Memorable Manitobans: Ernest Eskil Hallonquist (1899-1952)

Printer and publisher, municipal official.

Born at Winnipeg on 9 December 1899, son of Andrew Hallonquist and Alberta Paulina Neilson (1867-1935), he was proprietor of the Swedish Canadian Publishing Company. On 6 August 1924, he married Lillian Margaret Travers at Killarney and they had two sons: Murray E. Hallonquist and William Andrew Hallonquist. He was a member of the Order of Vassa, Norden Society, Native Sons of Canada, and Fraternal Order of Eagles. He was the Returning Officer for the Winnipeg Centre constituency in the 1949 provincial general election. He served on the Winnipeg city council from 1943 to 1952 but was forced to resign due to ill health. He died at the St. Boniface Hospital on 3 October 1952 and was buried in the Brookside Cemetery.

Sources:

Birth registration [Eskil Andrew Ernest Hallonquist], Manitoba Vital Statistics.

Marriage registration [Ernest Eskil Andrew Hallonquist, Lillian Margaret Travers], Manitoba Vital Statistics.

“E. Hallonquist ex-alderman dies aged 52,” Winnipeg Free Press, 4 October 1952, page 1.

Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 6 October 1952, page 27.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 29 September 2023

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