Aileen Theresa Belinski

1918 - 1965  (46 years)

• Name	Aileen Theresa Belinski
  Born	2 Jun 1918	New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Gender	Female
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  Name	Aileen Belle
  Name	Aileen Theresa Brumaroff
  Residence	Bef 1937	New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Residence	1939	Windsor, Essex Co., Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-192514
  Died	18 Apr 1965	Windsor, Essex Co., Ontario, Canada
  Buried	Heavenly Rest Catholic Cemetery, Windsor, Essex Co., Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I192514	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	Michael "Mike" Belinski,   b. 22 Oct 1880, Prujot, Kopyczynay, Austria ,   d. 23 Nov 1944, Stratford, Perth Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 64 years)
  Mother	Anastasia "Ann" "Annie" "Nasia" Medwig,   b. 9 Dec 1889, Budzanof, Trembolia, Austria ,   d. 18 Jul 1969, Windsor, Essex Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 79 years)
  Family ID	F63815	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Alexander K. Brumaroff,   b. 1906, Brogora, , Bulgaria ,   d. 2 Dec 1986  (Age 80 years)
  Married	14 Jan 1939	Windsor, Essex Co., Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Children	1. Stanley Lawrence Bromaroff,   b. 26 Apr 1940, Windsor, Essex Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 11 Aug 2014, Owen Sound, Grey Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 74 years)
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F63816	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Displays 'Love for Sale' Sign By ERIC GIBBS TO REPAY the stepmother who raised her from birth, a 19-year-old Windsor girl is willing to marry anyone, aged 20 to 45, who will give her $1,000 the day of the nuptials. Today Aileen Belle hangs out the "Love For Sale" sign with the announcement that will bring wedding bells and cash if a bidder can be found. NOT MAIN REASON Why does she want the cash? Yes there's a mortgage in the story, but that's not the main reason. It seems that her good stepmother has a little home in Stratford that will be sold in satisfaction of a $500 court order un- less the money can be promptly raised There's also a $500 mortgage on the property, but that's not such a pressing charge as there is little danger of foreclosure as long as interest pay- ments can be met. But if Aileen's offer finds a taker, the principal of the mortgage will also be paid. Here's what the man with $1,000 will get in return for his money: 139 pounds of young femininity, rising to a height of five feet, three and a half inches, and topped with thick brown hair. He will get a good housekeeper. whose specialty is spaghetti, but he will also get a blues singer thrown in for good measure. Appropriately enough, her favorite song is "Where are you?" When Alleen says she will marry "anyone," she doesn't quite mean "anyone." She reserves the right to turn down bidders for her hand. "It would be too bad if some offensive person came along." smiles Alleen as she waits in her Church street boarding house for the man with $1,000. NOT LOOKING FOR ADONIS But she is not holding out for an Adonis. "It doesn't matter as long as he is fairly good looking. Everybody can't be handsome," she observes. She has a slight preference for dark hair. If he were tall, that would be nice, too. Aileen's favorite movie actor is Gene Raymond, which may give you some idea of what's wanted, although he has fair hair and she insists it's his acting she admires. She hasn't given much thought to picking a favorite movie actress. She kind of likes Merle Oberon, though. Aileen was born at New Hamburg. 