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Benjamin, Gerald Yehudah

Male 1923 - 2009  (85 years)


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  • Name Benjamin, Gerald Yehudah  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Born 1 Jul 1923  Montreal, , Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 4
    Gender Male 
    Died 15 Mar 2009  Montreal, , Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 5, 6
    Buried Mount Royal Cemetery, Outremont, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 8
    Person ID I8384  Our Family
    Last Modified 16 Jan 2024 

    Family Pearson, Patricia Peysia Leah,   b. 1 Oct 1924, Montreal, , Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Oct 1979, Montreal, , Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 55 years) 
    Married 10 Sep 1946  Montreal, , Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4
    Children 
    +1. Benjamin, John Adam
     2. Benjamin, Jane Deborah
    +3. Benjamin, Paul Harris Pinchus Hertzl
    Last Modified 16 Jan 2024 
    Family ID F2658  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • He was the owner of Benjamin News Co.
      GERALD BENJAMIN Chairman of the Board of Benjamin News Inc., passed away on Sunday, March 15, 2009. Mr. Benjamin was born in Montreal on July 1, 1923, son of Charles and Hilda Benjamin, received his education at McGill University, and served in the Canadian Army as a lieutenant during the Second World War. An avid traveler, photographer, archaeologist, art connoisseur and collector, his explorations and expeditions carried him throughout the world, from the Silk Road to the pre-Columbian sites of Central and South America to the jungles of Borneo and the deserts of Africa. A true adventurer. A devoted alumnus of McGill he has been a generous benefactor to that institution and its hospital, as well as The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. Mr. Benjamin is predeceased by his first wife, Patricia Pearson Benjamin, and is profoundly mourned by his children from that marriage: Paul, and his wife Leslie, and their children Adam, and his wife, Lauren Brownstein, Sebastien, and Stephanie; John, and his children, Jennifer and Nicolas; and his daughter Jane. Mr. Benjamin is further predeceased by his second wife, Mimi Dupuis, and survived by his step-daughter from that marriage, Rachel Dupuis, her husband and children. He leaves his beloved widow, Cynthia Copper Benjamin and his grieving stepchildren from that marriage, Pia Camilla Copper and Lucina Copper Danielson, as well as the latter's children, Asher, Christian, Thalia, Indigo, and Jasper. His death is also mourned by his brother, Peter and his wife, Sonia, of Houston, Texas, and by Lois Vosberg, sister of his first wife, Patricia, and her husband Fred. He will be sadly missed and fondly remembered by his extended family and his many friends throughout the world.

  • Sources 
    1. [S1457] Canada Obituary Collection, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.Original data - See newspaper information provided with each entry.Original data: See newspaper information provided with each entry.;), Newspaper: The Gazette; Publication Date: 17 Mar 2009; Publication Place: Montreal , Can , Can.
      Birth date: 07/01/1923 Birth place: Montreal Death date: 03/15/2009 Death place:

    2. [S238] Stanley Diamond Update - 03/13/2002.
      Date of Import: Mar 14, 2002

    3. [S239] Original Import into Legacy.

    4. [S238] Stanley Diamond Update - 03/13/2002 (Reliability: 3).
      Date of Import: Mar 14, 2002

    5. [S3] U.S. Public Records Index, Ancestry.com, (Name: Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007;).

    6. [S15] Obituary, location inferred (Reliability: 3).

    7. [S15] Obituary.

    8. [S15] Obituary, for Jane.