KIMBERLEY JEWISH COMMUNITY BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY TABLE (research initiated by Leon Chonin – September 2017)
Family Name	Business Name	Nature of business	Business Sector	Location	From	Sold or Ceased	Notes, comments and special achievements
Allen, David		Quantity Surveyor	Professional		Circa 1950	Current	Still active in property management. (See picture on family weddings)
Alufowitz, Solly	Markies	Men’s Outfitters	Retail	Market Square
Amoils, Ronnie		Doctor	Professional	Chapel Street
Apter, Mendel	S. Apter & Company	Groceries and cigarettes	Wholesale	Thompson Street		Circa 1973
Awerbuck, Isaac		Doctor	Professional
Awerbuck, Raphael & Brown, Harry	Awerbuck & Brown	General Dealer	Wholesale	Transvaal Rd			Survived second generations with their children Frank Awerbuck, Harold (Iky) and Bennie Brown; & and then the third generation when Bennie’s son Ivor Brown became involved in the business
Barnett, Laz	South African Fisheries	Grocery Fish Shop	Retail	Market square			He and his wife Freda, originally owned the Star of the West pub
Bayer, Arnold		Livestock	Farming	Taung, Northern Cape
Benjamin, Emanuel (Yechiel), & Freda; Bernard & Hellen	E Benjamin & Son	Soft fabrics and footwear	Wholesale	Thompson Street off Transvaal Road	1950	1981	Survived two generations and diversified into a property portfolio that included apartments and stores.
Benjamin, Freda	Nothards Commercial College	Training	Services	Market Square
Benjamin, Solomon	Benjamin Bros	Soft fabrics	Wholesale & Retail	De Beers Rd			Survived two generations
Benn (nee Brown), Delia	Kimberley Boys High	Teacher	Professional	Memorial Rd
Benn, Abe	Atlas Drycleaners	Dry-cleaning	Retail	Beaconsfield
Benn, Robert (known as Bobby)	Central Pharmacy	Pharmacist	Professional	Market Square	Circa 1960	1990	Acquired the pharmacy from Aaron Milwidsky. Left Kimberley in June 1990 for USA
Bergman, Jacob		Diamond dealers	Wholesale		1900	1947
Bloom, Mayer	Three Star Bakery	Bakery	Trade	Old Main Street
Boiskin, Evan		Building Contractor	Trade
Brenner, Joe	Brenners	General dealer and furniture	Retail	Beaconsfield
Buchman, Perez	Horse Shoe Motel	Hotel	Hospitality	Cape Town Road		1975	Managed by his sister and brother-in-law Mr and Mrs Zarenda. Ceased trading under Jewish ownership also circa 1975.
Buchman, Perez & Schiller	Grand Hotel	Hotel	Hospitality	Market Square		1975	Managed by Mr Levy.
Callis, Jimmy	J. Callis	Men’s & Ladies Clothing	Retail	Across from the Railway Station
Capon, Alick & Dave	Tattersalls	Bookmaker	Trade	Chapel Street			See Alick’s daughter Vicky’s wedding picture on family weddings)
Capon, Violet	Elegant Modes	Women’s fashions	Retail	Dutoitspan Road	Circa 1950	Circa 1980	Bought from Kroll family some-time after Barney passed away
Chananya, Philip		Diamond dealers	Wholesale				With wife Ethel, American citizens of Polish origin made lengthy stays in Kimberley buying diamonds, representing his principals in New York
Chin, A.D.		General dealer	Retail	Beaconsfield
Chonin, Edel & Geheli	Kenny’s & Astra Outfitters	Men’s Outfitters & Tailors	Retail	Dutoitspan Rd, & Market Square	Circa 1940	Circa 1978	Acquired Kenny’s from Kanushefsky family and Astra from Sam Cohen (Savoy Hotel) family Chonin, Leon)
Cohen, Bernard		Motor dealer	Retail	De Beers Road.			Chevrolet car distributor
Cohen, Cecil		Diamond dealer & cutter	Wholesale	Diamond House, Dutoitspan Road			He was awarded with a diamond site by Earnest Oppenheimer in recognition for very special services
Cohen, Hyman	Union Cycle Works	Cycles and Music supplies	Retail	Originally on Market Square then, Old Main Street	1930	1970	Hyman sons, Max & Teddy also worked in the business for a while but once they left his son-in-law Issy Isaacs managed the business. Survived two generations.
Cohen, Leonard (known as Webby)	Tattersalls	Bookmaker	Trade	Chapel Street			Worked for or was in partnership with Phil Goldman.
