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John Joseph

• 2003-060/001(10)
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• 1837-1838

Part of Sheldon and Judy Godfrey collection

Judah Family

• 2003-060/001(11)
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• 1833,1894

Part of Sheldon and Judy Godfrey collection

De Levis Family

• 2003-060/001(12)
• File
• 1783

Part of Sheldon and Judy Godfrey collection

Lyons Family

• 2003-060/001(13)
• File
• 1820

Part of Sheldon and Judy Godfrey collection

Moses Family

• 2003-060/001(14)
• File
• 1837

Part of Sheldon and Judy Godfrey collection

Nordheimer Family

• 2003-060/001(15)
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• 1827-1894, 1994

Part of Sheldon and Judy Godfrey collection

Pines Family

• 2003-060/001(16)
• File
• 1780-1783

Part of Sheldon and Judy Godfrey collection

Samuel Family

• 2003-060/001(17)
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• 1840-1855

Part of Sheldon and Judy Godfrey collection

James Solomon

• 2003-060/001(18)
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• 1816-1835

Part of Sheldon and Judy Godfrey collection

Ezekiel Solomons

• 2003-060/001(19)
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• 1780

Part of Sheldon and Judy Godfrey collection

Levy Solomons Family

• 2003-060/001(20)
• File
• 1794-1820

Part of Sheldon and Judy Godfrey collection

Miscellaneous Documents

• 2003-060/001(21)
• File
• 1815-1991

Part of Sheldon and Judy Godfrey collection

Cohen Family Postcards: a glimpse in the life of Montreal's Jewish "West Enders"

• 2003-060/001(22)
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• 1900-1931

Part of Sheldon and Judy Godfrey collection

Documents relating to W. Earl Rowe

• 2003-060/001(23)
• File
• 1964-1984

Part of Sheldon and Judy Godfrey collection

Documents relating to W. Earl Rowe

• 2003-060/001(24)
• File
• 1964-1984

Part of Sheldon and Judy Godfrey collection

Franks Family

• 2003-060/001(5)
• File
• 1838

Part of Sheldon and Judy Godfrey collection

Hart Family

• 2003-060/001(6)
• File
• 1798-1823

Part of Sheldon and Judy Godfrey collection

Hart Family Documents (John Horn Collection)

• 2003-060/001(7)
• File

Part of Sheldon and Judy Godfrey collection

Hays Family

• 2003-060/001(8)
• File
• 1847-1848

Part of Sheldon and Judy Godfrey collection

Henry Joseph Family

• 2003-060/001(9)
• File
• 1798-1887

Part of Sheldon and Judy Godfrey collection

Portrait of Earl Rowe as Lieutenant Governor of Ontario

• 2003-060/002(1)
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Part of Sheldon and Judy Godfrey collection

Commission appointing William Earl Rowe as Lieutentant Governor

• 2003-060/002(2)
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• 1963

Part of Sheldon and Judy Godfrey collection

Instructions to William Earl Rowe as Lieutenant Governor

• 2003-060/002(3)
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• 1963

Part of Sheldon and Judy Godfrey collection

David, Moses, fur trader, b.Montreal 1768, d. Sandwich U.C. 1814

• 2003-060/003(10)
• File

Part of Sheldon and Judy Godfrey collection

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.

• 2003-060/003(11)
• File

Part of Sheldon and Judy Godfrey collection

Diamond, Abraham, b. Prince Edward County, 1828. (Identified by a descendant as Jewish).

• 2003-060/003(12)
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• 1828

Part of Sheldon and Judy Godfrey collection

Driskoll, Lizzie, "daughter of Jonas and Rebecca Driskoll," (b.Toronto, 1838). Married Alfred Myers of New York in Toronto Hebrew Congregration, 1862. Elizabeth Driscoll was the youngest of four children of Sophia Nathan of a Montreal Jewish Family and William Driscoll of Kingston.

• 2003-060/003(13)
• File

Part of Sheldon and Judy Godfrey collection

Franks, C., tavern, hotel and theatre, N.W. corner of Colborne and Market Sts. Scene of play by Mr. and Mrs. Judah, 1826.

• 2003-060/003(14)
• File

Part of Sheldon and Judy Godfrey collection

Frey, Jacob, Jewish Congregration Anshe-Sholem of Hamilton, 1863. See references to earlier Freys c.1800: Bernard, Phillip, Hannah.

• 2003-060/003(15)
• File
• 1863

Part of Sheldon and Judy Godfrey collection

Hart, Arthur Wellington, son of Benjamin Hart, in York, 1833.

• 2003-060/003(16)
• File
• 1833

Part of Sheldon and Judy Godfrey collection

Hart, Henry, son of Benjamin Hart, in Kingston, 1835.

• 2003-060/003(18)
• File
• 1835

Part of Sheldon and Judy Godfrey collection

Hart, Moses, of Three Rivers(1768-1862)son of Aaron and Dorethea Hart. Attempts to own land in Upper Canada, 1797-1800.

