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Adath Jeshurun Congregation fonds
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn101102
- Collection
- Adath Jeshurun Congregation Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- textual records, 34 photographs
- Fonds No.
- C0001
- Date
- 1891 - 1957
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of a comprehensive record of the life of the Congregation from its earliest days including 1891-1892, 1910-1956 minutes; 1904 membership, officers, building committee; 1896 incorporation of by-laws; mortgages; deeds; celebrations of 1942 Golden Jubilee and 1952 Diamond Jubilee and …
- Collection
- Adath Jeshurun Congregation Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- textual records, 34 photographs
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of a comprehensive record of the life of the Congregation from its earliest days including 1891-1892, 1910-1956 minutes; 1904 membership, officers, building committee; 1896 incorporation of by-laws; mortgages; deeds; celebrations of 1942 Golden Jubilee and 1952 Diamond Jubilee and 60 years of service: Our Diamond Jubilee, Congregation Adath Jeshurun, Ottawa, Canada, 1892-1952, 5652-5712, edited by Herman S. Roodman; cemetery records including 1897 deed of first Jewish cemetery at Bowesville Road, deeds, record book of burials: 1935 - 1957 (5-334-01 to 03), burial permits: 1948 -1956; 1920-1955, Cemetery plans and related correspondence - 1944; financial statements (5-335-01/02), a Dues Record Ledger from 1895-96 (5-337-01 to 03); 1950's Sisterhood minutes and invitations; Young People’s League or Jewish Young People’s League. A Rosh Hashanah prayer book with the label on the inside cover stating, "Donated by the Adath Jeshurun Sisterhood - May, 1953." (5-333). A small book called, "Index of Graves", containing Yiddish (?) and English writings, ca. 193-? ( 5-336-01/02). 6 textiles: four Torah mantles (one white, three red), 1 red valence (kipporet), 1 white valence (kipporet), were donated by Harry Beck of Beit Tikvah congregation. These are believed to have been used originally in Adath Jeshurun synagogue, then at Beth Shalom and eventually were transferred to Beth Shalom West (now Beit Tikvah). These are described in the database (5-296). A large b&w photograph of the choir at Adath Jeshurun, dated 1955 or 56 (see 5-057a). Restricted access. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Box 1 - Series: Legal, Financial, etc. Legal - Declaration of Incorporation, two copies - 1896; Legal - Incorporation of Bylaws, five copies - 1896; Legal - Hand written copy of Charter - 1896; Legal - Constitution, positive and negative photographic reproductions - July 4, 1895; Administrative - List of congregation Members; List of congregation Officers; List of Building Committee Members for the new King Edward Synagogue, Lists authored by Rose Harris - July 25, 1904; Notice of laying of the corner stone, authored by A. Harris, Secretary of the Building Committee - July 25, 1904; Legal - Bylaws – black notebook containing hand written drafts of and amendments to of Bylaws, minutes of a Board Meeting - July 17, 1915, and expenditures and deposits sporadically throughout - 1914-1915; Official Bylaws of Congregation Adath Jeshurun, based upon those of Congregation Shaar Hashomayim, Montreal - April 1, 1936; Legal - Assignment of Lease, between George Lang and David R. Burbank, lot number one on the east side of King Street, Ottawa - June 12, 1858; Legal - Quit Claim Deed, between David R. Burbank and Patrick Kelly, lot number one on the east side of King Street, Ottawa, - July 23, 1858; Legal - Indenture of Mortgage, between Patrick Kelly and Michael Gleeson, lot number one on the east side of King Street, Ottawa - November 29, 1859; Legal - Mortgage of Leasehold Premises, Martin Mahon to Archibald Keys, lot number one on the east side of King Street, Ottawa - February 22, 1864; Legal - Assignment of Mortgage, Archibald Keys to Mary Keys, lot number one on the east side of King Street, Ottawa - February 14, 1885; Legal - Deed of Land, Francis McDougal to Martin Mahon, lot number one on the east side of King Street, Ottawa - June 10, 1885; Legal - Ordnance Land Sale Grant, to Martin Mahon from the minister of the interior - January 22, 1886; Legal - High Court of Justice Order, between Edward Devlin, Plaintiff, and the Mahons and McDougall party, defendants. Order states that the defendants stand debarred and fore-closed of right and title to the mortgaged premises - May 28, 1897; Legal - Agreement for Sale, Edward Devlin to Adath Ashurun (Jeshurun) - April 24, 1903. Legal - Deed of Land, Edward Devlin to Congregation of Adath Eshuroon (Jeshurun), lot number one on the east side of King Street, Ottawa - June 1, 1903; Legal - Mortgage - August 21, 1903; Financial - Cheque receipt MacCracken, Hendersn and McDougal, Barristers, acknowledging receipt of $2100 from Congregation Adath Esheroon (Jeshurun) - June 1, 1903; Legal - Sherriff’s Certificates - 1885, 1895, 1903, 1911; Legal - Abstract of Title, City of Ottawa Registry Office, title records for lot number one on the east side of King Street, Ottawa - 1885-1904; Legal - Mortgage Agreements - August 5, 1904; Legal - Statutory Declaration, in the matter of Mortgage - September 13, 1904; Legal - Bond, A.J. Freiman et al to the Toronto General Trusts Corporation - April 20, 1911; Legal - Mortgage - May 10, 1911; Legal - Agreement for Extension of Time, Loan 7866 - June 1921; Legal - Agreement for Extension of Time, Loan 7866 - May 1926; Correspondence – various between Toronto General Trusts Corporation and Congregation Adath Jeshurun - 1935; Legal - Deed of Mortgage and Trust, to Capital Trust Corporation Limited - 21 February, 1921; Legal - Statutory Declaration of Benjamin Goldfield - November 1, 1930; Legal - Release of indenture - September 27, 1930; Addition to Synagogue - Contract with W.G. Adamson, contractor; receipts, various; correspondence, various - 1920-1921; Mortgage Fund - 19 canceled bank notes; Correspondence; List of subscribers to Mortgage Fund and amounts paid - 1929, 1931; Financial - Mortgage Fund Account Book - 1928-1929; Financial - Ottawa Taxes and Water Rates - 1911, 1921, 1926; Financial - Budgets and Financial Statements - 1920-1955; Insurance Record Book - 1916; Insurance Policies - 1930-1935; Insurance Policies - 1930-1955; Insurance Policies and correspondence - 1927-1930, 1935-1938; Insurance Policies - 1938-1945; Financial - Bank record book - 1907-1913; Financial - Bank record book - 1931-1946; Financial - Donation Record Book - 1912; Financial - Membership Accounts Book - 1910-1911; Administrative - Correspondence and Accounts - 1950-1952, 1956; Administrative - Correspondence regarding member donations - 1949-1953; Financial - Invoices - 1954; Financial - Receipts - 1954-1956; Administrative - Liquor License and Permit - 1946; BOX 2 - Series: Legal, Financial, Jewish Cemetery - various dates. Financial - Synagogue Ledger - Congregants by Surname, A - 1917-1939; Financial - Synagogue Ledger - Congregants by Surname, B - 1917-1939; Financial - Synagogue Ledger - Congregants by Surname, C - 1917-1939; Financial - Synagogue Ledger - Congregants by Surname, D, E - 1917-1939; Financial - Synagogue Ledger - Congregants by Surname, F, G - 1917-1939; Financial - Synagogue Ledger - Congregants by Surname, H, I, J, K, L - 1917-1939; Financial - Synagogue Ledger - Congregants by Surname, M, N, O, P - 1917-1939; Financial - Synagogue Ledger - Congregants by Surname, Q, R, S - 1917-1939; Financial - Synagogue Ledger - Congregants by Surname, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z - 1917-1939; Financial - Synagogue Ledger - Various Accounts - 1917-1930; Financial - Synagogue Ledger - Various Accounts - 1930-1937; Financial - Synagogue Ledger - Various Accounts - 1937-1945; Legal - Jewish Cemetery - Sample Bill of Sale for Cemetery Plot - 1943; Legal - Jewish Cemetery - Deed of Land Metcalfe Road Highway 31 - 1947; Legal - Jewish Cemetery - Jewish Cemetery Land Deeds - 1940-1946; Legal - Jewish Cemetery - Contract for installation of a Fence - June 5, 1913; Contract for installation of a Granite Arch - September 18, 1913; Legal - Jewish Cemetery - Cemetery Land Deeds of Congregation United Brethren -1940-1946; Legal - Jewish Cemetery - Deed of Land Bowesville Road Property, Gloucester - 1893-1921 Legal - Jewish Cemetery - Burial Permits - 1948-1956; Liquor License - 1949-1950; Administrative - Cemetery Record Book - 1935-1957; [incomplete] Map - Plan of Cemetery Metcalf Road Ontario Adath Jeshurun Congregation Ottawa; Related Correspondence - 1944; Administrative - List of Cemetery Accounts Outstanding - April 24, 1949; Miscellaneous forms for purchasing cemetery plots and requesting maintenance of existing cemetery plots - 1950s; BOX 3 - Series: Financial - Account Record Books and Ledgers - 1892-1941 (with gaps) Account Book - kept by J. Freedman, Yiddish - 1892-1986; Account Book - Yiddish - 1896-1901 Dues Record Book - 1900-1901; Dues Record Book - 1904-1906; Account and Receipt Book - 1912; Account Book - Seats and Donation – 1913-1915 Account Book - 1912-1916; Gabai Record - Yiddish - dates unknown; BOX 4 - Series: Minute of Meeting - 1892, 1913-1953. Minutes of first General Meeting - Translated from Yiddish by Miriam Paghis in 2000 - December 9, 1891; Minute Book - Minutes of General Meeting, copy of contents - 1892; Minute Book - Minutes of r General Meeting - 1892; Minute Book - Minutes of General Meeting - September 17, 1913 to August 5, 1917; Minutes - Minutes of General Meeting, contains early record of Talmud Torah and King Edward Hebrew Institute - March 6, 1910 to July 8, 1913; Financial - Records of Accounts - 1910-1912; Talmud Torah - Establishment of Board of Education - 1910; *Minutes arranged by year include Regular Meetings, General Meetings, Special Meetings, Meetings of the Board of Trustees, and Various Committee Meetings* Minutes - Minutes of Meeting - January 17, 1917 to December 7, 1919; Minutes - Minutes of Meeting - January 4, 1920 to August 6, 1922; Minutes - Minutes of Meeting - September 3, 1922 to December 6, 1925; Minutes - Minutes of Meeting - February 7, 1926 to August 10, 1930; Minutes - Minutes of Meeting - September 7, 1930 to December 3, 1933; Minutes - Minutes of Meeting - January 7, 1934 to August 18, 1935; Minutes - Minutes of Meeting - September 15, 1935 to July 24, 1939; Minutes - Minutes of Meeting - June 6, 1939 to June 11, 1942; Minutes - Minutes of Meeting - September 1, 1942 to June 4, 1944; Minutes - Minutes of Meeting - September 6, 1944 to December 16, 1945; Minutes - Minutes of Meeting - February 4, 1946 to July 22, 1948; Minutes - Minutes of Meeting - October 17, 1948 to June 19, 1951; Minutes - Minutes of Meeting - August 15, 1951 to August 12, 1953; Meeting Agendas - 1950-1951; Notices of Meeting of the Bylaws Committee - 1932-1935; Notices of Meetings - 1908-1909, 1918, 1923, 1935-1942, 1945, 1954-1955; BOX 5 - Series: Membership BOX 6 - Series: Administrative, Correspondence, Ephemera Correspondence - Appointment of Rev. J. Rabin as Cantor - September 8, 1929; Administrative - forms - Family Record - no date; Adath Jeshurun Congregation Balance of account template - 1918; Ephemera - Banquet Program, to celebrate the paying off of the Synagogue Mortgage, five copies - March 17, 1935; Ephemera - Program Schedule Booklet of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Founding of Adath Jeshurun Congregation, five copies - March, 1942 Ephemera - Newspaper clipping - “King Edward Avenue Synagogue to Celebrate Golden Jubilee” Xerox copy, original newspaper clipping is located in John Dover fonds - 1942; Guestbook - Fiftieth Anniversary of the Founding of Adath Jeshurun Congregation - March 22, 1942; Ephemera - Invitation - Fifty-fifth Anniversary of the Founding of Adath Jeshurun Congregation, transferred from Hy and Lillian Gould fonds - March 7, 1947; Ephemera - Banquet Program - Diamond Jubilee Sixtieth Anniversary of the Founding of Congregation Adath Jeshurun – November, 1952; Ephemera - Table Place Cards - Adath Jeshurun Congregation Diamond Jubilee - November 30, 1952; Correspondence - letters and telegrams regarding the Congregation’s Diamond Jubilee - 1952; Ephemera - Diamond Jubilee Anniversary Banquet reservation cards, 11 copies; Diamond Jubilee Banquet reply card; Diamond Jubilee Banquet ticket, no. 260 -1952; Ephemera - Invitation - First Oneg Shabbat of the Season Commemorating the Sixtieth Anniversary of the Founding of Congregation – November 28, 1952; Ephemera - Program - Testimonial Banquet Honoring Reverend Joseph Rabin upon his silver Jubilee of Service to Congregation Adath Jeshurun - March 7, 1954; Ephemera - Program and Menu for Banquet Table Setting - Sixtieth Anniversary of the Founding of Congregation, five