Dr. Franklin Lackner

1864 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Franklin Lackner
  Prefix	Dr.
  Residence	1861	Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Lutheran
  Born	6 Sep 1864	Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1871	Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	United Brethren
  Occupation	1881	Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	farm labourer
  Residence	1893	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Occupation	1901	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Dentist
  Occupation	1911	Didsbury, Alberta, Canada
  	dentist
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-84279
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I84279	Generations
  Last Modified	12 May 2025

  
  

  Father	William August Lackner,   b. 15 Feb 1827, Adersbach, , Adersbach, , Baden-Württemberg, Germany ,   d. 3 Nov 1906, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 79 years)
  Mother	Julianna Elisabeth Diefenbacher,   b. CALC 20 Sep 1827, Rohrbach, , Baden-Württemberg, Germany ,   d. 6 Apr 1893, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 65 years)
  Married	31 Dec 1850	Greenbush (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  Family ID	F21895	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Didsbury, Alberta. Branch Notes Vol. XXVI, No. 2, May 1998, pg. 32, had a piece about the destruction of a large portion of the town of Didsbury, Alberta by fire on January 1, 1914. The town had been founded eight or ten years before by men from Waterloo County, particularly from Wilmot Township, such as the Hallmans, Weavers, Stauffers, Shantzs, and Dr. Lackner, brother of Sheriff Lackner of Berlin. A History of Bethany Evangelical Missionary Church 1877-1997 gives more information about the founding of Didsbury: A farewell service was held on April 10, 1894 "for thirty-four people moving to Alberta as part of the colonization drive that followed the completion of the Canadian Pacific Railway to the west coast." Rev. J.B. Detwiler, pastor of Bethany Church from 1883-1885, went with the group. Others followed the first thirty-four people and, within a few years they founded the town of Didsbury, building a church there which was the first Mennonite Brethren in Christ church west of Ontario. ________________________________ Dr. Franklin Lackner was born near Berlin, Ontario. His father, William August Lackner, had been born in Heidelberg, Germany. He came to Waterloo County with his parents in 1842. In 1892, William Lackner moved west, and in company with Jacob Y. and Elias Shantz started the Didsbury District, the following year bringing in settlers from Waterloo County. Dr. Franklin Lackner was graduated from the Royal College of Dental Surgeons in Toronto and the Pennsylvania Dental College in Philadelphia. He practised his profession for a number of years in Preston, Ontario, before coming to Alberta in 1902 and practising dentistry in Wetaskiwin and Didsbury until 1910. In 1905 he ran unsuccessfully in the Alberta general election as an independent. He and his sister, Vina Adele Lackner, were very successful investors. Besides the town site of East Didsbury and a coalmine west of that town they had valuable holdings in the larger cities of Alberta and Saskatchewan and owned several ranches.

  
  

• Sources

  [S855] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wellesley Twp. - 1861, Div. 13 Page 90. [S143] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1901, Hespeler (Village) D-1 Page 2. [S113] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wellesley Twp. - 1881, Div 2 Page 33 Family 152. Franklin LACKNER M 21 Ontario Farm Labourer United Bretheren [S269] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wellesley Twp. - 1871, Div. 3A, Pg. 28. [S113] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wellesley Twp. - 1881, Div 2 Page 33 Family 152. [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library. Wilhelm Lackner, 24, wagonmaker of Wellesley married 31 Dec 1850 at Greenbush by banns to Juliana Diefenbacher, 22 of Woolwich, wit: Friederich Lackner of Berlin, Conrad Lackner of Wellesley

  
  

• Event Map

  Residence - Lutheran - 1861 - Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Born - 6 Sep 1864 - Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - United Brethren - 1871 - Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - farm labourer - 1881 - Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1893 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Dentist - 1901 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - dentist - 1911 - Didsbury, Alberta, Canada  = Link to Google Earth