Hugh Harper
Harrison
18 August 1880 – 2 June 1947
Mother
Alma Charlotte Maria Hick
1855 – 1929
Spouse
Jennie Maud Gibson
1877 – 1962
Siblings
Dorothy Jane Harrison, Agnes Maud Harrison, Benjamin “Joshua” Harrison, Joseph Harrison Jr, Alma Harrison, William Edwin Harrison
Children
Biography
Hugh Harper Harrison was born on 18 August 1880 in Toronto, Canada, the second child of Joseph Harper Harrison and Alma Charlotte Maria Harrison.
On 17 June 1903, when Hugh was 21, he married 25-year old Jennie Maud Gibson. The couple both worked as paper box makers for Robertson Brothers, which was a large candy manufacturing company in Toronto. Hugh would eventually work his way up to be manager of the box department at the factory (the building still stands at 107 Queen Street East, though the factory has long been closed).
The Harrisons raised five children: Alma Louisa (born 1904), Dorothy Pearl (born 1907), Edna May (born 1909), Harper Hugh (born 1910) and Douglas (born about 1915). They family regularly attended St James Cathedral and at the time of the 1921 census, they were living at 54 Metcalfe Street, in an area that is now known as the Cabbagetown Heritage District.
After retiring, Hugh managed the United Cigar Store. He died on 2 June 1947 of a brain hemorrhage and is buried in St James Cemetery in Toronto, Canada, alongside his wife Jennie (the birth date and name of his father were incorrect on his death record, which resulted in the wrong birth date being put on his tombstone).
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Sources
Birth record for Hugh Harper Harrison; Ancestry.com, “Ontario, Canada Births, 1858-1913 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010” (accessed 28 January, 2020). Original source: Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Registrations of Births and Stillbirths – 1869-1913; Series: MS929; Reel: 47; Record Group: RG 80-2.
Record of marriage, Hugh H Harrison to Jennie M Gibson; Ancestry.com and Genealogical Research Library (Brampton, Ontario, Canada). Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1826-1937 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010 (accessed 28 January, 2020). Original source: Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Registrations of Marriages, 1869-1928; Reel: 109.
Birth record for Dorothy Pearl Harrison; Ancestry.com, “Ontario, Canada Births, 1858-1913 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010” (accessed 23 January, 2020). Original source: Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Registrations of Births and Stillbirths – 1869-1913; Series: MS929; Reel: 184; Record Group: RG 80-2.
Census of Canada, 1921, District #131, Toronto East, Ontario; p. 5, Ward #2, family 48, dwelling 33, lines 4-10; Library & Archives Canada (accessed online January 28, 2020 via http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1921)
Death record for Hugh Harper Harrison; Ancestry.com. Ontario, Canada, Deaths and Deaths Overseas, 1869-1947 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010 (accessed 28 January, 2020). Original source: Archives of Ontario. Registrations of Deaths, 1869-1947 (MS 935, reels 1-694), Archives of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Family genealogy notes of James Arnold Price, Jr.; in possession of the Pytlik family. (Typed notes & family tree.)
City of Toronto, Heritage Property Search; detail for 54 Metcalfe St. [online] Available at: http://app.toronto.ca/HeritagePreservation. (Accessed 29 Jan. 2020).