Hello Beautiful People, I am writing this to tell you all I have learned about my family while I am researching it. As you can see I am a Grimes but I also have lots of other last names in my family tree like Attebery, Nordlund, and Starr. Just to name a few of them. I started this journey to find out more about the missing piece of my family tree that I did not know much about and that is the Starr side which if I go back is on my Mom side of my family.

Before I get ahead of myself I will tell you that researching history of my family using my family’s knowledge and ancestry.com has taken me awhile but it is a never ending process because you will continue to find out new things about your family and it will never end. You think it would but some generations of your family is hard to find the farther back in time you try to research it. Is it fun to find out where you come from? Yes I think so. Is it time consuming to figure out where exactly you are from? Yes it is.

So lets get to it and finding out where I come from. If you can see down below this is just a small portion of my family tree.

If you look at it, you will see me at the far right of the picture. While you are going left you will see my parents, my grandparents, my great grandparents, and my 2nd great grandparents. I could go back more generations than that from what I have learned so far in my tree. But it would not be so easy to read so I just decided to make a chart for five generations. So that you can see my family and those ancestors that have come together to make one amazing family that I love so much and have loved to learn more about. While doing this research I have found more cousins that I did not know I had. Yes, they might be second cousin but to me it doesn’t matter because if it has the word cousin in the name whether it is first, second, third Cousins, I will always call them my cousin. Yes, it could be confusing to some but to me you are my cousin no matter what. That is the same way as my Great aunts and uncles too. I don’t use the word Great when I talk about them. For an example my great Uncle John who is my grandpa Randall’s brother I call him Uncle John when I am talking to my family about him. For many years I have done it this way and I don’t see it changing. It doesn’t matter how many generations you are back from me. You are Family and I love my family.

In this next part I will break done some of the generations in detail not so much detail but a pretty good amount so that you can learn what I have learned while doing this search.

On to my Parents Section

My father Robert Randall Grimes and my mother Melanie Elayne Nordlund were married in 1982 in Bakersfield, California. Robert was born and raised in Oregon while Melanie was born in Hawaii but moved around a lot since her father was a US Soldier but then made California her home for a while before she met Robert. Robert and Melanie had four kids together. They are Stephen, Jennifer, Kristine, and I. My brother Stephen was born in 1985 in Bakersfield, California. My sister Jennifer was born in 1987 also in Bakersfield, California. My sister Kristine was born in 1991 in Eugene, Oregon. Then there was me. I was born in 1993 also in Eugene, Oregon. Jennifer married a guy named Kevin in 2009. They have a son named Kamden, who was born in 2011 in Texas. That is just a small piece of the detail about the first generation.

Now on to my grandparents’ section.

My Grandparents are Randall Edwards Grimes, Johnnie Joyce Attebery, Lyle Clifford Nordlund, and Maxine Louise Starr. Randall and Joyce are my father’s parents and Clifford and Maxine are my mother’s parents.

Starting it off with the Grimes Section,

Randall and Joyce were married in 1947 in Halsey, Oregon. Joyce just turned 18 when they got married and Randall was 33 years old. They did not care about their age gap because they loved each other. They had seven kids together. They are William Edward, Glenda Joyce, Robert Randall (Who is my father), Donald Frank, Dena Marie, David John, and Cindy Christine Grimes. William (Bill) was the first born and he was born in 1949. Glenda was the first daughter born and she was born in 1950 and she died in 2009. Donald was born in 1955 and he died in 1968 after a snow trip accident. Dena was born in 1957. David was born in 1959. Cindy was the youngest and she was born in 1962. David was married twice and had three children. David and his first wife Sheila were married in 1980 and was married for almost 7 years before they got divorced. During that marriage they had a daughter name Terra Lynn Grimes and she was born in 1982. David and his second wife Janet were married in 1988 and they were married for almost 11 years before they got divorced. During that time they had two sons and they are Thorin Calvin and Dade Rowan Grimes. Thorin was born in 1994 and Dade was born in 1996. Terra has been married twice and has three kids. Terra and her first Husband Corey was married in 2003 and was married for almost 8 years before they got divorced. During that time had two children together named Emily and Kyle Baker. Emily was born in 2005 and Kyle was born in 2009. Terra and her second Husband William was married in 2016 and since they got married they had a daughter together. Her name is Taylor Stine and she was born at the end of 2016. Thorin also got married to a girl name Cia and they got married in 2018.

Now on to the Nordlund Section,

Clifford and Maxine were married in 1953 in Bakersfield California. They had two daughters together. They are Melanie Elayne (My Mother) and Jamie Lynn Nordlund. Jaime was born in 1960. Maxine has been married three times including Clifford. Maxine and her first husband Mr. Webb (Don’t know his first name) had a son together during that marriage and his name is Darrell Scott Webb (Nordlund after Clifford adopted him). Scott was born in 1949. Clifford and Maxine divorced in 1972. Maxine married her third husband Donald Donato a few months later of 1972 and divorced in January of 1974. Clifford was married to a woman named Stephne Federhart in December of 1976 and divorced the following June.

Now on to the Great Grandparents Section.

My Great Grandparents are Henry Loring Grimes, Anena Amelia Sorenson, John Edward Attebery, Eunice Elta Burris, Ole Clifford Nordlund, Mabelle Janette Miller, Cecil Martin Starr, and Viola Pearl Davies.

My grandfather Randall’s Parents are Henry and Amelia. They were married in 1908. They had six Kids together. Randall’s Siblings are Lloyd Harold, Edgar Boyd, Zena Adell, John Keith, and Elmer Wilbur Grimes.

I don’t have picture of Henry and/or of Amelia so here is jus some of their great Grandkids. Edgar’s four grandkids and Randall’s Granddaughter (ME)

My Grandmother Joyce’s Parents are John and Eunice. They were married in 1911 and had twelve children together. Joyce’s Siblings are Alvis Overton, Lola Loretta, John Edward Jr, Carl Preston, Bertie Irene, Stella Mae, Maxine Leona, William King, Velma Elta, Floyd Garner, and Kenneth Lloyd Attebery.

My Grandfather Clifford’s Parents are Ole Clifford and Mabelle. They were married in 1913 and they had three sons together. Clifford’s Brothers are Keith Laverne and Dean Edward Nordlund.

My Grandmother Maxine’s Parents are Cecil and Viola. They were married in 1926 and had just my grandmother. Cecil married a woman named Emilie Lucia Johnson in 1933 after he divorced Viola. Emilie died in 1944. Cecil married a woman named Mary Lou Balaam in 1948 and they had three kids together. Maxine’s half siblings are Rebecca Jane, Cecil Martin Jr, and Hallie Jean Starr.

As you can see above, I did not put much in the Great Grandparents section as I did for the Grandparents section because I am still learning about each great grandparent and their families.

On to interesting facts and more Information I have learned that I want to include in this.

I heard from looking at pictures that my mom’s Great Uncle Curt loved photography and I thought that was pretty cool because I am majoring in Digital Photography in College. I also had a lot of family members that served in the military, which is pretty cool to me, I think. I think I saw some serving during the Civil War, Revolutionary War, and some of the other Great War we have had in our history. I also found out that my 5th Great Grandfather Gottfried Sebastian Oppelt was a missionary to the Indians. Also, that my 3rd great Grandparents dropped the Vinding out of their last name when they came to America from Denmark, so it was just Sorensen after that. Countries that I have Ancestors in are Denmark, UK, France, Germany, Norway, and probably others.

So that is all I am going to say for now I will write more when I can. Hope you have learned a little bit about my family.