Building contractor, architect.
Born in Russia around 1871, he moved to Winnipeg in 1906 and worked as a building contractor and architect. He and wife Zenia (c1872-?) had five children: Rosie Rubin (?-?, wife of Joe Katz), Abraham Rubin (c1902-?), Sarah Fran Rubin (c1903-?, wife of Jacob M. Schwartz), Jack Rubin (c1905-1943), and Rachel Rubin (c1908-?, wife of M. H. Starr). The family lived at 246 Salter Street (c1921) and a suite at 103 Bannerman Avenue (c1945). He died at the St. Joseph’s Hospital on 11 February 1945 and was buried in the Hebrew Sick Benefit Cemetery.
Some of his construction work in Manitoba included:
Building
Location
Year
Status
567 Selkirk Avenue, Winnipeg
1914
Globe Bedding Warehouse (addition)
268-274 Jarvis Avenue, Winnipeg
1926
Destroyed by fire (22 July 2019)
Jewish Old Folks Home (alterations)
426-428 Manitoba Avenue, Winnipeg
1927
Demolished (?)
Rubin Apartments
103 Bannerman Avenue, Winnipeg
1927
Marriage registration [Rosie Rubin, Joe Rubin], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Marriage registration [Sarah Frann Rubin, Jacob Schwartz], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
“Factory addition,” Winnipeg Tribune, 2 July 1926, page 8.
“Convention Hall to be part of addition,” Manitoba Free Press, 9 July 1926, page 7.
“New duplex apartment,” Manitoba Free Press, 28 May 1927, page 36.
Obituary [Sam Rubin], Winnipeg Free Press, 3 May 1943, page 2.
Death registration [Victor Rubin], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Obituary [Victor Rubin], Winnipeg Free Press, 13 February 1945, page 4.
Obituary [Victor Rubin], Winnipeg Tribune, 14 February 1945, page 35.
We thank Gordon Goldsborough for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Jordan Makichuk.
Page revised: 14 July 2024
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