Born at Owen Sound, Ontario on 23 May 1875, he came to Manitoba and worked as a building contractor, moving to Yorkton, Saskatchewan around 1941. He and wife Annie Athiska (1884-1959) had five children: Ernest George “Ernie” Hartmier (1904-1989, husband of Edith Beulah Watson), Irenea Caroline Hartmier (1907-?), Robert John Hartmier (1909-1972, husband of Laura Winifred Gordon), ? Hartmier (1918-1919), and William Hartmier (1921-?). In later years, he resided at Kelowna, British Columbia, where he died on 4 June 1949.
Some of his construction work in Manitoba included:
Building
Location
Year
Status
113 Main Street North, Gilbert Plains, Municipality of Gilbert Plains
1927
228 Roland Avenue, Grandview, Municipality of Grandview
1927
220 Edwards Avenue, The Pas
1929
205 Main Street NW, Roblin, Municipality of Roblin
1936-1937
Birth registrations [Ernest George Hartmier, Irenea Caroline Hartmier, Robert John Hartmier, William Hartmier], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
“Roblin,” Russell Banner, 27 March 1919, page 7.
“Contract awarded interior fittings new post office,” Russell Banner, 26 November 1936, page 1.
“Laura Winifred Gordon weds R. J. Hartmier,” Winnipeg Tribune, 1 January 1947, page 13.
Death registrations [John George Hartmeir, Annie Hartmeir, Ernest George Hartmier, Edith Beulah Hartmier], British Columbia Vital Statistics.
Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 25 October 2023
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