Ernest Edward SOUTHARD

Notes:

Notes for Audrey Purdin and Ernest Southard:
There Honeymoon was spent in Seaside ,Oregon. They first wedding night
was spent in a barn in the
hayloft on the way

Cause of Death: Heart Attack
Notes for Ernest Edward Southard:
Ernie was born in 1901 to a Norwegian immigrant Anna Olson. He grew up in
Neillsville Wisconsin.
He had a sister Ada Amanda who was born in 1899 and died 1901 or 1902. He
said he used to make a
money on the Jewish Sabbath by lighting there fires for a nickel as they
were not allowed to do so.
His mother had been married before in Norway and had a son his half
brother. She married Marion
Southard here in the US. He moved to Portland,Oregon and attend Kellogg
elementary. He never went to high School.
Ernie owned a gas station for a time. Ernie was a Truck driver for
Safeway grocery stores. He later
moved up into management. He raised Shetland ponies and would bring them
to the company
picnic and let the children ride for free. Ernie loved horses and the old
west. He read everything
Zane Grey ever wrote.

Ernest married Beryl Audrey PURDIN. Beryl (daughter of Ira Griffey PURDIN and Mary Caroline LITHERLAND) was born on 12 Aug 1902 in Portland, Multnomah Co, OR; died on 9 Apr 1988 in Portland, Multnomah Co, OR. [Group Sheet]

1. Dorothy Bernice SOUTHARD was born on 29 Sep 1921 in Portland, Multnomah Co, OR; died on 24 Apr 1996 in Portland, Multnomah Co, OR.

married Anna. Anna was born in in Norway. [Group Sheet]