John Haffner

1848 - 1921  (73 years)

• Name	John Haffner
  Born	1848	Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-104468
  Died	24 Feb 1921	Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
  Buried	Elmwood Cemetery, Winnipeg, , Manitoba, Canada
  Person ID	I104468	Generations
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	John Haffner,   b. Abt 1818, Of, Buffalo, Erie, New York, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Margaret Schmidt,   b. Abt 1818, Of, Buffalo, Erie, New York, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F40094	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Elizabeth Forster,   b. 1845, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 18 Sep 1936  (Age 91 years)
  Married	13 Sep 1871	Elora, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Last Modified	26 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F40496	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  John Haffner from The Story of Manitoba, The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1913.

  
  

• Notes

  John Haffner (1848-?) Realtor. Born at Buffalo, New York in 1848, son of Michael Haffner and Margaret Schmidt, the family moved to Waterloo County, Ontario while he was young, and where he attended the Berlin Grammar School. He then apprenticed for three years in the mercantile house of J. M. Frazer and Company at Elora, Ontario. He moved to Guelph where he was appointed assignee of Wellington County, an office that he held until 1881 when it was discontinued and, the next year, he came to Winnipeg. He went into the brokerage business, handling farm land, timber land, and city property. He was also a director of the British Empire Land Company of Toronto. On 13 September 1871, he married Mary Elizabeth Forster at Elora, Ontario. They had four children: E. F. Haffner , Harry J. A. Haffner, E. B. Haffner, and K. E. Haffner. He was a member of the Carleton Club, Adanac Club, North West Commercial Travellers, and the Anglican Church. The Story of Manitoba, F. H. Schofield, The S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1913 __________________ Memorable Manitobans: John Haffner (1848-1921) Realtor. Born at Buffalo, New York in 1848, son of Michael Haffner and Margaret Schmidt, the family moved to Waterloo County, Ontario while he was young, and where he attended the Berlin Grammar School. He then apprenticed for three years in the mercantile house of J. M. Frazer and Company at Elora, Ontario. He moved to Guelph where he was appointed assignee of Wellington County, an office that he held until 1881 when it was discontinued and, the next year, he came to Winnipeg. He went into the brokerage business, handling farm land, timber land, and city property. He was also a director of the British Empire Land Company of Toronto. On 13 September 1871, he married Mary Elizabeth Forster (1845-1936) at Elora, Ontario. They had four children: Ernest F. Haffner, Harry J. A. Haffner, E. B. Haffner, and K. E. Haffner. He was a member of the Carleton Club, Adanac Club, North West Commercial Travellers, and Anglican Church. He died at Winnipeg on 24 February 1921 and was buried in the Elmwood Cemetery. Sources: The Story of Manitoba by F. H. Schofield, Winnipeg: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1913. Death registration, Manitoba Vital Statistics. This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough. Page revised: 20 April 2019 Goldsborough, G. (2019). Memorable Manitobans: John Haffner (1848-1921). Mhs.mb.ca. Retrieved 8 June 2019, from https://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/people/haffner_j.shtml

  
  

• Sources

  [S1017] Book - Story of Manitoba, The, Biography of John Haffner.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1848 - Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States Married - 13 Sep 1871 - Elora, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Died - 24 Feb 1921 - Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Buried - - Elmwood Cemetery, Winnipeg, , Manitoba, Canada  = Link to Google Earth