Albert Charles MERCIER

1897 - 1990  (93 years)

• Name	Albert Charles MERCIER
  Birth	18 May 1897	Chippewa County, Wisconsin
  Gender	Male
  Social Security Number	471-16-3081 Issued In MN Before 1951
  Death	25 Jun 1990	Hancock County, Mississippi
  	Hancock Medical Center in Bay Saint Louis
  Burial	Highland Cemetery, Forrest County, Mississippi
  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.
  Person ID	I2205	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	21 Aug 2022

  
  

  Father	Albert Joseph MERCIER,   b. 25 Mar 1871, Quebec, Canada d. 23 Aug 1944, Chippewa County, Minnesota (Age 73 years)
  Mother	Agnes Edith BEAUDIN,   b. 14 Apr 1879, Chippewa County, Wisconsin d. 14 Aug 1967, Chippewa County, Wisconsin (Age 88 years)
  Marriage	26 Oct 1896	Chippewa County, Wisconsin
  Family ID	F6074	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ella Mae MCGINLEY,   b. 2 Apr 1901, Forrest County, Mississippi d. 18 Feb 1993, Forrest County, Mississippi (Age 91 years)
  Marriage	26 Jun 1922	Mississippi
  	Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Hattiesburg
  Children	1. Albert Lucian MERCIER,   b. 30 Apr 1923, Forrest County, Mississippi d. 4 Nov 1991, Hancock County, Mississippi (Age 68 years)   2. Patrick Bernard MERCIER,   b. 11 Oct 1924, Forrest County, Mississippi d. 21 Feb 1985, Ramsey County, Minnesota (Age 60 years)   3. Agnes Therese MERCIER,   b. 7 Dec 1928, Hattiesburg, Forrest County, Mississippi d. 31 Jul 2022, Hattiesburg, Forrest County, Mississippi (Age 93 years)   4. Mary Claire MERCIER,   b. 19 May 1930, Hattiesburg, Forrest County, Mississippi d. 10 Jul 2020, Hattiesburg, Forrest County, Mississippi (Age 90 years)
  Family ID	F1650	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Aug 2022