Notes:

Emily, daughter of Rev. James Harris 4 10 1793 Ireland & Fidelia Ketchum. (Dau. of Jesse Ketchum Jr., Columbia, NY.)

William H Lawrence married was first to Emily Harris &
the 2nd marriage to her sister Emma F Harris.

(One of Mr. Harris' daughters, Mrs. W. Lawrence, is living & resides on Huntley Street.)
Ref: Recollections & Records of Toronto of Old. - Wm. Henry Pearson, Published 1914.

Ontario Marriage Certificate 15104-93
William Lawrence, 62, widower, gentleman, Eglinton, Toronto,
s/o Peter & Elizabeth Lawrence,
married Emily Elizabeth Harris, 54, Toronto, same,
d/o James & Fidelia Harris
Witn: J.W.P. Foster & Charlotte Harris both of Toronto, 27 July 1893.

1904 May 26 - Osgoode Hall News, Single Court, Before C.J. Falconbridge,
Re Harris Trusts: - A G F Lawrence for Emily Elizabeth Lawrence & other, adult beneficiaries, under a trust deed executed in1870 by Fidelia HarrisI, now deceased & under the WILL of Emma Fidelia Lawrence, deceased, moved on petition for an order substituting trustees for those who desire to be relieved from the trusts. W E Middleton for Wm. Lawrence, F W Harcourt for infant beneficiaries. Order made as asked appointing J W P Foster & W J Stubbs.
Accounts to be taken by the clerk of the Weekly Court. Service on certain persons in the same interest as the petitions dispensed with. Costs out of the estates, to be charged in equal portions against 3 different interests.
Ref: The Globe Newspaper, Toronto. - - -

Died:
COD: angina pectoris

Emily married William Henry LAWRENCE, .14 on 27 Jul 1893 in Eglinton, (Toronto), York Co., Ontario. William (son of Major Peter Rezeau LAWRENCE, SUE and Elizabeth BETSY CUMMER, DUE) was born on 29 Mar 1831 in Eglinton, (Toronto), York Co., Ontario; died on 20 Jul 1906 in Eglinton, (Toronto), York Co., Ontario; was buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

James is the son of Bridgett Kelly 1769, Ireland & Moses Harris 1765, Ireland.

- 1848 Sep 6 - Knox's Church, Toronto, This fine edifice was pend for public worship on Sabbath last, the rd instant. The Rev. James Harris conducted the devotional exercise. the church is seated for 1400 or 1500, was crowded in the morning & was well filled at other diets. the sum of £72 has been raised with the past few days by the ladies of the congregation for fitting up the vestry, procuring carpets for the church etc.
Ref: The Globe Newspaper, Toronto.

- 1849 Jun 23 - Strayed Mare - Came into the premises of the subscriber, Lot 4, East side of Yonge Street, Township of York, about the 1st of May, a dark brown Mare, about 14 hands high, switched tail. The owner is requested to pay expenses & take her away.
James Harris, Toronto, June 29th, 1849.

- 1850 May 4 - Ministers of the Independent or Presbyterian order: James Harris, Educated principally at Glasgow, admitted a Licentiate by the Syod of Ulster.

- 1853 Sep 23, Toronto, Owner Wanted, Came into the premises of the subscriber, about the middle of last month, a bay mare about 14 hands hight. The owner is requested to call & recipe his property on the paying expenses. James, Harris Lot 4, ESYonge St.
- 1852 Jul 15 - Notice, came into the premises of the subscriber, Lot 4, East Side of Yonge Street, the the 1st instant, A COW, Body principally white; neck red, about 6 years old. The owner is required to pay expenses & take her away. James Harris, Yonge St. Toronto 15, July, 1852.

- 1855 Jul 11 - Religious Track & Book Society - Vice Presidents, Jesse Ketchum, Esq. [Jr.], Rev. James Harris.

- 1856 Aug 9 - Toronto. Stray Mare, Came into the premises of the subscriber, Lot 4, York Township, ES Yonge St., about 20 July, a dark brown mare, small size. The owner is requested to pay expenses & taker her away.
1856 Dec 13 - The Upper Canada Temperance Society wast est. in York in 1823 & reorganized on 10 June 1853, Secretary Rev. James Harris. The lot which the Temperance Hall on Temperance Street, stands was a gift to the society by Jesse Ktchum, Esq. [Jr.] now of Buffalo NY, whose zeal & disinterested labors in the temperances reform & other benevolent causes have been very abundant. the building cost £1,200.
- 1858 Sep 16 - $20 Reward, STRAYED fro Lot 4 ESY about Sep 7, Deep Bay Horse, about 16 hands high, nearly 4 years, with front feet turned out a little & a small star on forehead. Any person returning the same to James Harris on the premise or to E J Palmer, artist, king St., Toronto, will receive $20 on condition of the thief being steered? or $10 if strayed. James Hamis, York Twp.
Ref: The Globe Newspaper, Toronto, published Sept 16 - 30th, 1858.

West of Yonge Street was the lot on which Knox Church was afterwards built. A comparatively small wooden structure was erected about 1843 at the time of the disruption of the Scottish Church. This was occupied temporarily by the congregation of the Presbyterian Free Church, of which the Rev. Mr. Harris, who was a son-in-law of Jesse Ketchum, was the minister until this time, when he was succeeded by the Rev. Dr. Burns, who had recently arrived from Scotland. (One of Mr. Harris' daughters, Mrs. W. Lawrence, is living & resides on Huntley Street.) An addition facing Richmond Street was subsequently built.
Ref: Recollections & Records of Toronto of Old. - Wm. Henry Pearson, Published 1914.
Transcriptions by PJ Ahlberg, 2016. - - -

Died:
Aged 79y 11m. Died General Heart inflamation.

James married Fidelia KETCHUM on 9 Apr 1829 in York Twp., York Co., Ontario. Fidelia was born in 1808 in Town of York (Toronto), York Co., Ontario; died on 28 Mar 1871 in Toronto, York Co., Ontario; was buried in Toronto Necropolis Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Fidelia is the daughter of Nancy Ann Love & Jesse Ketchum of Toronto.

. Children of Fedelia & James Harris are:
1. Anne Mary Harris, b: 1830 in Ontario, Canada*
2. Jesse Ketcham Harris, b: 5 MAY 1832,
3. Charlotte Augusta Harris, b: 24 FEB 1835,
4. John Harris, b: 1836,
5. Emily Harris, b: 1839,
6. Emma Harris, b: 1842 &
7. Wiliam Arthur Harris, b: ABT. 12 JUN 1857 in Ontario, Canada.

. 1850 Jun 2 - Death, On the evening of Sunday last, at the residence of the Rev. James Harris, Mr. Seneca Ketchum, aged 76 years. His friends are invited to attend his funeral without further notice, from Mr. Harris', Yonge St, to the Episcopal burying ground, Hogg's Hollow, this day at 3 o'clock.
Ref: The Globe Newspaper, Toronto, published Tues. 4 Jun 1850.

. 1857 Jan 19 - died Toronto, On Bay Street, in this city, on Saturday, the 17th inst. ANN MARY, wife of the Rev. Arthur Wickwon & eldest daughter of the Rev. James Harris, aged 26 years. - - -

Birth:
37 Yonge Street. (Ref: Jesse Ketchum, Toronto Directory 1837.)