Sarah Jane Harris

Cal 1841 - 1863  (~ 22 years)

• Name	Sarah Jane Harris
  Born	CALC 12 Feb 1841	, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Sarah Jane Whitney
  Residence	1858	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Residence	1861	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Church of England
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-119919
  Died	12 Oct 1863	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Buried	Trinity Anglican Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Person ID	I119919	Generations
  Last Modified	10 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	James Harris,   b. 1809, Cherckenhill Leigh, , Worchestershire, England ,   d. 8 Sep 1868, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 59 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Stewart,   b. 1800, , Scotland ,   d. 14 Jan 1887, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 87 years)
  Married	CA 1835
  Family ID	F30060	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Edward Whitney, Esq.,   b. 1822, , Ireland ,   d. 27 Feb 1873, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States  (Age 51 years)
  Married	3 Nov 1858	Port Huron, St. Clair, Michigan, USA   [4]
  Children	1. James Whitney,   b. 10 Jan 1860, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	10 Jul 2025
  Family ID	F23530	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  In Galt, on Monday morning the 12th instant, Sarah Jane, wife of Mr Edward Whitney, and only daughter of Mr James Harris, at the early age of 22 years and 8 months, leaving three children to lament her untimely and most disastrous loss. The public sympathy dwells deeply with her bereaved Husband, and her suffering parents, whose only child she was. Galt Reporter Oct 16 1863 pg 3

  
  

• Sources

  [S313] Census - ON, Waterloo, Galt - 1851, Div 1 Pg 5. [S505] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Trinity Anglican (Galt) CC#4497 Internet Link . In/ memory of/ James Harris/ formerly of Cherckenhill Leigh Worcestershire Eng./ who died Sept. 8, 1868/ aged 59 years/ also of his daughter/ Sarah Jane/ wife of Edward Whitney/ who died Oct. 12, 1863/ aged 22 years & 8 mos/ also his wife/ Elizabeth/ died Jan. 14' 1887/ aged 87 years/ [S1838] Census - ON, Waterloo, Galt - 1861, Galt 1861 Div. 2 Page 16. [S14] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berlin Chronicle (1856-1860), 16 Nov 1858. At Port Huron, Michigan, on the 3d inst., by the Rev. G. B. Engle, Rector of Grace Church, Edward Whitney, Esq., of Galt, to Sarah Jane, daughter of James Harris, Esq., of the same place.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - CALC 12 Feb 1841 - , Ontario, Canada Residence - 1858 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 3 Nov 1858 - Port Huron, St. Clair, Michigan, USA Residence - Church of England - 1861 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 12 Oct 1863 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Trinity Anglican Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth