Helen Allister "Nellie" MacKie

Other Events:

• Name: Ellen MacKie
• Name: Helen Allister "Nellie" Lackner
• Name: Nellie MacKie
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-92434
• Residence: 1861, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; FC
• Residence: 1871, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Anglican
• Occupation: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Church of England
• Residence: 1921, 34 Queen St. N., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Church of England

Notes:

Heins' First Skating Rink Better Than The "57"

(By J. P. Jaffray)

With his skating rink equipped ot only with a fine sheet of ice but also with a neat coffee room Peter J. Heins was for several winters the town's chief amusement caterer in the early seventies. The old Drill Shed on the corner of King End Water streets (subsequently removed to Woodside Park) served as his rink, to which he devoted unusual attention, scarcely ever falling to for excellent ice for his patrons. The holding of carnivals was one means he adopted to make it a paying enterprise.

Fortunately for him the town contained a lot of young fellows who revelled in that sort of thing: for days and nights planning and making costumes suitable for wild Irishmen, portly Dutchmen, the Dockyard Negro and the "Colored Gentleman." The young ladies were
also loyal to the idea, supplying Queens, Fairies, Dancing Girls and some stage characters.

And some of those young women, were most graceful figures on the ice, Miss Nellie Mackie, known to the present generation as Mrs. (Dr.) H. G. Lackner, was one, and Miss Bella Jackson, the Mrs. F. Hayward of today, was another. Among the married women who were skillful on the blades were Mrs. (Dr.) D. S. Bowlby and Mrs. Jacob Oberholtzer, nee Miss Vancamp.

The young fellows put in a lot of time learning the Dutch Role. the Lockstitch, the Grapevine, the Eights, etc. It was in this rink that Charley Heins acquired the art of skating on stilts, an art that brought him in future years many engagements, as a star performer in Canada and the United States. P. J. Heins having acquired a taste for public entertaining acquired the old Cricket Ground (now Heins ave.) and ambitiously set about making of it a Heins Park that would be the talk of the country-side. It was he the phrase maker would say a "too previous" venture.

Newspaper unknown

Helen married Dr. Mayor Henry George Lackner, Mayor 17 Jun 1880, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Henry (son of William August Lackner and Julianna Elisabeth Diefenbacher) was born 25 Dec 1851, Hawkesville, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 4 Dec 1925, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

1. Harry Lackner was born 1883, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
2. May Agnes Lackner was born 26 Aug 1883, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 27 Jan 1966; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
3. Dr. Harry Mackie Lackner was born 10 Dec 1883, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1964; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

Other Events:

• Name: J. A. MacKie
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-33036
• Immigration: 1846
• Occupation: 1851, Bridgeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; merchant "Davidson & Mackie
• Occupation: 1851, Bridgeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; merchant Davidson & Mackie
• Occupation: 1852, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; merchant
• Business: 1853, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; John A. Mackie - importer of dry goods, groceries, hats, caps, etc.
• Occupation: 1861, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Merchant
• Residence: 1861, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; FC
• Occupation: 1871, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Merchant
• Residence: 1871, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Occupation: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Merchant
• Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Occupation: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Justice of Peace
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Anglican
• Occupation: 1901, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

John A. Mackie, Importer of Dry Goods, Groceries, Hats, Caps, etc., Victoria Buildings - The history of the business house of Mr. John A. Mackie is one full of interest, and redounding in credit to the gentleman who so ably conducts it. Mr. Mackie is the oldest established merchant in Waterloo county, having first commenced his business career more than 37 years ago in Bridgeport, Ontario, from whence he removed to Berlin, and for the past 34 years has been doing business continuously in his present location. The premises occupied by him are 20x100 feet in dimensions, and well arranged for the proper display of the stock carried, which consists of dry goods, groceries, glassware and crockery, hats, caps, etc. Mr. Mackie imports his goods direct and handles nothing but the best quality, and buying largely, gets the advantages of trade discounts, which he gives to his customers in selling at the lowest possible prices. He does an excellent business in town and country, and gives employment to three careful and courteous assistants. Mr. Mackie is a native of Scotland, and possesses all those sterling qualities which have made the name of Scotchman synonymous with business integrity, sterling honesty and success in all undertakings. Mr. Mackie has served in the school board, and has been a police magistrate for the past 26 years; he is a gentleman held in the highest respect and esteem in the community where he has so long resided and done business.

Industries of Canada Historical and Commercial Sketches Hamilton and Environs 1886

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In the eighteen-fifties, John A. Mackie, grandfather of Dr. Harry M. Lackner, bought the first store in the village from Mrs. Fred Millar. In 1862 he was appointed Justice of the Peace and served for forty-two years. In 1888, he built the Mackie block. Mr. Mackie was a member of the Public School Board for twenty years and town treasurer for twenty years. When the Economical Fire Insurance Company was founded, he was elected director.

A History of Kitchener, W. V. (Ben) Uttley, Kitchener, Ontario 1937 pg 154

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King Street, Kitchener

Victoria Block, erected by John A. Mackie in 1855, came next. Mackie was a dealer in dry goods, groceries, crockery, boots and shoes. Samuel Date first occupied the other half as a hardware store. Later the proprietors were John Fennel and George Graber.

The Victoria Block was considered one of the finest places along King Street. It was a two-story, brick building with a veranda rail at the top, along the King Street front.

REMINISCENCES OF BERLIN (NOW KITCHENER) By JACOB STROH Contributed by Joseph M. Snyder.

Part I. Settlement - Early Villagers and Buildings, Waterloo Historical Society Annual Volume 1930

John — Mary M. Burke. Mary (daughter of Burke) was born 28 Oct 1838, , Ireland; died 3 Mar 1906; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Mary M. MacKie
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-33037
• Immigration: 1846, , Canada
• Residence: 1861, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; FC
• Residence: 1871, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Occupation: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Anglican