copies – November 30, 1952; Ephemera - Invitation - Diamond Jubilee, two copies - November 30, 1952; Ephemera - Press releases, speeches and newspaper clippings - Diamond Jubilee - 1952; Ephemera - Invitations, Programs, Menus - 1935-1954; Ephemera - Newspaper clipping - “Corner Stone Laid Synagogue of Adath Esheroon (Jeshurun) King Edward Avenue” Ottawa Free Press, The Evening Citizen, The Ottawa Evening Journal - July 26, 1904; Ephemera - Newspaper clippings - Various - Includes Caspar Caplan, Rabbi Freedman, L.S. Greenberg, Rabbi Margolis, Lillian Freiman - 1936-1938, 1940-1942, 1944; Ephemera - Newspaper clipping, - Various - Includes sacrilegious attack, induction of Rabbi Nathan Kollin, Young People’s League News, Ottawa Jewish Bulletin, Rabbi Lifschutz - 1920s-50s; Administrative - Adath Jeshurun Sisterhood - Chanukah Dinner Party; Executive membership - 1953-1954; Symposium “Things You Would Like To Know” - January 17, 1956; Various Sisterhood Event Invitation - 1952-1956; Ephemera - High Holiday Bulletins - 1949-1953; Box 7 - Rosh Hashana prayer book, 1953 Textile Box 8 - Torah, 1938 Cemetery Plot Record Book Account Book, 1912-1915
- Date
- 1891 - 1957
- Fonds No.
- C0001
- Storage Location
- A.1.3 - A.1.5
- 2 boxes in OS 6 textiles in OS Mixed Box 11
- History / Biographical
- The first official meeting of Adath Jeshrun was held on December 9, 1891 with the express purpose of establishing an orthodox congregation for the growing Jewish Community of Ottawa. Congregation Adath Jeshrun was founded in 1892 when its first president, John Dover, received the official charter. John Dover, Abraham Kranf, Morris Adler, and Michael Fine served as the first official executive committee. During the 1891 meeting it was agreed that the congregation was to be overseen by a committee of elected officials which would make up the executive committee. Executive offices included a President, Vice-President, Secretary, and three Trustees with office terms of one year. The structure of the governing body of Adath Jeshrun continued in this manner for the duration of the congregation's existence, with minor alterations, as it gained additional members. The 1914 congregation by-laws show an expansion of the governing committee. The committee grew to include a President, Vice-President, Parnass, Treasurer, and 9 trustees. The by-laws also established a number of active committees including the Education, House, Choir, Membership, Seat, and Cemetery committees. In 1929 Chevra Kadisha societies were established and additional rules of decorum were added. The by-laws subsequently recorded the religious officials who were to serve as part of the congregation. Religious officials included Rabbi, Chazan, Assistant Chazan, Shamas, and a Choir Master. Between 1890 and 1895, religious services were conducted at the homes of Moses Bilsky and John Dover, or at the homes of the leading members of the day. In 1893 a plot of land was bought on the East side of King Street for the congregation. The first Adath Jeshurun Synagogue was housed in a small building at 264 Murray Street from 1895-1904. The corner stone for the new synagogue was laid July 25, 1904 by A. Rosenthal. The congregation later moved into the King Edward Street shul, located at 375 King Edward Avenue. The Synagogue Building Committee was chaired by Archibald Freiman, then only 21 years of age. He presided over the Congregation from 1904 until 1930. Wolfe Abelson was the vice president throughout the early part of the congregation's history, serving continuously from 1905 to 1930. In 1910 the Hebrew Institute was added with the establishment of the Talmud Torah Board of Education. In 1917 it was decided that the King Edward Institute, owned by the congregation, was to be leased in order to facilitate the amalgamation of all Talmud Torah's in the area. During the first half of the twentieth century the congregation of Adath Jeshrun served as the principal orthodox congregation of the Ottawa Jewish Community. When the Diamond Jubilee was celebrated in 1952, two of the original congregation members, Jacob Freedman and Bernard Smith, were part of the festivities. Ottawa-born David Petegorsky, Executive Director of the American Jewish Congress, was the guest speaker at the anniversary