The Harriman/Herriman Family Tree
Remarks on Articles Collected and the Characters
NOTE: These articles are
yet to be entered and uploaded.
The letter from Abbie Temple, daughter of Harry, was written to
H.E. just before Christmas, 1925, as far as can be ascertained
from the comments in it.
So far no date of birth has been found for Hezekiah Edgar. He was on guard duty on Fort Denison in Sydney Harbour during World War I, a photo of him in uniform is held by one of the families.
Leslie John St Elmo joined the A.I.F. at the age of 16 years and served in WW1 overseas, it was at the 'Welcome Home' that he met Eileen May and they married for 67 years.
Charles Franklin was a horseman, horses were his love and life. He was very tall, reports were that he was 6' 10", sadly died of double pneumonia after a mastoid operation. He is buried in the West Terrace Cemetery and his parents are both buried in the same grave.
Robert Murray was a Presbyterian Minister and served in Western Australia (WA) and New South Wales (NSW), was called back out of retirement to take the church at Coonabarabran, NSW, around 1980.
The story about the medallion presented (by H.E.) to the City Council probably has some fact, but H.E. was blessed with a very good imagination and highly capable of a 'tall story'. Much of it is just that. His three sons educated themselves at night school on their own initiative, Les becoming an engineer with the S.E.C. (State Electric Commission) and Tom a refrigeration engineer with the S.P.C. canneries at Shepparton in Victoria.
Hezekiah's name was shortened to 'Zack', however in South Australia (SA) it was again changed to 'Jack', so he was known as Jack Herriman when his family lived near Lyrup on the River Murray. I (Frank) had met several old timers who actually knew him in those days. His later home was at Colonel Light Gardens, then the Magill Old Folks Home. After Phoebe's death, he remarried Henrietta Wahlert, there is no further record of her.
Last revised: October 04, 2007.