Carl Rosenberg was one of those who did not find the
opportunities which he sought in his native country and, seeking
the benefits of British freedom, selected the Dominion of Canada
for his field of operation and came to Montreal twenty-five years
ago, or in 1889, when a young man of about nineteen years. After
his arrival he went into partnership with a cousin, who had
preceded him to the Dominion and who was engaged in the importing
and dry-goods jobbing business. The name of the firm was
Shiller & Rosenberg and they continued for two years, when the
partnership was dissolved and Mr. Rosenberg became the leading
factor in the establishment of the British American Import
Company, who opened their place of business on St. Paul Street,
Montreal. His ability as a merchant, his ready understanding of
local market conditions and his indefatigable energy led to such
growth of business that in 1909 the firm was enabled to put up a
large building of their own at 516 St. Lawrence boulevard, into
which they moved in 1910. The British American Import Company
occupies a leading place in its line in Montreal and their
reputation is of the highest. Its success is largely due to the
executive ability of Mr. Rosenberg, its founder.
In 1888, when but eighteen years of age, Mr. Rosenberg, while yet
in Europe, was married to Miss Clara Sperling and to them were
born the following children: Hannah, who married Dr. Tannenbaum;
Sarah, now Mrs. Aronson; and Madge, Rose, Sadie, David and Moses.
Mr. Rosenberg is a liberal and, adhering to the faith of his
fathers, he was during 1910-11 a director of the Baron de Hirsch
Institute, but his fast expanding business interests forced him
to relinquish this position. He is a justice of the peace; vice
president of the Herzl Dispensary; a founder and an ex-president
of the Jewish Eagle Publishing Company, holding the latter office
for five years; and a member of Ionic Lodge, No. 54, of the
Masonic order. He is a shrewd and able business man and his name
and that of his firm stand for successful accomplishment in the
trade annals of the city.
REV. ALLAN PEARSON SHATFORD.
Rev. Allan Pearson Shatford, known in Montreal and throughout the
province of Quebec as a forceful and eloquent preacher, holding a
high position in Masonic circles as grand chaplain of the grand
lodge of Quebec and known in this city as most earnest, zealous
and consecrated in his work as rector of the Church of St. James
the Apostle, was born at St. Margaret’s Bay, Nova Scotia, and is
a son of the late James E. Shatford, a resident of Indian Harbor.
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