Brief Life History of Joseph
Joseph WERIER was born about 1870, in Russia as the son of Shlomo Werier. He had at least 6 sons and 4 daughters with Mary Meriam LIFSHITZ. He lived in Manitoba, Canada in 1916. He died on 28 February 1956, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, at the age of 87, and was buried in Hebrew Sick Benefit Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
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Family Time Line
Sources (5)
- Joe Werier, "Canada, Prairie Provinces Census, 1926"
- Joseph Werier, "Canada, Prairie Provinces Census, 1916"
- Josef Werier, "Canada Census, 1911"
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World Events (1)
1871
British Columbia joins the confederation.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Otto, Hans, Erwin, Heinz, Gerhard, Ernst, Helmut, Horst, Klaus, Arno, Dieter.
German, Dutch, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Norwegian, Swedish, and Danish: from a personal name composed of the ancient Germanic elements warin ‘protection, shelter’ or ‘guard’ + heri, hari ‘army’. The surname of German origin is also found in Britain (compare Warner ) and France (Alsace and Lorraine). Compare Verner .
Germanized or Americanized form of Czech, Hungarian, Swedish, Danish, Croatian, and Slovenian Verner , a cognate or variant of 1 above.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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