Peerage Record – 70810

     Jacob Lee Merrill was born in 1818.¹ He married Mary Smith, daughter of John Smith and Mary Polly Mudgett.¹ He died in 1889.¹

     George David Merrill was born in 1861.¹ He was the son of Jacob Lee Merrill and Mary Smith.¹ He married Mary Bird on 25 February 1883.¹ He died in 1924.¹

     Mary Bird was born in 1862.¹ She married George David Merrill, son of Jacob Lee Merrill and Mary Smith, on 25 February 1883.¹ She died in 1925.¹
     From 25 February 1883, her married name became Merrill.¹

     Gertrude May Merrill was born in 1887.¹ She was the daughter of George David Merrill and Mary Bird.¹ She married Fred G. Sanders on 5 September 1907.¹ She died in 1938.¹
     From 5 September 1907, her married name became Sanders.¹

     Fred G. Sanders was born in 1873.¹ He married Gertrude May Merrill, daughter of George David Merrill and Mary Bird, on 5 September 1907.¹ He died in 1944.¹

     Doris May Rita Sanders was born in 1920.¹ She is the daughter of Fred G. Sanders and Gertrude May Merrill.¹ She married Gordon Arnold Markle on 13 March 1941.¹
     From 13 March 1941, her married name became Markle.¹

     Gordon Arnold Markle was born in 1919.¹ He married Doris May Rita Sanders, daughter of Fred G. Sanders and Gertrude May Merrill, on 13 March 1941.¹

     Thomas Wayne Markle was born in 1945.¹ He is the son of Gordon Arnold Markle and Doris May Rita Sanders.¹ He married Roslyn Loveless.² He married Doria Ragland, daughter of Alvin Ragland and Jeannette Arnold, in 1979.¹

     Doria Ragland was born in 1957.¹ She is the daughter of Alvin Ragland and Jeannette Arnold. She married Thomas Wayne Markle, son of Gordon Arnold Markle and Doris May Rita Sanders, in 1979.¹
     From 1979, her married name became Markle.¹

     Rachel Meghan Markle was born in 1981.¹ She is the daughter of Thomas Wayne Markle and Doria Ragland.¹ She married, firstly, Trevor Engelson in September 2011.³ She and Trevor Engelson were divorced in August 2013.³ She married, secondly, Henry Charles Albert David Mountbatten-Windsor, 1st Duke of Sussex, son of Charles Philip Arthur George Mountbatten-Windsor, King of the United Kingdom and Lady Diana Frances Spencer, on 19 May 2018 at St. George’s Chapel, Windsor, Berkshire, England.⁴
     Rachel Meghan Markle usually went by her middle name of Meghan.⁴ After her marriage, Rachel Meghan Markle was styled as Duchess of Sussex on 19 May 2018.