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Nieman, Paul, 1902-1983
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Paul Nieman was born in Hamburg in 1902 and around 1912 he immigrated to Canada with his family. The Nieman family homesteaded in Pocahasset near Edmonton, Alberta. Around 1926, after a short time in Edmonton where he took up boxing and worked as a detective, Nieman began to head north, travelling via the Athabasca and Mackenzie rivers. He eventually spent time in Fort Chipewyan, Fort Smith, Arctic Red River, Fort McPherson, and Aklavik in the Northwest Territories and travelled over to Old Crow and down to Whitehorse in the Yukon Territory. In 1929 he was living in Fort McPherson and helped nurse the native community through a flu epidemic. Nieman moved to Old Crow in June 1930 and lived there for ten years, making his living from trapping. In the early 1940s he moved to Dawson City and worked at a placer operation on Bonanza Creek. Nieman moved on to Snag in 1942 and ran a trading post for the next 5 years. While in Snag he met and married Agnes, a daughter of Copper Jack. The Niemans moved to Whitehorse in 1954 where they raised eight children. For many years he was a camp cook for mining companies making expeditions into the bush. Paul Nieman died in Whitehorse at the age of 81 in May, 1983.
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