Merrill, Ann

Ann Merrill in Doorway of Ranchos de Taos home, circa 1970

Ann Merrill was born in Cheyenne, Wyoming, as Ann Etta Findeisen. Her mother Margaret Findeisen and her father Charles Walter Findeisen moved to California when Ann was still a little girl with their younger son Charlie. When the children were about 6 and 4, the couple divorced. Margaret later married Ernie Hamilton. Years later, Ernie and Margaret went to Taos and became friends with Frank Waters.

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