My Family history: Abraham Rose (1892

Saturday, 4 February 2023

Abraham Rose (1892 - 1978)

Abraham Rose, known as Abe, is the husband of Florrie Leah Rosenberg, my maternal 3rd cousin 2x removed. The Rose surname was originally Rutske. Rosenberg family tree Here

Parents: Woolf Rose / Rutsky (1863 - 1938) and Bertha Rugzaway (1864 - 1932)

Born: 24 September 1892 in Norwich, Norfolk, England

Hebrew name: Avraham son of Tzvi

Married: Florrie Leah Rosenberg in Manchester 16 June 1920. Abraham was 28 and Florrie 23 years old

Children

Their first child was born in 1921 when Abraham was 29 and Florrie 24. Their last child was born in 1924 when Abraham was 32 and Florrie 27

Harold Rose 1921 - 1967

Sybil Rose 1924 - 2010

Rose family

The Rose family comprised Woolf and Bertha and their six children. The youngest, Henry Rose (1899 - 1958) became a sports journalist for the Daily Express and was killed in the Munich air disaster of February, 1958 along with several members of the Manchester United football team

Henry Rose was born in Norwich, England, in 1899, the youngest of six children born to Woolf and Bertha Rose. Henry's parents had come to Britain from Ukraine as part of a mass emigration of Russian Jews escaping Tsarist persecution and economic hardship from the early 1880s onwards. Although the vast majority of these migrants moved to America, by 1914 between 120,000-150,000 had permanently settled in Great Britain often a transit point for Jews arriving from Continental Europe and intending to sail onwards to the United States. First arriving by boat in London in the late 1880s, Woolf and Bertha soon moved to Norwich in eastern England, where a small Jewish community had existed since the eleventh century, to set up their own tailoring business. The family then made their permanent home in Cardiff, joining the sizeable Jewish migrant community in the industrial heartlands of Wales.

In South Wales, Rose's mother and his father (who by this point had adopted William as his first name) were respected members of the local Jewish community and actively involved in its religious, cultural, and social affairs." Rose himself attended Synagogue on a regular basis and was a member of its choir, yet it was in the community's social clubs that his dual passions for sport and journalism were seemingly ignited. In the Cardiff Literary and Social Society a young Henry, alongside his equally sporty brother Mayer (known as Michael), took up amateur boxing, football, and rugby. In his teens Henry also began writing for the club's magazine, Judean, and later became its editor, whilst also doing general reporting duties for the local newspaper, the South Wales Echo." His burgeoning journalistic ambitions were put on hold by service with the London Rifles during the First World War and in January of 1918, a nineteen-year-old Henry was saved, under heavy fire, from drowning in a flooded trench by a group of fellow soldiers a terrifying incident that he later claimed made him determined to "make the most of his life.

From: Dee, David. “Personality and Color into Everything He Does”: Henry Rose (1899-1958) — Journalist, Celebrity, and the Forgotten Man of the Munich Disaster. Journal of Sport History Vol. 41, No. 3 (Fall 2014), pp. 425-445

City journalist who died in tragic crash

"THE sad television documentary recalling the Munich air crash which killed Manchester United soccer stars held local interest for South Wales viewers.

There was a mention of 1958. Cardiff-born journalist Henry Rose northern sports editor of the Daily Express who was among the victims.

According to his niece Mrs Sybil Greenwood, Henry Rose was born in writer. Beauchamp Street and he started work on the South Wales Post before it merged with the Echo.

He went to work for the Daily Express in Manchester where he became their northern sports editor and was a well known figure in journalism. A bachelor, he was in his mid-fifties when he died in the Munich air crash in 1958

One of his brothers was 1920s Cardiff rugby star Meir 'Micky' Rose, whose daughter Esther helped to keep millions of people glued to their TV sets as a Coronation Street script-

Another brother owned the A Rose menswear shop in High Street, now run by Mrs Greenwood's husband."

