A prominent representative of the Jewish element in the
citizenship of Montreal is Harry Bloomfield, a partner in the
well known wholesale jewelry firm of Bloomfield Brothers. He is
largely regarded as a representative business man, enterprising,
progressive, alert and energetic. He was born in Montreal in
1879, a son of Baruch Bloomfield, a scholar and educator who
for many years resided in Montreal and enjoyed the respect of
all who knew him. It was in the schools of this city that Harry
Bloomfield pursued his education and after entering business
circles he traveled for the American Clock Company of New York
for five and a half years, in which he gained much valuable
experience concerning business methods and procedure. On the
expiration of that period he entered the employ of the Canadian
jewelry house of Pinfort & Company, whom he represented upon
the road as a traveling salesman for another period of five and
a half years. All during this time he was ambitious to engage in
business on his own account, and in 1904 he saw the realization
of his hopes, for in that year he was the organizer of the
firm of Bloomfield Brothers, wholesale jewelers. Through the
intervening period the business has steadily grown and developed
under the careful guidance and management of its proprietors who
are energetic, progressive young men, realizing and utilizing
their opportunities. They carry a large and carefully selected
line of jewelry, and their trade is growing year by year, having
already reached extensive and profitable proportions.
On the 7th of June, 1905, Mr. Bloomfield was united in marriage
to Miss Sadie Davies, a daughter of Morton Davies of New York,
and their children are Bernard, Louis, Dorothy and Florence.
Mr. Bloomfield has been somewhat active in connection with
civic affairs. He was made justice of the peace for the city
and district of Montreal, October 12, 1904, and he was twice a
candidate in St. Lawrence ward in conservative interests as M. P.
P.
He is identified with a number of social and fraternal
organizations, for beside being president of the Independent
Voters League he is a director of the Baron de Hirsch Institute,
a director of the Hebrew Sheltering Home, a director of the
Montefiore Club and president of the D’Israeli Conservative Club.
At the time of the ritual murder charge against Mendel Beiliss
six judges were appointed by the Jewish citizens to forward a
protest to the governor general and Mr. Bloomfield was appointed
as one of the judges. He is a high type of young Jewish manhood
in Montreal and is rapidly winning for himself an enviable
position in business circles.
JOHN BRADFORD MCCONNELL, M. D., D. C. L.
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