banquet. In 1956, Adath Jeshurun Congregation, along with Agudath Achim Congregation, joined together to form the Beth Shalom Congregation on Chapel Street. At this time the synagogue building became the Jewish Memorial Chapel, also known as the Chevra Kadisha. The congregations first Cantor and Shochet was Reverend Jacob Mirsky who served from 1892 until 1942, followed by Reverend Joseph Rabin (1929-1956), and Reverend Harry Weissbord (1944-1956). Rabbi Simon Fyne served from 1912 to 1920, followed by Rabbi Max Mintz (1924-1926), Rabbi Dr. Julius Leikin (1927-1928), Rabbi Nathan Kollin (1929-1932) and United Synagogue Rabbis Abraham H. Freedman (1931-1636), William Margolis (1937-1938), Oscar Z. Fasman (1940-1946), Emanuel L. Lifschutz (1946-1951) and Simon L. Eckstein (1952-?). Vice-Presidents included Wolf Abelson (1910-1923, 1925-1930), Samuel Katz (1923-1925), Laz Greenberg (1930-1937), Dr. Samuel Mirksy (1937-1938), Leon Petegorsky (1938-1942), Hyman Gould (1942-1948), Samuel Caplan (1948-1952), and Isidore Stone (1952-1956). Benjamin Pearl served as Congregation Secretary from 1912 to 1948 and was succeeded by Herman Roodman. Lillian Freiman established the Adath Jeshrun Sisterhood and served as its first president from 1910 until 1929. She was succeeded by Mrs. Slone (1929-1931). Subsequent Presidents were Mrs. S. Brodie (1931-1938), Mrs. M. Pearlman (1938-1940), and Mrs. S. Lepofsky (1940-1944), Mrs. G. Caplan (1944-1947), Mrs. L. Frieman (1947-1949), Mrs. H. Gould (1949-1952), Mrs. S. Torontow (1952-1953), Mrs. R. Berke (1953-1955), and Mrs. M. Freedman (1955-1956).
- Acquisition Source
- Textiles donated by Harry Beck.
- Custodial History
- In 1973, these records were transferred to the National Archives of Canada, and returned to the Ottawa Jewish Archives in 1996.
- Notes
- 1. Adath Jeshurun does not readily translate into English. 2. After amalgamation, synagogue records were given to the Jewish Community Centre. 3. Further accrual of a photograph of attendees at the banquet for burning of the mortgage. Donated by Goldie Cantor, June 11, 2006. Program of the event located in the fonds. 4. Torah donated by John Holzman, presented to the Adath Jeshurun Congregation by Mr and Mrs William Holzman, 1938. 5. 1896 Incorporation date from Rabbi Lifschutz letter, April 20, 1951. 6. The Dues Record Book is mostly written in Yiddish with some English. The names of the debtors are written on the top along with their exact addresses, amounts owed and amounts paid. 7. Synagogue Ledger - Congregants by Surname - contains name, address, and in some cases the date the individual joined the congregation.
- Related Material
- See Subject file for Rabbi S. Fyne
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Dues Record Ledger
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn106194
- Collection
- Adath Jeshurun Congregation Fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- 1 ledger book
- Fonds No.
- C0001; OJA 5-337-01
- Date
- 1895-1896
- Collection
- Adath Jeshurun Congregation Fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- 1 ledger book
- Date
- 1895-1896
- Fonds No.
- C0001
- Item No.
- OJA 5-337-01
- Physical Condition
- Book is soiled overall, leather half binding is worn though still supple. covers are separating from textblock, pages are yellowed and creased.
- Conservation
- 1. Conservation treatment needed.
- Notes
- The book is mainly written in Yiddish with some English.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Studio portrait of Rose Harris.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn105090
- Collection
- Adath Jeshurun Congregation Fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Fonds No.
- C0001; OJA 1-199
- Date
- ca. 1910
- Collection
- Adath Jeshurun Congregation Fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Date
- ca. 1910
- Fonds No.
- C0001
- Item No.
- OJA 1-199
- Creator
- Topley
- Acquisition Source
- Dr. Lyon Pearlman
- Notes
- Rose Harris was the daughter of A. Harris, President of Adath Jeshurun, 1894-1897.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Abelson family fonds
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn101117
- Collection
- Abelson family fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- multiple media
- Fonds No.
