Sheldon and Judy Godfrey collection

Inventory list
Identifier Sort ascending Title Level of description Date Digital object
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
2006-057/001(4) Bill of exchange payable through the banking house of Solomon Heine, Bordeaux, France File 3 April 1822
2006-057/001(15) Inter-office information File 1962-1964
2006-057/001(20) Autograph album of Matilda Ann Blamspied while on board the steamer "Prussia" on the St. Lawrence River, including poems and drawings File Summer 1881
2006-057/001(21) Papers of Patrick Hackett, Stanstead Plan, Quebec File 1869-1897
2006-057/001(25) The Observator, London, with headline "of disarming dissenters & suppressing conventicles" File 11 June 1684
2006-057/001(28) Bookplate of Great Britain's Chief Judge, Lord Langdale File ca. 1835
2006-057/001(29) Legal document on parchment relating to Langley Manor File 28 April 1434
2006-057/002(2) Maps of Canadian cities and counties File 1906, 1920
2006-057/002(8) Morning courier (Montreal) File 11 October 1838
2006-057/002(10) Montreal witness File 20 and 25 September 1873
2007-062/001(9) The Quebec mercury File 26 July 1814 and 25 July 1815
2007-062/001(13) Hand-coloured prints of Halifax, Quebec, and Montreal File ca. 1855
2007-062/001(16) Map of Gatling and adjacent mines, Hastings Co., Ontario / by R.H. Stretch, accompanied by Sections of veins on Gatling and adjoining properties File 1880
2007-062/002(1) The morning chronicle and London advertiser File 27 November 1769 View
2007-062/002(8) The Quebec gazette File 1817-1818
2007-062/003(3) Naturalization certificate File 12 August 1815
2007-062/003(4) Engravings from "The illustrated London news." -- File consists of prints showing: horses and riders at the fountain near Parsonville on the Fraser River, and scenery near Harrison Lake, 17 December 1864; settlements at Lilloett on the Fraser River and Fort Anderson on Anderson Lake, 24 December 1864; Native and European settlements on the shore of Douglas Lake, British Columbia, 1866; and scenery and the settlement at Fort Simpson, as well as a funeral on the Klondike, 10 December 1898. File 1864-1898
2007-062/003(5) Quebec : map of a part of the city, shewing the burnt district File 10 June 1876
2007-062/004(2) The times (London) File 1813, 1817
2007-062/004(3) The times weekly edition (London) File 5 August 1881
2007-062/004(7) The morning courier (Montreal) File 3 July 1838
2007-062/005(3) The Montreal daily herald and commercial gazette File 26 and 27 July 1886
2007-062/005(5) The Saturday globe (Toronto) File 7 March 1891 and 17 August 1895
2007-062/006(2) Montreal gazette File 6 May 1845
2007-062/006(3) The globe (Toronto) File 1845, 1877-1880
2007-062/006(4) The globe weekly edition (Toronto) File 1872
2007-062/006(10) Family herald weekly star (Montreal) File 1882, 1885
2003-060/001(6) Hart Family File 1798-1823
2003-060/001(7) Hart Family Documents (John Horn Collection) File
2003-060/001(10) John Joseph File 1837-1838
2003-060/001(12) De Levis Family File 1783
2003-060/001(14) Moses Family File 1837
2003-060/001(17) Samuel Family File 1840-1855
2003-060/001(19) Ezekiel Solomons File 1780
2003-060/001(24) Documents relating to W. Earl Rowe File 1964-1984
2003-060/002(1) Portrait of Earl Rowe as Lieutenant Governor of Ontario File
2003-060/002(3) Instructions to William Earl Rowe as Lieutenant Governor File 1963
2005-051/001(2) The George Benjamin correspondence being primarily letters exchanged between George Benjamin and John A. Macdonald File 1990
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