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Jews Appointed to Canadian Juries

John Franks, was the first name on the Halifax Allotment, August 1749, left for Philadelphia by 1758, in Quebec by 1760.

John Solomon, d. Halifax 1788, probably not Jewish.

Jones Family, s-1770s (Joseph Jones d.1771) in Halifax, 1750 and Judith Jones d.1767.).

"Jones Wharf" Halifax Harbour, built with Robert Campbell, 1758.

Joseph De la Penha received grant of most of Labrador from William III in 1697.

Joseph, Gershom A. (1821-1893) of Montreal, student of Upper Canada College in Toronto 1836-1839.

Joseph, Henry (1775-1832) and family. Joseph, a nephew of Aaron Hart came to Berthier, Quebec with his brothers Judah and Abraham between 1778 and 1790.

Joseph, John (1776-1835), partner of Michael in Joseph&Samuel.

Joseph, John, (1801-1851) secretary to Sir Frances Bond Head as Lieutenant Governor. Probably son of Simon Joseph of London.

Joseph, Judah Gershom, (1798-1857) silversmith watchmaker, optician. arr. in Toronto 1838 with his family and became a leader of the small Jewish community. Includes Research Material provided by William Daniels. Includes article by Peter von Bitter.

Joseph, Judah Gershom, (1798-1857) silversmith watchmaker, optician. arr. in Toronto 1838 with his family and became a leader of the small Jewish community. Includes Research Material provided by William Daniels. Includes article by Peter von Bitter.

Joseph, Maurice (Morris), Chatham 1824, Richibuctou 1840s.

Joshua Maugher, (1725-1788) an industrialist, was a member of the early Nova Scotia establishment. Contrary to the evidence, some historians insist he was of Jewish ancestry.

Joshua Sharpe Papers

Judah Family

Judah, Emmanuel, an American Actor who with his wife performed at Franks' Theatre in York in 1826.

Judah, J. [Issac] of Montreal and Cornwall U.C. in 1804, probably became the first Jew to obtain Crown Grant of Lands in Upper Canada.

Judah, Sarah married James Vickers of Toronto in St.James Anglican Church in 1838. John Manuel was a witness.

Judicial Appointments

Judicial Papers, Lawyers.

Kavanaugh, N.S; 1822

Kimber CSSN 1834

Kingston from the Citadel

KKSI - N.Y.

"K-L," Miscellaneous

Koenig (King), Joseph and Charles, to Whitby, Canada West, 1863. Samuel King was Ontario's first Jewish lawyer.

Lawe, John (1779-1846) the son of Rachel Franks of Montreal and Capt. George Lawe. A fur trader with his uncle Jacob Franks he was recorded in Yrk. He died in Green Bay. See John Law Papers, Wisconsin State Historical Society, Madison.

Lawe, John (1779-1846) the son of Rachel Franks of Montreal and Capt. George Lawe. A fur trader with his uncle Jacob Franks he was recorded in Yrk. He died in Green Bay. See John Law Papers, Wisconsin State Historical Society, Madison.

Lawyers

Lazarus, Simon in Berthier L.C., 1793-7. His niece m. Ezekiel Hart, 1794.

Le Canadien (Quebec)

Le constitutionnel, gazette francaise de Trois-Rivieres

Le constitutionnel, gazette francaise des Trois-Rivieres

Legal document on parchment relating to Langley Manor

Les debats (Quebec)

Letson, Phillip

Letter from Hannah Mendell to Lydia Howard

Letter from Henry J. Noad, Quebec, to Michael Samuel, Miramachi, regarding loss of cargo with the sinking of the schooner "Eclipse"

Levi, Joseph, innkeeper, Montreal, 1818.

Levi/Mohr family, including Philip Levi (in Quebec 1836) whose daughter Flora ("Blume") b.c.1841, married Sigismund Mohr (1827-1893) who was responsible for the installation of street lights and other public works in Quebec.

Levi/Mohr family, including Philip Levi (in Quebec 1836) whose daughter Flora ("Blume") b.c.1841, married Sigismund Mohr (1827-1893) who was responsible for the installation of street lights and other public works in Quebec.

Levy (Levi) Joseph, tailor

Levy Solomons

Levy Solomons Family

Levy, Alexander in Quebec 1832

Levy, Eleazar, (c.1716-1811) Canada's first Jewish Notary Public, was in Quebec by 1760. In 1764 his goods were taken by officers of the British Army during military government and after eleven years of unsucessful lawsuits he went to the Unitied States. He bought land in New York which was later expropriated for the establishment of West Point.

