John Amos HARNISH

1861 - 1943  (81 years)

• Name	John Amos HARNISH
  Birth	28 Dec 1861	Mill Cove, Lunenburg, NS   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	5 Jan 1943	Cole Harbour, Halifax, NS   [2]
  Burial	County Poor Farm Cemetery, Cole Harbour, NS
  Person ID	I46723	A Few Relatives of Bob and Mary Hegerich
  Last Modified	20 Apr 2008

  
  

  Father	Henry Isaac HARNISH,   b. 17 Dec 1827, Mill Cove, Lunenburg, NS d. 15 Feb 1902, Sober Island, Halifax, NS (Age 74 years)
  Mother	Mary Ann Elizabeth WAMBOLDT,   b. 16 May 1837, Mill Cove, Lunenburg, NS d. 29 Jul 1873, Sheet Harbour Passage, Halifax, NS (Age 36 years)
  Marriage	2 Apr 1856	Mill Cove, Lunenburg, NS   [3]
  Family ID	F9874	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Jane Elizabeth HURD,   b. 13 Oct 1857, Halifax County, NS d. 2 Feb 1945, Port Dufferin, Halifax, NS (Age 87 years)
  Marriage	8 Sep 1885	Port Dufferin, Halifax, NS   [4]
  Children	1. Alexander Samuel HARNISH,   b. 29 Apr 1886, Sober Island, Halifax, NS d. 9 Nov 1951, Halifax, Halifax, NS (Age 65 years)   2. Mary Ann [Minnie] HARNISH,   b. 8 Nov 1887, Sober Island, Halifax, NS d. Dec 1925, NS (Age 38 years)   3. Maud May HARNISH,   b. 6 Mar 1890, Sober Island, Halifax, NS d. Yes, date unknown   4. Thomas Edward HARNISH,   b. 4 Feb 1894, Sober Island, Halifax, NS d. 21 Aug 1951, Apple River, Cumberland, NS (Age 57 years)   5. John William HARNISH,   b. 12 Jun 1896, Sober Island, Halifax, NS d. Yes, date unknown   6. James Frederick HARNISH,   b. 12 Jun 1899, Sober Island, Halifax, NS d. May 1966, Toronto, York, ON (Age 66 years)
  Family ID	F19399	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Nov 2024

  
  

• Notes

  On 05 Jan 1943, one Amos HARNISH, age 82, dies at Cole Harbour. His parents are unknown, which means he has no family around him at the time, his place of birth is given as Liverpool, which appears to be an error, and his residence is given as Sheet Harbour. Yet he is buried at Cole Harbour. There seems to be only one person who could fit his description, and that is John Amos HARNISH b. 28 Dec 1861 at Mill Cove. The main problem with this notion, however, is that his wife is listed as a widow and is living with her family in 1901. So there seem to be two possibilities: a. John Amos HARNISH dies before 1901 and the man who dies in 1943 is some other, unknown Amos HARNISH; b. John Amos deserts his family before 1901 and the listing of his wife as a widow is either a Census taker's error or a reflection of his wife's state of “geographic” widowhood. It is hardly unknown for a wife who is deserted during that time period to declare herself to be a widow, and since he is the only known (at least to me) Amos HARNISH who fits the description, John Amos is carried here as having died in 1943 pending discovery of further evidence. [Bob H]

  
  

• Sources

  [S781] Descendants of Catherine Brigley. [S12554] !NS Historical Vital Statistics, 1943, book 205, page 437. [S9299] Parish Register, St. Stephen's Anglican Church--Chester. [S12554] !NS Historical Vital Statistics, 1885, book 1817, page 251, #297--Transcribed by Joe Whitby.