- I0005
- Date
- 1913-2002
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of records of Wolf and Julia Abelson obituaries; Jess Abelson business life, photographs of his sporting life, Duke (Lawrence) Abelson’s early education and World War II career as a flyer with the Royal Canadian Air Force including his Canadian log book, commission, Certificate of Pr…
- Collection
- Abelson family fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- multiple media
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of records of Wolf and Julia Abelson obituaries; Jess Abelson business life, photographs of his sporting life, Duke (Lawrence) Abelson’s early education and World War II career as a flyer with the Royal Canadian Air Force including his Canadian log book, commission, Certificate of Promotion to rank of Pilot Officer in the Royal Canadian Air Force - November, 1941 (see 1-992), correspondence of 160 letters as well as telegrams to his family, 1941-1943; Alan Abelson educational, sporting, and married life; 2002; Brief to the Ottawa Sports Hall of Fame for induction of Jess Abelson. Artifacts include one Boy Scout uniform (worn by Alan Abelson), 2 of Alan Abelson tennis racquets, 1 velvet jacket (worn by Julia Rosenblum on her marriage to Wolf Abelson), 3 infant dresses and 1 bonnet (worn by Jess and Mollie Abelson's children), 1 sweater with an “O” for Ottawa Football Team, Duke Abelson Officer hat; 4 World War II medals; 4 photograph albums, 1 scrapbook, and 1 siddur donated to Adath Jeshurun in 1950 Later accrual of textiles include 2 baby capes, hand made by Molly Abelson in the 1920's for daughter Sylvia and a pink crochet sweater or coat.
- Date
- 1913-2002
- Fonds No.
- I0005
- Storage Location
- 4 boxes in OS
- Canadian log book and siddur in Rare Books section
- Conservation
- 1. Duke Abelson’s commission to Pilot Officer, February 11, 1942 conserved by Kyla Ubink in 2006. 2. Duke Abelson’s officer’s hat dry cleaned and repaired at Brown’s Cleaners, Champagne Street, Ottawa, Fall, 2006 and exhibited in Duke Abelson exhibit, Remembrance Day, 2006.
- History / Biographical
- Wolf Abelson married Julia Rosenblum of Toronto and settled in Ottawa in the early 1900's. Both were born in Lithuania. Prior to settling in Ottawa, Wolf lived in Syracuse, New York, and in Cleveland, Ohio. Wolf grew up in Neinstadt, a town near Kovno, Lithuania. According to the Abelson family, Moses Bilsky, the first known Jewish settler in Ottawa, came from the same area in Lituania and encouraged Wolf to also settle in Ottawa. Wolf established the Rideau House Furnishing Company at 180 Rideau Street. He and wife Julia had seven children; sons Jess, Nathan and Sidney and four daughters, Birdie, Helen, Sarah and Sally. The Abelsons were members of the Adath Jeshurun Congregation and Wolf Abelson served as congregation vice-president during A. J. Freiman’s tenure as president between 1904 and 1930. Jess Abelson (1892-1975), born in Cleveland, Ohio, was an outstanding sportsman. He played football in 1913 - 1914 for the Ottawa Rough Riders and played basketball with the Y.M.C.A. He was also a member of the 1913 Canadian Champion War Canoe Team. In 1920, he became the first scoutmaster of the 39th Jewish Boy Scout Troop, one of the first Jewish scout troops in Canada. In 1920 Jess married Mollie Gray from New York. Their children included Sylvia, Lawrence, Stan, Alan (b. August 27, 1928) and Bobby. Jess was a top salesman with the Northern Life Assurance Company and in later years he was active in curling and was the founder of the Tel Aviv Tennis Club. In 1986, Jess Abelson was the first person inducted into the Ottawa Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. His influence on Ottawa and on the Ottawa Jewish community extended well beyond sports, but as a sports personality he was a paragon of excellence for young Jewish athletes. All of Jess Abelsons sons excelled in sports. Tragically, Flying Officer Lawrence "Duke" Abelson died in a training flight in England November 15, 1943 while serving in World War II. Lawrence's nickname Duke came from living on Marlborough Street, Ottawa, (Duke of Marlborough.) Duke went overseas in the fall of 1942 and with R.C.A.F. Mosquito Squadron. Alan became a lawyer, and lives and works in Ottawa.
- Acquisition Source
- Sylvia Abelson Gellman, Alan Abelson
- Notes
- 1. Alan Abelson provided the details of Wolf Abelson's heritage in September 2006. 2. A note from Shirley Berman is attached to the textile items providing additional information.
