David Millar Hackney (1863)

Born 30 May 1863 in Exeter, Huron County, Ontario, Canada

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth Ann (Campbell) Hackney — married 13 Mar 1894 in Usborne, Huron, Ontario, Canada

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Biography

David was born in 1863. He is the son of James Hackney and Margaret Millar. ^[1]

David M. Hackney, a well known real estate dealer of Regina, with offices in the Western Trust building, first came to this city in 1906. He is a native of Ontario, his birth having occurred at Exeter, on the 31st of May, 1864. His parents, James and Margaret (Millar) Hackney, came to On- tario from their native Scotland in their early married life.

James Hackney was a farmer by occupation, a stanch Liberal in politics and chairman of the Liberal Association for many years.

True to their Scotch training, both he and his wife were strict Presbyterians. They were the parents of eight children, seven of whom are living.

Until he was thirty years old David M. Hackney worked on his father's farm, gaining his education in the common schools during the fall and winter months. At the end of that time he bought a farm of his own, which he operated for seven years, following which he became a horse dealer and maintained a sales barn in St. Mary's, Ontario, whence he shipped horses to the different markets. He carried on this business at St. Mary's for about five years and continued it for a short time after he came to Regina in 1906.

Mr. Hackney has specialized in farm lands and city property since he entered the real estate business in 1909, and at present holds a large amount of valuable property. This business has occupied his chief atten- tion from the time he first established it, with the exception of 1922 and he has felt that his efforts have been rewarded with a due amount of finnancial success.

In 1922 he suspended his operations in real estate to take charge of the Rose Theatre, which he had erected in 1914, but the following year found him again engrossed in the management and dis- position of his various properties.

In 1896 Mr. Hackney was married to Miss Elizabeth Ann Campbell, a native of Ontario, and they are the parents of three sons: James Camp- ell Hackney; Harold Millar Hackney, an accountant with the Imperial Oil Company; and David Lloyd Hackney, a student in the Collegiate In- stitiute. The oldest son graduated from the University of Saskatchewan in 1923, with the degree of B. S. A. He served in France for four years during the Great war and participated in some of the principal engage- ments of the latter part of the conflict. He also spent some little time in England. He joined the service with the One Hundred and Ninety- fifth Regiment, but was later transferred to the Machine Gun section.

Shortly after locating in this city Mr. Hackney purchased a good two- story brick residence, that was well situated in a good-sized plot of ground. He immediately set out shade trees, which he has cared for painstakingly, until now some of the most beautiful trees in Regina are those on his front lawn, which has a street frontage of two hundred feet.

Mr. Hackney. has always been identified with the Presbyterian church. In St. Mary's he was a member of the Knox Presbyterian church and since coming here has been active in the congregation of the Regina Knox Presbyterian church, of which he is now manager on the board of trustees.

Like his father, he supports the Liberal party in politics, but he is not partisan in the sense of being an office seeker. His real hobby is horses. When he was on the farm he raised good horses and frequently had the pleasure of seeing one of his own animals take a prize at a fair. He is an excellent judge of horses, having acted as judge at many fairs where good animals were being shown.

He has the enthusiasm for Regina, characteristic of its citizens, is a believer in its future and has worked earnestly to do his part in advancing public progress and improvement here.

Sources

1. ↑ A source for this information is needed.

Saskatchewan and Its People Volume III (1924) by John Hawkes

"British Columbia Death Registrations, 1872-1986; 1992-1993", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLYC-L9H : 8 November 2017), David Millar Hackney in entry for James Campbell Hackney, 1969. Reeves-4890 14:55, 18 May 2018 (UTC)

• 1921 Census of Canada