Biography
Miner, Robert. (Minor, Ruben/Rubin); b. March 29, 1909 near Cadillac, Michigan; Jewish; Married; Auto Mechanic; CP 1929; Received Passport# 455861 on July 3, 1937 which listed his address as 239 Parish Street, and 239 Perry, both Battle Creek Michigan; Sailed July 24, 1937 aboard the Britannic; Arrived in Spain via Massanet on August 6, 1937; Served with the XV BDE, Auto Park; Returned to the US on March 3, 1939 aboard the Manhattan; d. March 26, 1975, buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Battle Creek, Michigan.
Sources: Sail; Scope of Soviet Activity; Cadre (under Miner, Reuben); Figueres List; RGASPI (under Miner, Rubin); L-W Tree Ancestry; Find-a-Grave 15801663 (under Miner, Ruben). Code A
Photographs: Abraham Halpern, Robert Minor and John Burning and Spanish volunteer. The 15th International Brigade Photographic Unit Photograph Collection ; ALBA Photo 11; ALBA Photo number 11-0981. Tamiment Library/Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives. Elmer Holmes Bobst Library, 70 Washington Square South, New York, NY 10012, New York University Libraries.
Sources: Sail; Scope of Soviet Activity; Cadre (under Miner, Reuben); Figueres List; RGASPI (under Miner, Rubin); L-W Tree Ancestry; Find-a-Grave 15801663 (under Miner, Ruben). Code A
Photographs: Abraham Halpern, Robert Minor and John Burning and Spanish volunteer. The 15th International Brigade Photographic Unit Photograph Collection ; ALBA Photo 11; ALBA Photo number 11-0981. Tamiment Library/Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives. Elmer Holmes Bobst Library, 70 Washington Square South, New York, NY 10012, New York University Libraries.