1901 census
145 Commonloch, Lugar, Auchinleck
William J Harkness 44 iron stone miner b Ireland
Agnes Harkness 49 b Ireland
James Harkness 19 coal miner b Dalrymple
Sarah Harkness 16 dressmaker b Dalrymple
He was a coal miner when he married Elizabeth Sneddon of Tower St Cumnock on 31 December 1906.
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Ancestry has this on him
| Name: | James Harkness |
|---|---|
| Residence: | Cumnock, Ayrshire |
| Death Date: | 7 Dec 1917 |
| Death Location: | France & Flanders |
| Enlistment Location: | Ayr |
| Rank: | Private |
| Regiment: | Highland Light Infantry |
| Battalion: | 9th (Glasgow Highland) Battalion (Territorial) |
| Number: | 350356 |
| Type of Casualty: | Killed in action |
| Theatre of War: | Western European Theatre |
| Comments: | Formerly 8424, R. Scot. Fus. |
CWGC
His wife was living in Elbow Lane.
The Cumnock Chronicle says in an obituary.
He enlisted nearly three years ago and was in France for 4 months. He had an active interest in the affairs of Common Thistle FC and had worked for some time at Glenburn Colliery.
James Harkness had two children when he went off to war: James and Nancy and one other child in the oven: Sarah who never met her dad.
His widow married Thomas Broom a coal miner in 1918.
James Harkness had two children when he went off to war: James and Nancy and one other child in the oven: Sarah, my gran, who never met her dad.
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