20 records – page 1 of 1.

Bomb parts

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn47779
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
object
Physical Description
Bomb parts : cut, perforated, cast (moulded) : clear, silver, red ; Ht: 6,9 cm
Date
1939-1944
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
object
Physical Description
Bomb parts : cut, perforated, cast (moulded) : clear, silver, red ; Ht: 6,9 cm
Other Title Information
Armament T&E, Ammunition
Date
1939-1944
Physical Condition
Good
Notes
Clear vial, with red cap contains many tiny plastic squares with two small holes in them, piece of wire, small metal “box-like” parts used to make time bombs. Pieces would be welded together. Narrative: Donor was one of the girls who assembled time bombs in Oberhohewelke labor camp.
Accession No.
2011X.180.01
Name Access
Katz Ament, Lea
Places
Oberhohewelke Sudenten, Czechoslovakia, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
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BROWN, Dorothy Jean

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/genealogy92875
Collection
Saint John Jewish Historical Museum Synagogue Records
Material Type
textual record
Archival / Genealogical
Genealogy Records
Collection
Saint John Jewish Historical Museum Synagogue Records
Material Type
textual record
NameofMother
Aldena Craig Ross
Name of Father
Charles E. Ross
Spouse
Dr. Murray N. Brown
Children
1 son - Richard L, 3 daughters - Ruth Ann Skinner, Pamela Dawn Calman, Victoria Lea Tierney
Additional Family
1 brother - John Malcolm, 1 sister - Joan Toner
Date of Birth
September 13, 1936
Date of Death
March 11, 1996
Place Where Deceased
New Brunswick, Canada
Place of Residence
Saint John
Cemetery
Shaarei Zedek Cemetery
Notes
OBITUARIES: Telegraph Journal, March 13, 1996 Brown – Unexpectedly at the Saint John Regional Hospital on March 11, 1996, Dorothy Jean Brown of 119 Leinster Street, wife of Dr. Murray N. Brown. Born in Saint John, she was a daughter of Aldena (Craig) Ross and the late Charles E. Ross. She was a lifelong resident of Saint John, a life member of Hadassah WIZO, a member and director of the Saint John Multicultural Association. Dorothy will be missed by her family and many friends. Besides her husband and mother, she is survived by one son, Richard L. Brown, Vancouver B.C., three daughters, Ruth Ann Skinner, St. John’s NFLD, Pamela Dawn Calman and her husband Leslie Lethbridge, Alberta and Victoria Lea Tierney and her husband Gerard, Brampton, Ontario, one brother John Malcolm Ross and his wife Denise, Moncton N.B., one sister Joan Toner and her husband Douglas, Saint John East, ten grandchildren, several nieces, nephews and cousins. Predeceased by a brother Ronald Ross, Moncton. Resting at the Hillsley Funeral Home, 91 Leinster Street (634-1700) from where the funeral will be held from the Hillsley chapel on Wednesday with service at 2 p.m. Interment in Shaarei Zedek Cemetery. Donations to the New Brunswick Heart and Stroke Foundation or charity of the donor’s choice would be appreciated by the family. Gravestone reference code(s): JM 998.61.482.
Record Source
SJJHM Cemetery and Obituary Records
Fonds No.
SJJHM-S
File No.
112
Archival / Genealogical
Genealogy Records
Repository
Saint John Jewish Historical Museum
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DAVIDNER (DAVIDNI), Moses

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/genealogy2766
Collection
JEWISH COLONIZATION ASSOCIATION (JCA or ICA)
Material Type
textual record
Archival / Genealogical
Genealogy Records
Collection
JEWISH COLONIZATION ASSOCIATION (JCA or ICA)
Material Type
textual record
Spouse
Liko (Lea, Liba, Lila)
Children
Michel, Solomon, Bassa, Rebecca
Report Date
1908
Place of Settlement
Qu'Appelle, Saskatchewan
Record Source
Jewish Colonization Association Colonist Report
Fonds No.
I0032
Series No.
KC
File No.
54
Archival / Genealogical
Genealogy Records
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
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DAVIDNI, Moses

