Jacob Arnold Mertz
b. 17 June 1887, d. 26 October 1962
- Father: Jacob Mertz
- Mother: Louisa (?) b. circa 1865
- Jacob Arnold Mertz was born on 17 June 1887 in New York.
- He married Kate R. Wilson, daughter of William Simpson Wilson and Kate DeYoung, circa 1909.
- Jacob Arnold Mertz and Kate R. Wilson appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York, at Kensington Avenue.
- He was employed by an asphalt company as a driver, acccording to the 1910 census.
- Jacob Arnold Mertz and Kate R. Wilson appeared in the New York state census of 1 June 1915 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York, at 16 Appenheimer Avenue. Other members of the household included Jacob Herbert Mertz, James Albert Mertz and Alice Harriet Mertz.
- He was employed as driver of a team, according to the 1915 census.
- Jacob Arnold Mertz registered for the draft on 5 January 1917 in Erie County, New York, while living with his wife and four children at 300 Kensington Avenue in Buffalo, employed there as a driver.
- Jacob Arnold Mertz and Kate R. Wilson appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York, at 709 Riley Street enumerated at the same address as Kate's mother.. Other members of the household included Alice Harriet Mertz, Jacob Herbert Mertz, James Albert Mertz, George W. Mertz and Ralph Robert Mertz.
- He was a truck driver, according to the 1920 census.
- Jacob Arnold Mertz and Kate R. Wilson appeared in the Minnesota state census of 1 April 1925 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York, at 32 Roetzer Street. Other members of the household included Alice Harriet Mertz, Jacob Herbert Mertz, James Albert Mertz, George W. Mertz, Ralph Robert Mertz and Louise Emma Mertz.
- He was employed as a street laborer, according to the 1925 census.
- Jacob Arnold Mertz and Kate R. Wilson appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York, at 24 Latour Street. Other members of the household included Jacob Herbert Mertz, James Albert Mertz, George W. Mertz, Ralph Robert Mertz and Louise Emma Mertz.
- He was a laborer, according to the 1930 census.
- Jacob Arnold Mertz and Kate R. Wilson appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1940 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York, at 942 Northampton Street. Other members of the household included James Albert Mertz, George W. Mertz, Ralph Robert Mertz and Louise Emma Mertz.
- He was employed by the municipal government as a curb setter, acccording to the 1910 census.
- Jacob Arnold Mertz became a widower at the 1 February 1957 death of his wife Kate R. Wilson.
- Jacob Arnold Mertz died on 26 October 1962 at age 75.
- He was interred at White Chapel Memorial Park Cemetery, Amherst, Erie County, New York.
- Last Edited: 26 Nov 2015
Family: Kate R. Wilson b. 20 November 1888, d. 1 February 1957
- Alice Harriet Mertz+ b. 16 January 1911, d. 7 July 1977
- Jacob Herbert Mertz b. 8 August 1912, d. 18 February 1993
- James Albert Mertz b. 6 August 1914, d. 31 March 1989
- George W. Mertz b. circa 1917
- Ralph Robert Mertz+ b. 5 April 1919, d. 21 November 1971
- Louise Emma Mertz b. 18 May 1921, d. 13 March 2000