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JAMES ARNOLD HAGERMAN and LEVANAH (LEVA) HAGERMAN née QUICK

James Arnold Hagerman was born on 4 May 1879 in Ravenshoe, Ontario to James Leslie Hagerman (1850-1913) & Jemima G Moody Brown (1852-1911). James had four sisters, Flora Allison (b 1873), Louie Amelia May (b 1875), Jessie Jemima (1885-1898) & Ellen (Nellie) Augusta (1888-1963) and one brother Hugh Blain (1883-1884). James’ father was a storekeeper in 1891 but took up farming when he came west to Virden, Manitoba. In 1906 he had 11 horses, 7 milk cows, 19 beef cattle & 8 pigs. James worked on his father’s farm until 1908 when he moved to Unity, Saskatchewan to open a store and become a real estate broker.

James married Levanah (Leva) Quick on 17 October 1912 in Essex, Ontario. Leva was born on 16 February 1883 in Essex to Charles A Quick (b 1857) & Rosena Wigle (b 1857). Leva had three brothers, Drayton (1881-1935), Delbert (b 1886) & Stanley (b 1892) and one sister, Cora (b 1887). Leva’s father was a merchant and Leva a bookkeeper prior to her marriage. James & Leva had three children, Marion Winnifred (1915-1993), Charles Leslie (1916-2005) & Eleanor (1918-2006).

From 1908-1929, James was a store owner and real estate broker in Unity, Saskatchewan. In 1929 James and Leva moved to Saskatoon, where James was a manager for the Equitable Life Assurance Company, a position he held until his retirement around 1955. They lived at 315 Poplar Crescent, 708 Saskatchewan Crescent and 306 Cumberland Ave over the years. James died on 5 October 1966. Leva died on 30 October 1974. They are both buried in the Hagerman West Cemetery, Markham, Ontario.

James’ great grandfather was Nicholas Hagerman (1780-1838) who founded Hagermans Corners as a rural community in about 1803. This is now a built-up area in north-east Toronto but the Hagerman West Cemetery still exists alongside York Regional Road 3, north of the 14th Avenue intersection. See Wikipedia

Their family tree can be found on Ancestry under the title 3rd Ave Hagerman Tree.