Harvey John Underhill

Harvey John Underhill

Male 1933 -

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  • Name Harvey John Underhill 
    Birth 26 Mar 1933  St. Boniface Hospital, St. Boniface, Manitoba, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Person ID I12761  Whisperspast | Thomson
    Last Modified 21 Oct 2007 

    Family Elizabeth Helen Thomson 
    Children 
     1. Brian Thomson Underhill
     2. Dori Lynn Underhill
     3. Barbara Ann Underhill
     4. Lisa Marie Underhill
     5. John Paul Underhill
    Family ID F4944  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 20 Feb 2023 

  • Notes 
    • Harvey attended Bernice School near Melita, Manitoba, Canada for grades 1 through 8, took correspondence courses for grades 9 and 10, then attended High School in Melita. Harvey rented some land in 1949 and tried farming. That fall, he left for Winnipeg and worked maintaining an outdoor skating rink. The next spring (1950) he was a door to door vacuum cleaner salesman and after three months with no sales decided he was not cut out for sales. He then worked in McLeods warehouse, then got a job with the CPR Telegraph installing telegraph lines in the muskeg of eastern Manitoba. In May of 1952 he started work, in Chalk River, for Atomic Energy of Canada. At the suggestion of the company, in 1955, he started attended the University of Manitoba and graduated with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. Was a Nuclear Engineer with Atomic Energy of Canada and Ontario Hydro. Worked at Ontario Hydro's Nuclear Power station at Pickering, Ontario, Canada.


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