- Related Material
- Material related to Jess Abelson in Tel Aviv Tennis Club fonds and Samuel Caplan fonds. Jess Abelson article in Ottawa Jewish Bulletin & Review, December 12, 1986.
- Alan Abelson Interview, located in the Local Social History Project series, Jewish Community Council of Ottawa fonds.
- Duke Abelson’s war service is recorded in 'Canadian Jews in World War II: Part II: casualities' and in 'There I was ... a collection of reminiscences by members of the Ottawa Jewish Community who served in World War II.'
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Jess Abelson in his Ottawa Rough Rider football uniform.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn103587
- Collection
- Abelson family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Fonds No.
- I0005; OJA 1-689
- Date
- 1913
- Collection
- Abelson family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Date
- 1913
- Fonds No.
- I0005
- Item No.
- OJA 1-689
- Storage Location
- vault
- Acquisition Source
- Alan Abelson
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Ottawa Football Club Q.R.F.U. 1913 Champions team photograph.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn103975
- Collection
- Abelson family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; composite
- Fonds No.
- I0005; OJA 1-719
- Date
- 1913
- Collection
- Abelson family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; composite
- Date
- 1913
- Fonds No.
- I0005
- Item No.
- OJA 1-719
- Storage Location
- Oversized Photograph Box 2
- Creator
- Pittaway Photos, Ottawa
- Acquisition Source
- Alan Abelson
- Notes
- Jess Abelson is pictured in bottom row, fourth from right.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Detail of Jess Abelson from a team photograph of the Ottawa Y.M.C.A. Basketball Team 1913-1914 Champions.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn103986
- Collection
- Abelson family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Fonds No.
- I0005; OJA 1-723
- Date
- [between 1913 and 1914]
- Collection
- Abelson family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Date
- [between 1913 and 1914]
- Fonds No.
- I0005
- Item No.
- OJA 1-723
- Storage Location
- Oversized Photograph Box 2
- Creator
- Pittaway Studio, Ottawa
- Acquisition Source
- Alan Abelson
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Jess Abelson.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn102542
- Collection
- Abelson family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Fonds No.
- I0005; OJA 1-393
- Date
- 1914
- Collection
- Abelson family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Date
- 1914
- Fonds No.
- I0005
- Item No.
- OJA 1-393
- Storage Location
- vault
- Creator
- Pittaway, Ottawa
- Notes
- Jess was the Captain of Brittania Canoe Club. The Brittania Canoe Team won the Canadian 1 Mile War Canoe Championships, 1914.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Jess Abelson.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn102547
- Collection
- Abelson family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Fonds No.
- I0005; OJA 1-088
- Date
- 1914
- Collection
- Abelson family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Date
- 1914
- Fonds No.
- I0005
- Item No.
- OJA 1-088
- Notes
- Jess Abelson was the team captain of the Canadian War Canoe Championship Team held at Brittania, Ottawa.
- Reproduction Restrictions
- National Archives of Canada, A118 or C75136
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Ottawa Football Club Q.R.F.U. 1914 Champions Team photograph.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn103984
- Collection
- Abelson family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; composite
- Fonds No.
- I0005; OJA 1-721
- Date
- 1914
- Collection
- Abelson family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; composite
- Date
- 1914
- Fonds No.
- I0005
- Item No.
- OJA 1-721
- Storage Location
- vault (two copies in the Oversized Photograph Box 2).
- Creator
- Pittaway Photos, Ottawa
- Acquisition Source
- Alan Abelson
- Notes
- Jess Abelson pictured on far right.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Detail of Jess Abelson from a team photograph of the Britannia Boating Club, War Canoe Crew 1914 one mile champions.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn103985
- Collection
- Abelson family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Fonds No.
- I0005; OJA 1-722
- Date
- 1914
- Collection
- Abelson family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Date
- 1914
- Fonds No.
- I0005
- Item No.
- OJA 1-722
- Storage Location
- Oversized Photograph Box 2
- Creator
- Pittaway Photos, Ottawa
- Acquisition Source
- Alan Abelson
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Canadian Champions of the one mile war canoe race at Brittania Park, Ontario.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn102546
- Collection
- Abelson family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Fonds No.
- I0005; OJA 3-060
- Date
- August 1, 1914
- Collection
- Abelson family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Date
- August 1, 1914
- Fonds No.
- I0005
- Item No.
