Twelfth Generation (Continued)
Twelfth Generation (Continued)
Family of Beulah Velena Miller (2345) & William Glenville Tanner
3786. Merrill Cornelius Tanner (Beulah Velena Miller11, Esther Adelaide Gilfoy10, Catherine Rosanna Tanner9, Maria Catherine Koch8, John Philip7, Elisabetha Veronica Heyson6, Johann Friedrich5, Johannes Heuson4, Hans-Velten3, Velten2, Christianus Hußon1). Born on 18 Dec 1916 in Blue Rocks, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, Canada.25 Merrill Cornelius died in Bridgewater, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, Canada, on 4 Sep 2008; he was 91.25

Merrill Tanner went to sea at an early age and served as a crew member on the original schooner Bluenose. He was employed over the years with National Sea Products Ltd., Lunenburg, Nova Scotia working with the Company for 21 years after which he went to work with Keiths Breweries in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He later returned to National Sea Products until his retirement. He was a member of St. Andrews Presbyterian Church, Lunenburg where he served as an Elder and on the Board of Managers. Merrill Tanner was also a member of Unity Lodge No. 4 of the Masonic Order.

On 16 May 1939 Merrill Cornelius married Joan Louise Knickle (4896) , daughter of James Roy Knickle & 3741. Elmore Grace Allen, in Lunenburg, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, Canada.13,11 Born on 8 Aug 1919 in Blue Rocks, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, Canada.25 Joan Louise died in Bridgewater, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, Canada, on 1 Jul 2014; she was 94.25

Joan Knickle worked for 38 years as a receptionist for Dr. Rayfield Wood in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia and with Dr. David Dowse at the Lunenburg Medical Centre. She retired, retiring in the early 1990s. She was an active member St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Lunenburg, where she was a member of the senior choir and was choir director of the junior choir. Joan Knickle was a member of the Ladies Auxiliary of the Fishermen’s Memorial Hospital, Lunenburg.

They had one child:
3787. Ivan Scott Tanner (Beulah Velena Miller11, Esther Adelaide Gilfoy10, Catherine Rosanna Tanner9, Maria Catherine Koch8, John Philip7, Elisabetha Veronica Heyson6, Johann Friedrich5, Johannes Heuson4, Hans-Velten3, Velten2, Christianus Hußon1). Born abt 1918 in Blue Rocks, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, Canada. Ivan Scott died in Lunenburg, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, Canada, on 7 Nov 1995; he was 77.

Ivan Scott married Muriel Wilneff (Living), daughter of Leaman James Wilneff & Edna Victoria Selig.


Bernice married Keith R. Knickle.


Marjorie Gladys married Lawrence Irving Tanner (4880) , son of Albert Irving Tanner & 3604. Beulah Elizabeth Whynacht.

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