Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Merton, Gertrude Hannah (Grierson)
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
- Merton, Gertrude Hannah (Grierson), 1855-1956
Other form(s) of name
- Gertrude Hannah Merton
- Gertrude Merton
- Gertrude Hannah Grierson Merton
- Merton, Gertrude Grierson
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
1855-1956
History
Gertrude Merton was Thomas Merton's grandmother. Born Gertrude Hannah Grierson in 1855, she immigrated at age nine with her parents to New Zealand. She married Alfred Merton in 1882. They had six children, including Owen Heathcote Merton (Thomas' father), John Llewellyn Charles Merton (Uncle Lyn), and Beatrice Katharine (Aunt Ka), Agnes Gertrude Stonehewer (Aunt Kit), and Gwynnedd Fanny Merton Trier (Aunt Gwynn). (Source: The Thomas Merton Encyclopedia, pp. 293-294).