- OJA 3-060
- Storage Location
- Oversized Photograph Box 2
- Creator
- O. J. Wallis
- Acquisition Source
- Abelson family (oversize photograph reproduction donated by Alan Abelson)
- Notes
- Jess Abelson was the team captain.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Jess Abelson on his wedding day.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn103588
- Collection
- Abelson family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Fonds No.
- I0005; OJA 1-690
- Date
- 1920
- Collection
- Abelson family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Date
- 1920
- Fonds No.
- I0005
- Item No.
- OJA 1-690
- Storage Location
- vault
- Acquisition Source
- Alan Abelson
- Notes
- Jess Abelson married Mollie Gray from New York.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Wedding portrait of Mollie (Gray) Abelson.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn103590
- Collection
- Abelson family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Fonds No.
- I0005; OJA 1-692
- Date
- June 29, 1920
- Collection
- Abelson family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Date
- June 29, 1920
- Fonds No.
- I0005
- Item No.
- OJA 1-692
- Storage Location
- vault
- Acquisition Source
- Alan Abelson
- Notes
- Mollie Abelson was married to Jess Abelson.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Adath Jeshurun Picnic organized by Rabbi Max Mintz.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn105239
- Collection
- Adath Jeshurun Congregation Fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Fonds No.
- C0001; OJA 5-312
- Date
- between 1924 and 1926
- Collection
- Adath Jeshurun Congregation Fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Date
- between 1924 and 1926
- Fonds No.
- C0001
- Item No.
- OJA 5-312
- Storage Location
- vault
- Physical Condition
- Photograph is faded, discoloured and creased.
- Notes
- L-R standing: Jae Singer, J. Goldberg, Abe Lazarus, Sol Max, Moe Slone, unknown, Raiport, Martin Levison, (given name unknown) Dibkin, (given name unknown) Zelikovitz, Rabbi Max Mintz, (given name unknown) Glatt, (given name unknown) Baker, unknown, Hy Bessin, unknown, unknown, Abe Cohen.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Rabbi Max Mintz farewell letter from the congregation on the eve of his departure as Rabbi.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn107510
- Collection
- Adath Jeshurun Congregation Fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- textual record
- Fonds No.
- C0001; OJA 5-392
- Date
- 1926
- Collection
- Adath Jeshurun Congregation Fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- textual record
- Date
- 1926
- Fonds No.
- C0001
- Item No.
- OJA 5-392
- Storage Location
- Located in OS Mixed Box 15
- Physical Condition
- Very britle and acidic, should be handled with care. Lower right hand corner has torn off, corner is stored in with letter.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Jess Abelson's clothing store.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn103592
- Collection
- Abelson family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Fonds No.
- I0005; OJA 1-694
- Date
- 1930
- Collection
- Abelson family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Date
- 1930
- Fonds No.
- I0005
- Item No.
- OJA 1-694
- Storage Location
- vault
- Acquisition Source
- Alan Abelson
- Notes
- Clothing store was on Sparks Street.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Index of Graves.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn106193
- Collection
- Adath Jeshurun Congregation Fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- 1 notebook
- Fonds No.
- C0001; OJA 5-336-01
- Date
- ca. 1930
- Collection
- Adath Jeshurun Congregation Fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- 1 notebook
- Date
- ca. 1930
- Fonds No.
- C0001
- Item No.
- OJA 5-336-01
- Physical Condition
- Pages are very soiled and dirty, binding is in good condition.
- Notes
- Contains Yiddish and English writing.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Strathcona Softball Team.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn104167
- Collection
- Abelson family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; panoramic
- Fonds No.
- I0005; OJA 1-777-01
- Date
- [1931 or 1932]
- Collection
- Abelson family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; panoramic
- Date
- [1931 or 1932]
- Fonds No.
- I0005
- Item No.
- OJA 1-777-01
- Storage Location
- vault
- Creator
- Photographic Stores Ltd, Ottawa
- Acquisition Source
- Alan Abelson
- Notes
- Jess and Duke Abelson are pictured in the panoramic team photograph. The softball team was the Eastern Ontario Champions.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
City of Ottawa Bowling League Champions.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn104169
- Collection
- Abelson family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Fonds No.
- I0005; OJA 1-779
- Date
- 1932
- Collection
- Abelson family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Date
- 1932
- Fonds No.
- I0005
- Item No.
- OJA 1-779
- Storage Location
- vault
- Acquisition Source
- Alan Abelson
- Notes
- Jess Abelson is pictured in centre of first row.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
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