James Leo "Red" Mercier

1915 - 1979  (63 years)

• Name	James Leo "Red" Mercier  [1, 2, 3]
  Born	7 Nov 1915	Windsor, Essex, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Race	White  [2, 3]
  Residence	1935	Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA   [1, 3]
  Residence	1940	Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA   [3]
  	StreetAddress: Hudson Avenue; Age: 24; Occupation: Shipping Clerk; AttendedSchool: No; CityWard: 10; ClassofWorker: Wage or salary worker in private work; EmploymentCode: 1; EmploymentDetails: No; EmploymentHistory: No; EnumerationDistrict: 84-528; GradeCompleted: High School, 1st year; HomeOwnership: Rented; HoursWorked: 38; Income: 700; IncomeOtherSources: Yes; IsEmployed: Yes; PublicEmergencyWork: No; ResidenceFarmNineteenThirtyFive: No; SeekingWork: No; ValueOfHome: 25; WeeksWorked: 20; MaritalStatus: Married; RelationToHead: Head
  Residence	1 Apr 1940	Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA   [1]
  Registration	16 Oct 1940	Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA   [2]
  	Age: 24
  Naturalization	Citizenship: Naturalized  [3]
  Residence	Casco, St. Clair, Michigan   [1]
  Residence	Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA   [2]
  	RelationToHead: Self; RelationToHead: Wife
  _MILT	Occupation: Briggs Mfg. Co.; Complexion: Ruddy; EyeColor: Blue; HairColor: Red; Height: 5 10; Weight: 210  [2]
  Died	1979	Michigan, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I20616	Brown Genealogy
  Last Modified	22 Jan 2025

  
  

  Family	Minnie Aileen Brown,   b. 6 Aug 1919, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA ,   d. 24 Nov 1984, DeKalb, Georgia, USA  (Age 65 years)
  Children	1. Donald Mercier,   b. UNKNOWN,   d. UNKNOWN  [natural]   2. Unkown Mercier,   b. UNKNOWN,   d. UNKNOWN  [natural]   3. Joann Mercier,   b. UNKNOWN,   d. UNKNOWN  [natural]   4. Gerald Mercier,   b. 1939, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA ,   d. 2009  (Age 70 years)  [natural]   5. Janice Mercier
  Last Modified	22 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F6937	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  No one called him "James." His family called him "Leo" and his friends called him "Red" because of his hair color.

  
  

• Sources

  [S7] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;). Record for Minnie Aileen Brown https://search.ancestry.ca/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1030&h=120171312234&indiv=try [S218] U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2011;), The National Archives in St. Louis, Missouri; St. Louis, Missouri; WWII Draft Registration Cards for Michigan, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 800. Record for Minnie Aline Mercier https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=2238&h=297804192&indiv=try [S216] 1940 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), Year: 1940; Census Place: Detroit, Wayne, Michigan; Roll: m-t0627-01856; Page: 11B; Enumeration District: 84-528. Record for Minnie Mercier https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=2442&h=84453211&indiv=try