Hi there,

My name is Deborah. My grandmother was Christine A Ross, but Betty and Gerry used to call her Ernie. Ernie and Harold were cousins and after Irene died and my grandfather died, Harold and my grandmother were companions. He moved in with her in her house in West Hempstead, NY. This was about 1971.

My mother's name was Phyllis, she was an only child. I have one brother, Brian, and one sister, Laura. Our maiden name was Allman. We moved to Virginia in 1974.

I spent several summers with Harold and my grandmother in his house in Lake Worth, Florida until he sold it.

One summer, I remember Betty and Buck and Betty's two children from her first marriage - Cindy and Johnny - and the twins Candy and Sandy - and Buck's two children from a previous marriage - Kenny and I'm sorry, but I can't remember the little girl's name, maybe Audrey - had come down to visit and then we all went to Tennessee to drop Buck's children off, and then went to Kentucky to visit his mother and then went back to New York. It was quite a trip.

Harold was a very kind man. He was very good to my grandmother and us. He and my grandmother came to visit us many, many times after we moved to Virginia.

After my grandmother died, Harold moved back to Florida. I believe shortly after that, he too passed away. One of the relatives told us that he is buried next to my grandmother in New York, but I don't know if that is true or not.

My grandmother had 3 sisters, 1 brother, 2 half sisters and 1 step sister. Her mother was married twice, but I'm not quite sure how Harold was related to my grandmother. I think that my grandmother's father was Joseph's brother, but I'm not positive about that.

Hope this helps.