Businessman.
Born around 1890, he founded the Manitoba Upholstering Company. On 13 June 1920, he married Luba “Lily” Yankovsky (1899-1980) at Winnipeg and they had two children: David Cohen and Miriam Cohen (wife of ? Waxman). A supporter of the I. L. Peretz Folk School and Sharon Home, he was a member of the Montifiore Club, Winnipeg Bridge Club, and Hebrew Fraternal Lodge. He died at the Misericordia Hospital on 17 July 1968 and was buried in the B'nay Abraham Cemetery.
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Alekno Block / Mitchell Block (374-376 Selkirk Avenue, Winnipeg)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Rothesay Apartments (828 Preston Avenue, Winnipeg
Marriage registration [Benjamin Cohen, Luba Yankovsky], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Obituary [Benjamin Cohen], Winnipeg Free Press, 18 July 1968, page 32.
Death registration [Lily Cohen], British Columbia Vital Statistics.
Obituary [Lily Cohen], Winnipeg Free Press, 22 November 1980, page 46.
Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 2 October 2023
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