Ellen Jane (Fitton) Carr-Harris (1840 - 1890)

Born 26 Nov 1840 in Caraquet, New Brunswick

Ancestors

Wife of Robert Carr-Harris — married 29 Dec 1873 in St Luke's, Bathurst, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada

Died 23 Feb 1890 at age 49 in Kingston Ontario

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Biography

Ellen was born in 1840. She passed away in 1890.

Nellie was born circa 1841. She was a daughter of Dr. R.W. Fitton of Carlisle, New Brunswick.^[1]

At the age of 13, she went to live with her aunt, the wife of Senator Ferguson of Bathurst.^[2]

She married Robert Carr-Harris, C.E. on December 29, 1873 at St Luke's, Bathurst, Gloucester County, New Brunswick.^[3][1]

After their marriage, the couple resided at Somersetvale Bathurst, a 2000-acre estate. Robert Carr-Harris became a business man running a sawmill at the mouth of Carter's Brook on the west side of the Bathurst Harbour.^[2]

By 1879, the family was residing in Kingston, Ontario where Robert was a professor of civil engineering at Royal Military College of Canada and afterward professor of general engineering at Queen's University.^[2]

Nellie passed away on February 23, 1890 in Kingston.^[1] She was interred there at the Cataraqui Cemetery.^[2]

Known Children

• Mary Alexandar Carr-Harris b. May 1, 1875
• Ferguson Carr-Harris b. Dec 25, 1877
• Dale Carr-Harris b. Feb 14, 1878
• Silla Marguerite Carr-Harris b. July 4, 1878
• Robert Carr-Harris b. April 1881
• Athol Carr-Harris b. Sept 1883

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Death Announcement, Union Advocate, March 19, 1890. Transcribed in Johnson, Daniel Vital Statistics From New Brunswick Newspapers, Vol 76 No 1803
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} Find A Grave: Memorial #209212348, Ellen Jane (Fitton) Carr-Harris (1841-1890)
3. ↑ Marriage Registration, Public Archives of New Brunswick

• Canadian records