José Hauer Junior (August 17, 1882 – June 22, 1941) was a Brazilian businessman, pioneer of electric energy of Paraná.[1][2][3]
José Hauer Junior was born in Curitiba on August 17, 1882, and his parents were German immigrants, José Hauer Senior and Therese Weiser. He married Guilhermina Leitner, who bore him two children. He started his commercial activities with his father, on his company José Hauer & Filhos.[4]
One of the business kept by his family was the Curitiba Electricity Company, responsible for supplying power to the city, a service that used to be held at that time by a corporation of the State of São Paulo. His company built the Curitiba Thermo-Electrical Plant and became the city's concessionary in lighting services. He was also one of the owners of Casa Metal. He died in São Paulo, on June 22, 1941.[5][6]
References
edit- ^ The electric power in Paraná state (Brazil) and the first feasibility studies energy in the Iguaçu river (1891–1913) Magazines-Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (in Portuguese)
- ^ Curitiba, 1927 – German newspaper Der Kompass Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine Asociación pro-memoria German Immigration in Brazil
- ^ Decreto nº 4.715, de 3 de Agosto de 1923 Chamber of Deputies of Brazil-Brazil's Congress (in Portuguese)
- ^ Newspaper O Estado do Parana of 1904 National Library of Brazil (in Portuguese)
- ^ General report of Paraná State of 1922–1923 Archived November 29, 2014, at the Wayback Machine Public record of Paraná (in Portuguese)
- ^ "colonia allemã" (German colony) of Curitiba, State of Parana, Brazil, in the period that extends to the beginning of the Republic, 1890, until the end of World War I in 1918 Archived March 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine Federal University of Paraná (in Portuguese)
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