Statewide County HI Archives Biographies.....Patten, Harold V. January 21, 1867 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/hi/hifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: J. Orr jessicanorr@gmail.com November 29, 2011, 5:13 pm Source: The Story of Hawaii and Its Builders, Honolulu Star Bulletin, Ltd. Territory of Hawaii, 1925 Author: Edited by George F. Nellist HAROLD V. PATTEN, Banker. Harold V. Paten, vice-president of the Bank of Hawaii, Ltd., has been active in financial and business circles of Hawaii for more than a score of years. Born Jan. 21, 1867, in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada, he is the son of William Harris and Eleanor (Saunders) Patten. He received a common school education in Yarmouth. Arriving in Hawaii in 1886, he became associated with Hilea Plantation and Hakalau Plantation as a clerk and bookkeeper, remaining until 1906, when he joined the First Bank of Hilo, Ltd., as cashier. He was with that institution until it was merged in 1922 with the Bank of Hawaii, Ltd., and Mr. Patten was elected to his present position in 1924. He is also a director of the First Trust Co. of Hilo, Ltd., the Hawaiian Insurance and Guaranty Co., Ltd., and treasurer of the Hilo Electric Light Co., Ltd. He is a 32nd degree Mason and an Elk. Mr. Patten married Caroline Austin Macy at Hakalau, Hawaii, July 15, 1893, and they have two children, Eleanor and Gilbert Patten. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/hi/statewide/bios/patten450bs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/hifiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb