Well-Known City Resident Celebrates His 90th Birthday
- Publication
- Chronicle-Journal (Thunder Bay), 31 Jul 1975
Description
- Media Type
- Newspaper
- Description
- John Hagglund ; born 1885 in Sweden ; founder of Hagglund's Lumber and Fuel Ltd. ; supplier of building products, pre-fabricated homes and fuel oil ; Leo Koskinen, sales manager presented variety of Scandinavian cheeses ; mayor Walter Assef presented plate and scroll ; Hagglund chose Fort William after reading book about voyageurs ; first job hauling ties on Grand Trunk dock ; carpenter's helper on Grand Trunk Railway ; took course in architectural drawing and design ; married Amanda Johnson ; farmed in South Gillies from 1917 to 1920, operating sawmill ; moved back to Fort William ; started coal and lumber supply operation in 1924 ; bought coal from C.B. Devilin Company and later from James Murphy ; started dispensing fuel oil in 1951 ; photo
- Notes
- Full text available in Newspaper Clipping File
File subject: LF - Thunder Bay - Biography - Hagglund, John
Full text available on microfilm - Date of Publication
- 31 Jul 1975
- Subject(s)
- Language of Item
- English
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 48.4001 Longitude: -89.31683
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