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Alex Fonberg fonds

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn101169
Collection
Alex Fonberg fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
graphic material
Physical Description
1 textual record and 1 photograph : b&w
Fonds No.
I0013
Date
[193-?] and 2005
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of 1 photograph : b&w of Fonberg’s Fruit and Grocery market, with Alex Fonberg and his son Ralph; and 1 newspaper clipping.
Collection
Alex Fonberg fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
graphic material
Physical Description
1 textual record and 1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of 1 photograph : b&w of Fonberg’s Fruit and Grocery market, with Alex Fonberg and his son Ralph; and 1 newspaper clipping.
Date
[193-?] and 2005
Fonds No.
I0013
Storage Location
A.1.1 - Individuals Boxes
History / Biographical
Alex Fonberg (b. December 24, 1895- d. May 19,1976) arrived in Ottawa from near Odessa, Belarus in 1905. He was sponsored by Oscar and or Leon Petigorsky. Alex Fonberg married Ida Dworkin in Ottawa on March 12, 1917. He worked as a house painter before entering the grocery business opening his first shop on Booth Street. Seeking a better location, he bought 816 Somerset for $4,100 in March, 1929. The store was open from 9 in the morning until 9 in the evening and only hired help during the Jewish holidays. The family lived above the store with the whole family assisting in the shop's operation. Alex suffered a heart condition which prompted his retirement in 1951. At this time he sold the Somerset building for $13,000 and moved to the west end. He died of a heart attack in 1976. Alex and Ida had four children; Lora, Dina (who died as an infant), Ralph and Sylvia. When the family lived in Centretown they attended B’nai Jacob congregation, and when they moved to the west end, they attended Agudath Israel congregation.
Notes
1. Photograph from a negative donated to the Ottawa Jewish Archives by Liz Kronick in 2005. 2. Information obtained from Storehouse of dreams in Ottawa Citizen, May 14, 2005 and Liz Kronick’s family records. Alex Fonberg’s passport lists 1892 as a birth date. Birth date on the back of the Naturalization Certificate is illegible. Liz Kronick stated that his birth date was December 24, 1895. 3. Sylvia Fonberg (Rosenes) is Liz Kronick’s mother.
Related Material
See Kronick family folder in Images database for more photos.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Ottawa Jewish Archives
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Fonberg’s Fruit and Grocery Market

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn103680
Collection
Alex Fonberg fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Fonds No.
I0013; OJA 1-699
Date
[193-?]
Collection
Alex Fonberg fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Date
[193-?]
Fonds No.
I0013
Item No.
OJA 1-699
Storage Location
vault
Physical Condition
Some creases at the top of photograph.
Acquisition Source
Liz Kronick
Notes
Pictured are with Alex Fonberg and his son Ralph. The store was located at 816 Somerset Street Ottawa, and burned down in 2005.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
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Ralph, Alex, Ida, Sylvia, Sid and Lora Fonberg Shapiro in front of Fonberg Grocery Store.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn105508
Collection
Alex Fonberg fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Fonds No.
I0013; OJA 1-903
Date
[194-?]
Collection
Alex Fonberg fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Date
[194-?]
Fonds No.
I0013
Item No.
OJA 1-903
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
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