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Ernest HARRISON (1845 - 1937)
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Ernest HARRISON (1845 - 1937)

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Laura Augusta ARMSTRONG
 Capt. John HARRISON (1800 - 1869)











Jane HOWE (1816 - 1880) George HOWE (1769 - 1821) Thomas HOWE


Sarah HARDING (1776 - 1823) Thomas HARDING
Sarah (HARDING)
b. 1845
+. Laura Augusta ARMSTRONG
d. 1937 aged 92
Near Relatives of Ernest HARRISON (1845 - 1937)
Relationship Person Born Birth Place Died Death Place Age
Grandfather George HOWE abt 1769 St Kitts, West Indies 11 May 1821 NSW, Australia 52
Grandmother Sarah HARDING Aug 1776 London, Middlesex, England 08 Jul 1823 Sydney, NSW, Australia 46

Father Capt. John HARRISON 1800 Cumberland, England 21 Jul 1869 Williamstown, Victoria, Australia 69
Mother Jane HOWE 09 Nov 1816 Sydney, NSW, Australia 23 Nov 1880 Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia 64

Self Ernest HARRISON 1845 1937 92

Spouse/Partner Laura Augusta ARMSTRONG

Sister Adela Ann HARRISON 11 Sep 1834 23 Jul 1910 Victoria, Australia 75
Brother Henry Colden Antill HARRISON 16 Oct 1836 Cj, NSW, Australia 02 Sep 1929 Kew, Victoria, Australia 92
Brother George Alfred HARRISON 1838
Sister Kate HARRISON 1840 1914 Minto, NSW, Australia 74
Sister Alice HARRISON 1842
Brother Horace Washington HARRISON 1848 Avon, Victoria, Australia 09 Feb 1869 Ballarat, Victoria, Australia 21
Brother John Arthur HARRISON 1851 1897 46

Uncle Robert HOWE 30 Jun 1795 London, Middlesex, England 29 Jan 1829 Sydney, NSW, Australia 33
Aunt Elizabeth LEE 17 Jun 1802 Sydney, NSW, Australia 1878 Sydney, NSW, Australia 76
Aunt Ann BIRD 1802 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 1842 Sydney, NSW, Australia 40
Uncle Thomas Terry HOWE 02 Apr 1803 Sydney, NSW, Australia 1860 At Sea going to Launceston, Tasmania 57
Aunt Mary Ann Risdon HOWE 01 May 1805 Sydney, NSW, Australia 1832 Kawhia, Auckland, New Zealand 27
Uncle John COWELL 1786 1839 Kawhia, Auckland, New Zealand 53
Uncle George Terry HOWE 18 Dec 1806 Sydney, NSW, Australia 06 Apr 1863 Chippendale, NSW, Australia 56
Aunt Sarah BIRD 1801 1871 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 70
Aunt Tawariki Te KIWI
Aunt Ann HOWE 06 Feb 1809 Sydney, NSW, Australia 10 May 1811 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 2
Aunt Sarah Risdon HOWE 27 Sep 1810 Sydney, NSW, Australia 1879 Redfern, Sydney, NSW, Australia 69
Uncle Edward LEE 1807 27 Jun 1842 Lithuania 35
Uncle Frederick LEE 1898 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Aunt Sarah WILLS 23 Apr 1796 England Dec 1876 St Giles, London, England 80
Uncle William REDFERN 1774 Canada 17 Jul 1833 Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland 59
Uncle James ALEXANDER 1797 Lanarkshire, Scotland 29 Jul 1877 80
Uncle Thomas WILLS 05 Aug 1800 Sydney, NSW, Australia 29 Jul 1872 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 71
Aunt Celia REIBEY 1802 Camden, NSW, Australia 28 Sep 1823 NSW, Australia 21
Aunt Marie Anne BARRY 21 Sep 1801 London, Middlesex, England 19 May 1870 68
Aunt Mary Ann MELLARD 1830 Peckham, Camberwell, London, Surrey, England
Aunt Eliza WILLS 10 Sep 1802 Sydney, NSW, Australia 30 Sep 1858 St Leonards, North Sydney, NSW, Australia 56
Uncle Henry Colden ANTILL 01 May 1779 New York, NY, USA 14 Aug 1852 'Jarvisfield', Picton, NSW, Australia 73
Uncle Edward Spencer WILLS 16 Feb 1805 Sydney, NSW, Australia 1830 London, Middlesex, England 25
Aunt Elizabeth Selina WILLS 30 Nov 1807 Sydney, NSW, Australia 18 Jan 1811 Sydney, NSW, Australia 3
Uncle Horatio Spencer Howe WILLS 05 Oct 1811 Sydney, NSW, Australia 17 Oct 1861 'Cullin-la-ringo', Springsure, Queensland, Australia 50
Aunt Elizabeth (MCGUIRE) WYRE 1817 Sydney, NSW, Australia 28 Dec 1907 Geelong, Victoria, Australia 90

