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Abraham Rother at home, 1960.

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Collection: Abraham Rother Fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 14 cm.

Fonds No.: 1397; 1397_037

Date: 1960

Collection: Abraham Rother Fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 14 cm.

Date: 1960

Fonds No.: 1397

Item No.: 1397_037

Storage Location: JPL Stacks

Creator: Abraham Rother

Physical Condition: Good

Notes: Photograph removed from file 00004, appear to have been kept in the same scrapbook at some point.

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Jewish Public Library Archives

Abraham Rother at home, Montreal.

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Collection: Abraham Rother Fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 10 cm.

Fonds No.: 1397; 1397_047

Date: [c. 1950-1960]

Collection: Abraham Rother Fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 10 cm.

Date: [c. 1950-1960]

Fonds No.: 1397

Item No.: 1397_047

Storage Location: JPL Stacks

Creator: Abraham Rother

Physical Condition: Good

Notes: Photograph removed from file 00004, appear to have been kept in the same scrapbook at some point.

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Jewish Public Library Archives

Abraham Rother Fonds

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Collection: Abraham Rother Fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Material Type: graphic material; textual record

Physical Description: 0.33 m. of textual records and graphic material.

Fonds No.: 1397

Date: 1940-1960

Scope and Content: Three files of textual records including newspaper clippings, certificates of achievement, synagogue programs, and biographia, as well as scrapbook pages, two dozen family photographs, and two dozen photographs taken by Gerry Sternberg during Operation Magic Carpet.

Collection: Abraham Rother Fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Material Type: graphic material; textual record

Physical Description: 0.33 m. of textual records and graphic material.

Scope and Content: Three files of textual records including newspaper clippings, certificates of achievement, synagogue programs, and biographia, as well as scrapbook pages, two dozen family photographs, and two dozen photographs taken by Gerry Sternberg during Operation Magic Carpet.

Date: 1940-1960

Fonds No.: 1397

Storage Location: JPL Stacks

History / Biographical: Mr. and Mrs. Harry Rother lived in Westmount, later moving to Peel st. Their children included, Abraham (Abe), Mortimer S. (d. Jan. 7, 1993), Helen, and Sam. Harry, Abe, and Sam were all involved in the garment industry, and all held positions at the Wartime Prices and Trades Board during WWII: Harry was appointed Administrator of the Women’s Coats and Suits Division in 1942. At the same time, Sam was also appointed Director of the Women’s, Misses’, and Children’s Wear Administration. It is noted in the Shaar Hashomayim synagogue bulletin of the same year that in 1944 Harry was honored at a testimonial dinner held by representatives of the women’s clothing trade for his work as Administrator. A year later, in 1945 Abe was appointed to the Wartime Prices and Trade Board as Deputy Administrator of Women’s, Misses, and Children’s wear. Lieut. Mortimer S. Rother married Martha Pesner (d. Jan 24, 1993) on Dec. 16th 1945 at the Mount Royal Hotel. Their marriage took place shortly after his return from war. Mortimer was gravely injured (photos show him with a sling) and newspapers referred to his return as triumphant. Their children were Frances and Philip Levin and Jeffrey Rother. Helen Rother, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Rother, married Arthur Mortimer Marion on Jan. 19th 1937, at the Shaar Hashomayim. Abe Rother worked at Falomar Manufacturers Limited, 4530 Clark St. Montreal. He travelled extensively, his trips include: -A 1945 hunting trip to Lac Des Mauves, QC -A 1947 a hunting trip and western tour of B.C -A 1953 15 day cruise to Norwegian Fjords and Northern Cape -A 1956 tour of the world (San Fransico, Honolulu, Tokyo, Odawara, Kyoto, Tokyo, Nikki, Hong Kong, Bangkok, Calcutta, Banaras, New Delhi, Agra, Karachi, Rome, etc.)

Language: English

Accession No.: 18-016

Name Access: Rother, Abe.

Subjects: Montreal (Quebec) - Jews

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Jewish Public Library Archives

Abraham Rother, Montreal

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Collection: Abraham Rother Fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 14 cm.

Fonds No.: 1397; 1397_045

Date: [c. 1950-1960]

Collection: Abraham Rother Fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 14 cm.

Date: [c. 1950-1960]

Fonds No.: 1397

Item No.: 1397_045

Storage Location: JPL Stacks

Creator: Abraham Rother

Physical Condition: Good

Notes: Photograph removed from file 00004, appear to have been kept in the same scrapbook at some point.

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Jewish Public Library Archives

Abraham Rother on Rother Street.

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Collection: Abraham Rother Fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 8 cm.

Fonds No.: 1397; 1397_051

Date: [c. 1950-1960]

Collection: Abraham Rother Fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 8 cm.

Date: [c. 1950-1960]

Fonds No.: 1397

Item No.: 1397_051

Storage Location: JPL Stacks

Creator: Abraham Rother

Physical Condition: Good

Notes: Photograph removed from file 00004, appear to have been kept in the same scrapbook at some point. Possibly taken in Stratford-upon-Avon.

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Jewish Public Library Archives

Abraham Rother with dead African buffalo.

