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Abraham Shaffer fonds
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn101265
- Collection
- Abraham Shaffer fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- 1 file; 1 framed certificate
- Fonds No.
- I0009
- Date
- 1932
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of biographical material; 1 framed document commemorating the silver wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Shaffer, June 1922, presented by the Board of Directors of Ottawa Talmud Torah (4-724).
- Collection
- Abraham Shaffer fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- 1 file; 1 framed certificate
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of biographical material; 1 framed document commemorating the silver wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Shaffer, June 1922, presented by the Board of Directors of Ottawa Talmud Torah (4-724).
- Date
- 1932
- Fonds No.
- I0009
- Storage Location
- A.1.1 - Individuals Boxes
- History / Biographical
- Abraham Shaffer was born in Albany, NY in 1885, son of Samuel Shaffer (b. date unknown - d. 1917) and Mushah Shaffer (b. date unknown - d. 1923). Samuel Shaffer immigrated to New York from Russia. After landing at Ellis Island he settled in Albany and became an agent for a soda water manufacturer. He travelled to Ottawa several times during the summers and while visiting boarded with Jewish families. He eventually moved his family to Gigues Street and worked as a peddler. As a young man, Abraham went to work for an uncle in Brooklyn who was in the bookbinding business, where he was tasked with applying gold leaf to books. In Brooklyn he met Mary Baslaw and they married in 1907. Mary’s family operated a small grocery business without refrigeration. The shop operated long hours. Mary, who by then had two small sons, Irving and Harold, was also working in the family business and became very run down. Abraham and Mary decided to leave Brooklyn and move to Canada and spent a winter in Buckingham, Quebec, before settling in Ottawa. They would have a daughter Beatrice, and two more sons, Milton and Sheldon. In February, 1911 they opened Shaffer's clothing shop on Dalhousie Street. Shortly afterwards they relocated the shop to Rideau Street as Mary realised shops on Rideau saw more business. Eventually they expanded to include 143 to 147 and 147 1/2 Rideau. The store remained there until it closed in 1967.
- Notes
- Biographical notes on Abraham Shaffer taken from Milton, in Florida, on the phone, February 3, 2003. He added that the Shaffer's lived over the store and Abraham played classical piano.
- Related Material
- Shaffer's Ltd. and Harold Shaffer fonds
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Ben Dworkin Family fonds
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn101415
- Collection
- Ben Dworkin Family fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- textual material ; 36 photographs : b&w
- Fonds No.
- I0028
- Date
- 1913-2014 (1930-1945 predominant)
- Scope and Content
- Various photographs; a partial family tree; various newspaper clippings including editorials ("Cop Shop Talk") written by Ben Dworkin in the Ottawa Citizen; articles by Ben Dworkin published in the Ottawa Jewish Bulletin; obituary of Ben Dworkin; Letter from Shirley Morris about her father; untrans…
- Collection
- Ben Dworkin Family fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- textual material ; 36 photographs : b&w
- Scope and Content
- Various photographs; a partial family tree; various newspaper clippings including editorials ("Cop Shop Talk") written by Ben Dworkin in the Ottawa Citizen; articles by Ben Dworkin published in the Ottawa Jewish Bulletin; obituary of Ben Dworkin; Letter from Shirley Morris about her father; untranslated letters written in Hebrew (dating back to 1913) which includes a brief summary of contents.
- Date
- 1913-2014 (1930-1945 predominant)
- Fonds No.
- I0028
- Storage Location
- A.1.1 - Individuals Boxes
- History / Biographical
- Abraham Dworkin was born in Russia in 1879 and died in Ottawa on April 13, 1951. He married Deborah Azmier who died June, 1922. Abraham's second wife was Fanny Saipe. Abraham and Deborah had eight children: Sarah, Ben (b. March 25, 1900 d. 1994, aged 94), Rose, Fay, Nel (also seen as Nell), Alex, Helen and Clara. Ben Dworkin was a public servant and reporter who wrote for multiple publications including the Ottawa Citizen and the Ottawa Jewish Bulletin and Review. He was the crime reporter for the Citizen in the late 1940's and early 1950's. The Dworkin family is best known in Ottawa for their store, Dworkin Furs, which began in 1901. Its original location was at 256 Rideau St. The store closed in 2012 due to falling sales as fur went out of fashion, and it, along with Ottawa's Burkholder Furs, was purchased by Global Fur Inc. out of Montreal. The home itself likely should have been designated a heritage building with protected status but by May, 2014 the home was the last remaining house on that stretch of Rideau Street downtown and it was demolished to make way for a modern condominium building (the City specifically stated that it no longer fit the context of the rest of the street).
- Related Material
- Mark Abramson fonds
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Chana (Progosh) Dworkin with her children
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn107169
- Collection
- Ben Dworkin Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Fonds No.
- I0028; OJA 1-1044-02
- Date
- [194-?]
