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Abraham Herman Aronovitch
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Financial agent, community activist.
Born in Russia on 19 August 1882, son of Joseph H. and Rifca Aronovitch, he left Russia in 1886 and settled in New York City, moving to Grand Forks, North Dakota in 1887. After finishing his education there, he engaged in mercantile business. He joined the staff of New York Life and, after two years with this company, he came to Winnipeg in 1905 and founded Aronovitch and Leipsic, doing business in real estate, general financial, and insurance.
Active in Winnipeg’s Jewish community, he was one of the founders of the local B’nai B’rith lodge and its President in 1910, a founder of the Jewish Old Folks’ Home of Western Canada, and a founder and board member for the Jewish Welfare Fund of Winnipeg. He also served as President of the Jewish Orphanage of Western Canada, Shaarey Zedek Synagogue, and Young Men’s Hebrew Association. He was an executive member of the Winnipeg Community Chest, Winnipeg Real Estate Board, and Canadian Club of Winnipeg.
On 28 June 1904, he married Gertrude Leipsic (?-1969) and they eventually had six children: Elsie Aronovitch (1905-1999, wife of Ralph Theodore Robinson), Helen Aronovitch (c1907-1992, wife of Lawrence Abe Seipp, daughter-in-law of Louis Siepp), Edgar Judah Aronovitch (1908-1983), Joseph Hirsh Aronovitch (1914-1983), Ruth Aronovitch (?-?, wife of Louis Pfeiffer and ? Bland), and Beryl Aronovitch (?-?, wife of David B. Dreiman).
He died at Edmonton, Alberta on 8 September 1952, while on a business trip, and was returned to Winnipeg for burial in the Shaarey Zedek Cemetery.
See also:
Manitoba Business: Aronovitch and Leipsic
Birth registration [Joseph Hirsh Aronovitch], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Pioneers and Prominent People of Manitoba, Winnipeg: Canadian Publicity Company, 1925.
“City realtor dies suddenly on Alta. trip,” Winnipeg Free Press, 8 September 1952, page 3.
“A. H. Aronovitch funeral service held Wednesday,” Winnipeg Free Press, 10 September 1952, page 32.
“Free Press Necrology Files,” Winnipeg Elite Study, G. Friesen Fonds, Mss 154, Box 15, File 16, University of Manitoba Archives]
“City realtor dies suddenly on Alta. trip,” Winnipeg Free Press, 8 September 1952, page 3.
“A. H. Aronovitch funeral service held Wednesday,” Winnipeg Free Press, 10 September 1952, page 32.
Obituary [Gertrude Aronovitch], Winnipeg Free Press, 23 September 1969, page 37.
Obituary [Joseph H. Aronovitch], Winnipeg Free Press, 20 April 1983, page 47.
Obituary [Edgar J. Aronovitch], Winnipeg Free Press, 1 October 1983, page 42.
Obituary [Helen Seipp], Winnipeg Free Press, 5 December 1992, page 65.
Obituary [Elsie Aronovitch Robinson], Winnipeg Free Press, 12 June 1999, page 47.
Dictionary of Manitoba Biography by John M. “Jack” Bumsted, Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Press, 1999.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 7 September 2024
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