Biographical Research Files

Inventory list
Identifier Sort ascending Title Level of description Date Digital object
2003-060/023(1) Chatham, Newcastle, File: information on the Miramichi area. File
2003-060/023(3) Aaron, Maurice&Simon, in New Brunswick from 1814. File
2003-060/023(6) Jacobs, Joseph, Gagetown, 1784. File
2003-060/023(7) Joseph, John (1776-1835), partner of Michael in Joseph&Samuel. File
2003-060/023(9) Levy (Levi) Joseph, tailor File
2003-060/023(18) Samuel, Michael d.1862, in Chatham 1814-50 and 1859, brother of Joseph Samuel, partner of John Joseph in Joseph&Samuel to 1835. File
2003-060/024(4) Victoria B.C File
2003-060/024(12) The Jewish Historical Society of England File
2003-060/024(13) Institut Genealogique Drouin File
2003-060/025(9) Albany File
2003-060/025(15) Savannah, Georgia File
2003-060/025(18) N.E.U.S. File
2003-060/026(6) PAO File
2003-060/027(9) "I-J," Miscellaneous 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(2) State Oaths, Declarations and Instructions to Colonial Governors File
2003-060/028(3) Research File - Newfoundland File
2003-060/028(4) Newfoundland - Abolition of State Oaths File
2003-060/028(9) 1785 New Brunswick Elections File
2003-060/029(1) Upper Canada - Abolition of State Oaths File
2003-060/029(4) England - Abolition of State Oaths File
2003-060/029(6) Political Rights of Canadian Jews File
2003-060/030(3) Jamaica - Abolition of State Oaths File
2003-060/030(5) British West Indies File
2003-060/030(6) West Indies Jews File
2003-060/030(12) New Jersey File
2003-060/030(18) Virginia File
2003-060/030(20) New England File
2003-060/031(4) British Loyalists in N.Y. c.1780 File
2003-060/031(5) New York Records - AJHS File
2003-060/031(8) B.N.A File
2003-060/032(2) Cemetaries File
2003-060/032(5) Penization + Naturalization File
2003-060/032(7) Plan/Act - 1740 File
2003-060/032(8) Guilds File
2003-060/032(9) Parliamentary Oaths (U.K.) File
2003-060/032(12) Municipal Restrictions ("freedom of the city") File
2003-060/032(15) Anti-Semitism File
2003-060/032(16) CJC year files File
2003-060/033(1) Hart Family Correspondence File
2003-060/033(3) Unfiled Photocopies from National Archives of Canada and Public Archives of Ontario File
2003-060/035(1) David Family - Unfiled Photocopies from the National Archives of Canada and Public Archives of Canada File
2003-060/035(2) David Family - Unfiled Photocopies from the National Archives of Canada and Public Archives of Canada File
2003-060/003(1) Asher, Alexander, Kingston, 1819. File 1819 View
2003-060/003(2) Benjamin Brothers, Toronto (1835-1842) Goodman, Samuel and William Benjamin. File 1835-1842
2003-060/003(7) Cohen (or Cowan), Gilbert, Military Emigrant, settled at Murray Township, 1824. File 1824
2003-060/003(17) Hart, Benjamin, of Montreal (1779-1852), son of Aaron and Dorothea Hart. Business in York 1833 with his sons. File 1779-1852 View
2003-060/003(18) Hart, Henry, son of Benjamin Hart, in Kingston, 1835. File 1835
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
2003-060/003(32) 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. File
2003-060/003(33) Judah, Emmanuel, an American Actor who with his wife performed at Franks' Theatre in York in 1826. File
2003-060/004(5) Liebschitz, Samuel, founder of Jewsburg, [now known as German Mills] near Preston Upper Canada, 1836. 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(19) 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(3) 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(5) Jacob Franks Ancestry - Research File File
2003-060/005(7) Jacob Franks from 1804-1811. Copies of archival documents: John Lawe papers and other sources. File 1804-1811.
