Memorable Manitobans: Theodore Constantine Greschuk (1901-1958)

Lawyer.

Born near Beausejour in 1901, he attended Cromwell School and, after high school, took a course in Latin Philosophy at St. Boniface College, graduating in 1923. He enrolled in the Manitoba Law School and articled with Frederick Heap, graduating in 1926. He practiced law and, in 1952, was made a Queen's Counsel, the first Canadian-born lawyer of Polish descent to receive this designation.

On 6 July 1935, he married Jessie Rybok (?-?) at Winnipeg. They had no children. He was a councillor for Winnipeg Beach at the time of his death and served on the executive for the North Winnipeg Liberal Association. He was President of the Polish Professional and Business Men's Association, President of the Polish Gymnastic Association (Sokol), and a member of the West Kildonan Kiwanis Club and Holy Ghost Catholic Church.

He died at his West Kildonan residence, 419 Scotia Street, on 17 June 1958 and was buried in the Holy Ghost Cemetery.

Sources:

Marriage registration [Theodore Constantine Greschuk, Jessie Rybok], Manitoba Vital Statistics.

“T. C. Greschuk, 57 city lawyer,” Winnipeg Tribune, 19 June 1958, page 14.

Obituary, Winnipeg Tribune, 20 June 1958, page 26.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 13 July 2024

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