Norman Melrose

 

Family Links Spouses/Children: Grace Harkness Maureen Melrose Bayne Melrose William Melrose Norman Melrose 1 2 Marriage: Grace Harkness Buried: Maymont, Saskatchewan Norman married Grace Harkness, daughter of Hugh Harkness and Margaret Crawford. (Grace Harkness was born on 13 Jan 1912 in Larne, County Antrim, Ireland,5 died on 26 Jul 1991 in Borden, Saskatchewan 3 6 and was buried in Maymont, Saskatchewan 6.)

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

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

5 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

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

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