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ADAM, Marie
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/genealogy6630
- Collection
- JEWISH IMMIGRANT AID SERVICES (JIAS)
- Material Type
- textual record
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Collection
- JEWISH IMMIGRANT AID SERVICES (JIAS)
- Material Type
- textual record
- Date File Opened
- 11/16/1951
- Arrival Date
- 11/16/1951
- Place of Birth
- Belgium
- Record Source
- JIAS Montreal Client Cards
- Fonds No.
- I0037
- Series No.
- R
- File No.
- 01-1157
- Restrictions
- Due to privacy laws, access to further information about this record is restricted. You may contact the Canadian Jewish Archives to learn more.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
Adolph and Alice Eckstein, Sam and Maurice Shenkier
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn45656
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper ; Ht: 7,1 cm x W: 8,9 cm
- Date
- 1930-1939
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper ; Ht: 7,1 cm x W: 8,9 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- 1930-1939
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Notes
- B&w photograph with a white border. An outdoor scene, in which two men, a woman and a young boy are walking along a city sidewalk. All four people are wearing dress clothes with a coat and a hat. The street that they are walking on is Kaiser Allée Street. From left to right, Uncle Adolph, Alice Eckstein, Sam Shenkier and Maurice Shenkier are shown.
- Accession No.
- 2000.84.29
- Name Access
- Shenkier, Maurice
- Places
- Antwerp, Belgium, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Alice and Nina Eckstein
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn45658
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper ; Ht: 6,8 cm x W: 8,4 cm
- Date
- 1938
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper ; Ht: 6,8 cm x W: 8,4 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- 1938
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Notes
- B&w photograph with a white border. An outdoor scene, in which two women wearing dark coloured suit jackets and long dark coloured skirts. They each have a fur stole draped across their shoulders. From left to right, Nina Eckstein and Alice Eckstein are shown.
- Accession No.
- 2000.84.31
- Name Access
- Shenkier, Maurice
- Places
- Antwerp, Belgium, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Alice and Nina Eckstein
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn45662
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper ; Ht: 7,1 cm x W: 9,5 cm
- Date
- 1931
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper ; Ht: 7,1 cm x W: 9,5 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- 1931
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Notes
- B&w photograph with a white border. An outdoor portrait of two women sitting on the grass in a park. The woman on the left is wearing a dark coloured cardigan with a dark coloured long skirt. The woman on the right is wearing a light coloured long dress, which has some ruffles on the upper part. From left to right, Alice Eckstein and Nina Eckstein are shown.
- Accession No.
- 2000.84.36
- Name Access
- Shenkier, Maurice
- Places
- Belgium, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Alice and Sam Shenkier with friends
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn45859
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : paper ; Ht: 6.5 cm x W: 8.9 cm
- Date
- 1920-1929
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : paper ; Ht: 6.5 cm x W: 8.9 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- 1920-1929
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Notes
- b&w with white border, outdoor scene. Four women sitting on a bench. Behind them is Sam Shenkier who is standing in front of a tree. Alice Eckstein is second from the right.
- Accession No.
- 2012X.14.47
- Name Access
- Shenkier, Maurice
- Places
- Ostende, Belgium, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Alice Eckstein
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn45681
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper ; Ht: 10,9 cm x W: 8,9 cm
- Date
- 1948
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper ; Ht: 10,9 cm x W: 8,9 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- 1948
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Notes
- B&w photograph with a white border. A portrait of a woman standing under a covered walkway in front of a spa hotel. The woman is wearing a dark coloured dess and is holding a small light coloured purse by the handle in her left hand. The woman in the photograph is Alice Eckstein.
- Accession No.
- 2000.84.55
- Name Access
- Shenkier, Maurice
- Places
- Belgium, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Alice Eckstein
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn45684
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper ; Ht: 9,9 cm x W: 6,8 cm
- Date
- 1929
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper ; Ht: 9,9 cm x W: 6,8 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- 1929
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- English
- Notes
- B&w photograph with a white border. An outdoor scene, in which a young woman is walking down a city sidewalk, wearing a dark coloured coat with a fur collar. The woman in the photograph is Alice Eckstein.
- Accession No.
- 2000.84.59
- Name Access
- Shenkier, Maurice
- Places
- Antwerp, Belgium, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Alice Eckstein and friends at the beach
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn45851
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : paper ; Ht: 7 cm x W: 11 cm
- Date
- 1934
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : paper ; Ht: 7 cm x W: 11 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- 1934
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Notes
- b&w with white border, outdoor scene. Three women sitting in the North Seaand holding in other's hands. Alice Eckstein is the woman in the middle. Three men standing in the background, posing for the camera. They are all wearing swimsuits and bathing caps.
- Accession No.
- 2012X.14.39
- Name Access
- Shenkier, Maurice
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Alice Eckstein and her Cousins
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn45685
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper ; Ht: 10 cm x W: 7,3 cm
- Date
- 1947
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper ; Ht: 10 cm x W: 7,3 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- 1947
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- English
- Notes
- B&w photograph with a white border. An outdoor portrait of three women standing in the doorway of a house. The woman on the left and the woman on the right are both wearing dresses, while the woman in between them is wearing a white blouse and some black pants. The woman in the middle is Alice Eckstein.
- Accession No.
- 2000.84.60
- Name Access
- Shenkier, Maurice
- Places
- Belgium, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Alice Eckstein and her sister-in-law
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn45833
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : paper ; Ht: 9.1 cm x W: 6.3 cm
- Date
- 1948
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : paper ; Ht: 9.1 cm x W: 6.3 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- 1948
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Notes
- b&w with beige border, outdoor scene. Alice Eckstein and her sister-in-law, walking on a paved promenade, wearing striped dresses. Flags drifting in the background.
- Accession No.
- 2012X.14.18
- Name Access
- Shenkier, Maurice
- Places
- Ostende, Belgium, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Alice Eckstein and Niece Annie
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn45648
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper ; Ht: 7 cm x W: 8,9 cm
- Date
- 1933
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper ; Ht: 7 cm x W: 8,9 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- 1933
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- English
- Notes
- B&w photograph with a white border. An outdoor scene, in which two women are walking along a cobblestone sidewalk. The women are wearing matching dark coloured coats with fur collars. From left to right, Annie and Alice Eckstein are shown.
- Accession No.
- 2000.84.21
- Name Access
- Shenkier, Maurice
- Places
- Antwerp, Belgium, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Alice Eckstein and Sam Shenkier with Baby Carriage
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn76590
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper ; Ht: 7,4 cm x W: 9,3 cm
- Date
- 1920-1939
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper ; Ht: 7,4 cm x W: 9,3 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- 1920-1939
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Notes
- B&w photograph with a white border. An outdoor scene, in which a man and a woman are walking along a city sidewalk, pushing a baby carriage down a city sidewalk. Those depicted in the photograph are Alice Eckstein and Maurice Shenkier. Narrative: Alice Eckstein and Sam Shenkier were the donor's parents.
- Accession No.
- 2011X.301.13
- Name Access
- Shenkier, Maurice
- Places
- Antwerp , Belgium, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Alice Eckstein at a Spa
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn45664
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper ; Ht: 9,7 cm x W: 6,9 cm
- Date
- 1934
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper ; Ht: 9,7 cm x W: 6,9 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- 1934
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Notes
- B&w photograph with a white border. An outdoor portrait of a woman standing in front of a spa hotel, wearing a long light coloured coat with a white blouse peeking out and a hat positioned on her head. The woman is carrying a purse, which is hanging from her left shoulder. The woman in the photograph is Alice Eckstein.
- Accession No.
- 2000.84.38
- Name Access
- Shenkier, Maurice
- Places
- Spa, Belgium, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Alice Eckstein at waterfalls
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn45825
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : paper ; Ht: 8.7 cm x W: 6.1 cm
- Date
- 1929
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : paper ; Ht: 8.7 cm x W: 6.1 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- 1929
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Notes
- b&w with white border, outdoor scene. Alice Eckstein sitting on rocks next to waterfalls. She is wearing a dress and a hat with a white veil.
- Accession No.
- 2012X.14.10
- Name Access
- Shenkier, Maurice
- Places
- Belgium, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Alice Eckstein, Sam Shenkier and a Friend at the Beach
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn45698
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper ; Ht: 9,5 cm x W: 7,1 cm
- Date
- 1930-1939
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper ; Ht: 9,5 cm x W: 7,1 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- 1930-1939
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Notes
- B&w photograph with a white border. An outdoor portrait of two men and a woman posing on a beach in Ostend, in front of a hotel and lounge chairs. From front to back, Alice Eckstein, a friend and Sam Shenkier are shown.
- Accession No.
- 2004.01.06
- Name Access
- Shenkier, Maurice
- Places
- Ostend, Belgium, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Alice Eckstein with her mother and sister
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn45669
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper ; Ht: 10 cm x W: 7 cm
- Date
- 1947
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper ; Ht: 10 cm x W: 7 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- 1947
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Notes
- B&w photograph with a white border. An outdoor scene, in which three women are walking along a beach, wearing patterned dresses. From left to right, Alice Eckstein's sister, Nicha Eckstein and Alice Eckstein are shown.
- Accession No.
- 2000.84.43
- Name Access
- Shenkier, Maurice
- Places
- Ostend, Belgium, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Alice, Gert and Sarah Eckstein
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn45847
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : paper ; Ht: 6 cm x W: 8.7 cm
- Date
- 1934-1936
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : paper ; Ht: 6 cm x W: 8.7 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- 1934-1936
- Physical Condition
- Poor
- Notes
- b&w white white border, outdoor scene. Three women sitting in front of a trailer. Alice Eckstein is on the left, wearing a white dress. She has her left arm around her sister's neck. Her sister is Gert Eckstein, she is in the middle, wearing a a dress with white dots. Her daughter Sarah is on the right side, wearing a swimsuit and a whit cap.
- Accession No.
- 2012X.14.35
- Name Access
- Shenkier, Maurice
- Places
- Ostende, Belgium, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Alice Shenkier and her Brother's Wife
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn45639
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper ; Ht: 5,4 cm x W: 7,8 cm
- Date
- 1937
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper ; Ht: 5,4 cm x W: 7,8 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- 1937
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Notes
- B&w photograph with a white border. An outdoor scene, in which two women are sitting on a bench, on the deck of a ship. The woman on the left is wearing a dark coloured dress with a floral blouse peeking out at the collar and a dark coloured coat draped over her shoulders. The woman on the right is wearing a long dark coloured coat with a light coloured blouse peeking out at the collar. From left to right, Henia Eckstein and Alice Eckstein are shown.
- Accession No.
- 2000.84.12
- Name Access
- Shenkier, Maurice
- Places
- Brussels, Belgium, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
ALLEN, Lawrence Arnold
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/genealogy13
- Collection
- Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
- Material Type
- textual record
- graphic material
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Material Type
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date of Birth
- June 22, 1917
- Date of Death
- April 28, 1944
- Place of Burial
- Diest, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium
- Cemetery
- Webbekom Churchyard
- Age at Time of Death
- 26
- Enlistment No.
- J-14769
- Rank
- Flight Lieutenant
- Unit
- Royal Canadian Air Force
- Notes
- Flight Lieutenant Lawrence Allen, of Windsor, Ontario, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross on April 27, 1944. The citation stated: "This officer has completed, as navigator, many successful operations against the enemy in the course of which he has invariably displayed high skill, fortitude and devotion to Duty.” He enlisted at Windsor on July 1, 1942, and after receiving his training at the No. 5 I. T. S. and No. 1 A. D. S., he went overseas in October, where he continued his studies as a navigator. He served with the Snowy Owl Bomber Squadron in North Africa and spent his 26th birthday on a bombing mission over Italy. He later flew with the Pathfinder Squadron in attacks over Germany and was known to his comrades as "Sea Level" Allen.
- Subjects
- World War II
- Record Source
- Canadian Jewish Military Casualties
- Fonds No.
- CJC0001
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
Images
ALTERSON, John
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/genealogy14
- Collection
- Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
- Material Type
- textual record
- graphic material
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Material Type
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date of Death
- October 13, 1941
- Place of Burial
- Dinant, Namur, Belgium
- Cemetery
- Dinant (Citadelle) Military Cemetery
- Age at Time of Death
- 21
- Enlistment No.
- R-70612
- Rank
- Sergeant
- Unit
- Royal Canadian Air Force
- Notes
- Sergeant John Alterson of Punnichy, Saskatchewan, was for official purposes presumed dead on May 4, 1942, after having been listed as missing overseas on October 13, 1941. Following the Saskatchewan Department of Natural Resources’ announcement that it desired to give to its many previously unnamed lakes, rivers and islands the names of Saskatchewan servicemen killed on active duty in World War II, in 1951 the province named Alterson Lake in memory of Sergeant John Alterson.
- Subjects
- World War II
- Record Source
- Canadian Jewish Military Casualties
- Fonds No.
- CJC0001
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
Images
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