Born in Russia on 22 January 1893, he settled in Winnipeg in 1910 and worked as a building contractor for over 50 years. He and wife Clara Angel (1897-1983) had four children: Morton Rosen (1918-?), Lillian Rosen (1922-?, wife of Sydney Groberman), Mindle Rosen (?-?, wife of Bill Levitt), and Eleanor Rosen (?-?, wife of Maurice Dashevsky). He was a member of the Hebrew Fraternal Lodge and Rosh Pina Synagogue. He died at the Misericordia Hospital on 16 April 1974 and was buried in the Rosh Pina Memorial Park.
Some of his construction work in Manitoba included:
Building
Location
Year
Status
Rosen House
225 Machray Avenue, Winnipeg
1928
Shuckett House
125 Machray Avenue, Winnipeg
1929
Calof House
182 Matheson Avenue East, Winnipeg
1930
Werner House
67 Bannerman Avenue, Winnipeg
1930
Walters House
65 Bannerman Avenue, Winnipeg
1931
Bay House
285 Bannerman Avenue, Winnipeg
1932
Croll House
4 O’Meara Street, Winnipeg
1935
Foster House
325 Elm Street, Winnipeg
1937
Mooney House
130 Matheson Avenue East, Winnipeg
1937
Burshtein House
87 St. Cross Street, Winnipeg
1938
Connor House
99 Bannerman Avenue, Winnipeg
1938
Coughlin House
273 Elm Street, Winnipeg
1938
Cohen House
199 Scotia Street, Winnipeg
1940
Kaplan House
377 Elm Street, Winnipeg
1940
Young House
381 Elm Street, Winnipeg
1940
Birth registrations [Morton Rosen, Lilly Rosen], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
“Four new houses,” Winnipeg Free Press, 17 April 1937, page 4.
“62 new homes,” Winnipeg Free Press, 4 June 1938, page 2.
“62 new homes,” Winnipeg Free Press, 16 July 1938, page 9.
“Construction under way on several city homes,” Winnipeg Free Press, 20 April 1940, page 7.
“Brewery permit for $49,000,” Winnipeg Free Press, 4 May 1940, page 6.
“New homes,” Winnipeg Free Press, 24 August 1940, page 12.
Obituary [David Rosen], Winnipeg Free Press, 18 April 1974, page 37.
Obituary [Clara Rosen], Winnipeg Free Press, 3 December 1983, page 74.
David Rosen (1893-1974), FindAGrave.
This page was prepared by Jordan Makichuk.
Page revised: 10 October 2025
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