- Collection
- Ben Dworkin Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Date
- [194-?]
- Fonds No.
- I0028
- Item No.
- OJA 1-1044-02
- Storage Location
- vault
- Acquisition Source
- Dworkin Family
- Notes
- Photograph includes; Nell (Dworkin) Gold, Yetta Dworkin, Sarah Dworkin, Chana (Progosh) Dworkin, Leonard Dworkin, Ben Dworkin, and Sam Dworkin.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Couple
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn112047
- Collection
- Ben Dworkin Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photographic film negative
- Fonds No.
- 10028; 1-028-01
- Scope and Content
- 1 black and white photographic film negative
- Collection
- Ben Dworkin Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photographic film negative
- Scope and Content
- 1 black and white photographic film negative
- Fonds No.
- 10028
- Item No.
- 1-028-01
- Storage Location
- research room
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Employees of Dworkin's Grocery and Butcher Shop.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn106114
- Collection
- Ben Dworkin Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Fonds No.
- I0028; OJA 2-004
- Date
- 1914
- Collection
- Ben Dworkin Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Date
- 1914
- Fonds No.
- I0028
- Item No.
- OJA 2-004
- Storage Location
- G.3.4
- Notes
- L-R: Mr. Hubert (butcher), Miss Ethel Harkness, Mr. Louis Dworkin, Mr. Sobcov. At this time, the grocery business was located at Percy and Arlington Street. Later, it moved to 492 Bank Street.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
A framed certificate commemorating the silver wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Shaffer, presented by the Board of Directors of Ottawa Talmud Torah.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn106053
- Collection
- Abraham Shaffer fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 certificate
- Fonds No.
- I0009; OJA 4-724
- Date
- June 1922
- Collection
- Abraham Shaffer fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 certificate
- Date
- June 1922
- Fonds No.
- I0009
- Item No.
- OJA 4-724
- Notes
- The document is gilded or decorated with silver paint.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Group photo at the Chateau Laurier in Ottawa.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn105202
- Collection
- Abraham Shaffer fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Fonds No.
- I0009; OJA 1-855
- Date
- [193-?]
- Collection
- Abraham Shaffer fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Date
- [193-?]
- Fonds No.
- I0009
- Item No.
- OJA 1-855
- Storage Location
- vault
- Acquisition Source
- Melton Shaffer
- Notes
- L-R: Leon Fine, Mary (Baslaw) Shaffer, Abraham Shaffer, Rachel Fine, Barney Weiss, Henrietta Weiss.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Group Portrait of Dworkin Family.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn107168
- Collection
- Ben Dworkin Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Fonds No.
- I0028; OJA 1-1044-01
- Date
- [1945]
- Collection
- Ben Dworkin Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Date
- [1945]
- Fonds No.
- I0028
- Item No.
- OJA 1-1044-01
- Storage Location
- vault
- Acquisition Source
- Dworkin Family
- Notes
- L-R: Back Row; (Aunt) Jean Progrosh, Lill Dworkin, Chana (Progrosh) Dworkin, Louis Dworkin, Nell (Dworkin) Gold, Pearl Gold. Middle Row; Leonard Dworkin, Susan Dworkin. Yetta Dworkin, Ben Gold, Marilyn Pascal. Bottom Row: Larry Dworkin.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Group Portrait of Dworkin Family Women.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn107161
- Collection
- Ben Dworkin Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Fonds No.
- I0028; OJA 1-1038
- Date
- [1945]
- Collection
- Ben Dworkin Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Date
- [1945]
- Fonds No.
- I0028
- Item No.
- OJA 1-1038
- Storage Location
- vault
- Acquisition Source
- Dworkin Family
- Notes
- L-R: Nell (Dworkin) Gold, Jean Progosh, Lill Dworkin, Pearl Gold, Sarah Dworkin, Marilyn Pascal, Yetta (Dworkin) Yostipovich.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Group Portrait of the Dworkin Family.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn107187
- Collection
- Ben Dworkin Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Fonds No.
- I0028; OJA 1-1052-03
- Date
- 1945
- Collection
- Ben Dworkin Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Date
- 1945
- Fonds No.
- I0028
- Item No.
- OJA 1-1052-03
- Storage Location
- vault
- Acquisition Source
- Dworkin Family
- Notes
- L-R: Standing; Alan Gold, Pearl Gold, Seated; Louis Dworkin holding Larry Gold, and Chana (Progosh) Dworkin holidng Joyce Gold. (Inscription on verso also notes that Joyce died in childhood.)
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Louis Dworkin and Chana (Progosh) Dworkin.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn107160
- Collection
- Ben Dworkin Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Fonds No.
- I0028; OJA 1-1036-03
- Date
- 1935
- Collection
- Ben Dworkin Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Date
- 1935
- Fonds No.
- I0028
- Item No.
- OJA 1-1036-03
- Storage Location
- vault
- Acquisition Source
- Dworkin Family
- Notes
- Inscription on photo indicates that it was taken in 1935.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Mr. and Mrs. Abraham Shaffer surrounded by their grandchildren during their 50th wedding anniversary celebration.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn105261
- Collection
- Abraham Shaffer fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Fonds No.
- I0009; OJA 1-885
- Date
- 1957
- Collection
- Abraham Shaffer fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Date
- 1957
- Fonds No.
- I0009
- Item No.
- OJA 1-885
- Acquisition Source
- Frances Shaffer
- Notes
- L-R back row: Howard S., Ingrid Shapiro, Dr. Ian Zagon, Stanley S., Rhea Whol, Stephen Shaffer. Front row: Wendy Green, Leslie Palmer, Dorothy S., Marilyn Kimmel, and the three boys in the centre are James (Jimmy) Zagon, Jayeson Shaffer, and Jeffrey Shaffer.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Mr. and Mrs. Ben and Ethyl (Goldman) Dworkin.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn106094
- Collection
- Ben Dworkin Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Fonds No.
- I0028; OJA 1-381
- Date
- [192-?]
- Collection
- Ben Dworkin Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Date
- [192-?]
- Fonds No.
- I0028
- Item No.
- OJA 1-381
- Creator
- Pasens Photo Studios
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Mr. Louis Dworkin in his delivery wagon in front of his Grocery and Butcher Shop, Ottawa.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn106106
- Collection
- Ben Dworkin Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Fonds No.
- I0028; OJA 2-003
- Date
- 1914
- Collection
- Ben Dworkin Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Date
- 1914
- Fonds No.
- I0028
- Item No.
- OJA 2-003
- Storage Location
- G.3.4
- Notes
- At this time, the grocery business was located at Percy and Arlington Street. Later, it moved to 492 Bank Street.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Mr. & Mrs. Louis Dworkin with children
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn104247
- Collection
- Ben Dworkin Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Fonds No.
- I0028; OJA 1-802
- Date
- September 1945
- Collection
- Ben Dworkin Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Date
- September 1945
- Fonds No.
- I0028
- Item No.
- OJA 1-802
- Notes
- L-R: Standing; Ben Dworkin.Nell (Dworkin) Gold, Leonard Dworkin, Sarah Dworkin, Yetta (Dworkin) Yostipovich, Sam Dworkin, Seated; Louis Dworkin, and Chana (Progosh) Dworkin.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Nell and Sarah Dworkin at the beach.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn107154
- Collection
- Ben Dworkin Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Fonds No.
- I0028; OJA 1-1034
- Date
- 1928
- Collection
- Ben Dworkin Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Date
- 1928
- Fonds No.
- I0028
- Item No.
- OJA 1-1034
- Storage Location
- vault
- Acquisition Source
- Dworkin Family
- Notes
- Inscription on photograph states that it was taken at a beach on Woodroffe in 1928.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Photograph of the interior of Mr. Louis Dworkin's Grocery and Butcher Shop, Ottawa.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn106107
- Collection
- Ben Dworkin Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Fonds No.
- I0028; OJA 2-318
- Date
- 1914?
- Collection
- Ben Dworkin Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Date
- 1914?
- Fonds No.
- I0028
- Item No.
- OJA 2-318
- Storage Location
- vault
- Physical Condition
- Photograph is mounted.
- Notes
- Dworkin's shop was located at 492 Bank Street.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Photo of Ben Dworkin, Ethel Goldman, and Sarah Dworkin.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn107205
- Collection
- Ben Dworkin Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Fonds No.
- I0028; OJA 1-1063-02
- Date
- 1940
- Collection
- Ben Dworkin Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Date
- 1940
- Fonds No.
- I0028
- Item No.
- OJA 1-1063-02
- Storage Location
- vault
- Acquisition Source
- Dworkin Family
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Photo of Ben Dworkin, Ethel Goldman, and Yetta Dworkin
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn107204
- Collection
- Ben Dworkin Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Fonds No.
- I0028; OJA 1-1063-01
- Date
- 1940
- Collection
- Ben Dworkin Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Date
- 1940
- Fonds No.
- I0028
- Item No.
- OJA 1-1063-01
- Storage Location
- vault
- Acquisition Source
- Dworkin Family
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Portrait of Beckie Dworkin (nee Beckie Smolkin)
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn107176
- Collection
- Ben Dworkin Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Fonds No.
- I0028; OJA 1-1049
- Date
- [191-?]
- Collection
- Ben Dworkin Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Date
- [191-?]
- Fonds No.
- I0028
- Item No.
- OJA 1-1049
- Storage Location
- vault
- Acquisition Source
- Dworkin Family
- Notes
- Unknown if spelling is Beckie or Becky. Inscription on verso is written in modern pen as "Beckie"
- Inscription on verso identifies Beckie as Mike Dworkin's mother.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
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