Hans E. Hoilien Biography


	This biography appears on page 861 in "History of Dakota 
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				HANS E. HOILIEN. 

	Hans E. Hoilien, a prominent and successful business man of 
Aberdeen, connected with important commercial interests as manager of 
the Hoilien-Beckman Hardware company, was born in Wisconsin in 1866 and 
acquired a public-school education in that state. He removed to 
Aberdeen in 1882 and became connected with business interests there. He 
was with the Racine-Satley implement house for one year, and from 1893 
to 1895 was identified with a hardware concern in Bristol, South 
Dakota. Following this he sold machinery for A. D. Burns, of Aberdeen, 
for three years and he was afterward general agent for the Plano 
Hardware Company for a similar period of time and held the same 
position later with the Osborn Hardware Company. In 1906 he became 
manager of the Hoilien Hardware Company, founded in that year by Isabel 
Hoilien. In 1909 this business was taken over by the Hoilien-Beckman 
Hardware Company and Mr. Hoilien has since acted as manager of this 
concern, which has grown to be one of the important business 
enterprises of Aberdeen. The company controls a large and growing 
patronage, accorded to it in recognition of its fair and honorable 
business methods and its reasonable prices. 

	On the 6th of May, 1903, Mr. Hoilien married Miss Isabel Barry, a 
native of England, and they have become the parents of two children. 
Mr. Hoilien is a member of the Lutheran church and gives his political 
allegiance to the republican party. He holds membership in the 
Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Modern Brotherhood of America and 
the Sons of Norway. During the period of his residence in Aberdeen he 
has gained a place among the substantial merchants and useful citizens 
of the community, commanding the respect and confidence of all with 
whom he has social or business relations.