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Abraham Shaffer fonds

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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

Agreement, Jewish Community Council and Haim Kruger

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Collection: Chaim Kruger Family Collection

Description Level: File

Material Type: textual record

Physical Description: 1 file of textual material

Fonds No.: 1435; 00003

Date: 1933

Collection: Chaim Kruger Family Collection

Description Level: File

Material Type: textual record

Physical Description: 1 file of textual material

Date: 1933

Fonds No.: 1435

File No.: 00003

Storage Location: Ctn. 001; 9-4E

Language: English

Accession No.: 14-037

Subjects: Kruger, Chaim, 1875-1933; Jewish Community Council of Montreal (Montreal, Quebec)

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Jewish Public Library Archives

Agreement, United Shochtim of Montreal and H. Kruger

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Collection: Chaim Kruger Family Collection

Description Level: File

Material Type: textual record

Physical Description: 1 file of textual material

Fonds No.: 1435; 00002

Date: 1920

Collection: Chaim Kruger Family Collection

Description Level: File

Material Type: textual record

Physical Description: 1 file of textual material

Date: 1920

Fonds No.: 1435

File No.: 00002

Storage Location: Ctn. 001; 9-4E

Language: English

Accession No.: 14-037

Subjects: Kruger, Chaim, 1875-1933; United Shochtim of Montreal

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Jewish Public Library Archives

Chaim Kruger Family Collection

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Collection: Chaim Kruger Family Collection

Description Level: Fonds

Material Type: textual record; graphic material

Physical Description: 0.8 linear metres

Fonds No.: 1435

Date: ca. 1890-1945

Scope and Content: Consists of educational certificates and numerous portraits of Kruger family members from the late 19th century to the mid-20th century.

Collection: Chaim Kruger Family Collection

Description Level: Fonds

Material Type: textual record; graphic material

Physical Description: 0.8 linear metres

Scope and Content: Consists of educational certificates and numerous portraits of Kruger family members from the late 19th century to the mid-20th century.

Date: ca. 1890-1945

Fonds No.: 1435

Storage Location: 9-4E

History / Biographical: Chaim Kruger (1875-1933), was a Talmudic scholar and contributor to the Keneder Adler newspaper. Various members of the Kruger family were involved in music in Montreal in the first half of the century as well as being high school and university educated.

Language: English

Custodial History: Transferred to the JPL Archives by members of the Kruger family.

Accession No.: 14-037

Subjects: Kruger, Chaim, 1875-1933; Kruger, Irving; Kruger, Joseph; Keneder Adler

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Jewish Public Library Archives

Composite portrait, Board of Education of the United Talmud Torahs

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Collection: Chaim Kruger Family Collection

Description Level: File

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 34.5 x 27cm

Fonds No.: 1435; 00010

Date: 1930-1931

Collection: Chaim Kruger Family Collection

Description Level: File

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 34.5 x 27cm

Date: 1930-1931

Fonds No.: 1435

File No.: 00010

Storage Location: Ctn. 001; 9-4E

Creator: George Charlab Photo

Accession No.: 14-037

Subjects: Kruger, Chaim, 1875-1933; Weiner, BM; Cohen, Hirsch; Zlotnick, Rabbi J.

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Jewish Public Library Archives

Composite portrait, editorial staff of the Jewish Daily Eagle and Canadian Jewish Chronicle

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Collection: Chaim Kruger Family Collection

Description Level: File

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 34 x 26.5cm

Fonds No.: 1435; 00009

Date: ca. 1930

Collection: Chaim Kruger Family Collection

Description Level: File

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 34 x 26.5cm

Date: ca. 1930

Fonds No.: 1435

File No.: 00009

Storage Location: Ctn. 001; 9-4E

Accession No.: 14-037

Name Access: Kruger, Chaim, 1875-1933; Wolofsky, Herschel.; Keneder Adler; Rabinovitch, Israel, 1894-1964.; Sack, Benjamin Gutelius; Gotlib, Noah Itzchak, 1903-1967.; Segal, J. I. (Jacob Isaac), 1896-1954.; Medres, Israel.; Stilman, Abram.; Bender, Charles.; Ginzburg, Mordechai, 1894-1966; Crestohl, Leon D.; Cheifetz, Leon

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Jewish Public Library Archives

Diploma, McGill University, PhD in Dental Surgery

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Collection: Chaim Kruger Family Collection

Description Level: File

Material Type: textual record

Physical Description: 1 file textual record

Fonds No.: 1435; 00011

Date: 1932

Collection: Chaim Kruger Family Collection

Description Level: File

Material Type: textual record

Physical Description: 1 file textual record

Date: 1932

Fonds No.: 1435

File No.: 00011

Storage Location: Ctn. 001; 9-4E

Accession No.: 14-037

Subjects: Kruger, Chaim, 1875-1933; McGill University (Montreal, Quebec); Kruger, Irving

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Jewish Public Library Archives

Family portraits, Kruger family

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Collection: Chaim Kruger Family Collection

Description Level: File

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 14 photographs : b&w

Fonds No.: 1435; 00014

Date: ca. 1910-1945

Collection: Chaim Kruger Family Collection

Description Level: File

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 14 photographs : b&w

Date: ca. 1910-1945

Fonds No.: 1435

File No.: 00014

Storage Location: Ctn. 001; 9-4E

Accession No.: 14-037

Subjects: Kruger, Chaim, 1875-1933

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Jewish Public Library Archives

A framed certificate commemorating the silver wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Shaffer, presented by the Board of Directors of Ottawa Talmud Torah.

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Collection: Abraham Shaffer fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: textual record

Physical Description: 1 certificate

Fonds No.: I0009; OJA 4-724

Date: June 1922

1 image

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.

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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-?]

1 image

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

Ketuba, Jean Fink and Mark Kruger

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Collection: Chaim Kruger Family Collection

Description Level: File

Material Type: textual record

Physical Description: 1 file of textual material

Fonds No.: 1435; 00001

Date: 1900-1915

Collection: Chaim Kruger Family Collection

Description Level: File

Material Type: textual record

Physical Description: 1 file of textual material

Date: 1900-1915

Fonds No.: 1435

File No.: 00001

Storage Location: Ctn. 001; 9-4E

Language: Hebrew

Accession No.: 14-037

Subjects: Kruger, Chaim, 1875-1933; Kruger, Irving; Kruger, Joseph; Keneder Adler

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Jewish Public Library Archives

Membership certificate, Ozar Hachessed, Free Loan Fund

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Collection: Chaim Kruger Family Collection

Description Level: File

Material Type: textual record

Physical Description: 1 file textual record

Fonds No.: 1435; 00012

Date: ca. 1915-1930

Collection: Chaim Kruger Family Collection

Description Level: File

Material Type: textual record

Physical Description: 1 file textual record

Date: ca. 1915-1930

Fonds No.: 1435

File No.: 00012

Storage Location: Ctn. 001; 9-4E

Accession No.: 14-037

Subjects: Kruger, Chaim, 1875-1933

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Jewish Public Library Archives

Mr. and Mrs. Abraham Shaffer surrounded by their grandchildren during their 50th wedding anniversary celebration.

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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

1 image

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.