Progress Report: My Father's Family

When things are quiet here on the Remember blog, that just means that I am spending my time doing research. I have so many new things to report!  I have newly-discovered anecdotal stories about ancestors and some individual and family biographies to share. I'll start with some general progress reports over the next couple of posts. It's time to do some catching up.

First of all, here's what I have right now on my father's family. This is, of course, just the bare outline with some names and dates, but there are more blanks filled in than there were before. I know, there are lots of empty spots, too! 

When I first started this research, I only knew my father's parents names, Albert Harris and  Eva Ellis, and maybe just the first names for her parents. Now, as you see below, I have much more information on my father's grandparents, great-grandparents, and great-great-grandparents (my great great great grandparents!)--at least on his mother's side. 

Even though my Grandfather Albert Harris is still a mystery man, the other side of my father's family tree is getting quite populated. I have more information that can be added for Robert Ellis' ancestors, and I'm sure that I'll be able to find ancestors for Daniel Healey and Elizabeth Redden. That makes a lot of new relatives for the side of the family that I knew little about when I started. 

You can click on the names to see siblings and offspring for any of these people. In the coming weeks, I hope to share some of their stories and information about their surprising (to me) migrations during the years of our country's Westward Expansion.

Daniel Lawrence Harris Born 02 Aug 1907 Died 22 Sep 1972 Husband of Marion Emily Foley   Husband of Elva Myrtle Crabtree   Father of Joan Patricia Foynes , Clair Marie Zarges  and Jean Lee Harris		Albert Harris   30 Dec 1884 - abt 1939		[Paternal Grandfather?]
				[Paternal Grandmother?]
		Eva Josephine Ellis   abt 14 Sep 1888 - 1943		Oscar J. Ellis   abt 21 Jan 1852 - 22 Nov 1907		Robert W Ellis   31 Jul 1821 - 31 Jul 1876		[Great-Great-Grandfather?]
								[Great-Great-Grandmother?]
						Eleanor Ruth Rankins   11 May 1822 - 06 Jan 1914		Joseph P. Rankins   bef 1801 - abt Apr 1880
								Joanna Perkins   17 Apr 1798 - Apr 1880
				Ellen M. Healey   abt 1869 -		Daniel Healey   bef 1850 -		[Great-Great-Grandfather?]
								[Great-Great-Grandmother?]
						Elizabeth Redden   bef 1850 -		[Great-Great-Grandfather?]
								[Great-Great-Grandmother?]