Sandra Nadine MERCIER

Notes:

Loving wife, mother and grandmother. Age 69 of Woodbury, MN passed on 7/30/20. Preceded in death by parents; Nadine & Patrick, brother Patrick, sister Charlene. Lovingly survived by her husband Greg, children; Connie (Brian) Stoterau, Patrick (Kelli) Hamilton, Mark (Kate) Hamilton, Christine (Brian) Dumke, Theresa (Chad) Seichter, Cathy (John) Healy, Sarah (Shane) Martin; sister Cheryl Everson. Loved by 23 grandchildren & 1 great grandchild who were the lights of her life. Visitation Thursday, August 6th, 10am with Celebration of Life Mass beginning at 11am St. Ambrose Church Woodbury MN 55129. Private interment at Fort Snelling at a later date.

Sandra married J.C. HAMILTON [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sandra married Gregory Charles RYAN on 7 Oct 2006 in Washington County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1985-MN-005113
• Social Security Number: 476-20-0938 issued in Minnesota before 1951

Notes:

WOJG in the U.S. Army in World War II and the Korean Conflict. The Hattiesburg newspaper’s article on his wedding says that he was in the Marines.

Post commander of the American Legion in St. Paul.

President of the Minnesota Postal Workers Union.

Buried:
Section I, Site 4413

Patrick married Rosella Nadine CARRINGTON about Aug 1945. Rosella (daughter of Charles Alton CARRINGTON and Marcella C QUINN) was born on 19 Jul 1925 in St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota; died on 18 Jul 2001 in St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota; was buried on 23 Jul 2001 in Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1925-50613
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 2001-MN-521001

Notes:

St. Joseph’s Academy in St. Paul.

Buried:
Section I, Site 4413

Notes:

Married:
Not in MOMS. An article in the Hattiesburg newspaper says that the marriage was in St. Paul, at the Cathedral, on 27 August.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Social Security Number: 471-16-3081 Issued In MN Before 1951

Notes:

The family was living at 1611 Adeline Street in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, at the time of the 1930 census. They owned their home, worth $2000, but did not have a radio.

Albert’s father was French Canadian, his mother was born in Wisconsin.

Albert was a veteran of the World War. His occupation was illegible on the 1930 census form. He worked for the city and may have been a postman or a patrolman.

In the 1940 census, he and his family lived in St. Paul. He was unemployed but had been a magazine salesman. Five years earlier, the family had lived in rural Forest County, Mississippi.

An article in the Chippewa Falls newspaper in September of 1944 said that Albert, visiting for his father’s funeral, would be attending college in Chicago.

In the 1950 census, the family was back in Hattiesburg. Albert was employed as a church salesman for a church extension society.

He was honored by Pope Pius XII in August of 1956 as a Knight of the Order of St. Gregory the Great.

He was listed as of St. Louis, Missouri, in his brother William’s obituary.

He was listed as of Biloxi, Mississippi, in the 1988 obituary of his sister, Sister Roselda.


ALBERT C. MERCIER
Services are scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Hattiesburg for Albert Charles Mercier, 93, of Bay St. Louis who died June 25, 1990, at Hancock Medical Center in Hancock County.

The Rev. John Scanlon and Monsignor Joseph C. Mercier will officiate. Interment will be in Highland Cemetery in Hattiesburg.

Pallbearers will be Casey Mercier, Frank Morgan, Philip Ray Davenport, John M. Debrow, Jimmy Mercier, Adrian G. Mercier, II, and Robert Mercier.

Mercier, a native of Boyd, Wisconsin, was a long time member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church and also a member of Our Lady of the Gulf Catholic Church in Bay St. Louis. He was a retired postal employee as well as an employee for the national Catholic Extension Society where he had been leading salesman.

Mercier was a veteran of WW I having served with the Army. He was a member of the Fourth Knights of Columbus, the Knights of St. Gregory, past president of the WW I's Veterans Association, a member of the Padre Pio Prayer Group and a past president of the Legion of Mary at Our Lady of the Gulf Parrish.

