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Skuli Hansson
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Born in Iceland on 14 March 1880, he came to Winnipeg in 1884. He read law with the firm of Elliott and McCreary (1895-1901) and was private secretary to William Forsythe McCreary (1901). In 1901, he established the real estate and insurance firm of Skuli Hansson and Company. He served as a Winnipeg city alderman for Ward 3 (1907). During the First World War, he enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force as a Lieutenant in the 90th Winnipeg Rifles. In 1916 he recruited the 197th Scandinavian battalion with which he went overseas. He was a member of the Adanac Club, AF & AM, IOOF, and Conservative party. He lived at 393 Graham Street (c1915). He died in Winnipeg on 23 December 1961 and was interred in the military section of Brookside Cemetery.
Who's Who and Why, Volumes 6 and 7, 1915-1916, page 648.
“Major Skuli Hansson returns,” Manitoba Free Press, 9 December 1918, page 7.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 28 December 1961, page 19.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 30 October 2021
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