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Collection: Abraham Rother Fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 10 cm.

Fonds No.: 1397; 1397_049

Date: [c. 1950-1960]

Collection: Abraham Rother Fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 10 cm.

Date: [c. 1950-1960]

Fonds No.: 1397

Item No.: 1397_049

Storage Location: JPL Stacks

Creator: Abraham Rother

Physical Condition: Good

Notes: Photograph removed from file 00004, appear to have been kept in the same scrapbook at some point.

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Jewish Public Library Archives

Abraham Rother with dead elephant.

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Collection: Abraham Rother Fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 10 cm.

Fonds No.: 1397; 1397_048

Date: [c. 1950-1960]

Collection: Abraham Rother Fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 10 cm.

Date: [c. 1950-1960]

Fonds No.: 1397

Item No.: 1397_048

Storage Location: JPL Stacks

Creator: Abraham Rother

Physical Condition: Good

Notes: Photograph removed from file 00004, appear to have been kept in the same scrapbook at some point.

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Jewish Public Library Archives

Adolphe Sherman and Sadie Pakefsky's (Pascovsky) engagement portrait.

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Collection: Adolphe Sherman fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w

Fonds No.: I0010; OJA 1-862

Date: ca. 1905

1 image

Collection: Adolphe Sherman fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w

Date: ca. 1905

Fonds No.: I0010

Item No.: OJA 1-862

Physical Condition: Crease down centre of photograph. Folds in corners.

Notes: Inscription on verso indicates there were 200 or less Jewish people in Ottawa at this time and all were invited to the wedding.

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Ottawa Jewish Archives

Images

Adolphe Sherman fonds

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Collection: Adolphe Sherman fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Material Type: multiple media

Physical Description: 5 files, multiple media.

Fonds No.: I0010

Date: 1927-1943

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of Adolphe Sherman's personal scrapbook started in July 1931; News clippings detailing Adolphe Sherman’s Jewish community life; A history of B'nai Jacob congregation; Certificates belonging to Adolph and Sadie Sherman; A large selection of family photographs; Sherman and Maser family…

Collection: Adolphe Sherman fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Material Type: multiple media

Physical Description: 5 files, multiple media.

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of Adolphe Sherman's personal scrapbook started in July 1931; News clippings detailing Adolphe Sherman’s Jewish community life; A history of B'nai Jacob congregation; Certificates belonging to Adolph and Sadie Sherman; A large selection of family photographs; Sherman and Maser family clippings; Family history chart (descendents of Adolphe Eidel Sherman and Shuvah Paskefsky); Three photographic albums; A large number of loose photographs of family members and family trips; Photocopied records from B'nai Jacob (some documents in Hebrew, others typed 1930's lists of congregation members); A newspaper obituary for "Mrs. Max Friedman," Jerry Friedman's mother; A large number of family vacation photographs (Austria, Venice, England, Croatia, Ireland, Israel, Prince Edward Island, a Mediterranean cruise, Paris, Athens, Majorica, Zurich, Mexico); A 1931 trophy from B’nai Jacob Congregation Auxiliary; Two photocopies of an old photograph of Sadie Pascovsky and her brother (see note 1); Various photographs of Jerry Friedman's parents, Max and Ethyl, photocopies of old family photographs; Two photographs from Paul Smolkin's bar mitzvah,1964; An envelope for photographs stamped with Friedman's Pharmacy on it; A photograph of Alex Sherman, Adolphe's brother; A photograph from Jack Young and Rose Young's wedding in Ottawa,1952; Photograph of Paul Smolkin at two months old, 1954; Photographs from Rideau View Golf Club and a family ski trip to an unidentified hill; A file on Alex Sherman (Mr. Records) containing two photographs and an article on him and his record buying business from Star Weekly Magazine, December 12, 1959; Various photographs of Perley-Ann Friedman; A file of photographs and some magazine articles featuring Sylvia and her Red Cross work; A group of photographs and a signed wedding resgistration sheet from Sylvia and Jerry's white wedding album; A letter from Peter Abramoff from Fort Myers, Florida, asking Perley-Ann for information regarding the Sherman side of the family; A large file of photographs and documents pertaining to Jerry Friedman's life and work with Public Relations including articles, ID cards, documents from La Chaine Des Rotisseurs, invitation to a dinner with Canadian Prime Minister, Pierre Trudeau and American President, Ronald Regan,March 10, 1981.

