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Portrait and Biographical Record of Northern Michigan
Record Pub. Co., Chicago; 1895


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        JOHN H. GULLANDER, proprietor of a first class grocery store
     at No. 426 River Street, Manistee, is a practical and energetic
     business man.  He is the architect of his own fortunes, as he
     was thrown upon his native resources at an early age, and has
     yet to make his own way in the world.  Though yet a young man,
     he has accomplished much of what he set out to do, and is rapidly
     acquiring a fortune in legitimate lines of trade.
        A native of Sweden, our subject was born July
        
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     21, 1860, and is a son of HENS and BOEL GULLANDER.  The father
     died when our subject was only six years old, leaving his family
     in straitened circumstances.  When the boys grew a little older
     they contributed to the support of their mother and sisters.
     JOHN H. not only did this for several years, but earned the money
     with which he came to the United States.  He is the only repre-
     sentative of his family in America, his parents being now both
     deceased, and his two surviving brothers and two sisters still
     in Sweden.
        When he was twenty years of age, our subject set sail for the
     United States, and on arriving on its hospitable shores he pro-
     ceeded at once to Manistee, where he obtained a position in the
     mills belonging to LEWIS SANDS, and worked there for a year or
     two.  During this time he accumulated a little money and decided
     to see more of the country.  In the following year and a-half he
     visited California, Utah, New Mexico, Colorado, Texas and Arizona.
     He worked at various points along the line of travel, obtained a
     good knowledge of the language, habits and customs of Americans,
     and on his return to Manistee had about the same amount of money
     as when he started forth.  He re-entered the employ of Mr. SANDS,
     but this time as a clerk in his grocery, and was there for about
     nine years, obtaining a practical knowledge of the business.  Later
     he embarked in the same line of trade for himself in partnership
     with NELS CEDERHOLM.  This connection existed from June, 1893,
     until January 1, 1894, when our subject purchased the other's
     interest, and has since owned the entire business.  He enjoys the
     patronage of many of the best families of the place, and is doing
     well.
        November 24, 1889, Mr. GULLANDER married MARIA RUBA, a native
     of Austria, born August 2, 1869.  She was but fourteen years of
     age when she left home to visit her sister, who was then living
     at Fond du Lac, Wis.  Reaching that city, she worked there for a
     time, and then spent a year in Chicago, after which she came to
     this city.  In 1894 her parents left their native land, and now
     reside on a farm in Mason County, Mich.
        Like most of his countrymen who became citizens of the United
     States, Mr. GULLANDER is a Republican in political faith.  He is
     not identified with any church or secret society, but makes it a
     part of his creed to do what is right and honorable at all times,
     and to seek for the good of others, rather than his own.  His 
     many friends here and elsewhere are his well-wishers and have a
     firm belief in his future success.
     
        
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