Wilson Harkness (Abt 1853-)

Maria Young (Abt 1848-)

James Crawford (Abt 1854-After 1911)

Grace (Abt 1853-Between 1901/1911)

Hugh Harkness (1879-1967)

Margaret Crawford (Abt 1883-1917)

Maria Harkness (1905-1987)

 

Family Links Spouses/Children: William H Reid Margaret Elizabeth Reid Ronald Norman Reid William James Reid John Andrew Reid Maria Harkness 1 2 3 Born: 18 Dec 1905, Ireland 4 Marriage: William H Reid Died: 1987, Saskatchewan at age 82 4 5 Buried: Maymont, Saskatchewan 4   Research Notes: Maria came from Ireland when Maria was 13 years old. Crawford (Alexander Crawford Harkness) was only 2 years old. according to present day family members. Maria married William H Reid.

1 Robert A. Harkness, supplied family group sheets of his close family. March 20, 2002,. received initial package of data on March 19, 2002
received further data from personal knowledge of the family on April 8, 2002
Source of his information was three of the Kula sisters including the mother of Robert Harkness:
Mrs. Jean Wilkie, Pauline Kula and Mrs. Gertrude Harkness

2 recorded by Darlene Melrose, Sept 25, 2002, Maymont Sask. :
Grace Melrose b. Jan 13, 1912, Larne Ireland
d. July 26, 1991, Borden Sask.

Maria Reid, b. 1905, d. 1987

3 Saskatoon Star-Phoenix newspaper, Saskatoon, Sask, dated Mar 17, 1967, page 42. :
HARKNESS - THE DEATH OF MR. Hugh Harkness, age 87 years of 311 20th Street, East, Saskatoon and longtime resident of Maymont occurred in a local hospital on May 16, 1967. The funeral service will be held on Thursday, May 18, at 2:00 p.m., from the chapel of the Saskatoon Funeral Home conducted by Capt. L.E. Armistead. Surviving are: three sons, John of New Westminster, Crawford of Garibaldi Highlands and Hugh of North Vancouver; two daughters, Mrs. W. H. Reid (Maria) of Maymont and Mrs. Norman Melrose (Grace) of Maymont; 13 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren. Mr. Harkness was predeceased by his wife Margaret in 1917 and by a son, Jim, in 1923. Born in Ireland, Mr. Harkness came to Canada in 1910. In 1912 he settled in Maymont where he owned and operated a blacksmith shop for 50 years. For the past 5 years he had resided in Saskatoon. Interment will take place in Woodlawn Cemetery.

4 recorded by Darlene Melrose, Sept 25, 2002, Maymont Sask.

5 Robert A. Harkness, supplied family group sheets of his close family. March 20, 2002,.

6 Saskatoon Star-Phoenix newspaper, Saskatoon, Sask, dated Mar 17, 1967, page 42.

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