Schwartz, Max
Biographical notes:
Jewish Romanian immigrant who came to the U.S. in 1901. Trained as a cigar maker in Minneapolis. Bought a homestead in North Dakota in 1907. Married Bessie Halpern in 1908. After moving to Dickinson, they later moved to Belfield, N.D. to manage a general store. He formed a partnership with Louis Tobias in the Pioneer Cigar Company in 1908. They moved back to Minneapolis in 1924, started a clothing store there. Sold the Belfield business interests in the 1960s.
From the description of My life's recollections / by Max Schwartz, 1971. (North Dakota State University Library). WorldCat record id: 29904263
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Subjects:
- Frontier and pioneer life
- Jewish families
- Jews
- Land settlement
- Romanian Americans
Occupations:
- Businessmen
- Businessmen
- Cigar makers
Places:
- Belfield (N.D.) (as recorded)
- North Dakota--Stark County (as recorded)
- Dickinson (N.D.) (as recorded)
- Fargo (N.D.) (as recorded)
- North Dakota (as recorded)
- Minneapolis (Minn.) (as recorded)
- Minnesota (as recorded)
