This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Gates Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/BOY.2ACIB/1342.1 Message Board Post: Davisville is now Davis, CA. Davis is west of Sacramento in Solano County. The University of California, Davis (UCD) is the mainstay of the town, so I suspect Maria's parents were associated with agri-business since there was little else in that area in the mid-1800's. Putah Creek runs through the university campus.