62 miles northeast of London, on June 2. nearly 20 years ago. Her mother was Polish. Her father was Russian. She has never seen either one of her parents. Her mother died in childbirth and she has no idea where her father is. Her stepmother, who already had many children, took her in and raised her as one of the family. Few know that Aileen is a motherless child. She was educated in the schools of Stratford and London. Though she liked school, she quit for financial reasons after a couple of years in high school at London. About nine months ago she came to Windsor to find the boarding house, which her stepmother now operates. But there's not much money in keeping boarders and her stepmother finds it tough sledding, even though her stepfather has a job, laying ties for the railroad. For a week Aileen attended business college in Windsor, but when she discovered that her stepmother was in serious financial straits and the Stratford home was in danger of being sold, she quit school and went to work as a waitress in a restaurant. Ever since she came to Windsor she has been thinking of offering herself on the marriage block to solve her stepmother's financial difficulties When she got a job as a waitress she dropped the idea for a while and thought maybe she could earn enough money by toting hash and mopping up tables. But then she lost her job and ad decided to make the plunge and put herself up for auction. AWFUL DAY DREAMER She can't quite remember what gave her the idea in the first place. No. she doesn't think she's ever read about any other girl doing the same thing. "I'm an awful day dreamer." says Aileen. "I guess I must have thought about it when I was day dreaming." She reads a good deal, like the love stories by Maizie Greig-whoever she may be. She also likes detective story magazines, but when it comes to movies her tastes are more serious. "I like sad shows better," she says. "They give you more idea of what life is like than the humorous ones." Aileen's favorite color is red. She's got a bright red sweater, which she wears under a dark tailored coat. A pale blue ribbon in her hair gives her rather girlish look, but she insists baby blue is not one of her preferred hues. "The ribbon's just there to hold my hair back.. No. 1 don't always have my hair this way Sometimes I go to the hairdresser and have it all fixed up." she explains. Her eyes look a sort of blue-grey. But she maintains they're "hazel." O.K. Alleen, they're your eyes. STRONG HEALTHY GIRL She's a strong healthy girl. So far Ba she can remember she's never had any diseases but measles and chicken- pox. That was when she was a little girl. Aileen doesn't dance at all. Her favorite way of spending an evening is to sit at home and listen to the radio or go out to the movies, Sure she's had boy friends. But she never suggested to them that they should put up $1,000 to save her stepmother's house. "That's not my way of doing things," she explains. She can swim and skate. When she was at school she used to play lots of basketball and baseball. She's never played tennis or golf-"only just miniature golf." She smokes and drinks but "moder- ately she insists, Aileen's favorite alcoholic beverage is beer. If you ask Aileen whether she wants children, an added blush comes to her already ruddy face and she replies: "Who doesn't?" In her day-dreaming she sometimes thinks of having three children, The first two would be boys and the youngest one would be a girl, She would like one boy to be a doctor, the other a lawyer. The girl, she thinks, should be a school teacher. WANTS AN ENGINEER If Aileen has her choice she would like to marry an engineer-a "civil" engineer, she explains. She would prefer to live in the city. but no apartments for her. There's a far-off look in her "hazel" eyes as she talks of "a nice six-room house by myself." Since she quit school about four years ago, she has got a few jobs as a maid, besides working as a waitress. But Aileen is independent by nature and while she thinks she would like housework if she were working for herself and her $1,000 husband she doesn't like to do the chores for anybody else. Aileen has had a fairly uneventful life The most striking experience she can remember was the time somebody pushed her off the dock at Bayfield. Goderich, three years ago. "When I told them I was just learning to swim they thought I was kidding." she explains. Some jokers, these Bayfield people. Well, anyway, it seems Aileen was finally fished out of the drink after she had gone down a couple of times. Now she has learned to swim well and these Bayfield kidders don't worry her any more. LIKE HER VOICE Aileen won't tell whether her blues singing is really good or not. "A lot of people like to listen to it." i all she will say. She's never sung in a choir or on the professional stage but only in little family gatherings round the piano. Incidentally, she doesn't play the piano or any other musical instruments. But she does collect snapshots and nice colored pictures. She's got them all in a cardboard box in her room. By and by she intends to paste them into an album. She's a Roman Catholic as indicated by the yellowed palm found just behind the family photograph in her stepmother's living room. Her name, by the way, is pronounced "Ale-een" though a lot of people call her "Eye-leen. Her middle name is Theresa. Well, that's about all we can tell you about Alleen. Now scurry home and dig up that $1,000. The Windsor Star 01 May 1937, Sat Page 12 ___________ Claim Missing Girl to Be 'Money Bride' WINDSOR, Aug. 9.