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George Victor Hastings
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Grain merchant.
Born on a farm at Petite Cote, Quebec on 16 September 1853, he was educated at Montreal schools and started in the milling business with the firm of Goldie McCullough and Company at Galt, Ontario. After learning the trade, he joined his uncles John Ogilvie and William Ogilvie in their firm, the Ogilvie Milling Company. He rose to an executive rank before leaving the firm and working on his own account as a mill designer in the late 1870s.
He came to Winnipeg in 1881 and built the original Ogilvie Flour Mill on Higgins Avenue. He was one of the founders of the Lake of the Woods Milling Company, building its plant at Keewatin and later serving as Western Manager (1906-1913). He was an original member of the Winnipeg Grain Exchange. In addition to his milling interests, he was President of the Northern Mortage Company and a director of the Winnipeg Electric Company, Northern Trust Company, Canadian Fire Insurance Company, and Fort William Elevator Company.
In 1886, he married Margaret Ferguson “Maggie” Anderson (1858-1939) and they had four children: Victor John Hastings (1887-1932), Agnes Stuart Hastings (1889-?, wife of Charles Pillman), Walter Anderson Hastings (1890-1955), and Margaret Helen Hastings (1896-?, wife of Furry Ferguson “Ray” Montague). He was a member of Knox United Church, St. Charles Country Club, and Motor Country Club.
He died at his Winnipeg residence, 55 Donald Street, on 17 October 1928 and was buried in the St. John's Cathedral Cemetery.
Birth registrations [Victor John Hastings, Agnes Stuart Hastings, Margaret Helen Hastings], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
1901 Canada census, Automated Genealogy.
Death registrations [George Victor Hastings, Victor John Hastings, Margaret Ferguson Hastings], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
“Geo. V. Hastings, resident here 47 years, dead,” Winnipeg Tribune, 17 October 1928, page 3.
“Mrs. G. V. Hastings succumbs Monday after long illness,” Winnipeg Free Press, 3 April 1939, page 14.
Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 22 December 2024
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