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An act for reviving and further continuing until the 1st day of May, 1819, an act ... to explain and amend the laws touching the elections of the knights of the shire to serve in Parliament, respecting the expences of hustings and poll clerks, so far as regard the City of Westminster

Illustrated times

Bribery oath

The London chronicle : or, universal evening post

Le Canadien (Quebec)

Grip (Toronto)

Copperplate etchings of Lower Canadian scenes

Kingston from the Citadel

Le constitutionnel, gazette francaise des Trois-Rivieres

Montreal transcript and general advertiser

The vindicator, and Canadian advertiser (Montreal)

Les debats (Quebec)

Canadian illustrated news

The Irish Canadian (Toronto)

Montreal Standard Publishing Co. Ltd

Morning chronicle (London)

Hart Family Documents (John Horn Collection)

De Levis Family

Moses Family

Ezekiel Solomons

Portrait of Earl Rowe as Lieutenant Governor of Ontario

Instructions to William Earl Rowe as Lieutenant Governor

The George Benjamin correspondence being primarily letters exchanged between George Benjamin and John A. Macdonald

Asher, Alexander, Kingston, 1819.

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

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

Hart, Theodore, son of Benjamin Hart, in York, 1833.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

Possible Jewish Settlers

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.

Jacob Franks Ancestry - Research File

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

Jacob Franks Estate

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

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

Jacob Franks - National Archives of Canada.

Jacob Franks - Misc. Correspondence.

Fur trade General

Solomons, Ezekiel, (d.c. 1804, probably at New York).

Terroux (Therousse), Jacques or James (c.1766-1792) was a son of Levy Solomons the fur trader and Lizette Loubiere (d. 31 Dec. 1772).

Correspondence with Donald Helman, Archeologist at the excavation and reconstruction of the Solomons/Levy house, Fort Michilimackinac.

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Nova Scotia Court Records, PANS RG 31-Series C, Boxes 1-61 (1752-1790), identifies Jewish names and references.

One file of research at Beaconsfield House Provincial Archives contains references to Joseph Levy, tailor, 1861 Census and others

Newfoundland General. Contains information re:searches in the Maritime History Archive; Provincial Archives of Newfoundland, Colonial Building; Registry Office, Confederation Building, St.John.

Simon Solomon, St.John's, Postmastyer of Newfoundland, d.1839.

Gabel, Davey (c.1732-1816) baker, b.Frankfort am Main, to N.B. 1783 as a loyalist.

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

Myers, Rachel Abraham and Benjamin and Mordechai, to Gagetown 1783. See also Myers, (Montgomery), Juda or Judith, (1759-1831).

Samuel, Jacob, brother of Joseph and Michael.

Samuel, Jonah, son of Jacob. In Chatham 1838, Dalhousie 1841-50 representing Joseph&Samuel.

Samuel, Samuel.

Samuel, Michael, copies of letterbook from PANB.

Semlim Franklin

Victoria Population, 1860.

Yukon

Completed Wills

New York Historical Society

England Research on the Jews Who Had Their Roots Their

National Archives of Canada, 1988

National Archives of Canada, 1992

Canadian Jewish Congress/Archives

The Champlain Society

Bernard Kusinitz, researcher, Newport Rhode Island

Neil B. Yetwin

"B," Miscellaneous

"F," Miscellaneous

"N," Miscellaneous -- (1 of 2)

"P.Q," Miscellaneous

"R," Miscellaneous

Copied Material from the Haldimand Papers

Nova Scotia - Abolition of State Oaths

Prince Edward Island - Abolitions of State Oaths

Oaths

Appointments to Office

Lawyers

St. Eustatius

New York

Newport, Rhode Island - Re: Early Jewish Settlement

North Carolina

Quebec

Quakers

Quebec Miscellaneous

Marriage

Quebec

Marranos of North America

Loyalist Research

David Family - Unfiled Photocopies from the National Archives of Canada and Public Archives of Canada

"The British Colonist," November 4, 1849.

"The Toronto World," January 2, 1903.

Release of a close of pasture in England

Petitions urging King James II to be vigilant in defending the Protestant faith against Catholicism

An act for reviving and further continuing until the 1st day of May, 1819, an act ... to explain and amend the laws touching the elections of the knights of the shire to serve in Parliament, respecting the expences of hustings and poll clerks, so far as regard the City of Westminster

Illustrated times

Bribery oath

Le Canadien (Quebec)

Grip (Toronto)

Copperplate etchings of Lower Canadian scenes

Kingston from the Citadel

Le constitutionnel, gazette francaise des Trois-Rivieres

The vindicator, and Canadian advertiser (Montreal)

Les debats (Quebec)

Canadian illustrated news

The Irish Canadian (Toronto)

Montreal Standard Publishing Co. Ltd

Morning chronicle (London)

Hart Family Documents (John Horn Collection)

De Levis Family

Moses Family

Ezekiel Solomons

Portrait of Earl Rowe as Lieutenant Governor of Ontario

Instructions to William Earl Rowe as Lieutenant Governor

The George Benjamin correspondence being primarily letters exchanged between George Benjamin and John A. Macdonald

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

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

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.

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

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