Levy, Eleazar, (c.1716-1811) Canada's first Jewish Notary Public, was in Quebec by 1760. In 1764 his goods were taken by officers of the British Army during military government and after eleven years of unsucessful lawsuits he went to the Unitied States. He bought land in New York which was later expropriated for the establishment of West Point.

Levy, Gershom (n.d.)

Levy, Isaac, Quebec 1760-1783ff.

Levy, Morden, S. (1824-1863) murdered at Richibuctou.

Levy, Simon, Montreal 1779-1783.

Liebschitz, Samuel, founder of Jewsburg, [now known as German Mills] near Preston Upper Canada, 1836.

Light-tower near Coburg / W.H. Bartlett

Lloyd's evening post, and British chronicle (London)

Local Commerce

Lower Canada - Abolition of State Oaths

Loyalist Research

Lyons Family

"M," Miscellaneous

Mackinac Maps

Magasin A&O (Orobio) Hart & Co.

Manuel, Emanuel, husband of Miriam Judah of Montreal was a fur trader in the Upper Country c.1780.

Manuel(le), Emanuel David, Montreal and Michilimackinac, 1770s. He had married Miriam Judah older sister to Dorothea who married Aaron Hart.

Map of Gatling and adjacent mines, Hastings Co., Ontario / by R.H. Stretch, accompanied by Sections of veins on Gatling and adjoining properties

Map of the city of Halifax showing streets and municipal wards

Map to illustrate the climatology of the dominion of Canada / by Lorin Blodget

Maps of Canadian cities and counties

Maps of Canadian cities from the "Atlas of Canada." -- File consists of plates for Quebec, Winnipeg, Vancouver, London, and Ottawa.

Maritimes. General correspondence etc., relating to Jews in Halifax. Includes map of Halifax and location of Jewish enterprises.

Marranos of North America

Marriage

Martin E. Herschorn, President, Jewish Historical Society of Halifax, 1987.

Mary Martin, Madison Wisconsin, researcher on John Lawe Papers. Correspondence and copies of archival documents.

Maryland

MASONS

"Mc," Miscellaneous

McCord Museum Papers

Michael, George, (c.1835-1889) optician, arrived Toronto about 1866.

Michaels, Levy (1723-1815) and Michaels, Myer (1760-1815) Montreal fur traders who spent time in the "Upper Country" [Upper Canada].

Michaels, Levy (1723-1815) and Myer (1760-1815). Levy Michaels came to Canada from Long Island about 1765. His son Myer, a fur trader in the "upper country," married Frances, the sister of David, Samuel and Moses David. He is recorded as coming back to Montreal by canoe in time for the High Holidays in 1804. He was awarded the Beaver Club Medal. See Frances Michaels Will.

Michaels, Levy (1723-1815) and Myer (1760-1815). Levy Michaels came to Canada from Long Island about 1765. His son Myer, a fur trader in the "upper country," married Frances, the sister of David, Samuel and Moses David. He is recorded as coming back to Montreal by canoe in time for the High Holidays in 1804. He was awarded the Beaver Club Medal. See Frances Michaels Will.

Military

Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous Correspondence

Miscellaneous Documents

Miscellaneous: Possible Jewish Settlers

Montreal daily star

Montreal gazette

Montreal herald

Montreal herald and daily commercial gazette

Montreal Standard Publishing Co. Ltd

Montreal transcript and general advertiser

Montreal weekly herald

Montreal witness

Mordecai Jones, son of Joseph and Judith Jones, d.1770 Halifax.

Morell, Moses Samuel and Goldiana, arrived Toronto 1860, material recieved from Helen Rose Morell, d. Toronto July, 1994.

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Jews Appointed to Canadian Juries

John Franks, was the first name on the Halifax Allotment, August 1749, left for Philadelphia by 1758, in Quebec by 1760.

John Joseph

John Solomon, d. Halifax 1788, probably not Jewish.

Jonas, Lyon Montreal, 1798.

Jones Family, s-1770s (Joseph Jones d.1771) in Halifax, 1750 and Judith Jones d.1767.).

"Jones Wharf" Halifax Harbour, built with Robert Campbell, 1758.

Joseph De la Penha received grant of most of Labrador from William III in 1697.

Joseph, Gershom A. (1821-1893) of Montreal, student of Upper Canada College in Toronto 1836-1839.

Joseph, Henry (1775-1832) and family. Joseph, a nephew of Aaron Hart came to Berthier, Quebec with his brothers Judah and Abraham between 1778 and 1790.

Joseph, John (1776-1835), partner of Michael in Joseph&Samuel.

