Résumé

Partner, [A.E.] Doyle and Merriam, Architects, Seattle, WA, 1920-1928.

Principal, Charles A. Merriam, Architect, Seattle, WA, 1928-1946.

Relocation

In 1900, Charles Allen Merriam resided at home with his parents and siblings at 1131 South 46th Street in Philadelphia, PA. The household included his parents Charles Augustus and Netta Wiggins, siblings Grace and Howard, his maternal grandmother, Mary A. Wiggins (born c. 11/1835 in PA) and a household worker, Delia Cowry (born c. 1878 in Ireland).

Merriam died in Orange County, CA, on 07/19/1959,

Parents

His father Charles Augustus Merriam, (born c. 02/1848 in MA-d. 04/11/1932 in Goshen, OR) worked as a mine superintendant in 1900. later in his life, Charles Augustus also worked as a railroad worker and a farmer. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Oregon State Archives; Salem, Oregon; Oregon, Death Records, 1864-1967, accessed 10/01/2024.)

His mother Netta May Wiggins (born c. 1859 in OH-d. 05/11/1937 in Goshen, OR) had had, by 1900, four children, three of whom survived in that year. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1900; Census Place: Philadelphia Ward 27, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Roll: 1469; Page: 1; Enumeration District: 0670, accessed 10/01/2024.)

Charles had a sister Grace B. Merriam (born c. 10/1882 in PA) and a brother Howard S. Merriam (born c. 12/1897 in PA).

Spouse

Charles Allen Merriam married Irma M. Seavey on 10/02/1907 in Philadelphia, PA. (See Ancestry.com, Source Information Ancestry.com. Indiana, U.S., Select Marriages Index, 1748-1993 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014, accessed 10/01/2024.)