Victor Ephraim Harrison (1922 - 1971)

The first Harrison that I am going to be featuring was my grandfather Victor Ephraim Harrison. 

I did not have a chance to know him as he passed away a few years before I was born.  I am told that he was an extremely intelligent man, who had a few struggles in his life.

- He was born on January 9, 1922 in Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa, Michigan
- He lived for a portion of his youth with his "Aunt Idena" McLean
- He married Julia Carolina Allen at a very young age
- He moved his family from Upper Michigan to Flint, Genesee, Michigan where he resided for the remainder of his life
- He died July 8, 1971 in Flint, Genesee, Michigan
- He is buried in West Vienna Cemetery, Genesee, Michigan

There is very little that I know about Victor and I would love some stories, memories, comments, etc. to add to his legacy.

Bernard Charles Murray (1918 - 1976)

The first Murray that I am going to feature is Bernard Charles Murray:

I did not have the chance to meet Bernard.  Everything that I have heard about him is that he was an extremely kind and generous man.  Here are some of the things that I have learned about Bernard:

- He was born August 25, 1918 in Detroit, Michigan
- He had two sisters and a brother
- His mother died young
- He attended and graduated from Notre Dame University
- He married Hilda Ruth on March 1, 1941 in Detroit, Michigan
- He was a mechanical engineer and manager for Chrysler Corporation
- He has six children, 16 grandchildren and 25 great grandchildren
- He died February 23, 1976

Please add any comments, corrections, additions and stories.  I am sure we all have memories of him to contribute.

Dorothea Margaret Colter (1910 - 1986)

I am going to start with Dorothea Margaret Colter. 

She was called many things during her life but I always knew her as "Mimi".  I knew her for the first 12 years of my life.  She was my grandmother.  Here are some things I knew about her:
- She was born in Oklahoma on August 23, 1910
- She was an only child growing up (she had an older sister that died young)
- She married Ralph Peterson in California
- She attended nursing school, she received her RN degree
- She has three children, six grandchildren and nine great grandchildren
- She moved to California in the 1930s and resided there for most of her life
- She died December 31, 1986
- She is buried in Westminster Memorial Gardens, Huntington Beach, Orange County, California.

Please add any comments, corrections, additions and stories.  I am sure we all have memories of her to add.

A New Blog is Born

My blog is born, February 9, 2011! 

First I want to apologize to all that read this blog as my writing skills leave a lot to be desired.  I took on this endeavor to document some of the ancestors that have gone before my family in hopes that we might remember them just a little bit longer.

The title of my blog comes from the fact that my children can claim may heritages.  I decided to figure out how much of each country makes up the blood of my children, but doing that made my head hurt.  So, off the cuff, not doing any deep digging.  We know that they have quite a bit of English and Irish in them (but what redhead does not).  Then a little bit of Norwegian, Swedish, and Dutch.  The second biggest piece comes from our German ancestors.

Please feel free to add kind comments.  Here goes ...