John Theodore Merz
1840 Born in Chorlton, Manchester, son of Philips Merz, a schoolmaster who had emigrated from Germany (?)[1]
1871 Manufacturing chemist, lodging in Anderston, Glasgow[2]
1873 Married Alice Mary Richardson, in Newcastle[3]
1874 Birth of son Charles Hesterman Merz in Gateshead
1877 Birth of son Herbert Merz in Gateshead
1880 Birth of daughhter Theresa Merz in Gateshead
1911 Author and director of several companies[4]
1922 Died in Newcastle[5]