Joseph Werier
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Wholesaler.
Born at Odessa, Russia in 1870, he moved to Winnipeg in 1904. He worked in retail and the wholesale business and eventually founded the wholesale firm of J. Werier and Company.
He and wife Mary Livshitz (1874-1946) had ten children: Alexander Werier (1899-1990), Harry Werier (1901-1978), Sarah Werier (1902-2007), Lena Leona Werier (1904-1978), Raymy Werier (1905-1916), Hymie Werier (1907-1958), Rosie Werier (1908-2000), Samuel Werier (1910-1993), Abraham “Abe” Werier (1912-1969, father of Arthur Mervin “Art” Werier), and Vera Werier (1915-2000).
He died while visiting Los Angeles, California on 28 February 1956 and was buried in the Hebrew Sick Benefit Cemetery.
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Cockshutt Plow Building / Werier Warehouse (238 Princess Street, Winnipeg)
Birth registrations [Rose Werier, Samuel Werier, Abraham Werier, Vera Werier], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Death registration [Mary Werier], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
“Joseph Werier dies on visit to Los Angeles,” Winnipeg Free Press, 1 March 1956, page 39.
Cockshutt Plow Company Building, 238 Princess Street by Murray Peterson, Winnipeg Historical Buildings and Resources Committee, April 2019.
Joseph Werier, FamilySearch.
Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.
We thank Gordon Goldsborough for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Jordan Makichuk.
Page revised: 6 March 2024
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