Berko Rubin (Wrobel) (1912 - 1969)

Berko Rubin, born Berko Wrobel, is the husband of Minnie Gould, the neice of Simon Glynn, who is the husband of Esther Reizel Levin, my 2x great aunt. Glynn family HERE. Levin family HERE

Parents: Unknown

Born: 11 July 1912 in Poland. He was one of ten children. I have only been able to identify four of them, Louis Rubin and Jack Rubin, who also lived and worked in Liverpool. Percy Rubin a timber merchant in Cheshire, and Max Wrobel, who lived in London. It appears that Berko came to England after 1921 as I cannot locate him in the 1921 census

Married: 

Minnie Gould in (January to March) 1935 in Liverpool, Engalnd. Berko was age 22 and Minnie was age 20

Children

Their only child was born in 1937 when Minnie was 23 and Berko 25

• Robert Stephen Rubin 1937 -

Naturalization

Berko was naturalised on 26 January 1940. He had chnaged his surname from Wrobel to Rubin sometime before he married Minnie in 1935

Wrobel, Berko (known as Berko Rubin); Poland; Company Director; 39, Montclair Drive, Mossley Hill, Liverpool, 18. January, 1940. (The London Gazette, Issue 34807, Page 1389)

Ocupation

In 1932 Berko and Minnie Rubin set up the Liverpool Shoe Company, a small fashion wholesale footwear business. As Midland bank refused a loan of £500, £100 in capital was raised from family and friends. The Liverpool Shoe Company became quite diversified, manufacturing men’s, ladies’ and children’s fashion footwear in the 1940s to 1960s, followed by pioneering the outsourcing of footwear manufacturing to Asia in the early 1970s. Its “Beatle boots” were a big hit in the 1960s. Berko was a  very respected and well-liked person and an effective leader – albeit one who was not good at delegating. He was also a heavy  smoker. After Berko's death his son Stephen took over the business, restructuring and renaming it the Pentland Group

 

Census details

1939 Register

In the 1939 Register conducted on 29 September 1939, Minnie and Berko Rubin are at 18 Beauclair Drive, Liverpool, England. He is a wholesale boot merachant and the redacted line is their child Robert Stephen Rubin. Also living with them are Minnie's parents Benjamin and Annie, her brother Arnold and a 16 year old domestic servant, Olive Harding. It is probable that the house was that ofAnnie and Benjamin Gould and that Berko and Minnie and their baby son were just visiting as their permanent address at the time was 39 Montclair Drive, Mossey Hill, Liverpool, England

Travel

Berko Rubin travelling on the Queen Elizabeth from New York to Southampton arriving on 3 June 1948. His addess is given as 5 Abbey Lodge, London N.W.8 and his occupation is company director. Also on the manifest is Max Wrobel age 37 from London, who must be a realtion, probably a brother

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Berko and Minnie and their son Robert travelling from New York to Southampton arriving on 14 September 1951. Their addess is given as 5 Abbey Lodge, London N.W.8 and their occupation is company director

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Berko Rubin travelling on the Queen Elizabeth from New York to Southampton arriving on 24 February 1953. His addess is given as 5 Abbey Lodge, London N.W.8 and his occupation is company director

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Berko travelling on the Queen Mary from Southampton to New York arriving there on 15 February 1954

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Berko and Minnie travelling from Southampton to New York on 9 November 1959. Their addess is given as 5 Abbey Lodge, London N.W.8

Electoral Register

Berko and Minnie listed on the 1968 electoral register. Their address is given as 5 Abbey Lodge, Park Road, London, England

Death

30 June 1969 at age 56 in London, England. He is buried in the Bushey Jewish Cemetery in Bushey, Hertfordshire, England Plot 8, V, 357

Probate

RUBIN Berko of 5 Abbey Lodge Regents Pk London N.W.8 died 30 June 1969 Probate London 27 July. £42397

Residences

In the 1939 register the family is living at 18 Beauclair Drive, Liverpool, England

In the late 1930s and early 1940s the family were living at 39 Montclair Drive, Liverpool, England

The families' London address is given as 5 Abbey Lodge, London, Park Rd, London NW8 7RJ, United Kingdom