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/genealogy3914
Collection
JEWISH COLONIZATION ASSOCIATION (JCA or ICA)
Material Type
textual record
Archival / Genealogical
Genealogy Records
Collection
JEWISH COLONIZATION ASSOCIATION (JCA or ICA)
Material Type
textual record
Spouse
Lea
Children
2 boys, 2 girls
Report Date
1907
Place of Settlement
Lipton, Saskatchewan
Record Source
Jewish Colonization Association Colonist Report
Fonds No.
I0032
Series No.
KC
File No.
86
Archival / Genealogical
Genealogy Records
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
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KAHANSKY, H.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/genealogy4839
Collection
JEWISH COLONIZATION ASSOCIATION (JCA or ICA)
Material Type
textual record
Archival / Genealogical
Genealogy Records
Collection
JEWISH COLONIZATION ASSOCIATION (JCA or ICA)
Material Type
textual record
Spouse
Sarah
Children
Gosia, Freda, Lea, Bertha, Annie, Bessie, Retta, Dorothy
Report Date
1939
Place of Settlement
Ste. Sophie (Terrebonne), Quebec
Record Source
Jewish Colonization Association Colonist Report
Fonds No.
I0032
Series No.
KC
File No.
105
Archival / Genealogical
Genealogy Records
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
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KAHANSKY, H.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/genealogy4864
Collection
JEWISH COLONIZATION ASSOCIATION (JCA or ICA)
Material Type
textual record
Archival / Genealogical
Genealogy Records
Collection
JEWISH COLONIZATION ASSOCIATION (JCA or ICA)
Material Type
textual record
Spouse
Sarah
Children
Gosia, Freda, Lea, Bertha, Annie, Bessie, Betta, Dorothy
Report Date
1939
Place of Settlement
Ste. Sophie (Terrebonne), Quebec
Record Source
Jewish Colonization Association Colonist Report
Fonds No.
I0032
Series No.
KC
File No.
105
Archival / Genealogical
Genealogy Records
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
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KLEINMAN, Mayer

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/genealogy5755
Collection
JEWISH COLONIZATION ASSOCIATION (JCA or ICA)
Material Type
textual record
Archival / Genealogical
Genealogy Records
Collection
JEWISH COLONIZATION ASSOCIATION (JCA or ICA)
Material Type
textual record
Spouse
Freda
Children
Samuel, Icek, Ete Lea, Beile
Report Date
1928
Place of Settlement
Sonnenfeld, Saskatchewan
Record Source
Jewish Colonization Association Colonist Report
Fonds No.
I0032
Series No.
KC
File No.
155
Archival / Genealogical
Genealogy Records
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
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KLEINMAN, Meyer

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/genealogy5797
Collection
JEWISH COLONIZATION ASSOCIATION (JCA or ICA)
Material Type
textual record
Archival / Genealogical
Genealogy Records
Collection
JEWISH COLONIZATION ASSOCIATION (JCA or ICA)
Material Type
textual record
Spouse
Freda
Children
Samuel, Isek, Ete Lea, Beila
Report Date
1928
Place of Settlement
Sonnenfeld, Saskatchewan
Record Source
Jewish Colonization Association Colonist Report
Fonds No.
I0032
Series No.
KC
File No.
155
Archival / Genealogical
Genealogy Records
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
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Lea Roback Fonds