Cohen, Natie, wife Fay and brother Leon	Savoy Hotel	Hotel	Hospitality	De Beers Rd	Circa 1950	2000	The Savoy was formerly owned by Teukolsky Bros. Cohens sold up and left for Johannesburg in 2000. See family update Cohen (nee Cohen), Fay
Cohen, Sam (father of Sadie Magid & Dinah Jocum; Edel Chonin’s uncle)		General dealer	Retail	Beaconsfield		Circa 1950
Cvi, Isak	Premier Meat Supplies	Manager, (Block man by trade)	Trade	De Beers Rd			See picture of the family at daughters Rena and Anna weddings on family weddings)
Datnow, Levine	Farms	Livestock	Farming	Kimberley district	Circa 1930	Circa 1970	(See picture of daughter Jennifer’s wedding to Herbert Hendler on family weddings)
Datnow, Mike	Farm called “Marrick”	Livestock diversified into Wildlife	Farming	Kimberley District	Circa 1930	Current	Survived two generations when his son Trevor & his wife Hubre diversified into wildlife and tourism http://www.marricksafari.com/
David, Louis and family	A David & Company	General Dealer	Wholesale	New Main Street	Circa 1930	Circa 1970
Diamond, Aaron (Beady)	Kimberley Saddlery	Leather goods	Retail	Jones Street	Circa 1930	1963	Sold to Douglas Pope’s sporting goods
Dubowitz, Morris & Ray	Diamondfields Bazaar	General dealer	Retail	Dutoitspan Rd
Eberlin, Harry & Phoebe	Annette’s	Women’s Clothing	Retail	Old Main Street		1953	Sold to Minnie Gershowitz and Marion Lusman on Harry’s death when family moved to Johannesburg. Family update Eberlin, Stanley
Frank, Masel, Anita and son Jeffrey	Shoe Centre & Stepform Shoes	Shoe Store	Retail & Wholesale	Dutoitspan Rd Bean Street		1953
Frank, Jack	Frank, Engelsman and Horwitz	Attorney	Professional	Chapel Street		Circa 1990	(See picture on family weddings)
Frank, Solly and Ann	Premier Bottle Store	Liquor store	Retail	Jones Street
Geller, Abe	Star of the West	Liquor store	Retail	North Circular Rd		Circa 1980	One of the oldest operational taverns in South Africa, opened 1870 to serve the diamond rush that put the town of Kimberley on the map. Survived second generation with his son Jeffery. Sold in 1980s. Gellers also had general dealers in Beaconsfield.
Gershon, Robert and Regina		General Trading Store	Retail	Diamond fields			Pioneers had a trading station in the diamond fields.
Gershowitz, Eric	Croft, Magill & Watson	Men’s Outfitters	Retail	Market Square			Acquired the business from Croft
Ginsberg, Solly & Ethel		General merchants	Retail	Beaconsfield	Circa 1940	Circa 1974
Goldberg, Bernard		Diamond dealers, digger & explorer	Wholesale			Died circa 1959	Known as ‘Mr B’. built numerous breakwaters on the alluvial diamond fields.
Goldenbaum, Louis and Annie	Bargains Unlimited	Soft fabrics	Retail	Dutoitspan Rd			See update to the family Goldenbaum, Myra & Joseph
Goldman, Phil and Buddy (his son)	Tattersalls	Bookmaker	Trade	Chapel Street			See update to the family  Goldman, Buddy
Grant, John & Sheila (nee Frank)	John Michael of London	Ladies Hairdressing Salon	Trade	Dutoitspan Road	1959	1967	Sold when family moved to London. After several owners, now no longer in business. See family update
Haberfeld, Gustav and Cyril; Abe Pollen	L Isaacson & Co	General merchants	Wholesale	Siege Building, Bean Street		1965	Louis Isaacson sold the business to Abe Pollen, Gustav and Cyril Haberfeld.
