I said I didn't have a "starting place" for my Harris research, and I don't have much. Here's what I "know": Harvey Dale Harris - For some reason didn't like his given names - Went by "H. D." or "King" - Never his given names. Born - Sometime during the 1920's - place unknown - Possibly Oklahoma or nearby. Served in the Navy. That's where he picked up the nickname "King". He was King Neptune in a Navy equator crossing ceremony. Worked as a truck driver, in the oil fields and ................ He had a "cousin", or at least some relation, that was a ranch hand on a "mega-ranch" up in Montana or Wyoming back in the late 50's. We were there once for a visit. He had another"cousin" that at about the same time frame had cancer and was given a very short time to live so they were traveling all over the USofA site seeing before his time came. That's what I have. As a starting place I extracted as many "Harvey" and "Dale" Harris's out of the 1930 census as I could find. I eliminated any that were obviously not him - female named "Dale", race, etc. I then created two web pages, one for Harvey and another for Dale. If anyone could take the time to look at the pages and help me eliminate any that not correct even that would be a help. Harvey - http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~billie0w/harris/harvey.html Dale - http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~billie0w/harris/dale.html Last time I posted someone posted a couple suggestions for research. One was military records. I don't have enough information to get any results from that. Any help greatly appreciated. -- “The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government lest it come to dominate our lives and interests”. - Patrick Henry - _ _... ..._ _ _._ ._ ..... ._.. ... .._

Hello Billie, You need to look under King and H. D. also. If that is the name he went by, then that is probably the name you may find him under. Ira L. Harris III On Jun 15, 2012, at 10:52 AM, Billie Walsh wrote: > I said I didn't have a "starting place" for my Harris research, and I > don't have much. Here's what I "know": > > Harvey Dale Harris - For some reason didn't like his given names - Went > by "H. D." or "King" - Never his given names. > > Born - Sometime during the 1920's - place unknown - Possibly Oklahoma or > nearby. > > Served in the Navy. That's where he picked up the nickname "King". He > was King Neptune in a Navy equator crossing ceremony. > > Worked as a truck driver, in the oil fields and ................ > > He had a "cousin", or at least some relation, that was a ranch hand on a > "mega-ranch" up in Montana or Wyoming back in the late 50's. We were > there once for a visit. He had another"cousin" that at about the same > time frame had cancer and was given a very short time to live so they > were traveling all over the USofA site seeing before his time came. > > That's what I have. As a starting place I extracted as many "Harvey" and > "Dale" Harris's out of the 1930 census as I could find. I eliminated any > that were obviously not him - female named "Dale", race, etc. I then > created two web pages, one for Harvey and another for Dale. If anyone > could take the time to look at the pages and help me eliminate any that > not correct even that would be a help. > > Harvey - > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~billie0w/harris/harvey.html > > Dale - > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~billie0w/harris/dale.html > > Last time I posted someone posted a couple suggestions for research. One > was military records. I don't have enough information to get any results > from that. Any help greatly appreciated. > > -- > “The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain > the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the > government lest it come to dominate our lives and interests”. > > - Patrick Henry - > > > _ _... ..._ _ > _._ ._ ..... ._.. ... .._ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to HARRIS-HUNTERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

He wouldn't have been "King" until the early 50's or VERY late 40's at the earliest. He would most likely picked up the nickname during Korea or possibly at the very end of WW2. He would have turned old enough to serve in WW2 right near the end. It seems to me that he did say once that he had served in Korea. I haven't done anything in the 1940 Census yet but he might show up there as H. D. I'm thinking the 1950 Census is the best bet for that. I doubt that any "official" paperwork would be as King. Nicknames are seldom used on official and legal documents. On 06/15/2012 01:01 PM, Ira Harris wrote: > > Hello Billie, > > You need to look under King and H. D. also. > If that is the name he went by, then that is probably the name you may find him under. > > Ira L. Harris III > > On Jun 15, 2012, at 10:52 AM, Billie Walsh wrote: > >> I said I didn't have a "starting place" for my Harris research, and I >> don't have much. Here's what I "know": >> >> Harvey Dale Harris - For some reason didn't like his given names - Went >> by "H. D." or "King" - Never his given names. >> >> Born - Sometime during the 1920's - place unknown - Possibly Oklahoma or >> nearby. >> >> Served in the Navy. That's where he picked up the nickname "King". He >> was King Neptune in a Navy equator crossing ceremony. >> >> Worked as a truck driver, in the oil fields and ................ >> >> He had a "cousin", or at least some relation, that was a ranch hand on a >> "mega-ranch" up in Montana or Wyoming back in the late 50's. We were >> there once for a visit. He had another"cousin" that at about the same >> time frame had cancer and was given a very short time to live so they >> were traveling all over the USofA site seeing before his time came. >> >> That's what I have. As a starting place I extracted as many "Harvey" and >> "Dale" Harris's out of the 1930 census as I could find. I eliminated any >> that were obviously not him - female named "Dale", race, etc. I then >> created two web pages, one for Harvey and another for Dale. If anyone >> could take the time to look at the pages and help me eliminate any that >> not correct even that would be a help. >> >> Harvey - >> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~billie0w/harris/harvey.html >> >> Dale - >> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~billie0w/harris/dale.html >> >> Last time I posted someone posted a couple suggestions for research. One >> was military records. I don't have enough information to get any results >> from that. Any help greatly appreciated. >> >> -- >> “The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain >> the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the >> government lest it come to dominate our lives and interests”. >> >> - Patrick Henry - >> >> >> _ _... ..._ _ >> _._ ._ ..... ._.. ... .._ >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to HARRIS-HUNTERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to HARRIS-HUNTERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- “The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government lest it come to dominate our lives and interests”. - Patrick Henry - _ _... ..._ _ _._ ._ ..... ._.. ... .._