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn31359
Collection
Lea Roback Fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
multiple media
Physical Description
4.8m of textual records. -- 1013 photographs.
Fonds No.
1243
Date
1901-1998 ; predominant 1930-1998
Scope and Content
The Fonds contains material reflecting Lea Roback's activity in politics, union organization and activism in addition to personal records that document her relationship with family. Records from her political and activist work include radio addresses, correspondence, fliers, reports, and periodical…
Collection
Lea Roback Fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
multiple media
Physical Description
4.8m of textual records. -- 1013 photographs.
Scope and Content
The Fonds contains material reflecting Lea Roback's activity in politics, union organization and activism in addition to personal records that document her relationship with family. Records from her political and activist work include radio addresses, correspondence, fliers, reports, and periodicals. Personal records include correspondence wit her family members, the narrative of the Roback family written in prose, and various pieces of memorabilia belonging to Roback. The majority of the photographs in the collection are of Lea and her family from their time in Montreal, Beauport (QC) as well as Lea's travels in Europe. The series included within the Lea Roback Fonds are the following:
Series 1 -- Professional activity
Series 2 -- Biographical and personal material
Series 3 -- Correspondence
Series 4 -- Bibliographic reference publications
Series 5 -- Videos
Series 6 -- Photographs
Series 7 -- Graphic material
Date
1901-1998 ; predominant 1930-1998
Fonds No.
1243
Storage Location
JPL
History / Biographical
Activist and organizer, Lea Roback was born on November 3rd, 1903 in Montreal. She was the second of nine children of Fanny (1885-1973) and Moses (1870-1935) Roback, both of whom immigrated from Poland. She spent her childhood in Beauport, Quebec where her parents ran a general store. The Robacks spoke Yiddish at home; outside it was French or English. Léa was able to switch freely between languages, a skill that became useful in work with labour organizations. When Léa was fourteen the family returned to Montreal where, two years later, she began working in the city's factories. It was at this point that she became accutely aware of the inequality between Montreal's affluent English-speaking families and the mostly French and Jewish working class. In the mid-1920s, Léa spent a two years at the University of Grenoble in France, supporting herself by privately teaching English to students. In 1928, Léa joined her older brother Harry in Berlin where he was studying medicine. She enrolled at the University of Berlin studying Sociology and German. Léa became involved with leftwing student groups and eventually joined the Communist Party. In 1932 Lea returned to Montreal, finding work as a youth group director at the Young Women’s Hebrew Association, where her mentor was Saidye Bronfman, wife of Sam Bronfman. In 1935 she managed the Modern Bookshop on Bleury Street, the first Marxist bookstore in Quebec, which became a gathering place for local radicals. That same year Lea coordinated Fred Rose's bid for election. Eight years following this campaign, Rose became the first communist elected to the House of Commons. In 1936 she was recruited by Thérèse Casgrain, legendary women’s suffrage leader, to assist in her work to obtain the vote for women in Quebec. Léa also became involved with the International Ladies Garment Workers’ Union (ILGWU) during their attempts to improve conditions in the garment industry. In 1937, Léa was a leader – along with organizers such as Rose Pesotta and Bernard Shane – in organizing over 5,000 women who walked off the job from the garment industry factories of Montreal. During the war years, Lea began working for the Radio Corporation of America (R.C.A.) and became an organizer for the United Electrical Workers, where she was a business agent for the 3,000 R.C.A. workers in Montreal. Lea was an active advocate for social justice and human rights for the majority of her life. She was affliated with numerous organizations in Montreal including the Québec Aid to the Partially Sighted, the Voice of Women, as well as anti-nuclear and anti-war groups. Lea was a continual presence within the ranks passing out leaflets, demonstrationing, providing support and lending her respected voice to so many causes.
Language
English
French
Yiddish
Spanish
Acquisition Source
Lea Roback
Custodial History
This material was donated to the Jewish Public Library Archives by Lea Roback in 1998. The material of the Fonds was in the possession of Ms. Roback until the date of the transfer.
Arrangement
The arrangement of the Lea Roback fonds maintained the order in which it was donated to the archives with the exception of Series 3. In the correspondence series, letters were grouped by sender and when without date or an identifiable author, were grouped together. In 2015, as a result of entering unprocessed material into the database, the intellectual arrangement of this fonds was also updated. To consult the original finding aid please contact the JPL-A directly.
Notes
In addition to textual and photographic material, the Lea Roback Fonds contains sound recordings (10 audio cassettes) and graphic material (2 prints, 7 posters)
Access Restrictions
Some privacy restrictions apply to material within the Léa Roback Fonds. Please contact the JPL-A directly for further information.
Reproduction Restrictions
Some Copyright restrictions may apply
Finding Aid
Detailed finding aid available; file level control.
Accession No.
09-002
Name Access
Roback, Lea, 1903-2000
Subjects
Roback, Lea, 1903-2000
Labour movement
Labour unions
Women Workers
Women in the labour movement - Canada
Working Class
Feminism
Social justice
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
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Matzah cover

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn51199
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
object
Physical Description
Matzah cover : Fabric : Sewn : Red, Orange, Green, Yellow, Blue, White
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
object
Physical Description
Matzah cover : Fabric : Sewn : Red, Orange, Green, Yellow, Blue, White
Other Title Information
Ceremonial Artifact
Physical Condition
Poor
Language
Hebrew
Notes
Circular. Yellow border all around. Inscription reads "Blessed be G-d, king od the universe who orders us to observe the mitzvah of eating matzah". On the centre is a sacrifical lamb resting on a pedestal made of brick with the inscription "korban pesach" or Passover sacrifice. There is a wreath of flowers around it and a crown on top. Narrative: This matzah cover was embroidered by the donor's mother. It was given as a present to Lea’s uncle Sindel Eisman in New York.
Accession No.
1990.26.01
Name Access
Greif, Coca Lea
Places
Galicia, Poland , Europe
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
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Penney, Lea - Oral History of a Holocaust Survivor

