Biographical Research Files

Inventory list
Identifier Sort ascending Title Level of description Date Digital object
2003-060/020(1) Hart, Samuel, jr., Photocopies of Court documents etc., from PANS. File
2003-060/020(4) Naphtali Hart, jr., Halifax File
2003-060/020(5) Hart Brothers of Newport. Five Brothers: Naphtali (carried on business in Halifax), Samuel (father of Naphtali, jr.), Abraham, Isaac and Jacob (father of Samuel jr.). File
2003-060/020(7) Samuel Jacobs, (d.1786, St.Denis Quebec)in Halifax by August 1749, possibly considerably earlier. File
2003-060/020(11) Jones Family, s-1770s (Joseph Jones d.1771) in Halifax, 1750 and Judith Jones d.1767.). File
2003-060/021(3) Isaac Judah, signed name in Hebrew as witness to will of Isaac Levy, Halifax, 9 March, 1750. File
2003-060/021(8) Nathan Nathans, in Halifax by 1750, partner with Naphtali Hart jr. viz. Nathan&Hart. d.Halifax 1778. File
2003-060/021(9) Isaac Solomon(s) in Halifax 1749 brother in law of Israel Abrahams File
2003-060/022(1) Maritimes. General correspondence etc., relating to Jews in Halifax. Includes map of Halifax and location of Jewish enterprises. File
2003-060/022(2) Martin E. Herschorn, President, Jewish Historical Society of Halifax, 1987. File View
2003-060/022(7) Nova Scotia Land Grants File
2003-060/022(10) One file of research at Beaconsfield House Provincial Archives contains references to Joseph Levy, tailor, 1861 Census and others File
2003-060/022(14) Joseph De la Penha received grant of most of Labrador from William III in 1697. File
2003-060/023(1) Chatham, Newcastle, File: information on the Miramichi area. File
2003-060/023(4) Abrams. Williams (1785-1844) shipbuilder, office holder, came to Miramichi 1820. "His descendants claim that he was an English Jew." File
2003-060/023(7) Joseph, John (1776-1835), partner of Michael in Joseph&Samuel. File
2003-060/023(13) Samuel, Jacob, brother of Joseph and Michael. File
2003-060/023(16) Samuel, Mordent (1815-35). File
2003-060/023(17) Samuel Samuel J. 1812-1890, son of Joseph and Phoebe Samuel. File
2003-060/023(19) Samuel, Michael, copies of letterbook from PANB. File
2003-060/024(1) British Columbia File
2003-060/024(3) Victoria Population, 1860. File
2003-060/024(4) Victoria B.C File
2003-060/024(5) Yukon File
2003-060/025(3) National Archives of Canada, 1987 File
2003-060/025(4) National Archives of Canada, 1988 File
2003-060/025(12) Philadelphia File
2003-060/026(5) Miscellaneous Correspondence File
2003-060/026(7) American Jewish Historical Society File
2003-060/026(8) Neil B. Yetwin File
2003-060/026(10) American Jewish Archives, Cincinnati, OHIO File
2003-060/026(11) American Jewish Archives, Walthan, Mass. File
2003-060/027(3) "C," Miscellaneous File
2003-060/027(5) "E," Miscellaneous File
2003-060/027(6) "F," Miscellaneous File
2003-060/027(7) "G," Miscellaneous File
2003-060/027(8) "H," Miscellaneous File
2003-060/027(10) "K-L," Miscellaneous File
2003-060/027(12) "Mc," Miscellaneous File
2003-060/027(14) "N," Miscellaneous -- (2 of 2) File
2003-060/027(18) "S," Miscellaneous File
2003-060/027(21) Claus Family Fonds, Finding Aid File
2003-060/027(22) Correspondence in Lawe Papers -- (1 of 2) File
2003-060/028(1) Copied Material from the Haldimand Papers File
2003-060/028(4) Newfoundland - Abolition of State Oaths File
2003-060/029(5) Instructions to Governors - O.S. File
2003-060/003(1) Asher, Alexander, Kingston, 1819. File 1819 View
