{"id":1250,"date":"2014-06-28T17:22:40","date_gmt":"2014-06-28T22:22:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/?page_id=1250"},"modified":"2020-10-31T14:24:37","modified_gmt":"2020-10-31T19:24:37","slug":"ralph-bertram-harris-jr","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/genealogy\/surnames\/harris\/ralph-bertram-harris-jr\/","title":{"rendered":"Ralph Bertram Harris Jr. (1918-1985)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This guy is not in my direct line so I don&#8217;t have too much on him. He is the brother of <a title=\"Katharine Harris (1908-1990)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/genealogy\/surnames\/harris\/katharine-harris\/\">Katharine Harris<\/a> who married into my Fay line and the son of <a title=\"Ralph Bertram Harris (1874-1933)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/genealogy\/surnames\/harris\/ralph-bertram-harris\/\">Ralph Bertram Harris, Sr.<\/a> and Rose Loring Lee.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8168\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8168\" style=\"width: 255px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a class=\"boxer\" title=\"Ralph Bertram Harris Jr (1918-1985), Furst Family Archives, #0106.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/0106-Ralph-Bertram-Harris-Jr-1918-1985.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-8168\" src=\"http:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/0106-Ralph-Bertram-Harris-Jr-1918-1985.jpg\" alt=\"Ralph Bertram Harris Jr (1918-1985), Furst Family Archives, #0106.\" width=\"255\" height=\"352\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/0106-Ralph-Bertram-Harris-Jr-1918-1985.jpg 440w, https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/0106-Ralph-Bertram-Harris-Jr-1918-1985-217x300.jpg 217w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 255px) 100vw, 255px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8168\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ralph Bertram Harris Jr (1918-1985), Furst Family Archives, #0106.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Birth<\/h2>\n<p>October 29, 1918, in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA<\/p>\n<h2>Occupation<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1251\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1251\" style=\"width: 980px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1251 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1966-07-12-The-Daily-Democrat-County-Employes-Install-Officers-1024x1013.jpg\" alt=\"1966-07-12 The Daily Democrat (Yolo County, CA) - County Employes Install Officers\" width=\"980\" height=\"969\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1966-07-12-The-Daily-Democrat-County-Employes-Install-Officers-1024x1013.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1966-07-12-The-Daily-Democrat-County-Employes-Install-Officers-300x296.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 980px) 100vw, 980px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1251\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">1966-07-12 The Daily Democrat (Yolo County, CA) &#8211; County Employes Install Officers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Military Service<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8172\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8172\" style=\"width: 1818px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a class=\"boxer\" title=\"1941-05-07 US, World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 - Ralph Bertram Harris Jr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1941-05-07-US-World-War-II-Draft-Cards-Young-Men-1940-1947-Ralph-Bertram-Harris-Jr.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8172\" src=\"http:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1941-05-07-US-World-War-II-Draft-Cards-Young-Men-1940-1947-Ralph-Bertram-Harris-Jr.jpg\" alt=\"1941-05-07 US, World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 - Ralph Bertram Harris Jr\" width=\"1818\" height=\"1191\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1941-05-07-US-World-War-II-Draft-Cards-Young-Men-1940-1947-Ralph-Bertram-Harris-Jr.jpg 1818w, https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1941-05-07-US-World-War-II-Draft-Cards-Young-Men-1940-1947-Ralph-Bertram-Harris-Jr-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1941-05-07-US-World-War-II-Draft-Cards-Young-Men-1940-1947-Ralph-Bertram-Harris-Jr-768x503.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1818px) 100vw, 1818px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8172\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">1941-05-07 US, World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 &#8211; Ralph Bertram Harris Jr<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Death<\/h2>\n<p>July 16, 1985, in Woodland, Yolo, California, USA.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8176\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8176\" style=\"width: 352px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1985-07-17-Ralph-B-Harris-Jr-Obit-The-Daily-Democrat-Woodland-CA.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8176 \" src=\"http:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1985-07-17-Ralph-B-Harris-Jr-Obit-The-Daily-Democrat-Woodland-CA.jpg\" alt=\"1985-07-17 The Daily Democrat (Woodland, CA) Ralph B Harris Jr Obit\" width=\"352\" height=\"724\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1985-07-17-Ralph-B-Harris-Jr-Obit-The-Daily-Democrat-Woodland-CA.jpg 716w, https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1985-07-17-Ralph-B-Harris-Jr-Obit-The-Daily-Democrat-Woodland-CA-146x300.jpg 146w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 352px) 100vw, 352px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8176\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">1985-07-17 The Daily Democrat (Woodland, CA) Ralph B Harris Jr Obit<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8174\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8174\" style=\"width: 993px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a class=\"boxer\" title=\"1985-07-18 Funeral Program Ralph Harris Jr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1985-07-18-Funeral-Program-Ralph-Harris-Jr.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8174\" src=\"http:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1985-07-18-Funeral-Program-Ralph-Harris-Jr.jpg\" alt=\"1985-07-18 Funeral Program Ralph Harris Jr\" width=\"993\" height=\"1416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1985-07-18-Funeral-Program-Ralph-Harris-Jr.jpg 993w, https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1985-07-18-Funeral-Program-Ralph-Harris-Jr-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1985-07-18-Funeral-Program-Ralph-Harris-Jr-768x1095.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 993px) 100vw, 993px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8174\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">1985-07-18 Funeral Program Ralph Harris Jr<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This guy is not in my direct line so I don&#8217;t have too much on him. He is the brother of Katharine Harris who married into my Fay line and the son of Ralph Bertram Harris, Sr. and Rose Loring Lee. Birth October 29, 1918, in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Occupation Military Service Death July&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1205,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1250","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P3viLY-ka","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8625,"url":"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/","url_meta":{"origin":1250,"position":0},"title":"Home","author":"Karen","date":"September 9, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Explore Popular Pages Research by Surname What's New August 2021 Updated the Farquhar pages November 2020 Updated the Harris pages June 2019 Added some LeBlond ovals July 2018 Updated the Jordan pages and added some Tennessee related posts Featured Book Around Chadds Ford Explore Chadds Ford through nearly 200 historic\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"Around Chadds Ford book","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/bookcover.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1341,"url":"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/genealogy\/surnames\/aitken\/robert-aitken\/","url_meta":{"origin":1250,"position":1},"title":"Robert Aitken, Jr. (1767-1823)","author":"Karen","date":"June 30, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Robert Aitken, Jr. (1767\u20131823) was born in Paisley, Scotland, the son of Philadelphia printer and publisher Robert Aitken, Sr. He married Nancy Ann Pearson in Philadelphia in 1787 and became the father of Joseph Aitken, continuing the Aitken family line in Philadelphia into the nineteenth century. 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