Ernest Arthur Harrison (abt. 1860 - bef. 1917)

Born about 1860 in Tasmania, Australia

Husband of Jessie Margaret (Synnot) Harrison — married 26 Apr 1889 in Trinity Church, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia

Biography

ERNEST ARTHUR HARRISON (Harrison-15170)

PARENTS. William Harrison & Harriett Whitefoord (Smith) Harrison

BIRTH. Abt. 1860, Tasmania, Australia

MARRIAGE. 26 Apr 1889, Trinity Church, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia

MARRIAGE. 26 Apr 1889, Jessie Margaret Synnot, daughter of Nugent Synnot & Eleanor Jane (Douglas) Synnot

MARRIAGE. TAS BDM Marriage Reg: #412/1889

Name: Harrison, Ernest Arthur

Record Type: Marriages

Gender: Male

Age: Adult

Spouse: Synnot, Jessie Margaret

Gender: Female

Age: Adult

Date of marriage: 26 Apr 1889

Registered: Launceston

Registration year: 1889

Record ID: NAME_INDEXES:906319

Resource: RGD37/1/48 no 412

Location: Church of the Holy Trinity, Launceston

Witnesses: Adye Douglas, A Douglas, G Pennefather

MARRIAGE NOTICE. HARRISON—SYNNOT.—On the 26th April, at Trinity Church, Launceston, by the Rev. C. H. Young, Ernest A., third son of the late Wm. Harrison, Woodbury, to Jessie M., daughter of Nugent Synnot, of Melbourne.

Children:

(1) Unnamed Female Harrison, b. 4 Jan 1890, d. 4 Jan 1890

(2) Douglas William Harrison, b. 22 Dec 1891, d. 23 Dec 1917

(3) Doris Harrison, b. 21 Jun 1896, d. aft. 1950

DEATH. Bef. Dec 1917, ^[1] location unknown

NOTE. Mentioned on Page 2 of his father's Will (date of death: 22 May 1885), along with his brother, Malcolm Whitefoord Harrison, and sister, Edith Maria Harrison. It appears his brother, William Henry Harrison, is either self-sufficient, or has already died (although he was still alive in 1875, as the informant of their mother's death), while his other sister, Harriett Amy Harrison, m. 21 Feb 1882, John Walter Tarleton, died in New Zealand, 1883. (NZ BDM Death Reg:#1883/1268 Tarleton Harriet Amy 27Y ^[2])

TAS GOV ARCHIVES: Wills

Name: Harrison, William

Record Type: Wills

Year: 1885

File number: 3035

Page: 385

Record ID: NAME_INDEXES:635676

Resource: AD960/1/14

Death of Spouse: 29 Apr 1950, 30 Mona-place, South Yarra, Victoria, Australia

Sources

1. ↑ Recorded as the "late Ernest Harrison" when his son, Douglas William Harrison, was killed during WWI: Commonwealth War Graves Commission: https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/3052819/harrison,-douglas-william/
2. ↑ Death of his sister: Harriet Amy Tarleton, nee Harrison: https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/search/search?path=%2FqueryEntry.m%3Ftype%3Ddeaths

• Marriage: TAS BDM Marriage Reg: #412/1889: https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD37-1-48p219j2k

• Marriage Notice: Daily Telegraph (Launceston, Tas. : 1883 - 1928) Mon 27 May 1889, Page 2: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/150340427

• TAS GOV ARCHIVEShttps://stors.tas.gov.au/AD960-1-14-3035: Wills: See Page 2 of his father's Will