• 2003-060/003(19)
• File

Part of Sheldon and Judy Godfrey collection

Benjamin Brothers, Toronto (1835-1842) Goodman, Samuel and William Benjamin.

• 2003-060/003(2)
• File
• 1835-1842

Part of Sheldon and Judy Godfrey collection

Hart, Samuel P., 1837 patriot, owner of the "Plain Speaker" Cobourg and Belleville.

• 2003-060/003(20)
• File
• 1837

Part of Sheldon and Judy Godfrey collection

Hart, Simeon and Harry of New Brunswick to Upper Canada, 1817.

• 2003-060/003(21)
• File
• 1817

Part of Sheldon and Judy Godfrey collection

Head, Sir Francis Bond, Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada during the 1837 Rebellion whose Grandfather was Moses Mendes (d.1758)

• 2003-060/003(23)
• File

Part of Sheldon and Judy Godfrey collection

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.

• 2003-060/003(24)
• File

Part of Sheldon and Judy Godfrey collection

Jacobs, Ferdinande, (1713-1783), chief factor of Hudson's Bay Company Post at Fort York c.1750. No record of his [Jewish] religion has been traced in the HBC Archives" according to his biographer Shirlee Anne Smith [D.C.B. vol.pp 383-4]. Captain John Rogers diary referred to his daughter as offspring of "Jacob (a Jew)."

• 2003-060/003(25)
• File

Part of Sheldon and Judy Godfrey collection

Jacobs, Jacob, (b.c.1799), watchmaker in Montreal by 1819, to Kingston by 1821, returned to Montreal c.1823.

• 2003-060/003(26)
• File

Part of Sheldon and Judy Godfrey collection

Jacob, Moses, (d.1823) Kingston 1793, Prince Edward County c.1800.

• 2003-060/003(27)
• File

Part of Sheldon and Judy Godfrey collection

Jacobs, Samuel Thomas, Port Hope [Jewish ancestry?].

• 2003-060/003(28)
• File

Part of Sheldon and Judy Godfrey collection

Thomas Jacobs, Governor of HBC, 1696

• 2003-060/003(29)
• File
• 1696

Part of Sheldon and Judy Godfrey collection

Benjamin, Alfred D. (d.1900) and Frank.

• 2003-060/003(3)
• File

Part of Sheldon and Judy Godfrey collection

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

• 2003-060/003(30)
• File

Part of Sheldon and Judy Godfrey collection

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

• 2003-060/003(31)
• File

Part of Sheldon and Judy Godfrey collection

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.

• 2003-060/003(32)
• File

Part of Sheldon and Judy Godfrey collection

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

• 2003-060/003(33)
• File

Part of Sheldon and Judy Godfrey collection

Binley, Jacob William, d. of cholera, Kingston U.C. June 30, 1832.

• 2003-060/003(4)
• File

Part of Sheldon and Judy Godfrey collection

Braham, Alfred, Clothier, Toronto, (1844--).

• 2003-060/003(5)
• File

Part of Sheldon and Judy Godfrey collection

Cohen, Fredrick, artist, Woodstock U.C. prior to 1837.

• 2003-060/003(6)
• File

Part of Sheldon and Judy Godfrey collection

Cohen (or Cowan), Gilbert, Military Emigrant, settled at Murray Township, 1824.

• 2003-060/003(7)
• File
• 1824

Part of Sheldon and Judy Godfrey collection

Cohen, Solomon, Jeweller, Toronto 1835-c.1845

• 2003-060/003(8)
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• 1835-c.1845

Part of Sheldon and Judy Godfrey collection

Davids, Isaac, York, 1819.

• 2003-060/003(9)
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• 1819

Part of Sheldon and Judy Godfrey collection

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.

• 2003-060/004(1)
• File

Part of Sheldon and Judy Godfrey collection

Moss, Sgt. Samuel, of the King's Royal Rangers was granted land beside Myers Solomon near Cornwall in 1797.

• 2003-060/004(10)
• File

Part of Sheldon and Judy Godfrey collection

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.

• 2003-060/004(11)
• File

Part of Sheldon and Judy Godfrey collection

Rossin, Marcus, Samuel and Julius. M. Rossin & Bro. jewellers, est'd in Kingston U.C. in 1832, moved to York in 1843, built in Rossin House Hotel in 1855 (destroyed by fire 1862).

• 2003-060/004(12)
• File

Part of Sheldon and Judy Godfrey collection

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.

• 2003-060/004(13)
• File

Part of Sheldon and Judy Godfrey collection

Levy Solomons

• 2003-060/004(14)
• File

Part of Sheldon and Judy Godfrey collection

Solomons, Myers settled in Cornwall Townships 1789.

• 2003-060/004(15)
• File

Part of Sheldon and Judy Godfrey collection

Steiner, Newman Leopold (1829/32-1903) research by SJG for DCB article in vol 13. Includes research material from Florence Blackwell, descendant.