Census details

1901

Abraham is living with his parents Woolf age 37 and Bertha age 35 at 130 St George St, Norwich, England. Woolf is a tailor and the children are Nathan age 15, Jacob age 10, Abraham age 9, Fanny age 7, Michael age 4 and Henry age 2

1911

The family are now in 4 Beauchamp St, Cardiff, Wales, having moved there in 1904. Woolf is listed as William and is age 46 and Bertha age 44. Woolf is still listed as a tailor and the children are Nathan age 24, Jack age 21, Abraham age 19 who is listed as Abe and his occupation is assistant hosier, Fanny age 17, Meyer age 13 and Henry age 12

1921

In the 1921 Florrie and Abraham are married and living at 1 Church Rd, Canon, Cardiff. Abraham is a men's clothing outfitter. Their son Harold Rose, is two and a half months old. Living with them is a servant, Lydia Rowles, age 26 and born in Barry Dock, Glamorgan

1939 Register

In 1939 Florrie and Abraham are living at 4 Earls Court Rd, Cardiff. Abraham is a men's clothing outfitter. Living with them is their son Harold Rose, who is age 18 and seeking work

Death
17 March 1978 in Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales, at 85 years of age. Buried at Cardiff (Ely) Cemetery, Cardiff, Wales, Section A, Row B, PLot 16

✡ אברהם בן צבי נפטר ח אדר שני תשלח ת ניצ' ב' ה

In loving memory of Abraham Rose. Died 8th Adar Sheni 5738. 17th March 1978 - aged 85. Deeply mourned by his devoted wife, daughter, sister, relatives and friends. May His Dear Soul Rest in Peace (Abr)

Probate

Abraham Rose Probate 23 May 1978. His address is listed as Flat A, Kingswood Court, Maryport Rd, Cardiff, Wales. The value of his estate is listed as £18,845

Clothing business

Abraham worked as an errand boy at several shops in Cardiff, and then took up an apprenticeship in Jothams in their Duke Street store. After completing this, he worked for four years at a shop in Abertillery, where he later owned his own store.

He quickly became successful enough to move to Cardiff and, in 1922, acquired the shop at 31 High Street where he had originally been an errand boy. Eventually Abe opened three menswear shops in Cardiff, at 31 High Street, Wellfield Road in 1961 and in the High Street Arcade. The High Street shop was closed in 1992/1993 and the one on Wellfield Road was sold to Lewis Tucker in the mid 1980s.

News articles at the time stated A. Rose was synonymous with high quality reasonably priced ready-to-wear men’s clothing. The owner himself became well known for his innovative approach to marketing and publicity as he used weekly letters to drum up business. Abe was also the first person in Wales to organise a lecture on male dressing.

On the 3rd November 1927, Abe organised a lecture in Cox’s café where he used live models to demonstrate how to wear different pieces. The talk was very popular and 300 people were turned away due to overcrowding. His son-in-law Robert Greenwood took over and employed many 16-year old school leavers. Robert used to put a chess problem in the window and offer a tie to whoever solved it. (Extracted from https://www.jhasw-heritage.com/trail.php?trail-id=15, See also https://www.casgliadywerin.cymru/items/1719436#?xywh=-1%2C-13%2C1800%2C1360&cv=1)

Photographs and documents

Man – and His Clothes: A. Rose (Cardiff) Ltd (advertisement). Image credit Cajex: Magazine of the Association of Jewish Ex-service Men and Women (Cardiff), January 1951, p. 9

The shop front of A Rose

A Rose Gents outfitters Cardiff

Chess in the shop

Chess problems set up in the window of "A.Rose" by Mr Robert Greenwood. If you could solve the problem you would be able to choose a tie (Many of the photos here are from https://www.peoplescollection.wales/users/2676)

A MAN'S DRESS PARADE.

Successful Innovation at Cardiff on Thursday last week a unique event occurred at Cardiff, when a man's dress parade was held in the Bute Room, Cox's Café, by Mr. A. Rose, outfitter, of High-street. The event attracted great public interest, and more than 300 people had to be turned away after the room had been crowded to capacity.

