Born in Germany on 7 March 1930, son of John Taubensee (1903-1995) and Mary Schoenrath (1907-1965), he came with his family to Canada later that year and settled at Swan River where his father worked as a building contractor. In 1955, he received a degree in Architecture from the University of Manitoba and moved to Flin Flon where, together with his father, he founded the Taubensee Construction Company. They moved the company to Winnipeg in 1960 and, over the course of years, built over 100 schools and other public buildings around the city and surrounding towns.
On 28 December 1955, he married Gertrude Evelyn Jesse and they had four daughters before divorcing in 2006. He died accidentally at his cottage at Clearwater Bay, Ontario on 16 April 2009.
See also:
Manitoba Business: Taubensee Construction Company
Obituary [John Taubensee], Winnipeg Free Press, 19 October 1995, page 44.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 20 April 2009.
Winnipeg estate files (ATG 0025A), PR09-01-81772, Archives of Manitoba.
File FD05-01-77235, Gertrude E. Taubensee vs John G. Taubensee, Manitoba Court Registry.
We thank Nathan Kramer for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 6 September 2024
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