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John Harkness 1842–1918 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 11 May 1842

Birth Location: New York

Death Date: 21 Aug 1918

Death Location: Wabash, Wabash, Indiana, USA

Father: Thomas Harkness

Mother: Jane Harvy

Spouse(s):

Children(s):

John Harkness was born in 1842 in New York, the child of Thomas Harkness And Jane Harvy Harvy. John Harkness passed away in 1918 in Wabash, Wabash, Indiana, USA.

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Biography

  • John Harkness was born in 1842 in New York, the child of Thomas Harkness And Jane Harvy Harvy.
  • John Harkness passed away in 1918 in Wabash, Wabash, Indiana, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Thomas Harkness
1806–1888
Birth Location: Scotland
TH
Jane Harvy
1809–1889
Birth Location: Scotland
JH

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

John Harkness's Ancestors

Self
John Harkness
1842–1918
Birth Place: New York
Parents
Thomas Harkness
1806–1888
Scotland
Jane (Harvy) Harvy
1809–1889
Scotland
Grandparents
A Dickson
1786–
Lanarkshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

John Harkness's Timeline

2 Records

1842
11 May 1842
Birth of John Harkness in New York
New York
1918
21 Aug 1918
Age 76
Death of John Harkness in Wabash, Wabash, Indiana, USA
Wabash, Wabash, Indiana, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 11 May 1842
    Event Place: New York

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 21 Aug 1918
    Event Place: Wabash, Wabash, Indiana, USA
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