George Hugh HADSKIS (1838-1915)
George was born in Niagara Falls, Ontario on 04 July 1838. He was the son of Hugh Hadskis (1809-1893) and Esther Webber (c1799-1872).
In 1854, he married Marian Pelton (1842-1926) and they had eleven children: Amelia (1863-1933, wife of Joseph Osborne), Mary Ella (1865-1929, wife of Peter Cleland), Hesther Emma (1866-1899, wife of Walter Pulford), Nellie Agnes (1870-1940, wife of James Cosgrave), Nora Lillian (1872-1941), Caroline Elizabeth (1874-1926, wife of James McCulloch), Charles Thomas (1876-1884), Maggie Neilson (1877-1897), George Hugh Jr (1879-1926), Frank Dudley (1883-1900) and Norman Theodore (1881-1950).
Businessman
George was a pioneer citizen of Winnipeg. He had spent a few years in the southern states before he caught the “Red River fever” and arrived with his family in 1874. Shortly after his arrival at Fort Garry he obtained employment at Brown & Rutherford, a lumber manufacturer. In 1877, he was appointed tax collector for the City of Winnipeg, a position he held for over 30 years, retiring in 1908. He saw Winnipeg grow from a scattered frontier hamlet of 3,000 people to a metropolitan city of over 200,000. As tax collector, he witnessed the same growth when in his first year in the position the collection was $40,000 and in his last year the collection was $2,000,000.
He was active in the community and served several terms on the board of public school trustee, holding the position of chairman of the finance committee; was an office holder of the Court Rupert I.O.F., occupying the position of financial secretary for 18 years; and a member of the Westminster Presbyterian church
George died at Winnipeg on 23 February 1915 and was buried in St. John’s Cemetery.
Sources:
- Birth, Marriage and Death Registration, Manitoba Vital Statistics.
- Birth and Death Registration, Ontario Vital Statistics,
- “George H Hadskis Expires in City”, Winnipeg Telegram, 23 February 1915.
- “Former City Tax Collector is Dead”, Manitoba Free Press, 24 February 1915, page 4.
- Grave Marker [Hugh Hadskis], Find a Grave, Memorial #110931441.
- Obituary [Marian Hadskis], Free Press Evening Bulletin, 10 April 1926, page 31,
- Grave Marker [Amelia Hadskis Osborne], Find a Grave, Memorial #84602191.
- Grave Marker [Mary Ella Hadskis Cleland], Find a Grave, Memorial #135899214.
- Obituary [Hesther Emma Pulford], The Winnipeg Daily Tribune, 16 September 1899, page 4.
- Obituary [Mrs Nellie A Cosgrave], The Winnipeg Tribune, 16 November 1940, page 28.
- Obituary [Nora Hadkis], The Winnipeg Tribune, 26 May 1941, page 10.
- Obituary [Mrs McCulloch], The Leader-Post, Regina, Saskatchewan, 26 February 1926, page 8.
- Grave Marker [Charles T Hadkis], Find a Grave, Memorial #238712725.
- Obituary [Maggie N Hadskis], Free Press Prairie Farmer, 23 September 1897, page 5.
- Obituary [George H Hadkis], The Sault Star, Sault St Marie, Ontario, 02 June 1926, page 2.
- “Red River Drowning, Frank Hadskis”, Free Press Home Journal, 28 June 1900, page 7.
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