Hammar, Isadore (Sonny)		Doctor	Professional	Stockdale Street
Hecht, Fritz and Ellen	De Beers Mines	Engineer	Professional	Stockdale Street
Hendler, Nate	Hendler Motors	Motor dealer	Retail	Stockdale Street	Circa 1929		Distributors for Buick, Cadillac, Vauxhall, Pontiac, La Salle vehicles
Hendler, Nate and Owen	J.C. Wightman and Co.	General dealers (& distribution of cigarettes)	Wholesale	Stockdale Street	1930	1960	See son Herbert’s wedding on family weddings
Hoffman, Mark	Hoffmans	Grocery Fresh Produce	Wholesale	Market Square		Circa 1954	Mark Hoffman, was known as ‘The Potato King”
Horwitz, Barney	Barney Horwitz	Attorney	Professional	Dutoitspan Rd		Current	Sitting part time magistrate for the small claims court
Horwitz, Derek & Monica; son Mark	Milady’s	Women’s Clothing	Retail	Dutoitspan Rd
Horwitz, Roy	Frank, Engelsman and Horwitz	Attorney	Professional	Chapel Street			In partnership with Jack Frank
Hotz, Charlie	Wearwell	Men’s Outfitters	Retail	Market Square
Hotz, David	Collinton Hotel	Hotel	Hospitality	Thompson Street off Transvaal Road
Hotz, Gerson	Fitwell	Men’s Outfitters	Retail	Market Square
Isaacs, Issy	Smokers Mecca kiosk	Smoking products	Retail	Sanlam Arcade, Jones Street			Ceased operations when he joined his father-in-law Hyman Cohen owner of Union Cycle Works
Jacobson, Hyman	Known colloquially as “Creamery Jacobson “	Dairy & butter factory. Also, active in Farming.	Industrial	Beaconsfield			Also developed Hadison Park township. A pioneer of Kimberley and the father of the famous English writer Dan Jacobson. See Dan Jacobson obituaries https://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/kimberley/Jacobson.html
Jawno, Lionel; sons Milton and Brian	Advance Furniture & Advance Transport	Furniture & Transport	Retail	De Beers Road	1931		Survived two generations when furniture business sold to Ellerines and transport business continues to today
Jawno, Norman	Carlton Furniture	Furniture	Retail	Jones Street
Jocum, Mike	Name of farm “Kokwon”	Livestock	Farming	Reivilo District, Northern Cape		Current	Survived three generations. Second generation with sons Laurie & Cyril; the third generation when grandson Isaac Jocum (Laurie’s son) managed the farm. Family update Jocum, Hirsch
Kanushefsky, Willy	Willies	Men’s Outfitters	Retail	Dutoitspan Rd
Katz, Chaim	Premier Meat Supplies	Block man	Trade	De Beers Rd			Supervised the Kosher Department
Katz, Jules	Jules Katz & Co.	Hardware, Electrical & Building supplies	Retail	Beaconsfield
Klaff, Barney		Doctor	Professional			Circa 1975
Klatzky, Sarah	Smartwear	Women’s Clothing	Retail	Jones Street		1965
Klein, Harry, Mike and Philip	Klein Bros	General Dealer, furniture & appliances	Wholesale	New Main Street			Klein, Miriam widow of Mike (Eulogy)
Klein, Shim (Simon)		Doctor	Professional	Stockdale Street			See wife Grace Klein death announcement.  Klein, Grace (death announcement)
Kretzmar, Julius		Doctor	Professional	Dutoitspan Road	1933		Brother and partner of Noel from 1933 – 1948. Then partners with Sonny Hammar and Abe Shein. Retired to Cape Town
Kretzmar, Noel		Doctor	Professional	Dutoitspan Road	1925	1989	General Physician 1925 – 1948, Specialist surgeon 1948 – 1989. Member of the Kimberley Hospital Board; the Federal Council of the South African Medical Association, Kretzmar, Noel (obituary)
Kroll, Barney	Elegant Modes	Women’s fashions	Retail		Circa 1930	Circa 1950	Sold to Violet Capon when Barney Kroll passed away
Levinsohn, Harold	Corner Pharmacy	Pharmacist	Professional	Beaconsfield		1970	Sold to Godfrey Noick
Levinsohn, Louis	Pan Pharmacy	Pharmacist	Professional	Dutoitspan Road		1960	Sold to Des Harrison
Levy, Joe		Café and Convenience Store	Retail	Transvaal Rd next to Grand Hotel	Circa 1920	1952
Lewis, Mark	Lewis Shoe Store	Shoe & Boot Store	Retail	De Beers Rd	1902	1961
Lincow, Nathan (Natie)		Men’s Tailoring	Trade			Circa 1960
Lusman, Harold	Lusmans	Furniture	Retail	Dutoitspan Rd			Sold to Cohen Bros before Harold died at a young age. The family then moved to Cape Town.
