Merle Maxine Boyce
(1898-1991)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. John R. Pruitt

Merle Maxine Boyce 3

  • Born: 13 Aug 1898, Riverton, Franklin, NE, USA
  • Marriage (1): John R. Pruitt on 25 Aug 1917 in Denver, Denver, CO 1 2
  • Died: 12 Jun 1991, Denver, Denver, CO at age 92

   Another name for Merle was Merle Marie Boyce.1 2

   FamilySearch ID: L9P7-JYQ.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1920 in Denver, Denver, CO. 4 The 1920 census recorded renting at 2448 Argyle Street: John R. Pruitt, automobile mechanic, 25, living with wife Merle, 21, and nephew Denton Presnell, 17. John was born in Kansas, his father in Illinois and mother in Indiana. Merle was born in Nebraska, her father in Kansas and mother in Iowa. Denton and his parents were born in Kansas.


Merle married John R. Pruitt, son of Randolph F. Pruitt and Frances Emmaline Dukes, on 25 Aug 1917 in Denver, Denver, CO.1 2 The marriage ended in divorce on 24 Aug 1925. (John R. Pruitt was born on 22 Jun 1887 in Glen Elder, Mitchell, KS, USA 5 and died in Apr 1971 in Denver, Denver, CO 5.)


Sources


1 FamilySearch.org, Colorado Statewide Marriage Index, 1853-2006, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KNQV-LQS John R Pruitt and Merle M Boyce, 25 Aug 1917, Denver, Denver, Colorado, United States; citing no. 67520.

2 FamilySearch.org, "Colorado Statewide Divorce Index, 1900-1939," https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPTF-SY43 Merle M Pruitt in entry for John R Pruitt, 24 Aug 1925; citing Divorce, Denver, Colorado.

3 FamilySearch.org, Colorado Statewide Marriage Index, 1853-2006, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KNQG-V85 Nolan Mason Smith and Merle Maxine Boyce, 01 Oct 1939, Fountain, Denver, Colorado, United States; citing no. 17324, State Archives, Denver; FHL microfilm 1,690,136.

4 1920 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX2F-2FS John R Pruitt, Denver, Denver, Colorado, United States; citing ED 114, sheet 17A, line 24, family 447.

5 U.S. Social Security Death Index, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J1YS-JPR John Pruitt, Apr 1971.



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