-Relatives have disclosed that Aileen Belinski, missing from Stratford since last Monday, is the "Aileen Belle" who last May offered to wed any man who would pay her $1,000 cash the day of the marriage. The 20-year-old Windsor girl received many offers but found no man she fancied. She was still unwed at the time she left the Stratford home of Mrs. A. Ellis, where she was visiting, and announced she was going to a movie. Her sister, Mrs. Rose Delaney, of Windsor, said the girl had about $150 with her when she disappeared. Kitchener Daily Record - 09 Aug 1937, Mon Page 13 ______________ Offer Reward for Missing $1,000 Bride of Stratford WINDSOR, Aug. 12 (CP) with still no word of Aileen Belinski, the "love-for-sale" girl who vanished from Stratford 10 days ago, her mother, Mrs. A. Belinski of Windsor, today offered a reward for information as to the whereabouts of the missing girl. Mrs. Belinski did not state the amount of the reward she intended to give, explaining that would depend on the circumstances. Using the name "Aileen Belle," Miss Belinski last May offered to wed any man, aged 20 to 45, who would pay her $1,000 in cash the day wedding bells pealed. The 20- year-old girl explained at the time she wanted the money to pay off a mortgage and a judgment which stood against a house her mother owns in Stratford. Though she received many offers from near and far, Aileen did not go through with the marriage. At the time of her disappearance she was returning from a motor trip she and her mother had taken to Niagara Falls. In Stratford they stopped off at the home of Aileen's sister, Mrs. A. Ellis. Aileen was invited to go for an automobile ride Aug. 2 but declined, saying she preferred to take Mrs. Ellis' two children to a movie. She and the two children started out for the show but before they reached the theatre, Aileen told them to go in alone because she wanted to see a different movie. She walked away and this was the last time any of her relatives saw her. At the time of her disappearance she had with her about $400 belonging to her mother, which was to be applied in payment of certain debts. Kitchener Daily Record 12 Aug 1937, Thu Page 3 ___________ Young Windsor Girl Missing in Stratford WINDSOR, Aug. 6.-(CP)-Relatives here have received no word concerning the whereabouts of 18- year-old Aileen Belinski, missing from Stratford since Monday. The girl's mother, Mrs. A. Belinski, Windsor, said her daughter had a considerable amount of money with her. Miss Belinski went to Stratford to visit her sister, Mrs. A. Ellis, two weeks ago. Monday she left the house to go to a moving picture show and has not been seen since. She was also to transact some family business while at Stratford. Kitchener Daily Record 06 Aug 1937, Fri·Page 15 ______________ In Memoriam BROMAROFF-In loving memory of a dear daughter, Aileen Theresa, who passed away April 28, 1965. In our home she is fondly remembered, Sweet memories cling to her name; Those who loved her in life sincerely, Still love her in death just the same. -Sadly missed and always remembered by Mother and Webb. BROMAROFE-In loving memory of a dear sister, Aileen Theresa, who passed away April 28, 1965. Time may heal the broken heart, Time may make the wound less sore. But time can never stop the longing For the loved one gone before. Sadly missed and always remembered by sister Ann. brother-in-law Harry and Family. BROMAROFF-In loving memory of a dear sister, Aileen Theresa, who passed away April 28, 1965. No one knows the silent heartaches. Only those who loved can fell The grief we bear in silence For the one we loved so well. Always remembered and sadly missed by sister Rose and family. The Windsor