Identificatie
Soort entiteit
Persoon
Geauthoriseerde naam
Merton, Gertrude Hannah (Grierson)
Parallelle vormen van de naam
Gestandaardiseerde naamvorm(en) volgens andere regels.
- Merton, Gertrude Hannah (Grierson), 1855-1956
Aandere naamsvormen
- Gertrude Hannah Merton
- Gertrude Merton
- Gertrude Hannah Grierson Merton
- Merton, Gertrude Grierson
Identificatiecode voor organisaties
Beschrijving
Bestaansperiode
1855-1956
Geschiedenis
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).