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Memorable Manitobans: Eliezer [Leiser] Gruber (1842-1919)
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Born at lwowski, Ukraine on 13 May 1842, son of Ya'ackov Gruber and Pesl “Pessie” Gruber, he came to Manitoba in the 1880s and attempted to establish a Jewish agricultural colony called Gruber, located near Winnipegosis. He and wife Faiga Raizel Lever (?-1922) had six children: Yoseph Gruber, Shulom Gruber, Miryum Gruber, Hannuh Gruber, Tzippoyruh Gruber, and Shoshana Gruber. He died at Winnipeg on 10 April 1919 and was buried in the Shaarey Zedek Cemetery.
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Gruber Hamlet (RM of Mossey River)
Sources:
Death registration [Alezar Gruber], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Rabbi Eliezer Gruber, Geni.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 9 September 2022
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