When Harvey Daw was born on 27 September 1889, in Binbrook, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada, his father, George Daw, was 28 and his mother, Sarah A Bush, was 27. He married Della May Fletcher on 23 September 1914, in Saltfleet, Hamilton-Wentworth, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Binbrook, Hamilton, Hamilton-Wentworth, Ontario, Canada in 1891 and Wentworth, Ontario, Canada for about 10 years. He died on 11 September 1978, at the age of 88, and was buried in Binbrook, Hamilton, Hamilton-Wentworth, Ontario, Canada.