2003-060/003(8) Cohen, Solomon, Jeweller, Toronto 1835-c.1845 File 1835-c.1845
2003-060/003(11) Dessauer, Louis Woolf, Daguerrotype Artist, in Waterloo, Kitchener and Toronto from 1841. Appears in the THC Records in 1862. May have been the Captain Dessaur who died at Chancellorswille, 1864. File
2003-060/003(19) Hart, Moses, of Three Rivers(1768-1862)son of Aaron and Dorethea Hart. Attempts to own land in Upper Canada, 1797-1800. File
2003-060/003(22) Hart, Theodore, son of Benjamin Hart, in York, 1833. File 1833 View
2003-060/003(24) Hirschfelder, Jacob Meier was Jewish on arrival in Toronto c.1840 to teach at Upper Canada College, but wife descendants not Jewish. Includes genealogical information from Joan S. Gilday, descendant. See also Mel Starkman, "A Meshamud at the University of Toronto" Canadian Jewish Archives Vol.5, Oct 1981, pp.70-90. File
2003-060/004(2) Judah, Sarah married James Vickers of Toronto in St.James Anglican Church in 1838. John Manuel was a witness. File
2003-060/004(3) Charles Kohen File
2003-060/004(6) Manuel, Emanuel, husband of Miriam Judah of Montreal was a fur trader in the Upper Country c.1780. File
2003-060/004(7) Michael, George, (c.1835-1889) optician, arrived Toronto about 1866. File
2003-060/004(9) Morell, Moses Samuel and Goldiana, arrived Toronto 1860, material recieved from Helen Rose Morell, d. Toronto July, 1994. File
2003-060/004(11) Myers, (Montgomery), Juda or Judith, (1759-1831). See also Myers, Rachel Abraham and Benjamin and Mordechai. Arrived in Gagetown New Brunswick with her mother Rachel and her brothers, in 1783. Married to Alexander Montgomery, she moved to York, U.C. about 1800 and operated a tavern at the SE corner of Queen and Younge Sts. Includes Article and research material provided by Neil Yetwin. Includes research material provided by Betti Paull, descendant. File
2003-060/004(13) Solomons, James H. (d.Drummond Island U.C. 1826) of obscure origins, was probably born in Lower Canada. Lived in the Upper Country. Wife Kitty Hays was Jewish and son Myers Solomons was observant. Includes draft article (typescript) James H. Solomons' origins. File
2003-060/004(15) Solomons, Myers settled in Cornwall Townships 1789. File
2003-060/004(17) Toronto Hebrew Congregration (1858-1878) --Marriage Records (Typescript. File
2003-060/004(18) Miscellaneous: Possible Jewish Settlers File
2003-060/005(1) Dictionary of Canadian Biography - Article on Jacob Franks by SJG. Four(4)files containing correspondence, drafts, redrafts and copies of the final article and footnotes. File
2003-060/005(6) Jacob Franks from 1794-1804. Copies of archival documents: John Lawe Papers and other sources. File 1794-1804
2003-060/006(2) Jacob Franks Article Summary of Changes Based on Changes after Dec/86 File
2003-060/006(4) Thomas L. Franks (d. Green Bay, 1853). Son of Jacob Franks and Therese La Guere dit La Rose. Information and copies of archival documents from the John Lawe Papers and Morgan Martin Papers provided by Mary C. Maring, Madison, Wisconsin. File
2003-060/006(12) Correspondence with Ken Annett, Quebec City. Researcher on Lawe Family. File
2003-060/006(14) Jacob Franks - Misc. Correspondence. File
2003-060/006(15) State Historical Society of Wisconsin - Correspondence. File
2003-060/007(5) Solomons, Ezekiel, (d.c. 1804, probably at New York). File
2003-060/007(7) Solomons, Ezekiel, (d.c. 1804, probably at New York). File
