William H Reid

 

Family Links Spouses/Children: Maria Harkness Margaret Elizabeth Reid Ronald Norman Reid William James Reid John Andrew Reid William H Reid 1 2 3 Marriage: Maria Harkness William married Maria Harkness, daughter of Hugh Harkness and Margaret Crawford. (Maria Harkness was born on 18 Dec 1905 in Ireland,7 died in 1987 in Saskatchewan 4 8 and was buried in Maymont, Saskatchewan 8.)

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 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.

3 Saskatchewan Dept. of Public Heath, Vital Statistics Divsion, Hugh Harkness, 1967, registration 07-003514. :
Place of Death: St. Paul's Hospital, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Length of Stay: in municipality: 5 yrs, in province: 55 years, in Canada: 55 years
Full name of deceased: Harkness, Hugh
Permanent Address of deceased: 311 20th Street East, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Sex: Male, Canadian, Racial Origin: Irish, Widowed, Birthplace: Ireland
Date of Birth: November 9, 1879, age 87 years, 6 months, 7 days
Usual Occupation: Retired Blacksmith
Date last worked at this profession: 1956,
Total years spent in this occupation: 50 years
If married, widowed, name of spouse: Margaret Crawford
Name of Father: Harkness, WILSON
Name of Mother: YOUNG, MARIA
Birthplace Father: Ireland
Birthplace Mother: unknown
informant: Mrs. W. H. Reid, relationship: Daughter
Address: Box 61, Maymont, Saskatchewan
Burial, Date: May 18, 1967
Place of Burial: Saskatoon, Sask, cemetery: Woodlawn
Undertaker: Saskatoon Funeral Home Co. Ltd., Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

Date of Death: May 16, 1967
Cause of Death: ( not revealed, as per Vital Statistics Act of Saskatchewan, FOR GENEALOGY ONLY)

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

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

6 Saskatchewan Dept. of Public Heath, Vital Statistics Divsion, Hugh Harkness, 1967, registration 07-003514.

7 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

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

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