H. G. Haugan
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Background
Hauman G. Haugan was born in Oslo, Norway, the elder son of Helge A. and Anna B. Haugan. Together with his brother Helge Alexander HauganHelge Alexander Haugan
Helge A. Haugan was an American banking executive in Chicago, Illinois. Haugan was a founding partner of Haugan & Lindgren and the founding president of the State Bank of Chicago.-Background:...
, he immigrated to Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
and moved to Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
in 1859.
Career
Haugan was bookkeeper and later acting cashier of Batavian Bank in LaCrosse, Wisconsin from 1864 until 1870. Haugan entered railway service as paymaster and later auditor of the South Minnesota Railway Co., later the Minneapolis and St. Louis RailwayMinneapolis and St. Louis Railway
The Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway was an American Class I railroad that built and operated lines radiating south and west from Minneapolis, Minnesota which existed for 90 years from 1870 to 1960....
from 1870 until 1880.
Haugan was the assistant to the comptroller and general manager of the Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway from 1880 until 1893. Haugan later served with the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway, as Land Commissioner and Comptroller.
H. G. Haugan was a partner and shareholder of the Chicago banking firm Haugan & Lindgren
Haugan & Lindgren
Haugan & Lindgren was a bank headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The bank operated from December 8, 1879, until February 10, 1891, from quarters at No. 57 and No. 59 La Salle Street. The bank was a partnership of Helge Alexander Haugan, H. G. Haugan and John R. Lindgren. Haugan & Lindgren was a...
. He was a Director the State Bank of Chicago
State Bank of Chicago
State Bank of Chicago was an American banking firm which conducted business under a state of Illinois charter issued on February 10, 1891. State Bank of Chicago operated from offices in the Chamber of Commerce Building located at the southeast corner of La Salle and Washington streets in Chicago,...
. Haugan, Montana
Haugan, Montana
Haugan is an unincorporated community in Mineral County, Montana, United States. Haugan is situated east of the Idaho border and west of Missoula on Interstate 90 at the Haugan Exit #16....
in Mineral County, Montana
Mineral County, Montana
-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 3,884 people, 1,584 households, and 1,067 families residing in the county. The population density was 3 people per square mile . There were 1,961 housing units at an average density of 2 per square mile...
was named for H. G. Haugan.
Other sources
- Henschen, Henry S. A History of the State Bank of Chicago from 1879 to 1904 (Kessinger Publishing, LLC. 1905)