Multnomah County OR Archives Biographies.....Gerber, G. G. July 7, 1881 - 
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     G. G. GERBER.  The largest and most important sheet metal works in 
Portland is that owned by G. G. Gerber, at Eleventh, Flanders and Glisan 
streets. From a modest beginning, Mr. Gerber has, in twelve years, built up an 
extensive and prosperous business, the result of his persistent and well 
directed efforts, backed by sound judgment and honorable methods. A son of 
Charles and Catherine Gerber, both of whom are now deceased, he was born in 
Albany, New York, on the 7th of July, 1881, received a public school education 
and at the age of sixteen years left home and learned the sheet metal trade. 
On completing his apprenticeship he worked in sheet metal shops in various 
parts of the country, gaining valuable experience, and in 1900 arrived in 
Portland. After working as a journeyman for awhile, he became foreman for 
Burness & Martin, with which concern he remained thirteen years, and in 1916 
started into business on his own account. His first location was at Ninth and 
Davis streets, where he had a room forty by fifty feet, but his business grew 
so rapidly that he was compelled to seek larger quarters and in 1919 he moved 
to Eleventh and Davis streets where he occupied a building one hundred by one 
hundred feet. In 1927 he came to his present location, where he has a space 
one hundred by two hundred feet, and now is prepared to properly handle any 
sized job. He has a modern equipment of machinery and tools and his lines of 
work include the following: New radiator cores installed, fenders repaired, 
radiators manufactured, tops made and repaired, curtains made, glass work, 
celluloid installed, closed car upholstering, enclosure installed, bodies 
repaired or built, closed cars converted to invalid cars, front axles 
repaired, wooden and disc wheels repaired, welding, blacksmith work, bake 
enameling, lacquer work, sand blasting, rumble seats, tops and covers. He is 
also agent for Harrison radiators and Delco-Remy Lovejoy shock absorbers. 
During the busy season Mr. Gerber employs from sixty to seventy-five men, 
nearly all of whom are skilled workmen.

     In 1909 Mr. Gerber was united in marriage to Miss Ina M. Lister, of 
Grants Pass, Oregon. He is a republican in his political views, and is an 
active member of the Masonic order, belonging to both York and Scottish rites. 
He is also a member of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine and the Benevolent 
Protective Order of Elks. He has devoted himself closely to his business, in 
which he has met with well merited success, and throughout the community he 
commands the confidence and respect of those who know him, for he is a 
progressive and honorable business man, a loyal and dependable citizen and 
constant and reliable friend.

Additional Comments:
History of the Columbia River Valley From The Dalles to the Sea, Vol. II, 
Pages 803-804

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