Chelouche was born in the Algeria City of
Oran. His family moved to
Ottoman Palestine in 1840, when his parents travelled by ferry to
Haifa. Soon afterwards the family moved to
Nablus, then to
Jerusalem, and thereafter finally to Jaffa. They became soon one of the leading families in the city, having exceptional good leadership skills. The Chelouche family had good connections with Arab families, as they spoke Arabic. One of the known family friends was a Turkish governor. Aharon had two sons,
Avraham Haim and
Yosef Eliyahu, as well as five daughters. ==Adult life and career==