Researching Merrill Maris
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![]() | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 190 people with the Maris surname? In that year Maris was ranked number 3389 for popularity in the UK. |

The name Merrill means "Form of MERLE. A Bird" and is of Teutonic origin.
Records of Merrill Maris on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Merrill Maris and the Maris Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Maris Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources listed below it will be possible to locate a birth record and, from that record, a birth certificate may be obtainable which is likely to list the names of the parents, therefore taking you back another generation. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Maris family tree.
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![]() | Did you know that there are currently 318 people with the Maris surname in the UK? Maris is now ranked number 3742 for popularity in the UK. |
Maris Family Tree Databases
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Maris Forums
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![]() | Did you know that there are currently 3038 people with the Maris surname in the USA? Maris is ranked number 156 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Maris Databases
Search the Ellis Island Database for information on Merrill Maris. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Merrill Maris
Merrill De Maris
Merrill De Maris (February 26, 1898, New Jersey – December 31, 1948, Escondido, California) was an American writer who worked on Disney comic strips for King Features Syndicate.
De Maris helped Floyd Gottfredson with many of his early Mickey Mouse comic strips; they co-created famous characters like Phantom Blot, Chief O'Hara and Detective Casey. In 1942 they gave Minnie Mouse a full name as Minerva Mouse, for the four-month comic strip story "The Gleam".
De Maris also wrote for the Silly Symphony comic strip from December 1937 to October 1942, writing the comic strip adaptations of the feature films Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Pinocchio and Bambi.
In 1943, De Maris abandoned a half-finished outline for a Donald Duck comic book story. The publisher gave the outline to Carl Barks, who polished it, made it longer, and published it as "Too Many Pets", in Donald Duck Four Color #29 (Sept 1943).
Source: Merrill De Maris, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Maris
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