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Memorable Manitobans: Skuli Hansson (1880-1961)
Realtor. 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. Sources: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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