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Jacob Reimer Friesen
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Businessman.
Born in 1878, son of Abraham S. Friesen (1848-1916) and Katherine Friesen, after starting a farm implement business in 1903, he opened western Canada’s and Steinbach’s first Ford automobile dealership, in 1912.
On 18 April 1903, he married Maria Reimer (1885-1938) at Winnipeg. They had seven children: Maria Friesen (1904-1974, wife of Bill Wiebe), Catherine Friesen (1907-1927), Anne Friesen (1909-2005, wife of Franz Wiebe “Frank” Sawatzky), Edwin J. “Ed” Friesen (1911-1996, husband of Olga Heese), Helen Friesen (1913-2007, wife of Ted Zuchowski), Elisabeth “Betty” Friesen (1915-1990, wife of Walter Giesbrecht), and William F. “Bill” Friesen (1918-2013, husband of Mary Graves).
He died at Winnipeg on 6 August 1950 and was buried in the Steinbach Town Pioneer Cemetery.
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: J. R. Friesen and Sons / Fairway Ford (236 Main Street, Steinbach)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Friesen House (255 Hanover Street, Steinbach)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Steinbach - The Automobile City (Steinbach)
Marriage registration [Jacob Reiner Friesen, Mary Reimer], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
“Steinbach firm founder buried,” Winnipeg Free Press, 11 August 1950, page 27.
Obituary [Helen Zuchowski], Winnipeg Free Press, 14 December 2007.
Friesen House, 255 Hanover Street, Steinbach, Manitoba Historic Resources Branch.
Obituary [Helen Zuchowski], Winnipeg Free Press, 14 December 2007.
Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.
This page was prepared by Ralph Friesen and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 31 March 2023
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