Frederick Arthur Harrison

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Frederick Arthur Harrison

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Omata, Taranaki, New Zealand
Death: January 22, 1948 (77)
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, United States
Place of Burial: Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand
Immediate Family:

Son of Thomas Harrison and Mary Palfrey Harrison
Husband of Ellen Maria Harrison
Father of Dorothy Elizabeth Walvatne and Thomas Bertram Harrison
Brother of Edwin Thomas Harrison; John Perry Harrison; Elizabeth Harrison; Thomas Harrison; Frank Perry Harrison and 9 others

Managed by: Trevor John McComish
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About Frederick Arthur Harrison

Frederick, who wasn the youngest of Thomas and Mary Harrison's 14 children was married to NZ born Maria Bishop who returned from America for that purpose. In 1905 he, together with his wife and two children went to America to live.

  At Auckland, on the way, he was so impressed with an electric light, which he had then seen for the first time, that he trained as an electrical engineer in America.

His daughter, Dorothy Walvtne, visited NZ in March 1966.
=== Census === 1910 Los Angeles, California, USA HARRISON: Fred 40 1st mar. 13 yrs b NZ parents b ENG, electrician, machinist; wife Ellen M 41 1st mar. 13 yrs 2 childern, both living b NZ, both parents b ENG, both emig 1904, Aliens; Children: Dorothy 11, Thomas 10, both b NZ

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Frederick Arthur Harrison's Timeline

1870
June 30, 1870
Omata, Taranaki, New Zealand
1898
August 16, 1898
New Zealand
1899
September 23, 1899
New Plymouth, New Plymouth District, Taranaki, New Zealand
1900
1900
Age 29
United States
1905
1905
Age 34
1905
Age 34
1948
January 22, 1948
Age 77
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, United States
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Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand