Gaston, Joseph.  "The Centennial History of Oregon, 1811-1912."  Vol. 2. 
Chicago, Clarke Publishing Co., 1912. p. 1023.
 
PETER RUBIN

     who resides one and one-half miles south of Salem, on the Turner road, is
successfully engaged in the dairying business. He was born in Switzerland,
January 20, 1862, the son of Christopher and Magdalena (Meier) Rubin, both of
whom are still living in that country. The father also is engaged in the
dairying business and keeps between sixty and seventy cows on his farm. In their
family were six children, two sons and four daughters.
     Peter Rubin was reared and received his education in Switzerland, where he
was early trained to the work of the dairy farm. He remained under the parental
roof until almost thirty-one years of age, except for one year during which he
served in the Swiss army. in Battalion 36, and was there awarded a medal for
excellent marksmanship. On deciding to seek a home in a new country, he came in
1893 to America and located in San Francisco, California, where he was employed
as a dairyman until 1907, when he came to Oregon and engaged in his present
occupation. He is in partnership with Thomas Feldman and they are conducting a
thriving business, having sixty acres in pasture and keeping between seventy and
eighty cows on their dairy farm. All his life Mr. Rubin has been associated with
dairying work and he now manages his business in a most capable and successful
way. In politics he is a stanch republican and is much interested in public
issues. As a worthy representative of the land of his birth he is persistent,
energetic and honest in all his dealings and as a result has won many friends in
the community where he now resides.


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Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in August 2008 by Diana Smith.  Submitter
has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned above.