He was preceded in death by a son, Patrick B. Mercier; three brothers, Joseph Mercier, Edward Henry (Hank) Mercier and William Mercier and one sister, Sister Roselda Mercier (Irene Mercier).

Survivors include, his wife, Ella Mae Mercier of Bay St. Louis; six sons, Albert L. Mercier of Bay St. Louis, Monsignor Joseph C. Mercier of Pass Christian, Adrian G. Mercier of Gladwyne, Penn., Damian F. Mercier of Jackson, Delphinis F. Mercier of Havertown, Pennsylvania, and Michael J. Mercier of Long Beach; two daughters, Therese Morgan of Hattiesburg, and Mary Claire Debrow of Houston, Texas; 35 grandchildren, 40 great grandchildren; one brother, Clement Mercier of St. Paul, Minnesota, two sisters, Delvina Marsh of St. Paul, Minnesota, and Edna Long of Stanley, Wisconsin.

From C.T.:

Albert Charles Mercier served in the army during World War I. Albert was stationed at Camp Shelby, Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Albert met Ella Mae McGinley at a Knights of Columbus dance. After the service, Albert went to Pio Nono College in St. Francis, Wisconsin. Albert returned to Wisconsin but his heart remained in Misissippi. He returned to Hattiesburg, Mississippi and married Ella Mae McGinley June 26, 1922.

Died:
Hancock Medical Center in Bay Saint Louis

Albert married Ella Mae MCGINLEY on 26 Jun 1922 in Mississippi. Ella (daughter of Patrick Bernard MCGINLEY and Cynthia Melissa WARD) was born on 2 Apr 1901 in Forrest County, Mississippi; died on 18 Feb 1993 in Forrest County, Mississippi; was buried in Highland Cemetery, Forrest County, Mississippi. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Social Security Number: 428-56-0831 Issued In Mississippi Before 1951

Notes:

Ella’s father was born in Ireland and her mother in Alabama.

According to SSDI, her last residence was Bay St. Louis, Hancock, Mississippi.

McGinley is the mother’s maiden name on Patrick’s death certificate. However, I could not find an Ella McGinley, or any name close to that, in the 1910 or 1920 censuses.

From CT:

Ella Mae McGinley had two brothers, Patrick and Bernard McGinley and one sister, Annie McGinley, who married Warner Ray Lawson. Bernard died in 1944. Ella Mae was baptised, went to high school and married at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. She died of pneumonia at the age of 92, at Garden Park Hospital, Gulfport, Harrison, Mississippi. On August 29, 2005, Albert and Ella Mae's home in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, was completely destroyed except for their grotto and a statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Notes:

Married:
Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Hattiesburg

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1994-MN-014219
• Occupation: Auto Mechanic

Notes:

Registered for the draft on June 5, 1918, in Sidney, Richland County, Montana. He was a single farmer “for self on shares” and listed his nearest relative as Charles Carrington of Sidney, Montana. He is described as short, of medium stature, with light brown eyes and dark brown hair.

Interestingly, there was another Charles Carrington born on the same date, April 23, 1897. The other Charles Carrington was born in Mississippi and was black.

The family rented a home at 627 Ruth Ave. in St. Paul at the time of the 1930 census.

Charles’s father was born in Ohio, his mother in Tennessee.

Charles was not a veteran.

Charles married Marcella C QUINN about 1924. Marcella (daughter of Maurice QUINN and Margrette PURTELL) was born on 16 Jul 1903 in Wisconsin; died on 16 Jan 1977 in Ramsey County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1977-MN-002347

Notes:

Her father was born in English Canada, her mother in Wisconsin.

Her sisters Mary O’Keefe, Rose Helen Lester, and Stella Gartland also died in Minnesota.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Carpenter, Farmer

Notes:

His obituary said that Albert came to the U.S. at the age of 21 when he arrived in Detroit. He was employed there for two years before moving to Wisconsin. He had worked “mostly in the lumber industry.”

Came to this country in 1893 according to the 1900 census. At that time (June 17), he and his family lived in Colburn, Chippewa County, Wisconsin. Called Edward in the 1900 census.

Called Albert in the 1910 census. In that census, he is a farmer and came to this country in 1890.

Still farming in Chippewa county in 1920, not far from Mons Ekum (#838).

Still there in the 1930 census. Clement is still home and living with his parents. William may too although he is listed as a separate head-of-household just above Albert.

By August of 1942, his farm was for sale, or at least 80 acres of it.

On September 17, 1943, Delvina Mercier, “owner,” auctioned her father’s farm. The advertisement described its location as “8 miles N of Boyd on D and 12 miles S and E of Cornell on D.” The auction was to be of 18 head of cattle, 50 chickens, tons of clover, timothy, and straw, 200 bushels of oats, and many items of machinery. By August of 1944, he and his wife lived in Stanley.

Among the out-of-town relatives attending his funeral in September of 1944 was a Miss Adeline Mercier of Chicago.

From C.T.:

Albert's parents were Octave Mercier and Marie Adelina Boulard. Albert was born in Canada in 1871. The 1881 Canadian census places Albert Joseph Mercier in St. Jacques, Montcalm, Quebec, he was 10 years of age. The 1900, 1910, 1920 and 1930 census places him in Chippewa County, Wisconsin.

In March of 1891, Albert entered the United States at Port Huron. Albert made his Declaration of Intent, 2 November 1896. He made application for citizenship 23 September 1913. Albert Joseph Mercier received citizenship 18 April 1914. It was recorded at the Circuit Court of Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin. Petition and Record Vol 4 Dec Vol F Pg 459 NO 341 36.

Albert worked as a lumberjack at Ruby Sawmill. Albert was a foreman for a logging company, owned by Joseph (Joe) Bernier, in Colburn, in the late 1800's. Albert's brother-in-law, (Ludger Beaudin) worked for Bernier driving steers, which were used as much as horses in those days, to skid out the logs. Albert was also a skilled carpenter and built several homes, schools and farm buildings in the Colburn area.

Albert and Agnes were married at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Boyd, Chippewa, Wisconsin. Father Nau officiated. Witnesses were Ludger Beaudin and Mary Beaudin, brother and sister to Agnes Beaudin. Their faith was a grounding element in their lives and those of their children. They were active in St. Joseph Parish during the tenures of Father Nau, Father Colling and Father Leuther.

Albert went to Michigan to look for work but returned to Wisconsin to dairy farm. Albert and Agnes farmed in Colburn, south of Pike Lake Road. Their 10 children were all born on the family farm, not far from the Pike Lake School, no longer standing, on D and Pike Lake Road. The Pike Lake area is between Cornell and Boyd. Albert and Agnes were Godparents to Marie Boudia (Beaudin). Marie's parents were Peter Beaudin (brother to Agnes) and Elizabeth Deutsch Beaudin. After the family farm was taken over by Delvina Mercier (daughter), Albert and Agnes moved to Stanley, Chippewa County, Wisconsin. Albert was trying to renovate the house that he and Agnes purchased. He died of massive heart failure while digging up a sewer pipeline. At the time of his death he was living on Barber Street. His obit said that he and Agnes had moved to Stanley seven weeks before he died.

Both Albert and Agnes are buried at St. Joseph Cemetery, Boyd, Chippewa County, Wisconsin.

Birth:
St. Jacque, according to his obit

Died:
C.T.

Albert married Agnes Edith BEAUDIN on 26 Oct 1896 in Chippewa County, Wisconsin. Agnes was born on 14 Apr 1879 in Chippewa County, Wisconsin; died on 14 Aug 1967 in Chippewa County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Wisconsin Death Certificate: 023191
• Baptism: 14 Oct 1880, Chippewa County, Wisconsin

Notes:

Or Agnes Olive.

Or Beaudion, or Beaudoin.

In the 1900 census, she had had 3 children, all still alive. In the 1910 census, she had had 9 children, 7 still living.

In the 1950 census, she was living by herself on Barber Street in Stanley, Wisconsin.

She had a brother, Peter Beaudion, who lived in Portland, Oregon.

