Fonds ath-2007 - Gullick Svenson fonds

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Gullick Svenson fonds

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CA ATH ath-2007

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14 photographs. -- 0.5 cm of textual records.

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Gullick Svenson was born in Norway in 1861. He married Christina Gullickson in 1888 in Alexandria, Minnesota. The family, with ten children: Samuel, Richard, Martin, Oscar, Hilmer, Alberta, Arthur, Hilda, Lena and Anna moved from Stettler, AB to Athabasca Landing in 1909. Mr.Svenson owned a hotel, a restaurant named North Star, and a taxidermy studio. He guided big game hunters on trips in northern Alberta and then mounted specimens from these hunts. In 1915 the family moved back to Minnesota. One more child, Louis, was born there. Gullick died in 1947 and Christina died in 1948.

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The fonds consists of a brief history of Gullick and Christina Svenson, including their marriage license and a 1920 Minnesota census record; a brief history of Oscar Swenson written by his grandson, Dan Newland; fourteen photographs of the Svenson family, hunters on trips, the ferry, Imperial Bank of Canada, the Filteau Block, the burning of the first Hudson's Bay Co. store and the Svenson Taxidermy shop on Coles Street.

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Donated by Gullick and Christina's granddaughter, Olivia Newland.

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  • The material is in English.

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The Athabasca Archives has these photos on CD (acc.# 20.01) and also has a scanned copy in the photo albums.

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Gullick Svenson created a perpetual light for Athabasca Landing by driving a copper pipe into the ground and tapping the reserves of natural gas just below the ground. The surname Svenson is spelled Swenson in the brief biography of Gullick's son, Oscar. Gullick was spelled Gullik in the early records.<br><br>Record No. 01.18 (photos# 16526-16536);02.01 (photos# 17933-17935)<br><br>

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