Star 29 Apr 1967, Sat Page 35 _____________ BROMAROFF-Mrs. Aileen Theresa, 46, of 359 Janette Ave., died Wednesday in Grace Hospital, following a lengthy illness. Born in New Hamburg, Ont., she lived in Windsor for 35 years. She was a member of St. Alphonsus church. Surviving are her mother. Mrs. Ann Belinski: sons, Stanley and Lawrence, both of Windsor: brothers. Stephen Belinski of Windsor, Paul Blaine of Granton, Ont.; sisters, Mrs. Harry (Anna) Ellis of Windsor, Mrs. Alex (Mary) Litt of London, Mrs. Harold (Rose) Delaney of Windsor; two grandchildren. Funeral Saturday at 8:30 a.m. from the James H. Sutton Funeral Home, 1567 Ouellette Ave., to St. Alphonsus Church for mass at 8:45 a.m. Burial will be in Heavenly Rest Cemetery. Prayers will be held Friday at 8 p.m. The Windsor Star 29 Apr 1965, Thu Page 16 ______________ Woman Hurt In Struggle Police Hold Man After Disturbance Rose Delaney, Ann Belinsky, Elaine Bromaroff and Harold Delaney entered a plea of "not guilty" to charges of wilful damage which resulted out of a fracas at Essex House Hotel last night. The four appeared in Magistrate Angus W. MacMillan's court this morning. CASE REMANDED The case was remanded until September 6, and the accused were free on their own recognizance in the sum of $200 each. Mrs. Belinsky, 530 Janette avenue, was injured in the scrap when. police were told, she rallied to the aid of Delaney after the proprietor, Peter Kovarbacik, had decided to eject Delaney. Delaney, police said, was accompanied by three women at the hotel, including his wife, Rose. After he had been put out because he was noisy, the Delaney party found a brick which they hurled through a plate glass window valued at $100. The disturbance took place near the bar. Mrs. Belinsky said she was assaulted by the proprietor, but the latter said he did not touch her and did not know how she had suffered the bruises about her face and forehead. Mrs. Belinsky also stated she lost her purse containing $80. The Windsor Star Windsor, Ontario, Canada Fri, Aug 30, 1946 Page 3 _________________ Grant Seven Decrees Nisi Aileen Bromaroff, Windsor, plaintiff, against Alex Nick Bromaroff and Margaret Wilson, both of Sarnia, co-defendants. The Windsor Star 19 Jun 1957, Wed Page 6 ____________ REWARD IS OFFERED FOR 'LOVE SALE' GIRL Aileen Belinski Disappeared 10 Days Ago Windsor. On Aug. 12-The mother of Aileen Belinski, the "love for sale" girl who vanished from Stratford 10 days ago, today offered a reward for information as to her whereabouts. Miss Belinski last May offered to wed any man who would pay her $1,000 in cash, explaining she wanted the money to pay off a mortgage on a house her mother owns, but although she received many offers did not wed. While returning from a motor trip to Niagara Falls with her mother. She disappeared from the home of her sister, Mrs. A. Ellis, at Stratford. She was in possession of about $400 belonging to her mother. She is a heavy-set girl weighing well over 150 pounds, slightly over five feet tall. The Toronto Star 12 Aug 1937, Thu Page 2 _____________________ LOVE-FOR-SALE GIRL MISSING Reward Offered for Information as to Windsor Girl WINDSOR, Ont., Aug. 12 CP -With still no word of Alleer Belinsk, the "love-for-sale" girl who vanished from Stratford ten days ago, her mother, Mrs. A. Belinski of Windsor, today offered a reward for information as to the whereabouts of the missing girl. Mrs. Belinski did not state the amount of the reward she intended to give, explaining that would depend on the circumstances. Using the name "Aileen Belle," Miss Belinsk last May offered to wed any man, aged 20 to 45, who would pay her $1.000 in cash the day wedding bells pealed. The 20-year- old girl explained at the time she wanted the money to pay off a mortgage and a judgment which stood against a house her mother owns in Stratford. Though she received many offers from near and far. Aileen did net go through with the marriage. At the time of her disappearance she was returning from a motor trip she and her mother had taken a Niagara Falls. In Stratford they stopped off at the home of Aileen's sister, Mrs. A. Ellis, Aileen was invited to go for an automobile ride August 2 but declined, saying she preferred to take Mrs. Ellis two children to a movie. She and the two children started out for the show but