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Naas/Nash

Naas/Nash

Posted: 14 May 2008 12:24AM GMT
Classification: Biography
Surnames: Naas/Nash/Hirtle
My great grandfather was Ezra Ralph Nash (#902). He and his wife emigrated to the United States and changed their name to “Nash.” The family story was that they did this because everyone called them “Nash” and they got tired of it being mispronounced and decided to fight instead of switch!
Here are the missing pieces on our family:

The children of Ralph Naas (he was a custom automobile body builder at the Fisher Body Works) (died 1944) and Della Hirtle (died 1949):
• Harold Ralph Nash born in Lynn, Massachusetts on July 2, 1899. He was the Vice President of Underground Operations for Detroit Edison. He lived in Lathrup Village, MI.
• C. Paul Nash Born 1901.

Harold Nash married Virginia Lee Sharp (born November 5, 1909 in Newport News, VA) on January 1, 1929. Virginia died on October 14, 1994. Harold died on November 3, 1967.
• Harold Ralph Nash Jr. born on July 14, 1933. He was a handyman. He lives in Lake Wales, FL
• Richard Taylor Nash born on January 4, 1935. He was an award-winning high school teacher and was inducted into the Michigan Coaches Hall of Fame in 2001. He lives in Troy, MI.

Paul Nash died in 1954.

Harold Ralph Nash, Jr. married Elizabeth Shear
• Harold Ralph Nash III “Randy”
• Regina Elizabeth Nash

Richard Taylor Nash married Joyce Elaine Jansen (born March 6, 1936 in Royal Oak, MI) on August 18, 1956
• Richard Mark Nash, born May 1, 1958 in Detroit, MI. He is an executive for Get Motivated Seminars. He lives in Orlando, FL.
• Robin Michelle Nash, born December 21, 1966 in Pontiac, MI. She is a jewelry maker and homemaker. She lives in Royal Oak, MI.
• Ross Mitchell Nash, born September 22, 1968 in Pontiac, MI. He is a computer engineer and manager. He lives in Tampa, FL.

Richard Mark Nash married Elizabeth Keller (born August 30, 1960 in Oak Ridge, TN) on June 21, 1980. He married Drusilla Randisi (born June 5, 1953 in Queens, NY) on July 31, 1999
• Alexandra Caroline Nash (mother is Elizabeth Keller), born December 28, 1990 in Beech Groove, Indiana.

Robin Michelle Nash married Thomas Daniel Nichols (born on September, 22, 1967) on April 2, 1998
• Trinity Jane Nichols born August 4, 2005 in Royal Oak, MI

Ross Mitchell Nash married Twanette Townsend (born Iowa City, IA August 26, 1970) on June 17, 1995
• Kristina Ruth Nash born June 23, 1998 in St. Petersburg, FL
• Mary Renee Nash born August 30, 2001 in Tampa, FL
• David Richard Nash born December 22, 2004 in Tampa, FL
• Sarah Rose Nash born January 1, 2007 in Tampa, FL
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