Almira Esmerilda "Rilda" Merrill (Hendricks), daughter of William Dorris and Almira (Davenport) Hendricks, born 26 Oct. 1866 in Richmond, UT. Her girlhood days were spent in Richmond. Being the oldest of fifteen children, naturally she shared considerably in the responsibilities of the home. She had an average education for those days. At eighteen years of age she married ALMA MERRILL, 19 Mar. 1885 in the Logan Temple. He was a son of Marriner Wood and Sarah Ann (Atkinson) Merrill and was born 9 Nov. 1861 in Richmond, Ut. He died 17 Jan. 1936 in Richmond where he was buried. Rilda, as she was commonly known, was the epitome of all that is good and noble. Being a mother of eleven children - four sons and seven daughters - meant a life of love and sacrifice, but she always found time to lend a helping hand to the sick and needy. She was an ardent Church member and Relief Society worker. To know her was to love her, because of her genuine goodness, kind and gentle nature, sympathetic understanding and sterling character. Because of these attributes and her belief that polygamy was a righteous principle, she gave her consent for her husband to take a second wife just sixteen months after her marriage, and went with them to the temple and witnessed their marriage. This wife was her sister, Rebecca, one of the Hendricks triplets. The two sisters reared their families together, serving each other and sacrificing for each other. Rilda died 26 Apr. 1907 at the age of forty, with her eleventh child, and was buried in the Richmond cemetery.
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The Life Summary of Almira Esmerilda "Rilda"
When Almira Esmerilda "Rilda" Merrill (Hendricks) was born on 28 October 1866, in Richmond, Cache County, Utah, United States, her father, William Dorris Hendricks, was 36 and her mother, Almira Davenport, was 19. She married Alma Merrill on 19 March 1885, in Logan, Cache County, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Lewiston, Cache County, Utah, United States in 1880 and Richmond Election Precinct, Cache County, Utah, United States in 1900. She died on 26 April 1907, in Richmond, Cache County, Utah, United States, at the age of 40, and was buried in Richmond City Cemetery, Richmond, Cache, Utah, United States.
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Almira Esmerilda "Rilda" Merrill (Hendricks), daughter of William Dorris and Almira (Davenport) Hendricks, born 26 Oct. 1866 in Richmond, UT. Her girlhood days were spent in Richmond. Being the oldest of fifteen children, naturally she shared considerably in the responsibilities of the home. She had an average education for those days. At eighteen years of age she married ALMA MERRILL, 19 Mar. 1885 in the Logan Temple. He was a son of Marriner Wood and Sarah Ann (Atkinson) Merrill and was born 9 Nov. 1861 in Richmond, Ut. He died 17 Jan. 1936 in Richmond where he was buried. Rilda, as she was commonly known, was the epitome of all that is good and noble. Being a mother of eleven children - four sons and seven daughters - meant a life of love and sacrifice, but she always found time to lend a helping hand to the sick and needy. She was an ardent Church member and Relief Society worker. To know her was to love her, because of her genuine goodness, kind and gentle nature, sympathetic understanding and sterling character. Because of these attributes and her belief that polygamy was a righteous principle, she gave her consent for her husband to take a second wife just sixteen months after her marriage, and went with them to the temple and witnessed their marriage. This wife was her sister, Rebecca, one of the Hendricks triplets. The two sisters reared their families together, serving each other and sacrificing for each other. Rilda died 26 Apr. 1907 at the age of forty, with her eleventh child, and was buried in the Richmond cemetery.
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The Life Summary of Almira Esmerilda "Rilda"
When Almira Esmerilda "Rilda" Merrill (Hendricks) was born on 28 October 1866, in Richmond, Cache County, Utah, United States, her father, William Dorris Hendricks, was 36 and her mother, Almira Davenport, was 19. She married Alma Merrill on 19 March 1885, in Logan, Cache County, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Lewiston, Cache County, Utah, United States in 1880 and Richmond Election Precinct, Cache County, Utah, United States in 1900. She died on 26 April 1907, in Richmond, Cache County, Utah, United States, at the age of 40, and was buried in Richmond City Cemetery, Richmond, Cache, Utah, United States.
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Family Members
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Ellen Elmira Hendricks Walton
1868–1924
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Rebecca Hendricks Merrill
1868–1943
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Catherine Hendricks Tippetts
1868–1916
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Alfred Dorris Hendricks
1869–1929
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Martha Ann Hendricks Johnson Aylworth
1872–1956
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Clara Hendricks Merrill
1873–1938
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John William Hendricks
1874–1964
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Wesley Abraham Hendricks
1876–1878
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Lettie Cornelia Hendricks Merrill Thompson Stocks
1878–1958
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Orval Edwin Hendricks
1880–1953
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Franklin Davenport Hendricks
1882–1958
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Nora Hendricks
1885–1891
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Parry Pauline Hendricks Thomas
1887–1949
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Mary Jane Hendricks Harrison
1852–1931
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Alvira Lavona Hendricks Petty
1852–1892
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Drusilla Hendricks Hillman
1854–1925
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James Warren "Saul" Hendricks
1854–1923
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William Smith Hendricks
1856–1923
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Eliza Abigail Hendricks Hendricks
1856–1893
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Brigham Andrus Hendricks
1857–1925
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Joseph Smith Hendricks
1859–1924
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William Henry Hendricks
1860–1916
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Amanda Millissa Hendricks Pond
1862–1931
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Charlotte Hendricks Underwood
1863–1931
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Lucy Hendricks
1865–1868
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Milo Andrus Hendricks
1865–1943
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Alma Hendricks
1866–1946
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Elizabeth Mahala "Libbie" Hendricks Lewis
1867–1942
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Ortencia "Tennie" Hendricks Merrill
1868–1889
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Hila Hannah Hendricks Morrison
1871–1906
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Chloe Hendricks Merrill
1873–1950
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Mary Hendricks Bullen
1875–1950
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George Gideon Hendricks
1875–1953
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Willard Hendricks
1888–1952
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David Olof Hendricks
1890–1986
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Albert Roy Hendricks
1892–1907
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Erick Edwin Hendricks
1894–1978
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Nell Christine Hendricks Dahle
1897–1993
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Eleanor Hendricks Cardon
1899–1973
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Annie Fern Hendricks Channell
1900–1992
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Alma Lowell Merrill
1886–1961
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Wesley Hendricks Merrill
1887–1908
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Mildred Rhoda Merrill Dallof
1888–1972
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Nathan Dorris Merrill
1891–1963
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Annie Esmerilda Merrill Ellsworth
1893–1982
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Ruby Leora Merrill Walton
1897–1933
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Venna Merrill Van Noy
1901–1997
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Denzil Reid Merrill
1905–1923
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Junitte Merrill
1907–1907
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