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn67761
Collection
WITNESS TO HISTORY COLLECTION (MHMC-02)
Description Level
Item
Material Type
moving images
Physical Description
01:29:10
Collection
WITNESS TO HISTORY COLLECTION (MHMC-02)
Description Level
Item
Material Type
moving images
Physical Description
01:29:10
Creator
Montreal Holocaust Memorial Centre
Language
English
Notes
Lea Penney (née Prilutzky) was born on February 17, 1922 in Berlin, Germany. Her parents were of Ukrainian origin and had immigrated to Germany during the pogroms in Russia. Her father worked for a large insurance company. Lea describes her father as "ultra-orthodox," and accordingly family life was very observant. They did not live in a particularly Jewish part of Berlin and Lea began by going to a German public school. It was only later that she joined a Jewish school. The day Adolf Hitler was appointed Chancellor, Lea remembers the tremendous fear and excitement that entered into the lives of her family and the Jewish community. In her own family, the situation was never discussed because her father wanted to shelter his children as much as possible. About every six months, new antisemitic restrictions were enforced. Because of these laws, her father eventually lost his job as an insurance salesman laws and began to deliver coal instead. The family had to move to a smaller and cheaper apartment. It was then that Lea felt the poverty and hunger which began to dominate family life. Rumours about concentration camps began to circulate within the community. Lea was part of a Jewish group that was training youths to go to Palestine and work on a Kibbutz. On November 9, 1938, the day of Kristallnacht, she was taking part in a preparatory camp near Hamburg, when everyone was told by the monitors to be quiet and turn off the lights. The next day the youths found out what had happened in the rest of Germany. As she discovered later, the Jewish Association had paid the Nazis to protect the children. In February 1939, at 17 years old, Lea was brought to Palestine by the organization. There she lived on Kibbutz for two years until 1941. Even though work was very hard, she felt a great sense of relief at the freedom she had there. In the beginning, she was still able to write and receive letters to her family in Germany. Later on all communication ceased. She describes that there was a great amount of pressure for young people in Palestine to join the British army. After having worked cleaning and ironing for some time, she decided to do so, and eventually became an English, German, and typing teacher in the army. She was stationed in Egypt and during the last years of the war was contacted by the Red Cross to send financial assistance to her mother, who had been found in Paris. As she later found out, her father had made it to Paris too, after hiding for some time in Germany. From a Paris labour camp, however, he was eventually deported to Auschwitz, where he perished. All her siblings had been able to leave Germany, some to England, others to Palestine. Lea met her husband in the army and they married in Cairo in 1946. The couple moved to England where they stayed until 1953. Her husband was a civil servant, and received a job offer in Geneva, where they lived from 1953 to 1965. After staying a year in Germany, they eventually moved to Montreal in 1969, where they have lived ever since. Lea and her husband have two sons and one daughter.
Accession No.
WTH-081
Name Access
Penney, Lea
Places
Berlin, Germany, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
YouTube

Penney, Lea - Oral History of a Holocaust Survivor

https://www.youtube.com/embed/f7PVB7qCr50
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SHECKTMAN, Solomon

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/genealogy6228
Collection
JEWISH COLONIZATION ASSOCIATION (JCA or ICA)
Material Type
textual record
Archival / Genealogical
Genealogy Records
Collection
JEWISH COLONIZATION ASSOCIATION (JCA or ICA)
Material Type
textual record
Spouse
Rose
Children
Lea, Sam
Report Date
1907
Place of Settlement
Trochu Valley, Alberta
Record Source
Jewish Colonization Association Colonist Report
Fonds No.
I0032
Series No.
KC
File No.
167
Archival / Genealogical
Genealogy Records
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
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SHEFFMAN, Solomon

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/genealogy3057
Collection
JEWISH COLONIZATION ASSOCIATION (JCA or ICA)
Material Type
textual record
Archival / Genealogical
Genealogy Records
Collection
JEWISH COLONIZATION ASSOCIATION (JCA or ICA)
Material Type
textual record
Spouse
Rose
Children
Lea, Sam
Report Date
1907
Place of Settlement
Trochu Valley, Alberta
Record Source
Jewish Colonization Association Colonist Report
Fonds No.
I0032
Series No.
KC
File No.
57
Archival / Genealogical
Genealogy Records
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
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VOLOCHOFF, Mendel

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/genealogy4131
Collection
JEWISH COLONIZATION ASSOCIATION (JCA or ICA)
Material Type
textual record
Archival / Genealogical
Genealogy Records
Collection
JEWISH COLONIZATION ASSOCIATION (JCA or ICA)
Material Type
textual record
Spouse
Luba
Children
Sam, Max, Lea, Rosa
Report Date
1911
Place of Settlement
Lipton, Saskatchewan
Record Source
Jewish Colonization Association Colonist Report
Fonds No.
I0032
Series No.
KC
File No.
87
Archival / Genealogical
Genealogy Records
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
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VOLOCHOFF (WALSHOW, WOLOCHOFF, WOLOCHOW), Mendel

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/genealogy4079
Collection
JEWISH COLONIZATION ASSOCIATION (JCA or ICA)
Material Type
textual record
Archival / Genealogical
Genealogy Records
Collection
JEWISH COLONIZATION ASSOCIATION (JCA or ICA)
Material Type
textual record
Spouse
Luba
Children
Sam, Max, Lea, infant girl
Report Date
1910
Place of Settlement
Lipton, Saskatchewan
Record Source
Jewish Colonization Association Colonist Report
Fonds No.
I0032
Series No.
KC
File No.
87
Archival / Genealogical
Genealogy Records
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
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WOLFSON, Jacob

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/genealogy5411
Collection
JEWISH COLONIZATION ASSOCIATION (JCA or ICA)
Material Type
textual record
Archival / Genealogical
Genealogy Records
Collection
JEWISH COLONIZATION ASSOCIATION (JCA or ICA)
Material Type
textual record
Spouse
Malka
Children
Rose, Solomon, Shaie, Isaac, Pearl, Lea
Report Date
1928
Place of Settlement
Rumsey, Alberta
Record Source
Jewish Colonization Association Colonist Report
Fonds No.
I0032
Series No.
KC
File No.
132
Archival / Genealogical
Genealogy Records
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
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WOLFSON, Jacob

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/genealogy5429
Collection
JEWISH COLONIZATION ASSOCIATION (JCA or ICA)
Material Type
textual record
Archival / Genealogical
Genealogy Records
Collection
JEWISH COLONIZATION ASSOCIATION (JCA or ICA)
Material Type
textual record
Spouse
Malka
Children
Rose, Solomon, Shaie, Isaac, Jack, Pearl, Lea
Report Date
1928
Place of Settlement
Rumsey, Alberta
Record Source
Jewish Colonization Association Colonist Report
Fonds No.
I0032
Series No.
KC
File No.
132
Archival / Genealogical
Genealogy Records
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
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WOLLACHOF, Mendel

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/genealogy2672
Collection
JEWISH COLONIZATION ASSOCIATION (JCA or ICA)
Material Type
textual record
Archival / Genealogical
Genealogy Records
Collection
JEWISH COLONIZATION ASSOCIATION (JCA or ICA)
Material Type
textual record
Spouse
Leba
Children
Sam, Lea
Report Date
1905
Place of Settlement
Qu'Appelle, Saskatchewan
Record Source
Jewish Colonization Association Colonist Report
Fonds No.
I0032
Series No.
KC
File No.
53
Archival / Genealogical
Genealogy Records
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
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WOLOCHOFF, Mendel

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/genealogy2959
Collection
JEWISH COLONIZATION ASSOCIATION (JCA or ICA)
Material Type
textual record
Archival / Genealogical
Genealogy Records
Collection
JEWISH COLONIZATION ASSOCIATION (JCA or ICA)
Material Type
textual record
Spouse
Luba
Children
Sam, Max, Lea, infant girl
Report Date
1909
Place of Settlement
Qu'Appelle, Saskatchewan
Record Source
Jewish Colonization Association Colonist Report
Fonds No.
I0032
Series No.
KC
File No.
55
Archival / Genealogical
Genealogy Records
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
Images
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WOLOCHOFF, Mendel

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/genealogy4178
Collection
JEWISH COLONIZATION ASSOCIATION (JCA or ICA)
Material Type
textual record
Archival / Genealogical
Genealogy Records
Collection
JEWISH COLONIZATION ASSOCIATION (JCA or ICA)
Material Type
textual record
Spouse
Luba
Children
Sam, Max, Rachmiel, Lea, Rosa
Report Date
1912
Place of Settlement
Lipton, Saskatchewan
Record Source
Jewish Colonization Association Colonist Report
Fonds No.
I0032
Series No.
KC
File No.
87
Archival / Genealogical
Genealogy Records
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
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