This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Davis, Morret, Knautz Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/5k.2ADE/1563.1 Message Board Post: Bonnie wrote, "I am trying to find out more on this man's family. According to census records and his death certificate, he was born in Jackson Co, but I have not been able to establish who his parents were. His death cert. does not give his parents names, only that his father was born in PA. I have noticed quite a few Davis families in Jackson Co were from PA, but did not find Hilary in the 1860 or 1870 census records. He married an Angelena (unknown surname, may have been Busmann) in St. Donatus in 1895, and their daughter Mary married Mathis Morret. Their child was Viola Morret Knautz." Bonnie, I'll be glad to help if I can, but there's no clue in your post when he was born. What censuses DO you have? How old was he when he married Angelena? When was Mary born/married? Do you have his name as Hillarius per cemetery records in Jackson County?