Career
A Londoner who entered the trade at age 17, Harriott was a dedicated and prosperous worker He climbed through the ranks of the Hudson"s Bay Company to become a chief factor for the Saskatchewan District. He retired in 1855 after a career of nearly four decades.
While a fur trader, Harriott entered into two marriages, both with daughters of HBC fur-traders by Native American or Métis wives.
Later when Harriott married Nancy Rowand, the daughter of John Rowand and his half-French-Canadian, half-Cree wife Louise Unfreville, the marriage was performed by a Catholic priest.
