His father was born in Brookville and his mother in River Hebert.
Excerpt from an internet article.
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Biographical Sketch :
Harley Robert Hatfield was born on February 28, 1905 in Saint John, New Brunswick.
The son of Arthur Seaman Hatfield and Roberta (Christie), he moved to British Columbia with his family in the summer of 1907. The family first settled on the edge of Shuswap Lake, but moved quickly to Summerland that fall. In 1909, the Hatfield family relocated to Kaleden, one of the earliest families to settle in that community. Some time between 1910-1920, the family moved once again to Penticton. After his graduation from Penticton High School in 1923, Harley Hatfield moved to Vancouver to begin studies at the University of British Columbia in 1924. Following his marriage to Edith White Tisdall, known as 'Toddy', in 1932, the couple moved their family to Vaseaux Lake. Two sons were born to them, John, in 1934, and Peter, in 1936 . (Two other children, Chris and Alyson, were born a decade later, following World War II .) The Hatfield family re-located to Penticton in the late 1930's, where they remained until Edith's death in 1984. Harley Hatfield stayed on at the family home until 1994, moved to a retirement home in Penticton between 1994 and 1998, and finally moved to Vancouver in 1998, where he lived until his death,on February 14, 2000.
While studying at UBC, Hatfield began a career in construction to help pay for his studies. In the late 1920's, he graduated from UBC with a Bachelor of Arts in History, and, returning home to Penticton, he and his father established the family business, Interior Contracting Company Ltd., in 1930. The Company built many roads, bridges, and damns throughout the British Columbia interior.
Hatfield enlisted in the military at or near the beginning of World War II and first served
with the Royal Canadian Air Force. He later transferred to the Royal Canadian Engineers,
attaining the rank of Captain. He never had the opportunity to serve overseas during wartime. In 1945, his unit was demobilized and he returned to his family and to Interior Contracting in Penticton . The family business was sold in the mid-late 1950's .
It was in the 1950's that Hatfield became one of the founding members of the Okanagan
Similkameen Parks Society (OSPS). He was also a director, writer, and, eventually, Honorary Life Member of the Okanagan Historical Society, and an active member of the Wilderness Advisory Committee. His son, Peter, would eventually take up his father's interest in the OSP S and the Wilderness Advisory Committee and in his efforts to protect the Cascade Wilderness area. Harley Hatfield's efforts to restore both the Hudson's Bay Company and Okanagan Brigade Trails were rewarded with the naming of Mount Hatfield, located near the Hudson's Bay Company Trail, in his honour in the late 1960's, and with a Heritage Canada Foundation Award in 1981. Although his work to preserve the Cascade Wilderness and related trails claimed the bulk of his attention, Harley Hatfield also served as a director of the Engineering Institute of Canada from 1961 to 1971, as an Alderman for the City of Penticton between 1965 and 1968, as an Executive Member of the Similkameen Regional District from 1965 to 1969, as a member of the Penticton Board of Trade, and in various capacities with the Boy Scouts .
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P Eng Harley Robert Hatfield
Birth: Feb. 28, 1905
Saint-John
New Brunswick, Canada
Death: Feb. 14, 2000
information provided by w Kreider
Mount Hatfield was named after him!!
He married Edith White Tisdall in 1932 and they had 4 children.
He received the Heritage Canada Foundation Award in 1981. Also served as a director of the Engineering Institute of Canada (1961 to 1971), was an alderman for the City of Penticton (1965 to 1968), an Executive Member of the Similkameen Regional District (1965 to 1969)
Family links:
Parents:
Arthur Seaman Hatfield (1875 - 1964)
Roberta Mary Hatfield (1881 - 1957)
Spouse:
Edith White Tisdall Hatfield (1905 - 1984)
Burial: Lakeview Cemetery
Penticton-Okanagan-Similkameen Regional District
British Columbia, Canada
Created by: Alison
Record added: Jun 14, 2009
Find A Grave Memorial# 38347103
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R N Edith White Tisdall Hatfield
Birth: Jun. 19, 1905
Vancouver
British Columbia, Canada
Death: Jun. 7, 1984
Vancouver
British Columbia, Canada
Info provided by w Kreider
British Columbia Registration of Death 1984-09-009693
Born: Vancouver, B.C.
Daughter of Charles Tisdall & Edith White, both born England
Wife of Harley Robert Hatfield
Died: B.C. Acute Care Hospital, 2211 Westbrook Mall, Vancouver, B.C.
Informant: Gary George, Funeral Director
Cremation: 08 Jun 1984, Vancouver Crematorium, Vancouver, B.C.
Note: Her burial with her husband was in the "Old Section" of this cemetery
Family links:
Spouse:
Harley Robert Hatfield (1905 - 2000)*
*Calculated relationship
Burial:
Lakeview Cemetery
Penticton
Okanagan-Similkameen Regional District
British Columbia, Canada
Created by: Alison
Record added: Jun 14, 2009
Find A Grave Memorial# 38347102