Honolulu County HI Archives Biographies.....Albert, George October 25, 1899 - 
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Source: Men of Hawaii Vol. IV
Author: George F. Nellist (editor)

Albert, George: President, George Albert, Ltd.

     Born Oct. 25, 1899, Sortavala, Finland, son of George Ollikainen and Anna
(Laukkanen) Ollikainen; married Luella Holton, Nov. 1, 1920, Honolulu; member
Chamber of Commerce, Oahu Country Club, Y. M. C. A., Commercial Club.

     Finishing his high school education in Finland, Mr. Albert entered the
Diplomatic School at Berlin, Germany, graduating in 1912. He then entered the
Designing and Cutting School at Berlin, attending for one year and receiving his
degree in 1913. He returned to Finland, and traveled through most of the
European countries, doing newspaper work in many of them. In 1921 he was
graduated from the American Fashion Co. Designing and Cutting School.

     Entering the business first in Paris in 1913, he had charge of the largest
ladies’ gown designing shop there, and in 1914 he went to Russia on a fur-buying
trip. When the war started he returned to Finland, in 1916 he went to Norway,
and that same year came to the United States to work for Williams & Berg, San
Francisco. He first came to Hawaii in 1917. on his way to Australia. Since Nov.
1, 1918, he has operated a tailoring business in Honolulu, now incorporated as
George Albert, Ltd.


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