Cousin Robert Charles HOWE 27 Feb 1820 St Phillips Church of England, Sydney, NSW 14 Jul 1875 Rylstone, NSW, Australia 55
Cousin Robertus Mansfield HOWE 12 Nov 1822 Sydney, NSW, Australia 26 Feb 1824 Sydney, NSW, Australia 1
Cousin Annie Wesley HOWE 1824 Sydney, NSW, Australia
Cousin Alfred Australia HOWE 1825 17 Jan 1837 Port Macquarie, NSW, Australia 12
Cousin Mary McLeay HOWE 21 Apr 1827 20 May 1827 0
Cousin Sarah Eclipse HOWE 1824 At sea 1905 Callan Park, New South Wales, Australia 81
Cousin George Risden HOWE 1825 01 Jul 1889 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 64
Cousin Mary Ann Cowell HOWE 17 Jun 1827 Sydney, NSW, Australia 20 Feb 1905 NSW, Australia 77
Cousin Marion HOWE 1829
Cousin John Kiwi HOWE 1830 1860 Kawhia, Auckland, New Zealand 30
Cousin Ann Risden HOWE 1832
Cousin Eliza Frances HOWE 1834 13 Oct 1914 80
Cousin Elizabeth Jane HOWE 1836 15 Dec 1916 80
Cousin Emily HOWE 1840 1880 Sydney, NSW, Australia 40
Cousin Maria Elizabeth LEE 09 Nov 1891
Cousin William Lachlan Macquarie REDFERN 1819 Australia 1904 Westminster, London, England 85
Cousin Joseph Foveaux REDFERN 1823 1830 Sydney, NSW, Australia 7
Cousin Sarah Elizabeth ALEXANDER 1835 Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland 1905 Paddington, London, England 70
Cousin Alice WILLS 06 May 1823 Camden, NSW, Australia 14 Apr 1824 NSW, Australia 0
Cousin William Henry WILLS 01 Dec 1827 abt 1828 1
Cousin Catherine Spencer WILLS 24 Nov 1831 Ci, Sydney, NSW 27 Aug 1884 Geelong, Victoria, Australia 52
Cousin Amelia WILLS 1854 Kensington, London, Middlesex, England
Cousin Arthur WILLS 18 Feb 1857 Hammersmith, Middlesex, England 14 Oct 1932 Kew, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 75
Cousin Harry Spencer WILLS 13 Sep 1858 Brighton, Sussex, England 1914 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 56
Cousin Frederick WILLS 19 Jul 1860 St John's Wood, Middlesex, London, England
Cousin Charles Ernest WILLS 15 Nov 1861 St John's Wood, Middlesex, London, England
Cousin Margaret Campbell ANTILL 27 Jun 1820 Sydney, NSW, Australia 22 Jul 1849 Camden, Oaks, Picton, Stonequarry, NSW 29
Cousin John Macquarie ANTILL 30 May 1822 Liverpool, NSW, Australia 1900 Picton, NSW, Australia 78
Cousin Henry Colden ANTILL 07 Apr 1826 Camden, NSW, Australia 1913 Parramatta, Sydney, NSW, Australia 87
Cousin Alice Sophia ANTILL 1827 Liverpool, NSW, Australia 1920 London, Middlesex, England 93
Cousin William Redfern ANTILL 1828 Campbelltown, NSW, Australia 1905 Picton, NSW, Australia 77
Cousin Thomas Wills ANTILL 1829 Campbelltown, NSW, Australia 18 May 1865 Nelson, New Zealand 36
Cousin Edward Spencer ANTILL 20 Jul 1832 Picton, NSW, Australia 1917 Parramatta, Sydney, NSW, Australia 85
Cousin James Alexander ANTILL 1834 Cobbitty, Narellan, NSW, Australia 1920 Rockdale, Sydney, NSW, Australia 86
Cousin Selina Elizabeth ANTILL 1837 Cobbitty, Narellan, NSW, Australia 1924 Chatswood, NSW, Australia 87
Cousin Loftus Cliff ANTILL 06 Dec 1839 Stonequarry, Picton, NSW, Australia 1840 Stonequarry, Picton, NSW, Australia 1
Cousin Thomas Wentworth WILLS 1836 Molongolo Plains, NSW, Australia 02 May 1880 Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia 44
Cousin Emily Spencer WILLS 25 Dec 1842 'Lexington', Ararat, Victoria, Australia 06 Dec 1925 "Molongolo", Kew, Victoria, Australia 82
Cousin Cedric Spencer WILLS 01 Dec 1844 'Lexington', Ararat, Victoria, Australia 23 Jan 1914 Springsure, Queensland, Australia 69
Cousin Horace Spencer WILLS 16 Jun 1847 Lexington, Victoria, Australia 08 Oct 1928 Kew, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 81
Cousin Egbert Spencer WILLS 11 Nov 1849 Lexington, Victoria, Australia 11 Sep 1931 Kew, Victoria, Australia 81
Cousin Elizabeth Spencer WILLS 07 Jan 1852 'Lexington', Ararat, Victoria, Australia 21 Nov 1930 Prahran, Victoria, Australia 78
Cousin Eugenie (Duckey) Spencer WILLS 28 Jan 1854 Lexington, Victoria, Australia 08 Jul 1937 Kew, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 83
Cousin Minna Spencer WILLS 01 Mar 1856 "Bellevue", Geelong, Victoria, Australia 14 Feb 1943 Toorak, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 86
Cousin Hortense Sarah Spencer WILLS 16 Aug 1861 Geelong, Victoria, Australia 02 Jul 1907 Maidenhead, Berkshire, England 45

