Bio of SELCER, Morris (b.1878), Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; 
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. 
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); 
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical

Vol III, pg 827
MORRIS SELCER
Morris Selcer, coming to America in young manhood, gave proof in his business
career that the opportunity for success is still open to energetic and ambitious
young men. He was born in Galicia, Austria, in 1878, a son of Manuel and Cecelia
Selcer. He acquired his education in his native country and was there married in
1895 to Miss Rose Schwartz, a daughter of Israel and Dorothy Schwartz. For five
years there­after they continued to reside in Austria but in 1900 came to the
United States, making Minneapolis their destination.
Having taken up his abode in this city, Mr. Selcer secured employment at a pop
manufacturing establishment, having previously been engaged in the same line of
work in his native country. After a brief period, however, he and his brother
estab­lished business on their own account as pop manufacturers. The enterprise
was small, but they continued to enlarge and develop it until theirs was one of
the most important establishments of the kind in the city and success in
substantial measure thus crowned the efforts of Morris Selcer, who continued in
the business to the time of his death, which occurred on the 26th of March,
1916. Mrs. Selcer still retains the interest of her husband in the business and
derives therefrom a gratifying annual income.
To Mr. and Mrs. Selcer were born five children: Ruth, the wife of Nathan Rivkin,
now an attorney of Minneapolis: Pauline; Esther; Mandy; and Julius. Mr. Selcer
held to the religious faith of his fathers and was a member of Adath Yeshurun
con­gregation. He also belonged to the Independent Order of B'nai B'rith. He was
a life­long republican, giving stalwart allegiance to the party throughout the
period of his residence in America following his naturalization. He never had
occasion to regret his determination to come to the new world, for here he found
the opportunities which he sought, leading to the establishment of a prosperous
business, and here, too, he found the chance to give his children excellent
advantages. His interest at all times centered in the welfare and happiness of
the members of his own household.