This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Merica, Davis Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/wdB.2ACE/25.2.1.1 Message Board Post: Thank you for taking the time to repond to my posting. I appreciate the information you mentioned, as it may help me discover a little more about my great grandmother's father's family. My great grandmother, Francis LaBelle Merica never knew her father. She was told that her father was named Leroy Augustus Merica, but she had no recollection of him, as the marriage had not lasted more than a few years. She was raised a devout Protestant by her mother Anna Davis. Our family hadn't had any luck finding a marriage licence etc, to prove that Anna Davis had ever been married, until this past fall. Anna Davis had grown up in Reynoldsville, PA, so I contacted the Jefferson County Historical and Geneological Society in Brookville, PA. They found a marriage record for Anna O. Davis, age 28 and Leroy Augustus Merica, age 37. Both were listed as residing in Reynoldsville at the time of the marriage. The man listed Indiana as his state of birth, was a grocer by occupation, and ! his parents were listed as Sylvanis and Jemima Merica. The marriage date was August 10, 1905. Based on that one source, it seemed that Leroy Augustus was a child of the Sylvanis Merica, born Feb 3. 1826, of the Merica's mentioned so frequently on internet sites such as this. But maybe I've been barking up the wrong tree! I suppose ther could be two Sylvanis and Jemima Mericas. I certainly appreciate your help- and would love to know anything else about the Merica's that might guide me in the right direction! Thanks again! -Becky