Joseph Harper
Harrison
13 February 1849 – 27 November 1915
Mother
Jane O’Neal
? – ?
Spouse
Alma Charlotte Maria Hick
1855 – 1929
Agnes Elliotson
1851 – 1874
Siblings
Elizabeth Ellen Harrison, John Henry Harrison, Mary Harrison, Luke Harrison, Joshua Harrison Jr
Children
William Harper Harrison
Dorothy Jane Harrison
Agnes Maud Harrison
Benjamin “Joshua” Harrison
Joseph Harrison Jr
Alma Harrison
William Edwin Harrison
Biography
Joseph Harper Harrison was born in Chadderton, a town on the outskirts of Manchester in England, on 13 February 1849. His parents were Joshua Harrison, a shoemaker, and Jane O’Neal Harrison.
On 1 June, 1871, when he was 22 years old, Joseph married Agnes Elliotson in the city of Manchester. At the time of the marriage he was working as a shoemaker, possibly in his father’s shop. Later that year, the couple immigrated to Canada (passenger records on the Parisian ship from Liverpool list a Joseph Harrison who worked as a paper box maker, and it’s very likely this was him, though the transcribed year of immigration and age are incorrect and a record for Agnes cannot be found so it’s hard to confirm). The couple settled in Toronto, Ontario.
Agnes contracted tuberculosis and died on 20 October 1874, at the age of 23. The couple had one child, a son named William Harper.
Joseph eventually met Alma Charlotte Maria Hick, who he married on 13 October 1875 in Toronto. They had seven children – their first child Dorothy Jane was born around 1879 in England, and the rest were born in Canada: Hugh Harper (born 1880), Agnes Maud (born 1884), Benjamin “Joshua” (born 1886), Joseph Jr (born 1889), Alma (born 1893) and William Edwin (born 1895). Joseph worked as a paper box maker, eventually passing the job to his son Hugh, who would continue the career until his retirement.
Joseph died from carcinoma on 27 November 1915, after being ill for one month. He was buried in Necropolis Cemetery in Toronto, at Vault NG 122, near his first wife Agnes. Alma was buried with him after her death in 1929.
Gallery
Sources
England Census, 1851; Ancestry.com. 1851 England Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005 (accessed 28 January, 2020). Original source: Census Returns of England and Wales, 1851. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), 1851. Data imaged from the National Archives, London, England.
England Census, 1861; Ancestry.com. 1861 England Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005 (accessed 28 January, 2020). Original source: Census Returns of England and Wales, 1861. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), 1861. Data imaged from The National Archives, London, England.
Marriage record for Joseph Harper Harrison and Agnes Elliotson; Ancestry.com. Manchester, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1930 (Cathedral) [database on-line]. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013 (accessed 28 January, 2020). Original source: Anglican Parish Registers. Manchester, England: Manchester Cathedral. Images produced by permission of Manchester Cathedral and Manchester City Council.
Passenger List for the ‘Parisian’; Ancestry.com. Canadian Passenger Lists, 1865-1935 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010 (accessed 28 January, 2020). Library and Archives Canada; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Series: RG 76-C; Roll: T-479.
Death record for Agnes 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.
Marriage record for Joseph Harper Harrison and Alma Charlotte Maria Hick; 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: 19.
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.
Census of Canada, 1881, District #134, West Toronto, Ontario, Sub-district G St Andrews Ward, Sub-division No. 1; family 297, dwelling 263, p. 60, lines 4-7; Library & Archives Canada (accessed online January 28, 2020 via http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1881)
Census of Canada, 1891, District #94, Centre Toronto, Ontario, Sub-district #7 St Johns Ward, family 131, p. 23, lines 5-11; Library & Archives Canada (accessed online January 28, 2020 via http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1891)
Census of Canada, 1901, Ancestry.com. 1901 Census of Canada [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006 (accessed online January 22, 2020) Original data: Library and Archives Canada. Census of Canada; Year: 1901; Census Place: Toronto (East/est) (City/Cité) Ward/Quartier No 2, Toronto (East/est) (City/Cité), Ontario; Page: 10; Family No: 95
Death record for Joseph 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; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Collection: MS935; Reel: 206.
Joseph Harper Harrison obituary, Canadian Machinery and Manufacturing News, MacLean-Hunter, Toronto, Canada; 2 December 1915, vol. 14, no. 23, p. 50, col. 2.
Joseph H Harrison in Necropolis Cemetery Records; Ancestry.com. Ontario, Canada, Toronto Trust Cemeteries, 1826-1989 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2017 (accessed 28 January, 2020). Original source: Toronto Trust Cemeteries; Toronto, Canada; Cemetery: Necropolis Cemetery; Volume: 10; Year Range: 1914-1962.
Family genealogy notes of James Arnold Price, Jr.; in possession of the Pytlik family. (Typed notes & family tree.)