Nephew Amos Chauncey Harrison NORCOTT 1857 Sandhurst, Victoria, Australia 1932 Richmond, Victoria, Australia 75
Niece Eva Wills HARRISON 11 Aug 1865 Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia 27 Sep 1869 Victoria, Australia 4
Nephew Horace HARRISON 25 Dec 1866 Collingwood, Victoria, Australia 1867 Victoria, Australia 1
Niece Kate Wills HARRISON 26 Feb 1868 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 1955 Caulfield, Victoria, Australia 87
Niece Emily Rosalie (Rose) HARRISON 23 Jul 1869 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 1947 Hove, Sussex, England 78
Nephew Henry Norman HARRISON 28 Jul 1870 09 May 1895 Broad Arrow, WA, Australia 24
Niece Ida Mary HARRISON 20 Jan 1872 Kew, Victoria, Australia 01 Aug 1872 Victoria, Australia 0
Nephew Eric Spencer HARRISON 1874 1874 Victoria, Australia 0
Niece Ruby Spencer HARRISON 25 Mar 1876 Victoria, Australia 1958 Richmond, Victoria, Australia 82
Niece Alma Wills (twin) HARRISON 31 Mar 1882 Kew, Victoria, Australia 1960 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 78
Niece Eileen Spencer (twin) HARRISON 31 Mar 1882 Kew, Victoria, Australia 1882 Beechworth, Victoria, Australia 0
Niece Kate Harrison BAGGE 1878 Ballarat East, Victoria, Australia 1914 Campbelltown, NSW, Australia 36

