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Jakob Gürtler 1922

Jakob Gürtler

Immigrant to Halifax

The young Jakob Gürtler (born around 1900) followed his aunt and uncle to Canada in the 1920s. From what he heard and from what they wrote to him, they were doing quite well there, although their activities in their new home (they too had emigrated from Germany, East Prussia, at the turn of the century) were probably not always entirely legal.

Contributions by Jakob Gürtler