This is the family history of Richard W. Harvey from Gloucester City, Camden, New Jersey. His immigrant father, Richard Harvey, was the son of a former member of the Royal Irish Constabulary, and his mother, Anna Elizabeth Thomas, was a descendant of the Colonial Swedes and Finns who arrived in America roughly forty years before William Penn. Historical events featured in this book include the American Revolutionary War, World War I and World War II. Surnames in this book include Harvey, Harris, Thomas, Pauley, Applegate, Rambo, Teague, Edwards, Middleton, Kinch, Van Culen, Morton, Lawrence, Robinson, Cleneay, Springer, Helm, Higgins, Prior and Evans. Some of the places included in these pages are Philadelphia, Wilmington, New Jersey, Yorkshire, County Laois, County Tyrone, Dublin, Cornwall, Devon, Sweden and Finland.