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CHALEFSKY, Abraham : Russian and Ottawa family documents

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Collection
CHALEFSKY, Abraham : Russian and Ottawa family documents
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
graphic material
Physical Description
Env. 0.03 metres of textual records. - 7 photographs.
Fonds No.
P0252
Date
1929-1976.
Scope and Content
Family collection consisting of immigration and transit documents from Russia to Canada (1929), civil documents from Ottawa, Ontario, and correspondence (from Russia, 1929 on and from Buenos Aires, Argentina, ca. 1930 on). The immigration documents include a 1929 emigration passport for Abraham Cha…
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Collection
CHALEFSKY, Abraham : Russian and Ottawa family documents
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
graphic material
Physical Description
Env. 0.03 metres of textual records. - 7 photographs.
Scope and Content
Family collection consisting of immigration and transit documents from Russia to Canada (1929), civil documents from Ottawa, Ontario, and correspondence (from Russia, 1929 on and from Buenos Aires, Argentina, ca. 1930 on). The immigration documents include a 1929 emigration passport for Abraham Chalefsky from the USSR / Russia, leaving from the port of Riga, with a Cunard ship line sticker on the cover. Also a Canadian passport in the name of Chalesfsky (sp.) issued 1968. Copies of the marriage certificate for Abraham Chalefsky and Bertha Sanders (1941) as well as copies of their death certificates (1949 and 1972), and a fragmented original birth certificate for their daughter (presumably Lorraine Miriam), born in August 1942. A copy of a marriage certificate for Abraham's sister Bessie Chalefsky and Max Farber, dated April 10, 1976 is also included in the collection. There are 7 photographs, including one of 2 men in Buenos Aires, three photographs including a bearded man that seem to be from Russia (one portrait, one family group and one of two men and a tombstone or monument.) There are two portrait snapshots of women, and a large portrait of Abraham Chalefsky and his wife Bertha Sanders, probably taken at the time of their marriage in 1941 (removed from cardboard mount.) A letter from Gail Kutner explains the collection. A translation of 3 of the letters, done from scans by Aaron Krishtalka in advance of the donation, is included with this collection.
Date
1929-1976.
Fonds No.
P0252
History / Biographical
According to his passport Abraham Chalefsky was born on June 1 1895, in Grezov, Russia. He came to Canada in 1929 and settled in Ottawa, marrying Bertha Sanders in 1941. At the time of his marriage his profession was listed as Bread Driver and hers as a pharmacy assistant. Abraham later became a successful businessman. They had a daughter, Lorraine/Miriam in August 1942. Bertha died in Ottawa on January 17, 1949 at the age of 39, and Abraham on October 30, 1972, aged 72 according to his death certificate (which listed his year of birth as 1900 and his place of birth as the Ukraine). Their daughter Miriam, who inherited these papers, died in Arlington, Va, USA,, in 2012, leaving her papers with her friend Gail Kutner, originally from Toronto and now living in Arlington, Virginia,
Custodial History
The collection was donated by Gail Kutner for (Lorraine) Miriam Chalefsky on June 2, 2015
Notes
Alpha-numeric designations: P15/12.General note: Includes display quality documents of an immigrant from Russia. Three of the Yiddish letters were translated into English in advance of the donation, based on scans, These translations enhance the context of the papers.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
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