The story of GANT begins with a Ukrainian boy in hunt of a better life who sailed to America, fell in love, plant success and ever changed American style. Berl Gantmacher was a miller’s son from Miropol in Ukraine who, by the time he was a teenager, had formerly made his way from the Russian Empire to Rotterdam. From there he continued west, embarking on theS.S. Libraries at Ellis Island record him arriving on November 12, 1907.