Isaac A. Heilbronner
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Isaac Heilbronner was born in 1875 in Salt Lake City, Utah.
His parents were Henry and Hanrietta Heilbronner, later of Butte, Montana.
Butte, Montana
Isaac Heilbronner left school to start his business career as a cash boy at the Bronner Mercantile Company of Butte.
He eventually moved up to salesman.
In 1891, he took a salesman job at Louis D. Cohn’s Wholesale Cigar Firm.
In 1898, Heilbronner entered into a partnership with E. C. Kulli.
In 1906, he left sales and became a mining investor, establishing the National Mining and Investment Company.
Butte Mines, vintage postcard
Fraternal
Isaac Heilbronner held memberships in the Butte Country Club and the Silver Bow Club.
Family
In 1900, Heilbronner married Rose Hall (daughter of the Alice Mining Company’s manager).
They had one son: Walter Lewis Heilbronner.
Isaac Heilbronner died in 1925.
He is buried in the B’nai Israel Cemetery.
Sources
- Julie L. Coleman, Golden Opportunities: A Biographical History of Montana’s Jewish Communities (Helena, MT: SkyHouse Publishers, 1994).
- Moses Morris papers, 1894-1932, Montana Historical Society Research Center – Archives and Photographs Archives. http://184.168.105.185/archivegrid/collection/data/420247227
- Montana Women’s History, http://montanawomenshistory.org/using-quilts-as-a-window-into-montana-womens-history/#more-2082
Samantha Silver is our curator for this Isaac A. Heilbronner exhibit.