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Notice the S for Salida on the hill on the right.https://writingmyroots.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/merkt-john-george-oval-e1515269245422.jpgMerkt, John George - ovalhttps://writingmyroots.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/2018_01-untitled-shoot-0001.jpg2018_01-untitled shoot 0001The Nectar River Valley when Johann Merkt was born.2025-01-26T02:13:08+00:00monthlyhttps://writingmyroots.com/2015/08/02/remembering-janet-sellars-my-scots-2nd-great-grandmother/https://writingmyroots.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/carluke-1880s.jpgCarluke 1880shttps://writingmyroots.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/lanarkshire-map.jpgLanarkshire maphttps://writingmyroots.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/weavers-cottage.jpgWeaver's Cottage2023-05-25T01:41:37+00:00monthlyhttps://writingmyroots.com/2018/04/12/mary-a-ornduff-iowa-settler/https://writingmyroots.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/20080326-parrett-joseph-small-copy-2.jpg20080326-Parrett, Joseph, small copy-2This photo of Joseph Parrett was taken in Ottumwa, Iowa, on the occasion of the 50-year reunion celebrating Iowans who had served in the Civil War. https://writingmyroots.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/joseph-and-marys-gravestones.jpgJoseph and Mary's gravestonesMary and Joseph were buried in Batavia Cemetery in Batavia, Iowa.https://writingmyroots.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/mary-ornduff-marriage-1-e1523576082137.jpgMary Ornduff Marriage-1Mary A. Ornduff Parrett around the time of her marriage2022-02-26T19:49:33+00:00monthlyhttps://writingmyroots.com/2018/01/31/baseball-and-other-life-lessons/https://writingmyroots.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/donald-1947.jpgDonald, 1947https://writingmyroots.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/dad-indians.jpgDad, Indianshttps://writingmyroots.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/parrett-donald-g-indians-color-project.jpgParrett, Donald G. - Indians color projecthttps://writingmyroots.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/donald-parrett-age-1.jpgDonald Parrett, age 1https://writingmyroots.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/20161126-scan0451-edit-edit-edit-edit.jpg20161126-SCAN0451-Edit-Edit-Edit-Edit2018-01-31T00:41:43+00:00monthlyhttps://writingmyroots.com/2018/01/14/emma-merkt/https://writingmyroots.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/family-1976-9234-2.jpgfamily 1976 9234 (2)Emma's children: Ethel, Ned, Olive, and Glen https://writingmyroots.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/university-of-virginia-9160.jpgUniversity of Virginia 9160Fairmount Cemetery, where Emma Merkt is buried.https://writingmyroots.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/parrett-william-edward-edited_70016.jpgParrett, William Edward (edited)_70016William E. Parrett working as a railroad detective.https://writingmyroots.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/parrett-emma-merkt-3.jpgParrett, Emma Merkt 3https://writingmyroots.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/emma-merkt-2-possibly-e1515896382953.jpgEmma Merkt 2--possiblyThe woman on the left is believed to be Emma Merkt.https://writingmyroots.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/emma-merkt-sepia.jpgEmma Merkt, sepiaEmma Merkt (1873-1937) 2018-01-18T03:37:51+00:00monthlyhttps://writingmyroots.com/2018/01/18/a-lockets-worth/https://writingmyroots.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/2018_01-untitled-shoot-0094.jpg2018_01-untitled shoot 0094https://writingmyroots.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/miller-bella-bullock-young1.jpgMiller, Bella Bullock - youngBella Bullock Miller 1887-1943https://writingmyroots.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/miller-william-russell-portrait.jpgMiller, William Russell portraitWilliam Russell Miller 1887-1935https://writingmyroots.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/miller-bella-bullock-young-e1516238897709.jpgMiller, Bella Bullock - youngBella Bullock Miller 1887-1943https://writingmyroots.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/locket-1.pnglocket 1https://writingmyroots.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/locket-1.jpglocket 12018-02-14T16:56:48+00:00monthlyhttps://writingmyroots.com/2015/04/23/marion-wyllie-clark-bulloch-my-scots-great-grandmother/https://writingmyroots.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/32-unitas-court-bellshill-copy1.jpg32 Unitas Court, Bellshill copyhttps://writingmyroots.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/32-unitas-court-bellshill.jpg32 Unitas Court, Bellshillhttps://writingmyroots.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/32-unitas-court-bellshill-copy.jpg32 Unitas Court, Bellshill copyhttps://writingmyroots.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/bellshill-scotland-final-copy.jpgBellshill, Scotland, final copyMarion and her family moved to Bellshill, Scotland, sometime in the late 1890s.https://writingmyroots.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dave-and-marion-copy.jpgDave and Marion copyhttps://writingmyroots.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/handloom_weaver.jpghandloom_weaverhttps://writingmyroots.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/addison-boys-copy.jpgAddison Boys copyYoung coal miners, some holding a Davy safety lamphttps://writingmyroots.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dawn-thurston-2388-copy.jpgMargaret Bullock Symehttps://writingmyroots.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dawn-thurston-2388-1.jpgMargaret Bullock Symehttps://writingmyroots.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dawn-thurston-23881.jpgMargaret Bullock Syme2023-04-03T10:07:55+00:00monthlyhttps://writingmyroots.com/2015/07/01/jasper-parrett-out-crusoed-robinson-crusoe/https://writingmyroots.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/p1010039-1.jpegP1010039 (1)Jasper Parrett's .44 caliber gun, manufactured by Colt in 1875. 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