Joseph, John, (1801-1851) secretary to Sir Frances Bond Head as Lieutenant Governor. Probably son of Simon Joseph of London.

Joseph, Judah Gershom, (1798-1857) silversmith watchmaker, optician. arr. in Toronto 1838 with his family and became a leader of the small Jewish community. Includes Research Material provided by William Daniels. Includes article by Peter von Bitter.

Joseph, Maurice (Morris), Chatham 1824, Richibuctou 1840s.

Joshua Maugher, (1725-1788) an industrialist, was a member of the early Nova Scotia establishment. Contrary to the evidence, some historians insist he was of Jewish ancestry.

Joshua Sharpe Papers

Judah Family

Judah, Emmanuel, an American Actor who with his wife performed at Franks' Theatre in York in 1826.

Judah, J. [Issac] of Montreal and Cornwall U.C. in 1804, probably became the first Jew to obtain Crown Grant of Lands in Upper Canada.

Judah, Sarah married James Vickers of Toronto in St.James Anglican Church in 1838. John Manuel was a witness.

Judicial Appointments

Judicial Papers, Lawyers.

Kavanaugh, N.S; 1822

Kimber CSSN 1834

Kingston from the Citadel

KKSI - N.Y.

"K-L," Miscellaneous

Koenig (King), Joseph and Charles, to Whitby, Canada West, 1863. Samuel King was Ontario's first Jewish lawyer.

Lawe, John (1779-1846) the son of Rachel Franks of Montreal and Capt. George Lawe. A fur trader with his uncle Jacob Franks he was recorded in Yrk. He died in Green Bay. See John Law Papers, Wisconsin State Historical Society, Madison.

Lawyers

Lazarus, Simon in Berthier L.C., 1793-7. His niece m. Ezekiel Hart, 1794.

Le Canadien (Quebec)

Le constitutionnel, gazette francaise de Trois-Rivieres

Le constitutionnel, gazette francaise des Trois-Rivieres

Legal document on parchment relating to Langley Manor

Les debats (Quebec)

Letson, Phillip

Letter from Henry J. Noad, Quebec, to Michael Samuel, Miramachi, regarding loss of cargo with the sinking of the schooner "Eclipse"

Levi, Joseph, innkeeper, Montreal, 1818.

Levi/Mohr family, including Philip Levi (in Quebec 1836) whose daughter Flora ("Blume") b.c.1841, married Sigismund Mohr (1827-1893) who was responsible for the installation of street lights and other public works in Quebec.

Levy (Levi) Joseph, tailor

Levy Solomons

Levy Solomons Family

Levy, Alexander in Quebec 1832

Levy, Gershom (n.d.)

Levy, Isaac, Quebec 1760-1783ff.

Levy, Morden, S. (1824-1863) murdered at Richibuctou.

Levy, Simon, Montreal 1779-1783.

Liebschitz, Samuel, founder of Jewsburg, [now known as German Mills] near Preston Upper Canada, 1836.

Light-tower near Coburg / W.H. Bartlett

Lloyd's evening post, and British chronicle (London)

Local Commerce

Lower Canada - Abolition of State Oaths

Loyalist Research

Lyons Family

"M," Miscellaneous

Mackinac Maps

Magasin A&O (Orobio) Hart & Co.

Manuel, Emanuel, husband of Miriam Judah of Montreal was a fur trader in the Upper Country c.1780.

Manuel(le), Emanuel David, Montreal and Michilimackinac, 1770s. He had married Miriam Judah older sister to Dorothea who married Aaron Hart.

Map of Gatling and adjacent mines, Hastings Co., Ontario / by R.H. Stretch, accompanied by Sections of veins on Gatling and adjoining properties

Map of the city of Halifax showing streets and municipal wards

Map to illustrate the climatology of the dominion of Canada / by Lorin Blodget

Maps of Canadian cities and counties

Maps of Canadian cities from the "Atlas of Canada." -- File consists of plates for Quebec, Winnipeg, Vancouver, London, and Ottawa.

Maritimes. General correspondence etc., relating to Jews in Halifax. Includes map of Halifax and location of Jewish enterprises.

Marranos of North America

Marriage

Mary Martin, Madison Wisconsin, researcher on John Lawe Papers. Correspondence and copies of archival documents.

Maryland

MASONS

"Mc," Miscellaneous

McCord Museum Papers

Michael, George, (c.1835-1889) optician, arrived Toronto about 1866.

Michaels, Levy (1723-1815) and Michaels, Myer (1760-1815) Montreal fur traders who spent time in the "Upper Country" [Upper Canada].

Military