Wholesale merchant.
Born in Poland on 7 October 1866, son of E. Margolius Margolius and Chava R. Shinkerovitch, he was educated in Poland and emigrated to the United States in 1884, remaining there until 1892 when he moved to Montreal, Quebec. He worked as a commercial traveller for A. Bradshaw & Sons of Toronto, Ontario and later with J. Cohen & Company.
He came to Winnipeg in 1901 and operated a dry goods business until 1916 when he went to the Greenshields Company in charge of foreign trade. In 1922, he started a wholesale merchant business.
In January 1908, he married Anna Pyes (?-?) of Grand Forks, North Dakota and they had one son. In 1925, the family lived in Panama Court. He was a member of the Masons (St. George’s Lodge No. 10, Montreal) and B'nai Brith (Fort Rouge Congregation). He served as a trustee for the Jewish Old Folks Home and was a board member for the Jewish Orphanage.
He died in late December 1941 and was buried in the Dawes Road Cemetery at Scarborough, Ontario.
Pioneers and Prominent People of Manitoba, Winnipeg: Canadian Publicity Company, 1925.
“Old Holy Blossom founder is buried,” Toronto Star, 3 December 1941, page 7.
We thank Darryl Toews for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 19 May 2024
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