2003-060/006(2) Jacob Franks Article Summary of Changes Based on Changes after Dec/86 File
2003-060/006(3) Jacob Franks Estate File
2003-060/006(6) Franks, Appolonia Sophia, (1817-1886), Windsor/Sandwich, daughter of Jacob Franks and Therese La Guere dit La Rose. File
2003-060/006(7) Captain George Lawe and Rachel Franks. Information and copies of archival documents provided by Ken Annet. File
2003-060/006(11) Jacob Franks - National Archives of Canada. File
2003-060/006(14) Jacob Franks - Misc. Correspondence. File
2003-060/007(2) Fur trade General File
2003-060/007(7) Solomons, Ezekiel, (d.c. 1804, probably at New York). File
2003-060/007(12) Terroux (Therousse), Jacques or James (c.1766-1792) was a son of Levy Solomons the fur trader and Lizette Loubiere (d. 31 Dec. 1772). 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(5) Correspondence with Donald Helman, Archeologist at the excavation and reconstruction of the Solomons/Levy house, Fort Michilimackinac. File
2003-060/008(6) Correspondence with and copies of Documents form the Bayliss Public Library , Sauly St. Marie, Michigan. File
2003-060/008(10) The Beaver Club File
2003-060/008(14) Benjamin George, Collaterals and their descendants. File
2003-060/009(5) George Benjamin - Collaterals and their descendants. Benjamin Family Records--Copies from Nancy Cooper File
2003-060/009(11) Belleville/Thurlow, 1830s File 1830s
2003-060/010(2) Benjamin 1857-1862 File 1857-1862
2003-060/010(3) Benjamin, End of Career January 1862 - September 1864 File
2003-060/010(8) Correspondence, George Benjamin/John A. Macdonald Letters. (1856-1864). Includes photocopies and typescripts of letters from all sources including those privately held. Typescripts and copies of letters to and from others. File
2003-060/010(11) Benjamin Land. Title documents of lands owned by Benjamin in Canada West, including searches, copies of abstracts, instruments and plans. File
2003-060/011(2) Source institutions: Kingston Public Library, National Archives, Public Archives of Ontario. 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
2003-060/011(10) Notes of Address by Sheldon Godfrey to the Conference of the Ontario Genealogical Society at the University of Toronto, May 27-30, 1993, on the subject "The Town of York--Who Else Was There?" File
2003-060/011(11) Notes and Research for an address by Sheldon Godfrey, Chairman of Heritage Canada to the Rotary Club of Toronto, June 14th 1996 at the Royal York Hotel on "The Bicentennial of the Community Around Younge Street." In 1828, William Lyon Mackenzie described the population of the Town of York and surrounding country as "a mixed race, neither amalgamated in manners nor customs nor habits." File
2003-060/012(1) Ascher, Gottschalk Isaac, (d.1891, in Montreal by 1842) and family. File
2003-060/012(18) Franks, John (c.1720-1794) Halifax by 1749, Quebec by 1760, d.Mtl. as ff: Quebec Land 1761 ff. File
2003-060/013(2) Franks, Moses (1718-1789)(brother of John Franks). File
2003-060/013(5) Aaron Hart and Family. File
2003-060/013(10) Hart, Abraham, Albany, probably a brother of Aaron Hart. File
2003-060/014(2) Jacobs, Samuel: Wills. File
2003-060/014(6) Jacobs, John Levi, son of Samuel Jacobs was in Newark (Niagara-on-the-Lake) U.C. 1794-96. File
2003-060/014(7) Jacobs, Samuel., son of Samuel Jacobs File
2003-060/014(9) 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. File
2003-060/014(16) Levy, Isaac, Quebec 1760-1783ff. File
2003-060/014(17) Levy, Simon, Montreal 1779-1783. File
2003-060/015(2) Levi, Joseph, innkeeper, Montreal, 1818. File
2003-060/015(4) Manuel(le), Emanuel David, Montreal and Michilimackinac, 1770s. He had married Miriam Judah older sister to Dorothea who married Aaron Hart. File