{"id":3228,"date":"2015-07-18T12:03:57","date_gmt":"2015-07-18T17:03:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kermitmurray.com\/blog\/?page_id=3228"},"modified":"2025-07-24T19:41:32","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T00:41:32","slug":"hargrave-family-1923","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kermitmurray.com\/genealogy\/","title":{"rendered":"Hargrave Family 1923"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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The Hargrave Family<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

1749-1923<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Information obtained by<\/b>
James Hargrave<\/a><\/b>
of <\/b>
Medicine Hat<\/b>1<\/a><\/sup>James Hargrave (1846-1935) who assembled this information is the grandson of Joseph Hargrave (1749-1847) and the son of John Hargrave (1806-1874).<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Compiled by<\/b>
Luetta Ross Williams<\/b><\/a>2<\/a><\/sup>Luetta Ross Williams is the great granddaughter of Joseph Hargrave through Mary Hargrave and John A. Ross<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Typed by<\/b>
Jean Ross Williams<\/a><\/b>3<\/a><\/sup>Jean Ross Williams is the daughter of Luetta Ross Williams and was 18 years old in 1923.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n


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The following is an excerpt from a letter written on June 23, 1845 at York Factory, Manitoba, Canada by James Hargrave<\/a> to his sister, Mary Hargrave Ross<\/a>, in Ormstown, Quebec, Canada. Also his signature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It is a matter of Great thankfulness to me to hear that our venerable parent4<\/a><\/sup>Joseph Hargrave (1749-1847)<\/span> still enjoys comparatively good health at his very advanced time of life. No doubt good health [and] bodily faculties are now failing but his mind appears to me to be as clear as ever and it is a great comfort to think that his latter years are cheered by the affectionate care of his children and are spent in the enjoyment of the fruits of his long laborious life and in a blessed hope of a happy hereafter. May our footsteps through life, my good sister, be guided by the example which he has given us, and when our day also comes, we may likewise hope to be cheered by the prospect of that futurity which awaits him, and where we shall be reunited after our long and weary separation in this life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/a><\/figure>\n[James Hargrave]<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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HARGRAVE<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Joseph Hargrave<\/a>, born 1749 and died July 27, 1847. He came to America from Kelso, Roxburghshire, Scotland<\/a> in 1817.5<\/a><\/sup>Joseph’s half brother James Hargrave (1756-1848) came to Montreal in 1812 and settled at Beech Ridge before Joseph. He is buried at Hillman Cemetery,<\/a> Utica, Durham Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada.<\/span> His first wife may have been Mary Melrose of Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland<\/a>. She died in Scotland and two sons were born to this union.<\/p>\n\n\n\n