Baptism:
Notre Dame Catholic Church, Chippewa Falls

Died:
as Agnes Edith Mercier, at 11:45 p.m. at Victory Memorial Hospital in Stanley

Notes:

Married:
St. Joseph Catholic Church, Boyd; Albert’s obit said 24 October.

Notes:

Per CT and Find A Grave:

Born in Malin Beg, Glencolumbkille, Donegal, Ireland. Arrived in Boston. Patrick, it is told, then went to Chicago, Ill, where he married. Patrick's first wife and infant died at child birth. He then left Chicago and made his way down to Mississippi, where his cousin Mike Doughtery had established himself. He married Cynthia Melissa Ward and his cousin, Mike Doughtery, married Mary Alice Ward (Cynthia Ward's sister). He operated a general store on Francis Street, in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.

Patrick married Cynthia Melissa WARD about 1888. Cynthia was born on 10 Mar 1871 in Mobile County, Alabama; died on 12 May 1957 in Hattiesburg, Forrest County, Mississippi; was buried in Highland Cemetery, Hattiesburg, Forrest County, Mississippi. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Per CT and Find A Grave:

Cynthia Melissa Ward McGinley loved to chew snuff on the end of a stick. Children loved her. She was known as "Big MaMa" by her grandchildren. It is said that Cynthia and Patrick met at a boarding house. Patrick McGinley and his cousin, Michael Doherty, came from Ireland and both married Ward sisters. Patrick married Cynthia Melissa Ward and Michael married Mary Alice Ward. Cynthia Melissa loved to sew for her daughters. Cynthia died at home, 412 Walnut St., Hattiesburg, Forrest, Mississippi.

MRS. M. MCGINLEY
Requiem Mass was said at 9 a.m. today at Sacred Heart Catholic Church for Mrs. M. McGinley, 86, a resident of Hattiesburg for 70 years. Mrs. McGinley died Sunday morning at her home, 412 Walnut St. Rev. Joseph Mercier, Mrs. McGinley's grandson, officiated at the Mass. Burial was at Highland Cemetery with Hulett Funeral Home in charge. Pallbearers were Damien Mercier, Albert Mercier, Dell Mercier, George Davenport, Jerry Morgan and Billy McGinley. Mrs. McGinley is survived by two daughters, a son, a brother, two half-sisters, 13 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren.

Notes:

In the 1870 census, he was single and living with his parents and older brother in Pepin County, Wisconsin.

In the 1930 census, he and Amanda and Eule and Edward were living in Rusk County.

Charles married Amanda Jane WHITTAKER. Amanda was born on 21 Jul 1856 in Indiana; died in 1943; was buried in Ingram Cemetery, Ingram, Rusk County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the 1870 and 1880 censuses, she was unmarried and living with her parents and siblings in Pierce County, Wisconsin.

Birth:
other sources say Tennessee

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1943-MN-026702

Notes:

He and his parents came to the U.S. when he was 12 years old according to his obituary.

In the 1900, 1910 and 1920 censuses, he was a farmer in Stanton Twp, Dunn County. In the 1900 census, he was called Mort. In the other two censuses, he was called Murice.

In the 1905 state census, he was called Maurice (and indexed as Quim).

His parents, James Quinn and Mary Deneen, were born in Ireland.

According to his death certificate, he was a retired farmer, wife Margaret. His usual residence was 428 Dayton Avenue. He died from pneumonia, complicated by a coma and senility.

His obit said that he was one of the pioneers of Dunn County. He resided on the same farm from 1868 until 1941 when he and his wife moved to St. Paul.

Died:
St. Joseph’s Hospital

Maurice married Margrette PURTELL on 8 Apr 1885 in Wilson, St. Croix County, Wisconsin. Margrette was born about 1867 in Wisconsin; died in 1962 in Ramsey County, Minnesota; was buried in Saint Bridget Cemetery, Wilson, St. Croix County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

At the time of the 1900 census, she had had 8 children, 5 still living. In the 1910 census, she had had 10 children, 8 still living.

In the 1900 census, her mother, Bridget Purtell and her brother, Patsy Purtell, were living with her and Mort.

Her parents were born in Ireland.

Notes:

Married:
St. Bridget’s church