Magid, Mayer		Jeweller & watchmaker	Retail	Market Square
Maresky, David and Sarah		Grocery store	Retail	Knight Street		1971
Maresky, Jack		Dairy	Retail		1902	1969
Maresky, Leon		Dentist	Professional	Market Square
Maris, Charles		Attorney	Professional	Market Square		Circa 1970
Mehl, Goldie	Phoenix Hotel	Hotel	Hospitality	Beaconsfield			See Eulogy for Clair wife of Goldie Mehl (nee Slomowitz), Claire
Melunsky, Sam	Melunsky Bros	Men’s Outfitters	Retail	De Beers Street		Circa 1969	(See picture on family weddings)
Nogid, Harry	African Produce and Export Company	Cattle, hides & skins for the leather industry	Farming	Near the Floors township
Odes, Solly & Sheila	Odes Bottle Store	Liquor store	Retail	Newton Area			Family emigrated to Toronto, Canada
Oshry, Israel (Issy)		Livestock	Farming	Taung District, Northern Cape			Survived second generation when his son Bernie managed the farm
Peisach, Harry		Doctor	Professional
Perel, Solly		Doctor	Professional	Chapel street			Dalrymple’s memories of the Jewish Community of Kimberley in the 50s Perel, (Dalrymple, Mike)
Portnoi, Hilly		Doctor	Professional	Chapel Street			In partnership with Solly Perel
Price, Phil		Dentist	Professional	Jones Street			In partnership with Harold Selmann
Raichman, Harry and Rene		Furniture	Retail	Market Square			Also, a Director of Hodgetts Timbers Sold business to Poddy Shein
Rauff, Marcus	Kimberley Roller Mills & SA Brick and Paving	Mills and Feeds	Industrial	Beaconsfield	Circa 1947		Carried on by son Arnold Rauff until his death in August 2017 Rauff, Arnold (obituary)
Regal, I		Diamond dealers	Wholesale		Circa 1920	Circa 1940	A prominent diamond dealer – went to live in London
Robinson, Moshe Chone		Butcher	Retail	Transvaal Road		Circa 1936
Rozenstrauch Brothers		Diamond dealers	Wholesale
Sagar, William		Auctioneer	Trade	Stockdale Street
Salkinder, Louis	Louis Salkinder Hardware	Hardware & building supplies	Retail	Pniel Rd			Survived two generations. Issy (the youngest son) still manages the business.
Schilds, Georgina	Continental Styles	Women’s Clothing	Retail	Dutoitspan Rd			See family update Lewis, Marion
Schrire, Louis		Doctor Specialist Ophthalmologist	Professional		1950	1955	Sold practice to another ophthalmologist and moved to Cape Town. See Gwynn Robins’ family story. Robins (nee Schrire), Gwynn
Segal, Louis & Bertha	Red Bottle Store	Liquor store	Retail
Selman, Harold		Dentist	Professional	Jones Street	Circa 1940	Circa 1960	In partnership with Phil Price
Senderovitz, Raphael	R Senderovitz and Co	General dealer and maize flower mill	Wholesale and retail	Market Square, Beaconsfield	1890		In 1914 joined by son in law Samuel Shrire, a qualified lawyer who never practiced. See Gwynn (Shrire) Robins’ family story Robins (nee Schrire), Gwynn
Seneer, Paul and Joe		General dealer	Retail	Beaconsfield	Circa 1890		Early pioneers of Kimberley traded in the De Beers mining concession in Beaconsfield. They and their parents are buried in a tiny secluded plot deep inside the mine area.
Shapiro, Mossie		Grocery store	Retail	Jones Street			High end groceries not found elsewhere
Shein, Abe		Doctor Specialist Anaesthetist	Professional
Shein, Herman (known as Poddy)		Furniture and appliances	Retail	Near Market Square			This business is still running and now owned by Charles Parson. It remains on the old Kimberley Market Square. (see Poddy’s picture and biography Shein, Poddy )
Shles, Elly	Shles Fashions	Women’s Clothing	Retail	Jones Street		2002	Survived two generations when Elly took over after his father death in 1960. Retired to Cape Town
Shmuely, David		Accounting / bookkeeping services	Services	Dutoitspan Rd
Shmuely, Judah	Tattersalls	Bookmaker	Trade	Chapel Street
Sperber, Joe	Sperbers’ Chemist	Pharmacist	Retail	Corner Dutoitspan Road and Stockdale Street			See son Michael’s family update on ‘Visitors Book’
Stoller, Harry	Stollers Furnishers	Furniture & appliances	Retail	Market Square
Sussman, Cecil	Premier Meat Supplies	Butchery	Retail & farming	De Beers Rd			Survived two generations. Premier Butchery was first started and owned by Cecil’s father Kollen Sussman and his brother Guttel.   (See Cecil’s 1949 wedding to Natalie Kroll picture on family weddings)
Sussman, Jack and Sadie; and son Leon	Newton Meat Market	Butchery	Retail	Jones Street
Tockar, Hymie		Doctor	Professional
Toube, Abe & Violet	Blumenthal’s /The Central Jewellers	Jeweller & watchmaker	Retail	Corner Dutoitspan Rd & Jones Street	1922	1980	See Trevor Toube’s history of the Blumenthal Toube families on the website http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/kimberley/Toube.html Gillis (nee Toube), Daphne Rose
Weinberg, Norman		Doctor	Professional	Chapel Street			In partnership with Solly Perel see Vicky Capon Weinberg’s story Weinberg (nee Capon), Victoria
Weinstein, Lipi		Men’s Tailoring	Trade	Chapel Street	Circa 1928	1973	Weinstein, Lipi and Hannah (nee Erhlich)
Witepski, Wilhelm		Advocate	Professional		1943	1973	He took silk (i.e. he became a senior council) in the early sixties.
Wolfson, Harry		Doctor	Professional				Medical Officer of Health for the City
Zweiback, Solomon		Doctor	Professional
Version 10.29.2017

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