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James Wesley Harris

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James Wesley Harris

Birth
Avonmore, Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry United Counties, Ontario, Canada
Death
4 Jun 1956 (aged 66)
Surrey, Greater Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada
Burial
Surrey, Greater Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada Add to Map
Plot
MAPLE-117
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Wesley James Harris was born in Avonmore, Stormont Co. Ontario on Sept. 26 1889, as a young man he moved to Saskatchewan, worked for a while in Turtleford area.
On Sept. 29th 1917 Wesley Harris married 22 year old Wilthemina Hartwell, in Moose Jaw, Sask., She was all so from Avonmore, Ontario.
After the Wedding they took up farming in the Tugaske area,
Their son Floyd was born at home on July 13, 1918 James moved his family to Battleford, Sask. where he leased a farm from the Hudson Bay Company, it was located on the road to Cutknife, just up the hill from the Old Battle River bridge, about two miles out of Battleford.
After Welsey's wife died in 1933, he and Floyd stayed and tried to make a go of the farm. In 1938 Welsey let the farm in Battleford go.
They moved to Vancouver, and from there they moved to Surrey, B.C., where Wesley purchased five acres on Bon Accord Road, Surrey. Wesley worked various job's with the B.C. Forestry Dept. planting trees. His son Floyd lived with him.
Wesley James Harris was born in Avonmore, Stormont Co. Ontario on Sept. 26 1889, as a young man he moved to Saskatchewan, worked for a while in Turtleford area.
On Sept. 29th 1917 Wesley Harris married 22 year old Wilthemina Hartwell, in Moose Jaw, Sask., She was all so from Avonmore, Ontario.
After the Wedding they took up farming in the Tugaske area,
Their son Floyd was born at home on July 13, 1918 James moved his family to Battleford, Sask. where he leased a farm from the Hudson Bay Company, it was located on the road to Cutknife, just up the hill from the Old Battle River bridge, about two miles out of Battleford.
After Welsey's wife died in 1933, he and Floyd stayed and tried to make a go of the farm. In 1938 Welsey let the farm in Battleford go.
They moved to Vancouver, and from there they moved to Surrey, B.C., where Wesley purchased five acres on Bon Accord Road, Surrey. Wesley worked various job's with the B.C. Forestry Dept. planting trees. His son Floyd lived with him.


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  • Created by: Doreen
  • Added: Apr 24, 2010
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/51557944/james_wesley-harris: accessed ), memorial page for James Wesley Harris (26 Sep 1889–4 Jun 1956), Find a Grave Memorial ID 51557944, citing Sunnyside Lawn Cemetery, Surrey, Greater Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada; Maintained by Doreen (contributor 47131731).