Complex sentence: Merrill was born Moishe Miller, later known as Morris Miller, in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, New York, to tailor Abraham Miller, originally Milstein, and his wife Lillian, née Balaban, Jewish immigrants from Pultusk, Poland near Warsaw.
Split into simpler sentences: Merrill was born Moishe Miller, later known as Morris Miller, in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, New York. He was the son of tailor Abraham Miller, originally Milstein, and his wife Lillian (née Balaban), Jewish immigrants from Pultusk, Poland near Warsaw.