before they reached the theatre, Aileen told them to go in alone because she wanted to see a different movie. She walked away and this was the last time any of her relatives saw her. At the time of her disappearance she had with her about $400 belonging to her mother, which was to be applied in payment of certain debts. The Expositor 12 Aug 1937, Thu Page 16 ______________ Hunt Aileen Belinski Who Wished To Wed To Pay Off Mortgage BUXOM "BELLE" WEARING SHEER DRESS CAN BE IDENTIFIED BY DISCOLORED TOOTH; DISAPPEARS FROM STRATFORD By ERIC GIBBS THE "love for sale" girl is missing! Today it was revealed that "Aileen Belinski" whose mysterious disappearance was reported from Stratford several days ago is one and the same person as "Aileen Belle" who offered last May to wed any man for $1,000 in cash. Up to the time she vanished, the 20-year-old Windsor girl had received many offers from near and far but she apparently lost her nerve and refused to go through with the nuptials. Kidnapping Doubted At her home, 538 Church street, her sister, Mrs. Rose Delaney, could not say today whether an overanxious suitor had kidnapped the buxom belle. Incidentally, the name "Belle" which she adopted in broadcasting her offer to the public, was an invention of her own. She evidently believed it would be more pleasing to the ears of a prospective mate than "Belinski." Aileen's foster mother, Mrs. A. Belinski, is still in Stratford seeking some trace of the missing girl. Today Mrs. Delaney waited eagerly for the post- man's arrival, but he brought no word from Stratford When last seen by her mother, Aileen was heading for a movie in Stratford. That was on the afternoon of the civic holiday, August 2. At the time of her disappearance she was wearing a "black, sheer chiffon" dress with white collar and cuffs. She also had a small black hat with a turned- up brim and white oxfords. No Wedding Ring According to her sister, Aileen's chief distinguishing feature is a discolored front tooth. She could offer no explanation for the girl's disappearance. She main- tained there was no quarrel between Alleen and her foster-mother. "She was always good to Aileen," said Mrs. Delaney. Carrying $150 Cash At the time of her disappearance Alleen was carrying about $150 in cash. This was part of the money she and Mrs. Belinski had taken with them two weeks ago when they left for a motor trip. They had visited Niagara Falls and were on their way back to Windsor, when they stopped over in Stratford. Aileen used to live in Stratford when she was a little girl. Her sister. Mrs. A. Ellis, still lives there, and it was her home she was visiting at the time of her mysterious disappearance. Mrs. Belinski also has a house in Stratford, and it was this home which Aileen said she wanted to save when she offered herself as a human sacrifice on the matrimonial altar. To Save Old Home She explained at the time that the $1,000, to be paid the day of the nuptials, would be used to clear off a -$500 mortgage and a $500 judgment 1 which stood against her childhood home. While Windsor detectives stated to- day they had received no report of Aileen's disappearance. Mrs. Delaney insisted her husband had sought the help of Windsor police in finding the missing girl. Aileen, she said, had friends in Brantford and Sarnia, but she could see no reason for her to visit them suddenly without telling her foster- mother where she was going. The weight and height of the "love - for sale" girl is a matter of some mystery. In reporting the disappearance, her relatives said she was five feet, one inch tall and weighed about - 168 pounds. But when Aileen made her startling matrimonial offer to the world she described herself as being five feet three and a half inches tall. with a weight of only 139 pounds.. take your choice of these two sets of figures. She called her eyes "hazel." "Brown," say the relatives. There seems little doubt, however, that her complexion is ruddy and her hair is brown. The Windsor Star 07 Aug 1937, Sat Page 3 _____________ Girl Is Missing Who Sought Monied Husband SEEK AILEEN BELINSKI WHO WISHED MAN WITH $1,000 TO PAY OFF MORTGAGE ON OLD HOME IN STRATFORD CONTINUED FROM PAGE THREE THIS SECTION drank "in moderation," her favorite drink being beer. These specifications, printed and reprinted in various parts of the