This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: LHSwisher Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/topics.researchresources.brick-20-walls/192.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: In 1880, she's Alvira Mericle, married, living in Yoncalla with her parents, D. D. and Anna Marie Huff; her sister, Eliza A. Clark; and her children, Ida (11; b. Iowa); Herbert (8; b. Iowa); and Rosa (4 and b. in Wis.) [apparently all with surname Mericle]; plus nephews? Edgar Lewis (10) and Charles Lewis (8). No husband in the household, and the census index shows no McFarlands in Douglas Co., OR. Census shows Eliza as married, and another mark shows her as marrying within the census year. There is also no husband listed for her. http://search.ancestry.com/iexec?htx=View&r=an&dbid=6742&iid=4243851-00019&fn=Alvira&ln=Mericle&st=r&ssrc=&pid=14715011 Best bets are to look for obits, city directories, newspaper articles that may mention Elvira/Alvira, the Huffs, the McFarlands and the Mericles. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.