Sacramento County
Biographies
AUGUST
HALLANDER
AUGUST HALLANDER.--A busy and energetic citizen is found in August Hallander, the proprietor of the Hallander blacksmith and machine shop at Ryde, Cal., which he erected in 1906. His birth occurred in Skone, Sweden, August 21, 1875, a son of Olaus and Ella Hallander, both natives of the same country. Olaus Hallander was a blacksmith by trade, which he plied in Sweden to the time of his death. Seven children were born to this couple: Olaus; Sophie; August, the subject of this sketch; Nellie; Kjersti; Emily; and Matilda, the last three being deceased.
August Hallander learned the blacksmith trade under his father in Sweden and in 1902 left home for America; he came directly to California and located at Isleton, where he worked at his trade until 1905, when he located at Ryde and the following year built his blacksmith and machine shop. In October, 1904, Mr. Hallander was married to Miss Eva Svensen; and one child was born to them, Lillian Maria. Mrs. Hallander passed away in 1906. On November 26, 1915, Mr. Hallander married for his second wife, Miss Irene D. Anderson, a native of Sacramento, Cal., a daughter of George Anderson.
In June, 1918, Mr. Hallander’s residence, as well as his shop, burned to the ground, but he immediately rebuilt his shop twice the size of his former place, and equipped it with new modern machinery, and electric power. He manufactures trucks and machinery and implements for asparagus growing and hauling. In 1919 he built a new bungalow residence, where he resides with his family. Mr. Hallander is a Republican in politics and fraternally belongs to Sacramento Lodge No. 6, B. P. O. Elks, and is a past grand of Isleton Lodge No. 108 of Odd Fellows and with his wife is a member of the Rebekahs.
Transcribed by: Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
Source: Reed, G. Walter, History of Sacramento County, California With
Biographical Sketches, Page 992.
Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, CA. 1923.
© 2007 Jeanne Taylor.