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Abe Cohen.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn103311

Collection: Hugo Levendel fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w

Fonds No.: I0100; OJA 1-634

Date: [193-?]

1 image

Collection: Hugo Levendel fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w

Date: [193-?]

Fonds No.: I0100

Item No.: OJA 1-634

Storage Location: vault

Creator: Hugo Levendel

Notes: Abe Cohen was a public servant who worked for the Dominion Bureau of Statistics.

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Ottawa Jewish Archives

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Abe Levine.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn103270

Collection: Hugo Levendel fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w

Fonds No.: I0100; OJA 1-228

Date: [193-?]

1 image

Collection: Hugo Levendel fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w

Date: [193-?]

Fonds No.: I0100

Item No.: OJA 1-228

Storage Location: vault

Creator: Hugo Levendel

Acquisition Source: Hugo Levendel

Notes: Abe is Charles Levine's son.

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Ottawa Jewish Archives

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Adath Jeshurun Synagogue decorated for the 1939 Royal visit.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn102273

Collection: Hugo Levendel fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w

Fonds No.: I0100; OJA 5-064-01

Date: May 1939

1 image

Collection: Hugo Levendel fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w

Date: May 1939

Fonds No.: I0100

Item No.: OJA 5-064-01

Storage Location: vault

Creator: Hugo Levendel

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Ottawa Jewish Archives

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Alex Levendel with truck.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn103416

Collection: Hugo Levendel fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w

Fonds No.: I0100; OJA 1-677

Date: 1929

1 image

Collection: Hugo Levendel fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w

Date: 1929

Fonds No.: I0100

Item No.: OJA 1-677

Storage Location: vault

Notes: Photograph was taken in front of his home at 342 Murray Street, Ottawa. Rent was $7.00 per week.

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Ottawa Jewish Archives

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Alfred Friedman as a young boy.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn106178

Collection: Hugo Levendel fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w

Fonds No.: I0100; OJA 1-275

Date: 1936

1 image

Collection: Hugo Levendel fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w

Date: 1936

Fonds No.: I0100

Item No.: OJA 1-275

Storage Location: Oversized Photograph Box 1

Creator: Hugo Levendel

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Ottawa Jewish Archives

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Archibald Jacob Freiman and Lillian Freiman with their granddaughter Betsy Alexandor.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn102285

Collection: Hugo Levendel fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w

Fonds No.: I0100; OJA 1-131

Date: 1940

1 image

Collection: Hugo Levendel fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w

Date: 1940

Fonds No.: I0100

Item No.: OJA 1-131

Creator: Hugo Levendel

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Ottawa Jewish Archives

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Audrey Freiman and her infant daughter Margo.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn103332

Collection: Hugo Levendel fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w

Fonds No.: I0100; OJA 1-651

Date: [193-?]

1 image

Collection: Hugo Levendel fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w

Date: [193-?]

Fonds No.: I0100

Item No.: OJA 1-651

Creator: Hugo Levendel

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Ottawa Jewish Archives

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Benjamin Fleming.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn103298

Collection: Hugo Levendel fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w

Fonds No.: I0100; OJA 1-621

Date: [193-?]

1 image

Collection: Hugo Levendel fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w

Date: [193-?]

Fonds No.: I0100

Item No.: OJA 1-621

Storage Location: vault

Creator: Hugo Levendel

Acquisition Source: Hugo Levendel

Notes: Benjamin Fleming was a furrier in Ottawa.

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Ottawa Jewish Archives

Images

Benjamin Fleming standing in a swimming pool.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn103299

Collection: Hugo Levendel fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w

Fonds No.: I0100; OJA 1-622

Date: [1925 or 1926]

1 image

Collection: Hugo Levendel fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w

Date: [1925 or 1926]

Fonds No.: I0100

Item No.: OJA 1-622

Creator: Hugo Levendel

Acquisition Source: Hugo Levendel

Notes: Benjamin Fleming was a furrier in Ottawa.

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Ottawa Jewish Archives

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Bernie and Louis Laurie.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn102291

Collection: Hugo Levendel fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w

Fonds No.: I0100; OJA 1-231

Date: [between 1935 to 1939]

1 image

Collection: Hugo Levendel fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w

Date: [between 1935 to 1939]

Fonds No.: I0100

Item No.: OJA 1-231

Creator: Hugo Levendel

Subjects: book

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Ottawa Jewish Archives

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Betsy Alexandor.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn103274

Collection: Hugo Levendel fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w

Fonds No.: I0100; OJA 1-213

Date: [1934 or 1935]

1 image

Collection: Hugo Levendel fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w

Date: [1934 or 1935]

Fonds No.: I0100

Item No.: OJA 1-213

Storage Location: vault

Creator: Hugo Levendel

Acquisition Source: Hugo Levendel

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Ottawa Jewish Archives

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Bilsky and Freiman Family members on the occasion of the Queen's birthday.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn105947

Collection: Bilsky family fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w

Fonds No.: I0037; OJA 1- 940

Date: May 21, 1912

1 image

Collection: Bilsky family fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w

Date: May 21, 1912

Fonds No.: I0037

Item No.: OJA 1- 940

Creator: Pittaway

Physical Condition: Original is torn and held together at left lower edge with scotch tape. Large piece of support is missing on left edge. Part of image area is missing around tear.