Date: 1927-1943

Fonds No.: I0010

Storage Location: vault

History / Biographical: Adolphe Sherman (b.1888- d.1943) was born near Minsk, Russia. He spent his early years in Kiev travelling from village to village as a tailor, before arriving in Ottawa in 1903 at age 15. Adolphe Sherman was sponsored by his uncle R. H. Miller, a ladies tailor and furrier. Naturally he went to work for his uncle, working as a cutter and designer before opening his own small shop at 390 Somerset Street. The small shop was a success so he opened a larger store, A. Sherman Ladies Tailor and Furrier, at 216 Bank Street in 1912. Adolphe Sherman’s wife, Sadie Pascovsky (also seen as Pakefsky, Paskevsky, and later changed to Pascal) (b. April 7, 1886 – d. March 24, 1960) also worked in the business. Sadie was born in Odessa, Russia, and arrived in Ottawa in 1905 at age 19. She and Adolphe were married in 1905. In 1926 the Sherman’s were living at 406 Bay Street. Adolphe Sherman was President of the B’nai Jacob Congregation (1930-1935) and was responsible for rebuilding the James Street synagogue. He laid the cornerstone for the synagogue in 1931. He was also active in other Ottawa Jewish organizations; serving as Vice-President of the Ottawa Talmud Torah Board, vice-chairman of the Keren Hayesod Campaign for 1933, and was an active member of the Hebrew Benevolent Society. He was also one of the original members of the Ottawa Vaad Ha'ir which was formed in 1934. Adolphe Sherman enjoyed taking his family on motor trips to New York and Philadelphia to visit relatives. He also undertook an extended business and pleasure trip in the winter of 1932 to New York, the Caribbean, Panama and parts of South America. These trips were extensively photographed and documented within the collection. Adolphe and Sadie had three daughters: Sylvia (Friedman), Anne (Aaron) and Dorothy (Maser). Sylvia married Jerry Friedman (Jeremiah Abraham Friedman) in January of 1953 at B'nai Jacob Synagogue. They had one daughter, Perley-Ann Friedman. Anne married Louis Aaron and Dorothy married Dave Maser. Adolphe Sherman’s brother, Alex Sherman, (b. unknown d. May 24, 1975).was a prolific music man who set up record stores across Canada. He acquired the name of Mr. Records, becoming the head of the "Excellent record studio and label." He was among the promoters and organizers that arranged for Elvis Presley‘s concert at The Auditorium music hall in April, 1957. He was the father of Allan Sherman and grandfather of Felicia Sherman and Jennifer Sherman.

Acquisition Source: Sylvia Friedman (1991, 2012).; Sharon Edelson, Family history chart, (August 2010).

Notes: 1. Inscription on a photocopied photograph of Sadie and her brother reads: "This is Maw and her brother who lived in New York. He was married to Mrs. Epstine [sic]'s sister. Maw was 18 when the picture was taken in Russia. They never had any children" 2. Numerous unscanned photographs in this fonds. 3. Oversize items include Adolphe's scrapbooks and Sylvia's photo albums. They are located with oversize materials for Individuals and Family fonds. 4.A hand written note within Adolphe's file implies that Sadie's sister (name not given) married a man named Max Shulman. 5.According to some sales records listed in the Ottawa Citizen, September 8, 1933, the Sherman family home was once at Charlotte and Besserer Streets and was sold to a Selena Maxwell for $31,000. 6. Apparently, when many students were forbidden to Elvis Presley but went regardless, they were expelled from school. Alex Sherman spoke to school administrators on the students' behalfs, and faciliated re-enrollment for many.

Related Material: B'nai Jacob Congregation fonds and David Epstein fonds.

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Ottawa Jewish Archives

Adolphe Sherman with wife Sadie and daughter Sylvia.

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Collection: Adolphe Sherman fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w

Fonds No.: I0010; OJA 1-858

Date: 1925 or 1926

1 image

Collection: Adolphe Sherman fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w

Date: 1925 or 1926

Fonds No.: I0010

Item No.: OJA 1-858

Physical Condition: Photograph is in very poor condition. Parts of photograph are missing. Adhesive was previously used to mend tears.

Notes: Sylvia is holding the doll, girl on left is unidentified.

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Ottawa Jewish Archives

Images

Alex Sherman as a young man.

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Collection: Adolphe Sherman fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w

Fonds No.: I0010; OJA 1-1023

Date: [192-?]

1 image

Collection: Adolphe Sherman fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w

Date: [192-?]

Fonds No.: I0010

Item No.: OJA 1-1023

Storage Location: vault

Notes: Inscription on verso: "Uncle Alex Sherman / 22(?) years old / (Illegible)."

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Ottawa Jewish Archives

Images

Bride Sylvia (Sherman) Friedman.

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Collection: Adolphe Sherman fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w

Fonds No.: I0010; OJA 1-1032-02

Date: January 2, 1953

1 image

Collection: Adolphe Sherman fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w

Date: January 2, 1953

Fonds No.: I0010

Item No.: OJA 1-1032-02

Storage Location: vault

Notes: The wedding was held in B'nai Jacob synagogue (James St. synagogue).

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Ottawa Jewish Archives

Images

Certificates.

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Collection: Abraham Rother Fonds

Description Level: File

Material Type: graphic material; textual record

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records.

Fonds No.: 1397; 00002

Date: 1937-1993

Collection: Abraham Rother Fonds

Description Level: File

Material Type: graphic material; textual record

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records.

Date: 1937-1993

Fonds No.: 1397

File No.: 00002

Storage Location: JPL Stacks

Physical Condition: Good

Language: English

Notes: Variety of certificates issued to Abraham Rother and other family members, for achievements including ascension of the Matterhorn, A Catch and Release in the Florida Keys, a contribution to the King George V Silver Jubilee Cancer Fund, and a crossing of the international dateline by plane.