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Agar, Andrew B.
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1865-1948
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Andrew B. Agar was born in Ontario on January 9, 1865 to Thomas and Jane Agar. On December 2, 1891 Andrew married Clara Louis Zinkan in Ontario. Andrew worked in a hardware store in Owen Sound, Ontario.
Andrew and Clara moved to Edmonton ca. 1906. Andrew, along with his brother J.S. Agar, opened a hardware store on Namayo Ave.
In 1908 Andrew was a candidate in the civic election in Edmonton and was elected Alderman on December 14, 1908. In 1911 Andrew became city commissioner for the City of Edmonton. In 1917 Andrew and his family moved to a farm southwest of Edmonton, where he lived until his retirement in 1938.
Andrew and Clara had four children, Egan, Frances, Edward Lloyd, and Carlyle “Carl”. Andrew died on August 13, 1948 in Edmonton.
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City of Edmonton Archives