Acquisition Source: Anna Bilsky

Notes: 1. Photograph taken at the Freiman's home at 24 Russell Avenue, Ottawa. 2. Lillian Freiman is seen in the back row, third from left. Eva Bilsky is sixth from the left in the back row with a wide smile and dark hair. Eighth from left is Rebecca Bilsky, next to Pauline Bilsky (mother) and Rebecca Vineberg and the Freiman children's nurse at end (nurse's name is not known). David Bilsky (youngest of the Bilsky children) is seated third from left with long tie. Lawrence Freiman (age 3) is the small child seated between first and second rows. Dorothy Freiman (age 6) is seated next to Lawrence wearing a white band with two bows in her hair. Rebecca Vineberg was known as Aunt Beck (she was actually a cousin) who married a Davidson.

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Ottawa Jewish Archives

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Bilsky family fonds

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn101245

Collection: Bilsky family fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Material Type: textual record; moving images

Physical Description: textual records, photographs : b&w

Fonds No.: I0037

Date: 1906, 1987 - 1999

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of one receipt - M. Bilsky & Son written to John Dover, January 24, 1906; correspondence exploring the life of Moses Bilsky; Bilsky family genealogy; two papers on Moses Bilsky by Anna Bilsky and Millie Mirsky (both great-granddaughters of Moses Bilsky); a photocopied typescript inte…

Collection: Bilsky family fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Material Type: textual record; moving images

Physical Description: textual records, photographs : b&w

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of one receipt - M. Bilsky & Son written to John Dover, January 24, 1906; correspondence exploring the life of Moses Bilsky; Bilsky family genealogy; two papers on Moses Bilsky by Anna Bilsky and Millie Mirsky (both great-granddaughters of Moses Bilsky); a photocopied typescript interview with Jacob Freedman - March, 1950; a folder of news clippings regsarding the death and funeral of the late Moses Bilsky - January 4, 1923; memorabilia of Nathan and David Bilsky; a book by Eva Bilsky entitled, "What Happened After?"; and various b&w photographs of members of the Bilsky family.

Date: 1906, 1987 - 1999

Fonds No.: I0037

Storage Location: vault

History / Biographical: Moses Bilsky was born in Kovno, Lithuania in 1829. He married Pauline Reich in Brooklyn, New York in 1874 and resided in Ottawa for most of his married life, with the exception of a few years in both Mattawa, Ontario and Montreal, Quebec. He died in Ottawa on January 4, 1923. Pauline died December 3, 1928. He had an adventurous early life traveling to the Caribou gold fields of British Columbia in 1862, then to San Francisco on horseback and flirting with gun-running to Mexico. By 1878, Moses Bilsky was operating as a pawnbroker in Ottawa. Within two years, he has relocated to Mattawa, and between 1885 and 1891 he worked as a merchant and pawnbroker in Montreal. Sometime in 1891, he moved back to Ottawa and began a successful watch, clock, and jewellery business. He participated fully in Jewish community life and is credited with acquiring the city’s first Torah scroll from New York. He was also a founder of Ottawa’s first synagogue, Adath Jeshurun in 1892. “Mr Bilsky’s funeral was one of the largest ever held in Ottawa and during his long residence there, he shared the universal respect of the entire community, both Jewish and Christian”. He had a large family with 11 children - three of Bilsky’s sons-in-law became prominent; A. J. (Archie) Freiman married his daughter Lillian, who became successful in her own right, and established a large department store, as well as served as president of the Zionist Organizations of Canada. Abraham Jacobs of Montreal married his daughter Rebecca, and became a Member of Parliament. Allan Bronfman of Winnipeg married his third daughter Lucy, and was a lawyer, industrialist and community activist.

Related Material: Related material in: Ottawa Jewish Historical Society fonds consists of both a video cassette and an audio cassette of the Ben Carp Memorial lecture, May 12, 1999 on "Moses Bilsky: A Life Well Lived" ; and Lillian Freiman fonds.