Saturday 20 January 2024

Maurice Baum (1912 - 2001)

Maurice Baum, is the son of Jacob Baum and his wife Minnie Goldblum. After Minnie's death Jacob married Rachel Baum, my maternal great great aunt. Baum family tree Here. Rosenberg family Here

Parents
Jacob Baum (1883 - 1966) and Minnie Goldblum (1881 - 1929)

Born: 6 April 1912 in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England 

Occupation: Cinema manager and film distributor

Married: Matilda (Tillie) Citron on 2 June 1933. Maurice was 21 years old and Tillie was 22 years old when they were married

Marriage certificate for Maurice and Matilda

Children
Maurice and Tillie's only child was born in 1936 when Maurice was 24 and Tillie was 25

Census details
1921
Maurice's parents Minnie and Jacob are living at 59 Faraday Avenue, Cheetham Manchester. Jacob is age 38 and a cinema film traveller. Minnie is 40 and their son, Maurice, is age 9 and at school



Ireland
In 1936, Maurice left an England, hard hit by the Depression, for Dublin, and found a job managing its new Rialto cinema - the first of many cinemas he ran in Ireland during the next three decades. He also founded National Film Distributors in Middle Abbey Street, which specialized in importing continental films (https://www.louiselliman.com/family-history/grand-finale/)

Biographical entry 1954

BAUM, MAURICE, general manager Dublin Cinemas, Ltd. and managing director Roxy Cinemas, Ltd.; b. 1912, son of a pioneer of trade; connected with kinemas and variety in Manchester, Salford, Stretford, Oldham; appointed general manager Dublin Cinemas, Ltd., 1935; managing director, Rialto, Wicklow and East Coast Cinemas, Ltd.; past president T and CA of Eire. Addresses: 76, Dame Street, and 36, Dawson Street, Dublin. Tel.: 51167 and 71084. (Kinematograph Year Book 1954)

Death
26 February 2001 in Dublin, Ireland at 88 years of age

Residences

In 1921 Maurice was living at 59 Faraday Avenue, Manchester, England


On the marriage certificate in 1933 Maurice and Matilda's addresses were both given as 20 Grosvenor Road, Rathmines, Dublin, Ireland


In the 1940s Maurice and Matilda lived at 13 Leicester Ave, Rathgar, Dublin, Ireland