2003-060/008(2) Abraham, Chapman (c.1723-1783). Captured by the Indians at Sandwich, 1763. Copies of documents from other sources. File 1723-1783
2003-060/008(11) George Benjamin Papers File
2003-060/008(14) Benjamin George, Collaterals and their descendants. File
2003-060/009(7) George Benjamin General. Includes article in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, Obituary, etc. File
2003-060/009(8) George Benjamin/Thomas George Joans. Joans, and Englishman who arrived in New Orleans about 1830, was editor and proprieter of the Mercantile Advertiser, and married Isabella the daughter of Levi Jacobs on 5 May 1832. He left New Orleans by March 1834. Benjamin, and Englishman who was later founder of the Belleville Intelligencer, arrived in New Orleans about 1830, and married Isabella, the daughter of Lipman Jacobs 5 Febrary, 1832. He left New Orleans and arrived in York, U.C. by the end of 1833. File
2003-060/011(1) Speeches and Articles (S&J Godfrey) File
2003-060/011(3) Papers of Sir Mackenzie Bowell (Queen's Univeristy Archives). Bowell, later Prime Minister of Canada, was raised by the Benjamin family and worked at the Intelligencer which he bought from Benjamin. File
2003-060/011(4) David Spector, Hove England. Shared research project on the Jewish community of Brighton, England and the Cohen family. File
2003-060/011(7) Notes for Speech to the Twelfth Annual International Summer Seminar International on Jewish Genealogy hosted by the Jewish Genealogical Society of Canada, Toronto, June 28-30, 1993. File
2003-060/011(9) Notes for and Transcipt (31pp) of Address by S&J. Godfrey on "The Development of Civil and Political Rights of [British] Colonial Jews before 1867" to the Canadian Jewish Historical Society at the Learned Societies Conference, Quebec, May 27/8, 1990. File
2003-060/012(1) Ascher, Gottschalk Isaac, (d.1891, in Montreal by 1842) and family. File
2003-060/012(2) Aaron, Isaac (in Montreal 1832). File
2003-060/012(4) Cohen, Jacob R., in Montreal 1779. File
2003-060/012(5) Cohen Esdaile P., in Montreal by 1832. File
2003-060/012(7) David, Eleazar (Lazarus) David, (1811-1887). File
2003-060/013(1) Franks, David Salusbury (b.Halifax 1751-d.Philadephia 1793), son ofj John. File
2003-060/013(2) Franks, Moses (1718-1789)(brother of John Franks). File
2003-060/013(9) Hart, Ezekiel (1770-1843). File
2003-060/014(3) Jacobs, Samuel: Miscellaneous File
2003-060/014(4) Jacob Papers Hebrew Letters. Two letters dating from 1775-6 from vol.3 of the Jacobs papers are in an untranslatable form of Yiddish. File
2003-060/014(7) Jacobs, Samuel., son of Samuel Jacobs File
2003-060/014(12) Thomas Judah File
2003-060/015(2) Levi, Joseph, innkeeper, Montreal, 1818. File
2003-060/015(13) Myers-Cohen, Solomon (1744-96) was in Quebec in 1768. He married Belle, daughter of Joseph Simon of Lancaster Pa. File
2003-060/015(16) Phillips, Lambert A. a Jewish merchant was in Montreal in 1839. File
2003-060/015(17) Pines, Moses Joseph, a member of the Montreal Hebrew Congregation died on 2 December 1779. His Hebrew name was Moshe Joseph bar Phineas Avraham bar Avraham bar Joseph Hacohen. File
2003-060/015(21) Shimelak, Mr., in Montreal 1786. File
2003-060/016(3) Valentine, Isaac D., (1787-1842) Hazan of the Shearith Israel Congregation, married Phoebe Hays (1779-1841), daughter of Andrew Hays of Montreal, in 1820. See Isaac Valentine Will and Phoebe Hays Will. File
2003-060/016(7) Herbert Franks - General File