Born and raised in the British Isles. He served in the Canadian Navy during WWI and stationed in Long Beach,CA. Michael married Ellen "Nellie" Allen in Scotland in 1919 and because he so loved it on the California coast, he brought his wife to America in the early 1920s. He worked in the oil fields of Kern and Los Angeles Counties in CA for 20 years. He and his wife helped to sponsor her 8 brothers, sisters and her parents to this country in the 1920s and 30s.
Born and raised in the British Isles. He served in the Canadian Navy during WWI and stationed in Long Beach,CA. Michael married Ellen "Nellie" Allen in Scotland in 1919 and because he so loved it on the California coast, he brought his wife to America in the early 1920s. He worked in the oil fields of Kern and Los Angeles Counties in CA for 20 years. He and his wife helped to sponsor her 8 brothers, sisters and her parents to this country in the 1920s and 30s.
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Wife Ellen (Nellie) Allan Doherty was cremated and location unknown
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