I am looking for my brother Brad (Bradford)Hersey. He has been missing since 1970 and should be about 49-50 years old.

Hi,I'll try to help. I've written a book on the Hersey family I have quite a bit of information on the family. Please send me as much as you can, including your Hersey parents names, etc. That would help me look through my info..you never know, i might have some info.

Hi! Thankyou for your reply. Took me by surprise to see my brother's name. Anyhow...my father's name was "Rawling Eugene Hersey" My mother was Eleanor C. Hersey. My father's mother's name was Minnie. I don't know his father's name. My father has (had) a brother named Taylor. I can't find him either. He contacted us once in the sixties to say that he had done some kind of a family search only to find out that we had some Indian blood in our past. My brother Brad has been missing since 1970. The F.B.I. was looking for him cause he dodged the draft and then when the amnesty thing came into effect, we all thought that he would come out of hiding, but nothing. There have been supposed sightings of him in Mississippi. Our other brother Bob lives in West Virginia. My brother David lives on Cape Cod. We are in Massachusetts.
There are a slew of Hersey's on Cape Cod right now...and none of them are related to my family. We were the only ones here in the 50's and 60's.
Thankyou again for your reply and I would look forward to any help you can give. If not, thankyou for the attempt!!
Karen Hersey

Hi, i'm glad you responded...i am eager to help clear this all up. My regular email is shersey@gwu.edu. I am hoping we can email each other directly.

Here are excerpts from what i have in my book. I have listings for 3 Rawling Eugene Herseys...i'm hoping you can fill in some blanks help me figure out who these all are...the third Rawling Eugene Hersey is the info. that you sent me. It might help me if you give me birth dates for you and your family.

*RAWLING EUGENE Hersey,b. MA(?) 5 May 1911; d. Fraser, MI 25 Feb. 1988.
i. ANDRIA LYNN m. Jeff Houghton.
ii. JOHN Rawling
iii. GEORGE WILLIAM DRUMMOND
iv. JENNIFER SUZANNE
v. CRYSTAL LORENE
*.RAWLING EUGENE Hersey III (or was it Bob Hersey????) m. Chesterfield, VA 11 Dec. 1966 Evea Dorene Bowen
i. ROBERT EDWARD, b. Portsmouth, VA 18 Apr. 1967.
ii. ANDRIA LYNN, b. Richmond, VA 8 May 1969.
*.RAWLING EUGENE Hersey m. ELEANOR C. ___. Rawling’s mom’s name was Minnie ___.
i. BRAD
ii. BOB, res. W. Virginia
iii. DAVID, res. Cape Cod
iv. KAREN

Thankyou for your reply. I am going to email you directly. I have forwarded your last letter to my brother David, who doesn't know about my interaction with this sight. So, I have encouraged him to email you also if he could further help with details.

Thankyou, I will be sending an email soon.

Karen

My Grandfather was Willie Thomas grandmother was Nora. They lived in Lake Butler Fl. as long as I can remember. All I know was grandfathers mom was Minnie I beleive father was Willie but not sure. Wondering if there is a connection.

Hello,
My grandfathers name is William John Britton Hersey Sr. My fathers name is William John Britton Hersey Jr. My name before marriage was Catrina Marie Hersey the oldest of my fathers children. I do not know much about my family heritage other than we originated from the eastern states. My father is 41 I am 23. If you have any information it would be greatly appreciated.

Karen,

You may have hit upon something I have been looking for!
I am looking for the native american connection for the Hersey family. apparently there were at least five generations of as they put it anglo/native american bloodlines. Also we are entitled to membership in the Daughters of the Revolution because our anscestors served . Wether I am interested in joining I would like to gather the info in the event that my daughters wish to join. also in Mass, cheryl

Hey, I am Melanie Hersey (JAX.FL) daughter of Jimmy Hersey, Douglas Ga. His father/my g-father was Lonnie VerDean Hersey and Lonnies parents were Willlie Emmit Hersey and Minne Bell Carver-Hersey. I know Willie Emitt Herseys parents were: John Manning Hersey and Emily Davis-Hersey. I am trying to find as much out as possible. My father Jimmy Hersey died last year from Cancer and I am trying to capture our tree....Any help would be greatly appreciated. I think Steve emailed me years ago and I would love to hear from again as well as anyone else. Thanks!

Hi,

Brad's father's name is Rawling Hersey. I don't know his mother's name (different than my mom). Brad grew up and married a woman by the name of Rose and had 3 to 5 kids. Then he escaped the draft and went to Canada. I don't know if he returned with amnesty. Some people around Cape Cod said that they have seen him. I have never seen him but then again, would I even recognize him now. He was pretty badly treated as a kid so his incentive to know "ME" as a stepsister would not be that great. My mother was a non-discrimintating abuser. . I just wish I could tell him that I love him. Always did,,,always will. He would be near 60 now I think. I am 54 now.