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Michael Spurr Harris

Birth	:	3 May 1860 Bear River, Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada
Death	:	13 Jun 1941 Morganville, Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada
Burial	:	Morganville Cemetery, Morganville, Digby County, Canada
Description	:	Michael Spurr Harris was born on 3 May 1860 in Bear River, N.S., the youngest child of Edmund Reece Harris and Susan (Saunders) Harris. He was a seventh generation descendant of Arthur Harris, one of the founders of Bridgewater, Mass. (‘Michael Spurr Harris' was also the name of his father's older brother. That Michael Harris rose to prominence as a businessman and mayor of Moncton, N.B. His biography can be found in the Dictionary of Canadian Biography.) Michael Spurr Harris of Bear River married 1) Myron (aka Miriam) Gertrude Hamilton, the daughter of... Read More	Michael Spurr Harris was born on 3 May 1860 in Bear River, N.S., the youngest child of Edmund Reece Harris and Susan (Saunders) Harris. He was a seventh generation descendant of Arthur Harris, one of the founders of Bridgewater, Mass. (‘Michael Spurr Harris' was also the name of his father's older brother. That Michael Harris rose to prominence as a businessman and mayor of Moncton, N.B. His biography can be found in the Dictionary of Canadian Biography.) Michael Spurr Harris of Bear River married 1) Myron (aka Miriam) Gertrude Hamilton, the daughter of Asaph and Louisa (Roeber) Hamilton, on 1 July 1895 at Digby, Digby Co., N.S. They had a son, William Leslie, born in 1897, as well as a daughter who died shortly after birth in 1903. Myron also died in 1903. Michael married 2) Matilda May Anthony, the daughter of John and Clara May (Foster) Anthony, on 2 December 1908 at Bear River, Digby Co., N.S. John and Clara Anthony are listed as Michael Harris' neighbors on the 1911 Census. Their marriage record indicates that Michael was 43 years old while Matilda was only 19 at the time of their marriage. They had at least 1 child: Frederick (Fred) Wilton, born 1910. Michael and Matilda apparently divorced (though there is no record of this in the Library and Archives Canada divorce records), as Matilda was described as a "forsaken wife" when she remarried in 1925 in Londonderry, Colchester Co., N.S. Michael lived his entire life in Morganville, Digby Co., N.S. Records mostly describe him as a lumberman, sometimes as a farmer. Michael Spurr Harris died on 13 June 1941 at his home on the Lake Jolly Road in Morganville. He was buried on 15 June 1941. Sources: 1901 Census of Canada 1911 Census of Canada Nova Scotia Historical Vital Statistics

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Michael Spurr Harris's memorial is located at: Morganville Cemetery, Morganville, Digby County, Canada.
When did Michael Spurr Harris death?
Michael Spurr Harris death on 13 Jun 1941 in Morganville, Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada

Family Members:

Parent

Edmund Reece Harris

(1811 - 1889)

Susanah “Susan” Saunders Harris

(1818 - 1903)

Spouse

Myron Gertrude “Miriam” Hamilton Harris

(1878 - 1903)

Siblings

Henry Christopher Harris

(1842 - 1919)

Sarah Elizabeth Harris Snell

(1848 - 1924)

Charles Randall Harris

(1851 - 1932)

George Davis Harris

(1854 - 1938)

Children

William Leslie Harris

(1897 - 1933)

Frederick Wilton Harris

(1910 - 1993)

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