Charles Edward Seufferlein and Minnie Maize Shimer

 Hello Family Members!

Sorry for the delay in posting.  I've been in and out of town and just couldn't seem to find the time to post the next family post.

This post will be about the Shimer's and the Harrison's.  Shimer was my Grandma Seufferlien's maiden name.  Harrison is Grandma Goree;s (Nana to me) maiden name.  

Shimer - I'm going to post a descendants file of the Shimer's.  I have a lot more data then what is being posted here, at this point.  I hope to add to my family data file and when I do I will re-post the descendants file when there are changes.  By all means, please let me know if I missed something or have something wrong.  The descendants file for the Shimers can be found by clicking on this:  Shimer Descendants File

The picture on the left is a picture of my Grandmother, Minnie Maize Shimer and Grandpa Seufferlein.  I was fortunate enough to get my hands on a set of five volumes of the Shimer family history.  They were written by Allen Shimer, starting in 1905.  He wrote about all of our family members and kept track of births, marriages, deaths and lots and lots of family history in these books.  As mentioned above I haven't gotten all of that data in my family database but I hope to add more as time progresses.  I also want to thank Ed Seufferlein for helping me with some of the Shimer data as well.

Harrison Family

Harrison - To the right you will see a picture of the Harrison Family.  Notice the two cute little blonde girls in the middle of the front row.  They are Bertha Lucille and Blanche C. Harrison (twins) and Bertha is my Grandmother (Nana to me).  Look at how mischievous they are in this picture... so darn cute!!

Well... I have a surprise for all of you Harrison Family members out there!  Thanks to Glennon Harrison (a distant Cousin) I found out that we are direct descendants of William Brewster who was the Elder on the Mayflower.  We are related to William thru Clorinda Fosdick who married Timothy Harrison (who is my 4th Great Grandfather)

As it turns out there were four Harrison brothers who came to the US they were Thomas, Richard, Benjamin and Nathaniel.  Two went South and two went North.  The Harrison brother named Thomas is who we are a direct descendant of and the Benjamin is who the Harrison Presidents are a descendant from.  What this means is the Harrison Presidents are in fact our Uncles.

I am going to post two descendants files, one will be from William Brewster and the other will be from Thomas Harrison.  

Keep in mind a descendants file is basically a family tree starting with the oldest member in our family tree.   Sometimes it's easier to find your name at the bottom and read up in the file.  These files have a lot of great historical data so it is really fun to read thru all of it.  

To see the William Brewster descendants file click here:  William Brewster Descendants File 
To see the Thomas Harrison descendants file click here:  Thomas Harrison Descendants File

Happy Reading!!!
Gemma