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mercer Name Meaning and History

English and Catalan: occupational name for a trader, from Old French mercier, Late Latin mercarius (an agent derivative of merx, genitive mercis, ‘merchandise’). In Middle English the term was applied particularly to someone who dealt in textiles, especially the more costly and luxurious fabrics such as silks, satin, and velvet.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of mercer Families in the US in 1920
Number of mercer families
 269-535
 90-268		 1-89
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 763 - Messages: 1892
ThreadAuthorReplies
Fannie (Fanny) Mercer megdesmik1 2
Joseph Mercer 1843 New York/France cdfuller 0
Clara Ellen (Mercer) Coleman Lori_Hunt_Zierden 0
Hilda Eleanor Mercer wrightpaul1 0
MERCER Gracie 1904 1908 dau of W E and C E Mercer t42IOOF_DenCoTX 0
MERCER M F Bud 1885 1963 t42IOOF_DenCoTX 0
MERCER Elizbeth 1885 1961 t42IOOF_DenCoTX 0
I Am Looking For "Kathryn Mercer" -- Who is Married to Paul Malson S_BolterBaker 0
MERCER Whit L 1918 1987 tec5 US Army W W II t42IOOF_DenCoTX 0
MERCER E Lorene t42IOOF_DenCoTX 0
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