The parade took the form of an address by Mr. Rose, illustrated by mannequins, who appeared on the raised stage at the end of the room.

Mr. Rose asserted that to day it was possible for all men to be well-groomed at a small cost, or at least at an expenditure well within the reach of the modest income. Reflection revealed how important was the effect of dress upon the personality; how correct clothes enhanced self respect and gave a feeling of …

Taken from a scrapbook at https://www.casgliadywerin.cymru/items/1719436

SARTORIAL HERESY. What Not To Wear For Funerals

By A. Rose.

IT IS NOT OFTEN that I afford myself the "luxury" of rushing into print, even your excellent variety of it. One reason is, that normally, while I may have the inclination, I haven't the time. But recently, as luck would have it, I found plenty of time on my hands, having been told by my doctor to stay put for a few days. I was thus provided with a splendid opportunity of getting something off my currently wheezy chest. I make no apology for what I write and not even the anticipated shower of bricks deters me from writing something about which I feel, very strongly indeed. I can only modestly hope that it may have some effect. If not, I shall at least have the satisfaction of transferring my honest feelings to where they rightly belong. You will, by now, he asking me to "get on with it then", so I will.

I have attended, during the past twelve months or so, the funerals of three of our well-known Jewish citizens. In each case there was present a good number of prominent Christian gentlemen, in addition to relatives and friends of the respective deceased. In each case, I was appalled, to put it mildly, at the lack of sartorial decorum, to coin a phrase, of a large number of the Jewish Community, Dark Suits and overcoats, even black ties, were quite conspicuous by their absence. Some of the outfits worn were more suited to the racecourse and showed up in pathetic contrast to those worn-out of respect for the deceased, and the occasion by our non-Jewish friends. Flamboyant ties light suits, ditto overcoats were most prolific and believe it or not, saw, on two occasions, sports coats and flannel trousers and brown suede shoes. One well-known member of the Community looked reason- ably O.K., as to his top half of "Anthony Eden" hat and dark overcoat,! until I spotted his wait for it-Corduroy Trousers. Ugh!! 1 shall need a lot of convincing that the culprits do not possess a dark suit and/or Overcoat, for Yontovdicka wear, at least. In any case, surely they possess black or dark ties for such occasions. I came away fully convinced that they would not dare to go to their poker parties in such array. Should they not have an equally suitable sense of sartorial propriety for a funeral as say, for a wedding, ball, dance, or what-have-you?

I AM CONCERNED not so much about the actual "sartorial heresy," as the awful impression I feel sure it must have left on our non-Jewish friends. I don't have to remind you that notwithstanding the "Jews are my best friends" nonsense, the subject of this article, is definitely calculated to give them a grand opportunity to have a dig or laugh at us. Jews are supposed to be able to afford everything and "everything" should include the necessary apparel for "paying last respects. On one occasion, I recall standing a few yards away from a group of suitably attired non-Jews, outside the house of mourning. Just then a couple of our own fraternity, typical examples of the sartorial in-- capacity 1 refer to, passed them. I do not exaggerate in the least, in trying to interpret the looks on the faces of the former, which plainly said, "Heavens, these Jews can get away with anything." (or, "Heavens, have these Jews no respect for their dead?"

I am well aware that traditionally, we are not supposed to wear "mourning." But surely, in these modern times, it is not asking too much to expect the observance of a modicum of sartorial propriety. if only out of respect for, and appreciation of, the presence of so many of our non-Jewish friends. Not only am I concerned with the actual question of "dress-sense" indicated, but also with the good reputation of my fellow Jews.
I am reminded that our respected Rav of Cardiff, is also concerned about the lack of dress decorum on such occasions, when men come. along, not only without hats but have such an amazing lack of some-thing-or-other as to wear yamalkies, or still worse, handkerchiefs on their heads.

Well, may we ask, where do we go from here?

Residences