Edward HARNISH

1805 - 1904  (98 years)

• Name	Edward HARNISH
  Birth	8 Apr 1805	St. Margaret's Bay, NS   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	7 Feb 1904	Mill Cove, Lunenburg, NS   [2]
  Burial	9 Feb 1904	St. Luke's Anglican Cemetery, Hubbards, NS   [3]
  Person ID	I5796	A Few Relatives of Bob and Mary Hegerich
  Last Modified	20 Apr 2008

  
  

  Father	Johann Georg HARNISH,   b. 3 May 1781, Lunenburg County, NS d. Aug 1827, St. Margaret's Bay, NS (Age 46 years)
  Mother	Maria Elisabetha SLAUENWHITE,   b. 3 May 1784, North West, Lunenburg, NS d. Aft 1844, St. Margaret's Bay, NS (Age > 61 years)
  Marriage	25 Jul 1803	Halifax, Halifax, NS   [4]
  Family ID	F3341	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Maria SIMS,   b. Jan 1813, St. Margaret's Bay, NS d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	7 Jan 1836	St. Margaret's Bay, NS   [1]
  Children	1. Charles Clarence HARNISH,   b. 22 Oct 1836, Mill Cove, Lunenburg, NS d. 30 Mar 1872, Hubbard's Cove, Halifax, NS (Age 35 years)   2. George Joshua HARNISH,   b. 17 Aug 1838, Mill Cove, Lunenburg, NS d. Yes, date unknown   3. John Henry HARNISH, [Twin],   b. 21 Sep 1840, Mill Cove, Lunenburg, NS d. Yes, date unknown   4. Edward James HARNISH, [Twin],   b. 21 Sep 1840, Mill Cove, Lunenburg, NS d. Yes, date unknown   5. James HARNISH,   b. 16 Oct 1842, Mill Cove, Lunenburg, NS d. 24 Jan 1912, Bangor, Penobscot, ME (Age 69 years)   6. Samuel HARNISH,   b. 4 Feb 1845, Mill Cove, Lunenburg, NS d. 1 Nov 1870, Hubbard's Cove, Lunenburg, NS (Age 25 years)   7. William Edward HARNISH,   b. 13 Feb 1847, Hubbard's Cove, Halifax, NS d. Yes, date unknown   8. Amelia Rebecca HARNISH,   b. 10 Dec 1848, Mill Cove, Lunenburg, NS d. Yes, date unknown   9. Timothy HARNISH,   b. 17 Jul 1852, Mill Cove, Lunenburg, NS d. Yes, date unknown   10. Susan Rachel HARNISH,   b. 28 Sep 1854, Mill Cove, Lunenburg, NS d. Yes, date unknown   11. Emma Grace HARNISH,   b. 25 Jan 1857, Mill Cove, Lunenburg, NS d. 11 Feb 1904, Mill Cove, Lunenburg, NS (Age 47 years)   12. Edward T. HARNISH,   b. Jul 1859, Hubbard's Cove, Halifax, NS d. 15 Jun 1918, Bangor, Penobscot, ME (Age ~ 58 years)
  Family ID	F3343	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Oct 2024

  
  

• Notes

  The parents of this Edward HARNISH are not known for certain, but he certainly appears to be a St. Margaret's Bay Harnish, and he is certainly not one of the otherwise known HARNISH's bearing the name of John. Also, he is almost certainly not a son of Edward or Casper. So the choices are John George and John Jacob. Although there is nothing to prove that he does not belong to John Jacob, it would be a tight fit and, in any event, I believe the following evidence to be more compelling. John George HARNISH marries Polly SLAUENWHITE in 1803 and we know from other records that there were eight children born before Mary Elizabeth. Next, their first recorded child (that I know of), Charlotte, appears in 1808. Given the time period and subsequent births, it appears far more likely that the baptismal records were lost (or that I cannot yet find them) for the period 1803-1808 than that there were no births during this period. Edward, h/o Maria Sims would explain one of those absent births. He is clearly the Edward HARNISH who d. 1904, since he is living with a daughter before his death and his age in the 1901 Census is 95. Therefore, pending unearthing of further evidence, he is placed with John George and Polly. [Bob H]

  
  

• Sources

  [S9299] Parish Register, St. Stephen's Anglican Church--Chester. [S9231] Parish Register, St. Luke's Anglican Church--Hubba, Abstracted by Joe Whitby. [S9231] Parish Register, St. Luke's Anglican Church--Hubba. [S9453] Religious Marriages in Halifax, 1768-1841, P. 64 , #139.