Robert Owen Gorson of Columbia, SC:Information about Archibald Harrison
Archibald Harrison (b. 1865, d. November 2, 1940)
Notes for Archibald Harrison:
According to Bob Gorson's diary entry for 2 November 1940, "Uncle Archie died today from an infected foot".If he had diabetes, it may be that he had developed gangrene.
In a phone conversation on 6July2003 with Robert Gorson, Ruth Harrison said that she thinks his name was Hersch Kailey (sp?).He changed his name to Archibald Harrison.She is not sure where he and wife Anne were buried, but probably in the same cemetery in the Philadelphia area. She thinks he came to America via England.Not sure of his place of birth.
7/15/03, according to Lee Harrison, his grandfather, Archy, may have been born in Estonia (See telephone tape).He moved to England for a year or so. His last name was Kaly or Kaley.When he came to USA,. the immigration officer suggested that Archibald adopt the last name Harrison, after President Benjamin Harrison.The Phila address when he died was 5845 Cedar Avenue (a few blocks from where I, Robert Gorson, lived at 215 South 58th Street).
More About Archibald Harrison:
Burial: Unknown, In the Philadelphia area..
More About Archibald Harrison and Anne Fine:
Marriage: February 10, 1891, Philadelphia, PA. Dramatic Hall, 5th & Gaskill Sts. 6pm.63
Children of Archibald Harrison and Anne Fine are:
- +Martin Harrison, b. January 9, 1895, Philadelphia ?, d. January 1972, Philadelphia ?.
- +Louis A. Harrison, b. December 11, 1896, Philadelphia, d. May 29, 1978, Philadelphia64.
- +Abraham Philip Harrison, M.D., b. January 2, 1892, Philadelphia, d. Abt. 1968, Newark, NJ.
- +Sophie Harrison, b. January 29, 1899, Phila, d. May 28, 1974, Pamona, NY.