Memorable Manitobans: Hannes Pétursson (1881-1961)

Real estate agent, building contractor.

Born in Iceland in April 1881, he came to Canada in 1904 and to Winnipeg in 1911. He worked as a building contractor with his brothers Olafur Pétursson and Rögnvaldur Pétursson, and as a real estate agent until retirement in 1956. He and wife Tilly (1887-?) had a daughter, ? Petursson (wife of Robert Louis Stephenson), two foster sons, and a foster daughter. The family lived at 694 Mulvey (1911) and 285 Bartlett Avenue (1961). He died at the Winnipeg General Hospital on 9 June 1961.

Some of his construction works in Manitoba included:

Building	Location	Year	Status
Alfholl Court	421 Maryland Street, Winnipeg	1910
Fensala Court	277 Arbuthnot Street, Winnipeg	1912
Acadia Apartments	590 Victor Street, Winnipeg	1913
Elsinore Apartments	677 Maryland Street, Winnipeg	1913
Tremont Apartments	694 Sherbrook Street, Winnipeg	1914	Destroyed by fire (2022)
Trevere Apartments	300 Furby Street, Winnipeg	1926
Fairmont Apartments	52 Edmonton Street, Winnipeg	1927
Monterey Apartment	45 Carlton Street, Winnipeg	1928
Camelot Apartments	400 Assiniboine Avenue, Winnipeg	1929

See also:

Memorable Manitobans: Bjorn Pétursson (1871-1946)

Memorable Manitobans: Olafur Pétursson (1879-1952)

Memorable Manitobans: Rögnvaldur Pétursson (1877-1940)

Sources:

1911 Canada census, Automated Genealogy.

Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 12 June 1961, page 43.

“Early Icelandic builders in Winnipeg” by S. Aleck Thorarinson, Logberg-Heimskringla, 30 March 1967, page 5.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 15 February 2022

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