Croquet in the Park
Haas
Pronounced \ˈhāz\, like "haze"
Short History
I'm Harry Price Haas, son of William Melvin Haas, Jr. (Bill)
and Barbara Faye Price (Barbara). I have two siblings. My brother
William Melvin Haas, III (Mel) and my sister Pamela Lynn Haas (Pam). What I've been
told is that our family derives from three brothers that came to the US
from Germany in the early 1800s. When we arrived, our name was
changed to Haas. I'm not sure what it was originally in Germany, but
there are several speculations including Harse, Haase, Hause and others.
Here's an incomplete sir name tree.
Haas-Davis
In 1865, George Augustus Haas (my great great grandfather) and his
half brother Frank Hemley formed a retail meat business called Haas &
Hemley in Crichton Alabama near Mobile. Hemley sold his part to George a
few years later. When George died in 1843, three Haas brothers (Frank
Edward, William Oliver and George Robert) continued the business,
changing it's name to Haas Brothers in 1896, and again to Haas Brothers
Packing Company in 1914. When the Haas brothers purchased A. D. Davis
Packing Company in 1921, they changed the name again to Haas-Davis.
Haas-Davis continued to operate until falling into financial
difficulties and finally failing in 1973.
I still remember the great sausages and garlic bologna from my childhood.
This is my grandfather William Melvin Haas, Sr. with his wife Mary (Roach) and two sons Tommy and Bill.