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Wilson Harkness
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Wilson Harkness 1 2 3 4 5
- Born: Abt 1853, Co. Antrim, Ireland 1 2 5
- Marriage: Maria Young about 1872 in Co. Antrim, Ireland 1
 General Notes:
Birth Registration:
District of Glenwhirry, Registrar's Distict of Ballymena, County of Antrim, Ireland
No. 201,
Date of Birth: 1879, Ninth November
Place of Birth: Crosshill , Glenwhirry
Name of child: Hugh Harkness, male
Name of Father: Wilson Harkness, address Crosshill, Laborer
Name of Mother: Maria Harkness, maiden name: Young
signature of informant: Wilson Harkness, Father, Crosshill
Date of Registration: Twenty Ninth November 1979
Registrar: P.R. Hay
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1901 census, Cairncastle, townland of Ballymullock, Larne, Co. Antrim, Ireland, LDS film 807914
page 1, (landholder= James Cumming)
Wilson Harkness, Head, religion: Christian, can read/write, age 48, male, labourer/shepherd, married, born Co. Antrim
Mariah Harkness, wife, religion: Christian, can read, age 53, female, married, b. Co. Antrim
John Harkness, son, Christian, read/write, age 27, Engineer in factory, married, b. Co. Antrim
Sarah Harkness, daughter-in-law, Christian, read/write, age 24, female, married, b. Co. Antrim
Hugh Harkness, son, religion: unprofessor, read/write, age 21, male, Blacksmith, single, b. Co. Antrim
Samuel Harkness, son, religion: unprofessor, age 18, male, labourer, not married, b. Co. Antrim
James Glenn, boarder, Presbyterian, read/write, age 27, male, widower, b. Co. Antrim
Research Notes:
There is no indication that the Harkness families owned any land in County Antrim in the late 1870's as per the Landowners, circa 1870 published on the web at:
http://www.scotlandsclans.com/antrim.htm
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Noted events in his life were:
• Residence: townland of Crosshill, 1879, Parish of Glenwhirry, County Antrim, Ireland. 3
• Occupation: Laborer, 1879, Glenwirry, Ballymena, County Antrim, Ireland. 3
• Occupation: labourer/ shepherd, 1901, Cairncastle, Larne, Co. Antrim. 5
• Religion: Christian, 1901, Cairncastle, Co. Antrim. 5
• Occupation: Land Stewart, 1904, Ireland. 4
• Occupation: Landsteward, 1911, Ballymullock, Cairncastle, Co Antrim.
• Religion: Brethren, 1911, Ballymullock, Cairncastle, Co Antrim. 1
Wilson married Maria Young about 1872 in Co. Antrim, Ireland.1 (Maria Young was born about 1848 in Co. Antrim, Ireland 1 5.)
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1911 census, Cairncastle, townland of Ballymullock, Co. Antrim, 1911 census, LDS film 1999431, Cairncastle, Co. Antrim, Ireland. :
Parish: Grange of Killyglen, townland of Ballymlullock, Cairncastle, Co. Antrim
page 6
Wilson Harkness, head of family, religion: Brethern, read & write, age 59, Landsteward, married, birthplace: Co. Antrim
Maria Harkness, wife, religion: Brethern, read & write, age 64, married, for 39 years, 4 children born alive, 3 children still living, birthplace: Co. Antrim
Samuel Harkness, son, religion: Brethern, read & write, age 27, labourer, single, Co. Antrim
Eliza Jane Glenn, niece, Brethern, age 10, scholar, Co Antrim
John Maban?, servant, Roman Catholic, age 55, labourer, single, birthplace: Co. Antrim
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Harkness, Hugh, death registration, 1967, 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)
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Harkness, Hugh, birth registration, 1879, Public Records Office of Northern Ireland. :
District of Glenwhirry, Registrar's Distict of Ballymena, County of Antrim, Ireland
No. 201,
Date of Birth: 1879, Ninth November
Place of Birth: Crosshill , Glenwhirry
Name of child: Hugh Harkness, male
Name of Father: Wilson Harkness, address Crosshill, Laborer
Name of Mother: Maria Harkness, maiden name: Young
signature of informant: Wilson Harkness, Father, Crosshill
Date of Registration: Twenty Ninth November 1979
Registrar: P.R. Hay
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Harkness / Crawford, marriage registration, 1904, Irish office of the Registrar General. :
1904 Marriage Solemnized at Larne in the Parish of Inver in the County of Antrim.
No. 41
When Married: 20th September 1904
Name and Surname: Hugh Harkness, Full Age, Bachelor, profession: Blacksmith
residence at time of marriage: Fourscore, Cairncastle
Father's Name and Surname: Wilson Harkness
Rank or profession of father: Land Stewart
Name and Surname: Maggie Crawford, Full Age, Spinster
residence at time of marriage: The Rush?, Cairncastle
Father's Name and Surname: James Crawford
Rank or profession of father: Farmer
Married in the First Presbyterian Church, Larne according to the Discipline of the Presbyterian Church by License by me Ewing Gilfullene?
This Marriage was solemnized between us.
Hugh Harkness, Maggie Crawford
in the presence of: Archie? Stuart, Elisabeth Stuart
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1901 census, Cairncastle, townland of Ballymullock, Ireland, 1901 census, Cairncastle, townland of Ballymullock, Larne, Co. Antrim, Ireland, LDS film 807914. :
page 1, (landholder= James Cumming)
Wilson Harkness, Head, religion: Christian, can read/write, age 48, male, labourer/shepherd, married, born Co. Antrim
Mariah Harkness, wife, religion: Christian, can read, age 53, female, married, b. Co. Antrim
John Harkness, son, Christian, read/write, age 27, Engineer in factory, married, b. Co. Antrim
Sarah Harkness, daughter-in-law, Christian, read/write, age 24, female, married, b. Co. Antrim
Hugh Harkness, son, religion: unprofessor, read/write, age 21, male, Blacksmith, single, b. Co. Antrim
Samuel Harkness, son, religion: unprofessor, age 18, male, labourer, not married, b. Co. Antrim
James Glenn, boarder, Presbyterian, read/write, age 27, male, widower, b. Co. Antrim
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