I have run in to a brickwall on my Harris line from Michigan.
My grandfather who passed away 01NOV1940 in Southfield, MI was said to be
have been born in July 07 1857 in Erie, PA. according to his death certificate.
It has been said that may be a mistake & he actually was born in OH or IN.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN HARRIS was in Farmington,MI between 1910 & 1918 & later
been found to have lived in Pontiac; Detroit & lastly in 14000 block of
Southfield Blvd., Oakland County in 1940.
Google Earth shows now in that particular block similar to a hospital or
large apartment building.Any historians know what that area looked like around
the 14500 block of Southfield Blvd. in the 1940?
Later years found him working as a barkeep at his son-in-laws family
business, Bakers Lounge on corner Woodward & LaSalle(?) in Detroit.
Children of Benjamin Frank Harris are Albert b 1882;Bertha b 1885;Henry JAY
b 1888 whom resided with wife Lavina Belle Harris in Detroit; Benjamin F
Harris,jr., 1892 Alza Harris, b 1890 m to Earl Baker & Russel Lowell Harris b
1895 & died 1972 in Pontiac, MI & married to Laura Free Harris.
I have been told that I still do have cousins in the area that could help
me fill in the gaps & knock down the brickwall on our HARRIS line before 1857.
Who were my grandfathers, Benjamin Franklin Harris, parents?
Need help in finding obituary for Henry or Harry J(Jay) Harris? Passing is
believed to have been about 1962-1970. In Detroit.
I am hoping someone may have knowledge these family or better yet related.
Thank You for any help you can give.
Richard Harris
Charlotte, NC
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