Robert Martin Greenwood, born Martin Israel Gruenebaum is the husband of Sybil Rose, my maternal 4th cousin 1x removed. He changed his name to Greenwood when he was naturalised in London on 14 July 1947. Rosenberg family tree Here
Parents: Heinrich Gruenebaum (1843 - bef 1946)) and Regina Kupfer (1879 - bef 1946). Both his parents perished in the Holocaust
Born: 1922 in Gresfeld, Germany
Married: Sybil Rose in Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales on 13 February 1951. Martin was 28 and Sybil 26 years old
Children
Their first child was born when Sybil was 28 and Martin 31. Their second child was born when Sybil was 31 and Martin 33
- Martin Henry Greenwood born in 1953 in Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales
- Nigel W Greenwood born in 1953 in Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales
Biography
Robert Greenwood was born in Germany but forced to flee to escape persecution from the Nazis when he was seventeen-years-old. His parents and young sister were murdered in a death camp. As soon as he came of age he enlisted in the British army. Following the end of the Second World War - during which he had served in France, Belgium and Germany - he met his future wife Sybil Rose while working in London. In 1951 they moved to Cardiff so Greenwood could join the Rose family menswear retail clothing business. When Robert took over as managing director he remained true to Abraham Rose's original vision and the outfitters remained an independent business with a small but loyal customer base. His wife, Sybil, and mother-in-law, Florrie, were directors alongside him, A keen chess player, he was team captain of the North Cardiff chess club
Death
October 1993 in Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales
Newspaper clippings
Family
