Born at Piteo, Sweden around 1894, he came to Canada in 1913 and worked for the Harper Construction Company. He lived Erickson before moving to Winnipeg in 1925. He assumed control of the company, in partnership with William Garnet Thomas, in 1934 and was its President at the time of his death. On 26 November 1924, he married Martha Larson (1899-1991) at Minnedosa and they had a son and three daughters. He was a member of the Masons (Acacia Lodge) and Swedish Old Timers' Association. He died at the St. Boniface Hospital on 16 August 1962 and was buried in the Elmwood Cemetery.
See also:
Manitoba Business: Harper Construction Company
Marriage registration [Johan Arvid Lundman, Martha Larson], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 18 August 1962.
Obituary [Martha Lundman], Winnipeg Free Press, 4 April 1991, page 37.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 11 December 2022
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