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  1. 1.  John Allister Falls was born 20 Feb 1887 (son of John Clare Falls and Agnes Alliser MacKie); died 20 Jul 1887; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-64291


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  John Clare Falls was born 10 Dec 1854, Kells, Meath, Leinster, Ireland (son of Rev. Alexander Sydney Falls); died 11 Apr 1924, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; was buried , St. Johns Cathedral Cemetery, Winnipeg, , Manitoba, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Business: Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; hardware business
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-138869
    • Residence: 1871, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Church of England

    Notes:

    Memorable Manitobans: John Clare Falls (1854-1924)
    Hardware merchant.

    Born at Kells, County Meath, Ireland on 10 December 1854, son of Reverend Alexander S. Falls, Canon of Diocese of Huron, Ontario, and Anna Falls. He came to London, Ontario as a boy, in 1859 and was educated at Hellmuth College and the high school at Berlin [Kitchener], Ontario. He commenced in the hardware business at Berlin, coming to Winnipeg in 1892 and engaged with the Wood Vallance hardware firm, of which he became general manager the next year.

    In 1879, he married Agnes A. Mackie of Berlin, Ontario. They had one daughter. He was a member of the Carleton Club, St. Charles Country Club, and AF & AM. Recreation: golf. Conservative; Anglican.

    He suffered poor health during his later years, traveling in 1922 to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota for an operation and spending time in Bermuda and several winters in Victoria, British Columbia. He died at his Winnipeg home, 36 Roslyn Road, on 11 April 1924 and was buried in St. John's Cemetery.

    See also:

    Historic Sites of Manitoba: Falls House (36 Roslyn Road, Winnipeg)

    Sources:
    Who's Who in Western Canada: A Biographical Dictionary of Notable Living Men and Women of Western Canada, Volume 1, edited by C. W. Parker, Vancouver: Canadian Press Association, 1911.

    "Hardware Man Passes After Long Illness" Newspaper clipping dated 12 April 1924. [Manitoba Legislative Library, Biographical Scrapbook B8]

    Death registration, Manitoba Vital Statistics.

    Winnipeg Buildings Index.

    This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

    Page revised: 13 May 2011

    Memorable Manitobans: John Clare Falls (1854-1924)
    Click to enlargeHardware merchant.

    Born at Kells, County Meath, Ireland on 10 December 1854, son of Reverend Alexander S. Falls, Canon of Diocese of Huron, Ontario, and Anna Falls. He came to London, Ontario as a boy, in 1859 and was educated at Hellmuth College and the high school at Berlin [Kitchener], Ontario. He commenced in the hardware business at Berlin, coming to Winnipeg in 1892 and engaged with the Wood Vallance hardware firm, of which he became general manager the next year.

    In 1879, he married Agnes A. Mackie of Berlin, Ontario. They had one daughter. He was a member of the Carleton Club, St. Charles Country Club, and AF & AM. Recreation: golf. Conservative; Anglican.

    He suffered poor health during his later years, traveling in 1922 to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota for an operation and spending time in Bermuda and several winters in Victoria, British Columbia. He died at his Winnipeg home, 36 Roslyn Road, on 11 April 1924 and was buried in St. John's Cemetery.

    See also:

    Historic Sites of Manitoba: Falls House (36 Roslyn Road, Winnipeg)

    Sources:
    Who's Who in Western Canada: A Biographical Dictionary of Notable Living Men and Women of Western Canada, Volume 1, edited by C. W. Parker, Vancouver: Canadian Press Association, 1911.

    "Hardware Man Passes After Long Illness" Newspaper clipping dated 12 April 1924. [Manitoba Legislative Library, Biographical Scrapbook B8]

    Death registration, Manitoba Vital Statistics.

    Winnipeg Buildings Index.

    This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

    Page revised: 13 May 2011

    John married Agnes Alliser MacKie 3 Mar 1879, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Agnes (daughter of John Allister MacKie and Mary M. Burke) was born 1856, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Agnes Alliser MacKie was born 1856, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of John Allister MacKie and Mary M. Burke); died Yes, date unknown.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Agnes Alliser Falls
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-152878
    • Residence: 1861, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; FC
    • Residence: 1871, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

    Children:
    1. 1. John Allister Falls was born 20 Feb 1887; died 20 Jul 1887; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Rev. Alexander Sydney Falls was born 1825, Dungannon, Tyrone, Ireland; died Yes, date unknown.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-138867
    • Occupation: 1869, Church of St. John the Evangelist, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; minister
    • Occupation: 1870, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; minister
    • Occupation: 1871, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Minister
    • Residence: 1871, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Church of England

    Children:
    1. 2. John Clare Falls was born 10 Dec 1854, Kells, Meath, Leinster, Ireland; died 11 Apr 1924, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; was buried , St. Johns Cathedral Cemetery, Winnipeg, , Manitoba, Canada.
    2. Joshua P. Falls was born 1857, , Ireland; died Yes, date unknown.
    3. William S. Falls was born 1860, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    4. H. Frederick Falls was born 1861, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    5. Francis M. Falls was born 1864, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.

  2. 6.  John Allister MacKieJohn Allister MacKie was born 3 Apr 1824, Dunfermline, , Fife, Scotland; died 1904; 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]


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

    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

    Children:
    1. Bessie MacKie was born 1851, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    2. John S. A. MacKie was born 9 May 1852, , Ontario, Canada; died 7 Nov 1879; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Helen Allister "Nellie" MacKie was born 9 May 1854, , Ontario, Canada; died 13 Feb 1935; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Mary Victoria MacKie was born 18 May 1855, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 18 Aug 1857, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. 3. Agnes Alliser MacKie was born 1856, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    6. Agnes Mackie was born 1860, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    7. Alexander B Mackie was born CALC Feb 1860, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 18 Apr 1889, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    8. Lizzie P. MacKie was born 1861, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.


Generation: 4

  1. 14.  Burke
    Children:
    1. 7. Mary M. Burke was born 28 Oct 1838, , Ireland; died 3 Mar 1906; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Maggie Burke was born 1857, , Ireland; died Yes, date unknown.


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