Mary Horatia Sutherland (Magrath) Harris (1859 - abt. 1954)

Born 15 Jun 1859 in Canada West

Ancestors

Wife of Arthur Beveridge Harris — married 29 Sep 1881 in Peel, Ontario, Canada

Descendants

Died about 20 Jan 1954 at about age 94 in Clarkson, Ontario, Canada

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Biography

Mary was the second daughter of William Magrath and Christiana Sutherland. She grew up in what is now Mississauga, Ontario, on the Magrath family's Erindale Estate, which her father had inherited before her birth. After the death of her mother in 1860, Mary and her two sisters were raised by their aunt, Anna Magrath. ^[1]

On September 29, 1881, Mary married Arthur B. Harris.^[2] The following year their daughter, Annie Louisa, was born.^[3] In 1883 Naomi was born.^[4]

Mary died at "Benares" in 1954.^[5] She was buried at Saint Peter's Anglican Church Cemetery, Erindale.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ "The Magrath Family of Erindale," Museums of Mississauga Exhibitions
2. ↑ "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FMJW-4PQ : accessed 12 Nov 2014), Arthur B Harris and Mary Horatis Sutherland Magrath, 29 Sep 1881; citing registration 008906, Toronto, Peel, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1869511.
3. ↑ "Canada, Births and Baptisms, 1661-1959," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FLWK-7JX : accessed 12 Nov 2014), Mary H.S.V. Magrath in entry for Annie Louisa Harris, 12 Sep 1882; citing Toronto, Peel, Ontario, 12 Sep 1882, reference 26078; FHL microfilm 1845581.
4. ↑ "Ontario Births, 1869-1912", index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VNGM-2LQ : accessed 12 Nov 2014), Mary H S V Magrath in entry for Naomi M Harris, 1883.
5. ↑ The Globe [Toronto, Ont] 21 Jan 1954: 23.
6. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/225069596/mary-horatia_sutherland-harris: accessed 19 November 2022), memorial page for Mary Horatia Sutherland Magrath Harris (15 Jun 1859–20 Jan 1954), Find A Grave: Memorial #225069596, citing Saint Peter's Anglican Church Cemetery, Erindale, Peel Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada; Maintained by Patricia Jackson (contributor 47297496) .