Portrait of John Andrew George Harris

Artist: Margaret Harris
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Portrait of John Andrew George Harris

Sepia Portrait of my husbands father . His eyes a little blue
HP photo paper
This photograph of my father-in-law was taken before the the second world war..He was probably about eighteen or nineteen here .He was born in Southampton Ontario in 1921..He was a scouter in the war in the airforce and still had his leather jacket when I met him..He married my mother=in-law Margaret Didier a French Canadian girl after the war and they had three children…My husband John “Fletcher” was the oldest..then Richard and Lois…He was a sales man and sold tobacco kilns and was away all week and came home on the weekends….My husband took me to a bar to meet him…He was sitting there having a beer…We liked each other on site..His sense of homour was really out there, He went by the name of Jack..I new him for about twelve years …He died at the age of 64 from cancer…He was a great guy and he became a father to me…I realy loved him and miss him ….He was a real character…He wrote poetry…and drew weird pictures…A surrealist..He loved big band music and had stacks of records…Jack had a great speaking voice and would have made a great narrater …He could also write…I think the alcohol took away any dreams of doing anything with his talent…He had a great sense of humour even when he was sick…He never showed me his other side but the family talked about it…He hated dentists …his father was one and was always putting him in the chair.. He died with all his teeth though..He had a unhappy home life as a child .His little sister Lois died when she was about a year and a half and his mother became an alcoholic and his parents divorced…Jack also started to drink….When I came into the family he was already sick and he wasn’t drinking anymore…My mother-in -law Margarette Didiea is catholic other wise they would probably have divorced. They were never close in any way that I ever saw .. He was a big man 6’ 6” tall…My husband looks like him and has his height. but not like his father in other ways. ..Jack was barried in Southamptom near Grama Chineys grave in 1984. He is really missed !

Portrait of John Andrew George Harris belongs to the following groups:

Dearly Departed, First Things, Mature Men, The Family Album, (Pics From the Past ONLY) and THE WAIST UP - Portraiture Photography 2 per 24 hour limit