Primary Name: Drange, Oliver
Filed as: drange_oliver
Also known as: Oliver Drange
Occupation / Association: Fish merchant; Founder, Juneau Cold Storage Company; Charter Member, Juneau Men's Igloo
Born: December 1870, Norway
Died: December 14, 1940, Seattle, Washington
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Associated places: Norway; Juneau, Alaska; Seattle, Washington
Keywords: Oliver Drange, Drange Oliver, Juneau Cold Storage Company founder, Juneau fish merchants, Norwegian pioneers Juneau
Biography
Oliver Drange was a charter member of the Juneau Men's Igloo.
Drange was born in Norway in December 1870. He immigrated to the United States in 1892.
He came to Juneau in 1900, where he established a fish business that later became the Juneau Cold Storage Company.
Oliver Drange died in Seattle, Washington, on December 14, 1940.
Sources
1910 U.S. Federal Population Census
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