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Commercial enterprise at
Edmonton finds a worthy and prominent representative in Adam H. Esch,
president of the Esch Company, Limited, which also controls one of the
finest stationery stores in Alberta. A representative business man, Mr.
Esch has steadily worked his way upward from a humble position in
commercial circles, and the business of which he is now t:e head would
be a credit to a city of much larger size than Edmonton.
Adam H. Esch was born in
St. Paul, Minnesota, August 4, 1875, and there spent the period of his
boyhood and youth, acquiring his education in the public and high
schools. He lived in St. Paul until 1902, when at the age of
twenty-seven years he removed to Kaslo, British Columbia, where he
conducted a stationery store for a year. He then went to Calgary,
Alberta, where for eight years he was identified with the stationery
store of D. J. Young. In 1911 he came to Edmonton, where he established
the present store, and has one of the finest stationery stores in
Alberta, carrying an extensive and well selected stock of commercial and
fancy stationery, together with office desks, books, kodaks and
photographic supplies. Close application, indefatigable energy and
business ability have been the noncomitant elements in his success and
he is regarded as one of the representative young merchants of this
city.
On the 18th of June,
1901, Mr. Esch was married to Miss Isabelle Mary McDonald and they have
five children: Florence, Kathleen, Dorothy, Hubert and Marion, aged,
respectively, nineteen, seventeen, thirteen, seven and three years. The
religious faith of the family is that of the Catholic church and Mr.
Esch is identified with the Knights of Columbus. He is also a member of
the Rotary Club and stands staunchly in support of that organization,
which is looking ever to the benefit of the city in its commercial
relations and to its upbuilding along the lines of civic virtue and
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