Harry Marks^[1]

1902 - 1992  (89 years)

• Name	Harry Marks
  Born	28 Dec 1902	Listowel, Wallace Twp., Perth County, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Business	1922	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	H. Marks Tire and Battery Hospital
  Occupation	1926	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Mechanic
  Business	1930	90 King St. N., Waterloo, Ontario
  	Harmony Lunch
  		Harry Mark Harmony Lunch in Waterloo 1983
  Residence	1956	45 Young St. E., Waterloo, Ontario
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-182351
  Died	1992
  Buried	Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I182351	Generations
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2024

  
  

  Father	Jacob Marks,   b. Feb 1860, Maryborough Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Margaret Hollinger,   b. Jun 1870, Wallace Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F52487	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Dorothy Elfrieda Hooper,   b. 1903, , England ,   d. 1992  (Age 89 years)
  Married	21 Sep 1926	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Children	1. Bruce Marks
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F52486	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Waterloo restaurant closing after 86 years Harmony Lunch has been serving up meals for 86 years. But soon the Waterloo restaurant will close its doors for good. Owner Bruce Marks says he's selling the King Street business for personal and family reasons. His father, Harry Marks, purchased the property in 1930. At that time it was a dance club called Harmony Hall. Harry Marks turned it into a pork slider shop and re-named it Harmony Lunch. A fire destroyed the upper floors of the building in 1932. But many of the building's features and equipment date back to its early years. Four generations of the Marks family have worked at Harmony Lunch over the last eight decades. Staff members say the decision to close has been difficult for the family. "It took them awhile to make the decision," says assistant manager Sandra Wilson. "All good things end at some point and there was never really a good time." Customers say they're sorry to see the restaurant close. "There aren't a lot of places like this left," says Mary-Anne Hummel. "Places come and go. There aren't that many business that transcend from one generation to the next. But change is inevitable I guess." The closing date has not yet been set. The family is asking for $1.4 million for the property. Offers will be considered after September 6th. (2016). Kitchener.ctvnews.ca. Retrieved 11 September 2016, from https://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/mobile/waterloo-restaurant-closing-after-86-years-1.3032750 _______________________ "Marks was born in 1902 on a 200-acre farm in Listowel. He had ten brothers and sisters so when he moved to Waterloo in 1916 to help an older married sister, it was a shock. "I was in a big bedroom all by myself. I was used to going to bed with four kids to a room. I used to cry myself to sleep every night." He helped his sister, a dressmaker, with the chores and with her two young children, and it was during these years that he learned to cook. Marks got his first job at the Roschman Button Factory on what is now Regina Street when he was 16-years-old. He went from polishing buttons at 10 cents an hour, to being trained as a tool grinder. He left, however, over a dispute when he discovered that men under him were making more money than he was. His demand for a salary of $1,200 a year was not met." Harmony Lunch History. (2016). Harmonylunch.cedarcreek.ca. Retrieved 11 September 2016, from https://harmonylunch.cedarcreek.ca/History.htm

  
  

• Sources

  [S3108] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 046054-26. Harry Marks, 23, occ. Mechanic, b. Listowel, res. Waterloo, son of Jacob Marks (B. Ontario) and Margarette Hollinger married Dorothy Elfrieda Hooper, 23, occ. Examiner, b. England, res. Waterloo, daughter of Harry Hooper (B. England) and Elizabeth Hawkswood, Witnessed by: Clara Marks of Listowel and S. R. Hooper of Esson St. Kitchener, 21 September 1926 At The Rectory, Church of The Saviour in Waterloo

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 28 Dec 1902 - Listowel, Wallace Twp., Perth County, Ontario, Canada Business - H. Marks Tire and Battery Hospital - 1922 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Mechanic - 1926 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 21 Sep 1926 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Business - Harmony Lunch - 1930 - 90 King St. N., Waterloo, Ontario Residence - 1956 - 45 Young St. E., Waterloo, Ontario Buried - - Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth