Nicholas
Mergen
Born about in Prussia
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Margarethe (Augustin) Dornbecker
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Christian Hick Mergen, John Rudolph Mergen, Peter Charles Mergen, Marie Martha (Mergen) Laufman and Bertha B (Mergen) Kiesel
Died
at about age 37
in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 24 Jun 2015
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Biography
He was murdered by his employees, supposedly because he would not let them have the day off work.
Sources
- "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MW6X-84R : 20 February 2021), Niedaus Morgan, Mount Oliver, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district ED 67, sheet 391C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,090.
- "The Mergen Murder," (Nicholas Mergen) Pittsburgh Daily Post, Wednesday 7 September 1887, page4 [1]
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