Memorable Manitobans: Jacob Reiner Friesen (1878-1950)
Businessman.
After starting a farm implement business in 1903, he opened Western Canada’s and Steinbach’s first Ford automobile dealership, in 1912. On 18 April 1903, he married Maria Reimer (1885-1938) at Winnipeg. They had seven children: Edwin Friesen, Dr. W. F. Friesen, Mary Friesen, Anna Friesen, Elizabeth Friesen, Helen Friesen Zuchowski (1913-2007), and Catherine Friesen. He died at Winnipeg on 6 August 1950.
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Friesen House (255 Hanover Street, Steinbach)
Sources:
Marriage and death registrations, Manitoba Vital Statistics.
“Steinbach firm founder buried,” Winnipeg Free Press, 11 August 1950, page 27.
Obituary [Helen Zuchowski], Winnipeg Free Press, 14 December 2007.
Friesen House, 255 Hanover Street, Steinbach, Manitoba Historic Resources Branch.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 22 November 2013
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