The Dutch and American Gase and related families

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Family Group Sheets
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Family Group Sheet

HUSBAND Robert Allen "Thumper" MERKLE
	Birth	25 June 1949	Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio, USA
	Residence	May 2007	Oak Harbor, Salem Township, Ottawa County, Ohio, USA
	Death	9 August 2008	Oak Harbor, Salem Township, Ottawa County, Ohio, USA
	Burial	14 August 2008	Rusha Cemetery, Carroll Township, Ottawa County, Ohio, USA
	SSN		276-48-9457 (Ohio, 1965). Last residence: Oak Harbor, Ottawa County, Ohio;
	Occupation		truck driver for Martin Transportation Systems for over 30 years;
	Marriage	18 June 1971	Seneca County, Ohio, USA
	Divorce	21 September 1979	Seneca County, Ohio, USA
	Marriage	15 December 1979	Pamela Jean SPENCE; Ottawa County, Ohio, USA
	Father	Leonard Harold MERKLE Sr.
	Mother	Martha Rose NYE
WIFE Patty Jean SHAW
	Birth	25 September 1948	Benwood, Marshall County, West Virginia, USA
	Death	11 December 2015	Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio, USA (Bridge Hospice)
	Marriage	about 1966	Ronald Lynn STRAUSBAUGH;
	Marriage	21 May 1988	Thomas Eugene GILLIG Sr.; Seneca County, Ohio, USA
	Father	Virgil Edward SHAW
	Mother	Maxine Evelyn GRAY
CHILDREN
F	Leah Rose MERKLE (GILLIG)
	Birth	21 October 1974	Ohio, USA
	Marriage	6 July 1996	Michael Bevon LaCOURSE (PATTON); Seneca County, Ohio, USA