Brother in Law James Henry NORCOTT abt 1812 1870 Mackay, Queensland, Australia 58
Sister in Law Emily Spencer WILLS 25 Dec 1842 'Lexington', Ararat, Victoria, Australia 06 Dec 1925 "Molongolo", Kew, Victoria, Australia 82
Brother in Law Christian Herman OHLFSEN BAGGE abt 1824 Prussia 1908 Minto, NSW, Australia 84
Brother in Law John Frederick SKINNER
Sister in Law Possibly Nellie VIVIAN
Events in Ernest HARRISON (1845 - 1937)'s life
Date Age Event Place Notes Src
1845 Ernest HARRISON was born 54
21 Jul 1869 24 Death of father Capt. John HARRISON (aged 69) Williamstown, Victoria, Australia Note 1 55, 60
23 Nov 1880 35 Death of mother Jane HOWE (aged 64) Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia Note 2 55, 60
1937 92 Ernest HARRISON died Note 3
1937 92 Burial Boroondara General Cemetery, Kew, Victoria Note 4 90
Note 1: Wills(Lexington) Family Tree - death 21 July 1869, Williamstown, Vic

SMH 23 July 1869
Captain John Harrison is dead. Thirty-five years ago he went to Sydney in a small craft ; and thirty years ago he made the overland journey from Melbourne to Sydney.

The Mercury (Hobart) 27 July 1869
DEATH OF CAPTAIN HARRISON.
[From the Age.]
Captain John Harrison, one of the earliest settlers of this colony, died at Williamstown on Wednesday night of bronchitis, in the sixty seventh year of his age. For some time previous he had suffered from asthma, and a few days ago he caught a severe cold, which aggravated his complaint; but it was only within a few hours of his dissolution that he or his attendants knew that he was beyond the hope of recovery. Captain Harrison emigrated from England to Sydney about thirty-six years ago, and was engaged for some time as master of a vessel. He then settled himself on shore, and in 1838 he and his family came overland to Port Phillip, and bought a station on the River Plenty, from which locality he afterwards removed to the upper Wimmera. He was known to his friends as a
man of great enterprise and indomitable perseverance. The part he took during the agitation for separation in 1850 and 1851, and the refusal of the colonists to admit convicts into Victoria, will be remembered by such as were in the colony at that period. He was also prominent in advocating the diggers' rights and in frustrating the attempt made to impose a heavy licence fee upon the goldfields in 1854. Captain Harrison went to reside at Williamstown in 1859, having accepted employment on the Victorian Railways as station master, an office which he retained until his failing health compelled him to resign. About three or four months ago one of his sons was accidentally drowned, and the disaster appeared to have given the old man a severe shock. The deceased was a native of Cumberland (England), and in his younger days had served as an officer in the British navy. He was married in Sydney, and he has left a widow and several grown up sons and daughters. The funeral of the deceased gentleman will take place at Williamstown on Saturday afternoon.
Note 2: The Argus (Melbourne) 24 Nov 1880
Deaths
HARRISON. —On the 23rd inst., at her residence, 101 Victoria-parade, Fitzroy, after a long Illness, Jane, widow of the late Captain John Harrison (formerly of Swanwater station, Wimmera district), aged 64.
Note 3: Wills (Lexington) Family Tree - 1937, Melbourne

Burial info
Note 4: Ernest Harrison

Birth
1855
Death
27 Feb 1937 (aged 81–82)
Burial
Boroondara General Cemetery
Kew, Boroondara City, Victoria, Australia Show Map
Plot
C/E C 2660
Source References:
54. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Ancestry Family Trees, Title: Ancestry Family Trees, Auth: Ancestry.com
- Reference = (Birth)
55. Type: Book, Abbr: Edward Wills Family and Descendants, Title: Ancestor Treasure Hunt; The Edward Wills Family and Descendants in Australia 1797 - 1976, Auth: R.V. Pockley, Publ: Wentworth Books - Sydney, Date: 1976
- Reference = (Name, Notes)
90. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Find A Grave, Title: Findagrave.com
- Reference = (Burial)
- Notes: Ernest Harrison

Birth
1855
Death
27 Feb 1937 (aged 81–82)
Burial
Boroondara General Cemetery
Kew, Boroondara City, Victoria, Australia Show Map
Plot
C/E C 2660
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