Helen Merritt (1892 - 1967)

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Kay (Merritt) Ragsdale

Derek Leon Hamer

Geoffrey Wayne Merritt

Opal Merritt

Summer L. (Mcmurchy) Merritt

Harold Lloyd Cates

Merritt Gravestone [Hodgdon, Maine]

Byron Leroy Merritt [Hodgdon, Maine]

Eben William Harrison Merritt [Hodgdon, ME]

Four Generations [Merritt/Barton-Hodgdon, ME]

Dad and Uncle Fred Merritt

Aunt Lorna, Aunt Mildred, Uncle Stub[Elbridge] Merritts [Hodgdon, ME]

Aunt Cora Merritt Stilwell [Hodgdon, ME]

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In 1892, in the year that Helen Merritt was born, on January 1st, Ellis Island opened to process immigrants. 700 passed through on the first day - in the first year, 450,000 were processed. The processing center was originally a 3 story wooden building - with outbuildings - that burned down a few years later.

In 1906, by the time she was only 14 years old, English biochemist Frederick Hopkins concluded that vitamins are essential to the human body and that a lack of vitamins caused scurvy and rickets. Scurvy and rickets were both huge problems in sailors that were at sea for extended time and the addition of vitamin C, vitamin D, and calcium in their diets helped eradicate the problem.

In 1916, when she was 24 years old, the Battle of Verdun was fought from February through December. It was the largest and longest battle of World War I, lasting 303 days. The original estimates were 714,231 casualties - 377,231 French and 337,000 German, an average of 70,000 casualties a month. Current estimates are even larger. The Battle of the Somme was also fought from July through September of the same year. Original estimates were 485,000 British and French casualties and 630,000 German casualties.

In 1926, Helen was 34 years old when on October 31st, Harry Houdini died in Michigan. Houdini was the most famed magician of his time and perhaps of all time, especially for his acts involving escapes - from handcuffs, straitjackets, chains, ropes slung from skyscrapers, and more. He was president of the Society of American Magicians and stringently upheld professional ethics. He died of complications from a ruptured appendix. Although he had received a blow to the area a couple of days previously, the connection between the blow and his appendicitis is disputed.

In 1967, in the year of Helen Merritt's passing, between June 5th and 10th, Israeli and Egypt, Jordan, and Syria fought what came to be called the "Six-Day War". The hostilities began when Israel launched "preemptive" strikes against Egypt, destroying nearly its entire air force. It ended with Israel occupying the Sinai Peninsula, Golan Heights, Gaza Strip and West Bank.