Sterling for burial in Legg Cemetery. Ruhamah is buried with her parents and four of her siblings.
Federal and state census records show her in the following locations in Worcester County:
1850 (Sterling), 1855 (Sterling), 1865 (West Boylston), 1870 (Sterling) , 1880 (Sterling).
Her given name, Ruhamah, is challenging for modern transcribers (Ruhamah was the name of a daughter of the biblical prophet Hosea), and even for 19th-century census takers (she was Bahama in the 1870 census). By 1880 she was using Emma. Near the end of her life, she moved to Denver, Colorado, where her sister, Roxana Merriam Walker (1836-1912), moved in 1888. Miss Emma Merriam was in the Denver Directory in 1906 and 1907, living with her nephew, Edward F Merriam.
The Sterling, Massachusetts death register records her death in Denver on 23 May 1907 with her body returned to Sterling for burial in Legg Cemetery. Ruhamah is buried with her parents and four of her siblings.
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