• 2003-060/004(16)
• File

Part of Sheldon and Judy Godfrey collection

Toronto Hebrew Congregration (1858-1878) --Marriage Records (Typescript.

• 2003-060/004(17)
• File

Part of Sheldon and Judy Godfrey collection

Miscellaneous: Possible Jewish Settlers

• 2003-060/004(18)
• File

Part of Sheldon and Judy Godfrey collection

Possible Jewish Settlers

• 2003-060/004(19)
• File

Part of Sheldon and Judy Godfrey collection

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

• 2003-060/004(2)
• File

Part of Sheldon and Judy Godfrey collection

Charles Kohen

• 2003-060/004(3)
• File

Part of Sheldon and Judy Godfrey collection

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

• 2003-060/004(4)
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Part of Sheldon and Judy Godfrey collection

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

• 2003-060/004(5)
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Part of Sheldon and Judy Godfrey collection

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

• 2003-060/004(6)
• File

Part of Sheldon and Judy Godfrey collection

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

• 2003-060/004(7)
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Part of Sheldon and Judy Godfrey collection

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

• 2003-060/004(8)
• File

Part of Sheldon and Judy Godfrey collection

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

• 2003-060/004(9)
• File

Part of Sheldon and Judy Godfrey collection

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.

• 2003-060/005(1)
• File

Part of Sheldon and Judy Godfrey collection

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.

• 2003-060/005(2)
• File

Part of Sheldon and Judy Godfrey collection

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.

• 2003-060/005(3)
• File

Part of Sheldon and Judy Godfrey collection

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.

• 2003-060/005(4)
• File

Part of Sheldon and Judy Godfrey collection

Jacob Franks Ancestry - Research File

• 2003-060/005(5)
• File

Part of Sheldon and Judy Godfrey collection

Jacob Franks from 1794-1804. Copies of archival documents: John Lawe Papers and other sources.

• 2003-060/005(6)
• File
• 1794-1804

Part of Sheldon and Judy Godfrey collection

Jacob Franks from 1804-1811. Copies of archival documents: John Lawe papers and other sources.

• 2003-060/005(7)
• File
• 1804-1811.

Part of Sheldon and Judy Godfrey collection

Jacob Franks/John Law, War of 1812. Copies of archival documents: John Lawe papers and other sources.

• 2003-060/005(8)
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• 1812

Part of Sheldon and Judy Godfrey collection

Jacob Franks - Business Career. Copies of archival documents: John Lawe papers and other sources.

• 2003-060/005(9)
• File

Part of Sheldon and Judy Godfrey collection

Jacob Franks: Articles and Footnotes

• 2003-060/006(1)
• File

Part of Sheldon and Judy Godfrey collection

Fur Trade Secondary, including photocopies of articles.

• 2003-060/006(10)
• File

Part of Sheldon and Judy Godfrey collection

Jacob Franks - National Archives of Canada.

• 2003-060/006(11)
• File

Part of Sheldon and Judy Godfrey collection

Correspondence with Ken Annett, Quebec City. Researcher on Lawe Family.

• 2003-060/006(12)
• File

Part of Sheldon and Judy Godfrey collection

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

• 2003-060/006(13)
• File

Part of Sheldon and Judy Godfrey collection

Jacob Franks - Misc. Correspondence.

• 2003-060/006(14)
• File

Part of Sheldon and Judy Godfrey collection

State Historical Society of Wisconsin - Correspondence.

• 2003-060/006(15)
• File

Part of Sheldon and Judy Godfrey collection

George W. Lawe Papers - Chicago Historical Society. Correspondence and copies of archival documents.

• 2003-060/006(16)
• File

Part of Sheldon and Judy Godfrey collection

Jacob Franks Article Summary of Changes Based on Changes after Dec/86

• 2003-060/006(2)
• File

Part of Sheldon and Judy Godfrey collection

Jacob Franks Estate

• 2003-060/006(3)
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Part of Sheldon and Judy Godfrey collection

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.

• 2003-060/006(4)
• File

Part of Sheldon and Judy Godfrey collection

Franks, William (d. by 1850) second child of Jacob Franks and Therese La guere dit La Rose.

• 2003-060/006(5)
• File

Part of Sheldon and Judy Godfrey collection

Franks, Appolonia Sophia, (1817-1886), Windsor/Sandwich, daughter of Jacob Franks and Therese La Guere dit La Rose.

• 2003-060/006(6)
• File

Part of Sheldon and Judy Godfrey collection

Captain George Lawe and Rachel Franks. Information and copies of archival documents provided by Ken Annet.

• 2003-060/006(7)
• File

Part of Sheldon and Judy Godfrey collection

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.

• 2003-060/006(8)
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Part of Sheldon and Judy Godfrey collection

James Aird (d. 1819). Joined Jacob Franks, Robert Dickson, Allan Wilmot and George Aird in Dickson&Co.,a fur trade partnership at Michilimackinack, August 1804.

• 2003-060/006(9)
• File

Part of Sheldon and Judy Godfrey collection