Erik Ohlson the British camp during the First World War. Ohlson was succeeded in the baronetcy by his elder son, Sir Eric James Ohlson (1911–1983). Erik Ohlson Sir Erik Olof Ohlson, 1st Baronet (19 July 1873 – 20 March 1934) was a Swedish-born British shipping magnate and coal and timber merchant. Ohlson was a son of a farmer in the village of Oppeby in Fellingsbro parish, Sweden. He spent ten years in the coal importing business in Sweden. In 1902, he emigrated to Hull, England, and established the firm of Ohlson & Co, shipowners and brokers, coal exporters, and timber importers. He
Vermont Country Store in 1972. His sons, Cabot, Gardner, and Eliot continue the family’s business. Vermont Country Store The Vermont Country Store, Inc. (est. in 1946) is an American catalog, retail, and e-commerce business based in Vermont. The company is operated by the Orton family. Although The Vermont Country store first opened in 1946 in Weston, Vermont, by Vrest and Mildred Ellen Orton. Its origins lie in the Orton family’s long Vermont history. In 1897, Gardner Lyman Orton, the 8th generation of Ortons in the United States, opened a general store with his father-in-law Melvin Teachout in Calais, Vermont. Gardner's wife Leila gave