Statewide County HI Archives Biographies.....Fiddes, James Hall March 22, 1877 - 
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Source: The Story of Hawaii and Its Builders, Honolulu Star Bulletin, Ltd. Territory of Hawaii, 1925
Author: Edited by George F. Nellist

JAMES HALL FIDDES, Business Man. James H. Fiddes, president and manager of the 
Kaimuki Drug Co., Ltd., has been a resident of Honolulu for more than a 
quarter of a century. By profession an accountant and auditor, Mr. Fiddes 
began work here in 1899, when he entered the employ of the Pacific Hardware 
Co. as bookkeeper, a position he held until 1906. He was for many years 
general accountant for B. F. Dillingham Co., Ltd., and the Oahu Railway & Land 
Co., Ltd., becoming associated with those firms in 1906. With the 
incorporation of Young Bros., Ltd., in 1913, Mr. Fiddes was made secretary-
treasurer of the corporation. He has also served as secretary and auditor of 
the Honolulu Welding & Machine Co., Ltd.
  Active in civic, athletic and public improvement organizations, Mr. Fiddes 
founded and now officiates as auditor for the Kaimuki Building & Loan Ass’n, 
Ltd., an organization which has played an important part in the development of 
the Kaimuki district. He served for ten years as secretary of the Honolulu 
Cricket Club and was active in promoting the Hawaiian Association Football 
League. He has been president of the Waialae, Kaimuki and Palolo Improvement 
Club and in 1915 was foreman of the Territorial Grand Jury.
  Born in Aberdeen, Scotland, March 22, 1877, Mr. Fiddes is the son of James 
and Jane (Hall) Fiddes. He received his education in the public schools and 
Robert Gordon’s College, Aberdeen, Scotland. Before coming to Hawaii, Mr. 
Fiddes was engaged as cashier and bookkeeper for Dunn and Craigen, advocates, 
Aberdeen, from 1893 to 1899. He married Mary A. Titcomb in Honolulu, Jan. 30, 
1902.
  Mr. Fiddes is a 32nd degree Mason, Shriner, Knight Templar, Odd Fellow, Past 
Exalted Ruler of Honolulu Lodge No. 616, Elks, and was a delegate to the Elks’ 
national convention at Atlantic City, N.J., in July, 1918, where he was 
signally honored by being appointed District Deputy Grand Exalted Ruler for 
Hawaii, an office he held for three successive years. He is also a member and 
past chief of the Scottish Thistle Club and a charter member of the Oahu 
Country Club. In politics he is a Republican.


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