world. brought a flood of letters from men eager to marry Alleen. Some, however, seemed to have forgotten all about the $1.000. Scot Is Cautious One young Scot wrote on mauve paper from Glasgow that he didn't have $1.000 but would like to marry Aileen, anyway, because he thought a sordid consideration like money should not enter into marriage. "I read your advertisement in the Glasgow paper and I wished I had the money to pay to you," said the Scot, Henry Thomson, 29 Walkinshaw street, Glasgow." "I think I would like you. I am 23 years of age, coming on October, and five feet, nine inches in height and fair hair and I hope you get every penny you want for your marriage, but I do not think that is the way to get married. Money is not the only thing in the world. "I liked a girl enough to marry but because I had only £2 4s for my pay she turned me down. So you will know how I feel about it. Well I guess you will get it and wish you the best of luck and happiness. Well 1 guess that is all I have to say at present and I will be expecting a letter from you Aileen." He added an eager postcript: "As soon as possible." The letter was signed "Your, Henry," followed by a large num- ber of unexplained X's. Comeau Bay Engineer A Diesel engineer from Comeau Bay, "considered by most my friends as not hard to look at," put in a bid for Aileen's chubby hand. The owner of a cheese factory wrote from Toronto that he had kept Aileen's picture hanging in his factory for some time before he mustered the courage to ask her in marriage. A mechanic in Maud, Oklahoma, standing six feet two inches tall and weighing 180 pounds, submitted his application on a repair form. Those were just a few of the many letters. At first Aileen sent her photograph as requested. When the stream of mail became greater, however, she found her supply of photographs exhausted and her funds were running low. Rejected Offensive She replied to several with the result that they called round in person at the house. At first Aileen had said she would marry "anyone." But she quickly qualified this by saying she reserved the right to turn down bidders. "It would be too bad if some offensive person came along," she explained. Her sister explained that Aileen found most of the applicants too old. She had specified an age limit ranging from 20 to 45. Most of the suitors, however, were in the upper brackets. Many had grey, some even white hair. Meanwhile her relatives were trying to persuade her of the folly of entering into marriage on this cash basis. "I told her marriage wasn't so hot." said Mrs. Delaney. "We tried to pound a little sense into her by telling her that it would be much better to lose the house than to have her get married to some man she didn't like." Strange Chicago Club The result was that suitor after suitor was turned away from the Belinski home. For a time Aileen hinted that she might decide to marry a Toronto man early in July but that fell through. Finally she said it was all a hoax and she was merely trying to get publicity to qualify as a member of some strange club in Chicago. "I've never heard of a club like that in Chicago." said Mrs. Delaney. "I think Aileen probably wanted a husband at first but then she changed her mind when she didn't find anyone she liked." But now Aileen is missing. Perhaps it's just another publicity stunt to qualify her for some exalted position in the Chicago club. Who knows? The Windsor Star 07 Aug 1937, Sat ·Page 10

  
  

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  [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration. Alek Nick Bromaroff, 29, b. Brogoro, Bularia, Res: Windsor, Occ: Chef, s/o Nicholas Bromaroff and Josephinbe Bromaroff, married Aileen Theresa Belinski, 22, b. New Hamburg, res. Windsor, d/o Michael Belinski and Anna Madwick. married 14 Jan 1939 Windsor

  
  

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  Born - 2 Jun 1918 - New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Bef 1937 - New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1939 - Windsor, Essex Co., Ontario, Canada Married - 14 Jan 1939 - Windsor, Essex Co., Ontario, Canada Died - 18 Apr 1965 - Windsor, Essex Co., Ontario, Canada Buried - - Heavenly Rest Catholic Cemetery, Windsor, Essex Co., Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth