Memorable Manitobans: John Christie Hicks (1856-1917)

Building contractor.

Born in Ontario on 4 July 1856, son of Wellington Hicks and Cecelia Hicks, he worked as a carpenter before coming to Winnipeg where he built a number of residences and apartment blocks. On 23 January 1878, he married Angelina Davidson (1856-1938) at Carleton, Ontario and they had two children: Percy Davidson Hicks (1883-1965) and Evelyn Agnes Hicks (1897-1995). He was found unconscious on the steps of his Winnipeg home, 848 Warsaw Avenue, and died at the Winnipeg General Hospital on 4 December 1917. He was buried in the Elmwood Cemetery.

Some of his construction works in Manitoba included:

Building	Location	Year	Status
Wellington Apartments	264-276 Wellington Crescent, Winnipeg	1909-1910
Lilac Court	172 Lilac Street, Winnipeg	1910
St. Helena Court	226 Cockburn Street North, Winnipeg	1910	Demolished (?)
St. James Court	875 Westminster Avenue, Winnipeg	1910
Dunedin Court	793 McMillan Avenue, Winnipeg	1911

Sources:

Birth and death registrations, Manitoba Vital Statistics.

1901 and 1911 Canada censuses, Automated Genealogy.

“Man found unconscious dies in General Hospital,” Winnipeg Tribune, 4 December 1917, page 1.

1911 Canada census, Ancestry.

Obituary [Angelina Hicks], Winnipeg Tribune, 27 August 1938, page 19.

Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 19 March 2022

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