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- 4 sisters: Mrs. Mary Meizger, Mrs. Saul Bronstien, Mrs. William Gasoi, and Mrs. Irving Gellery; 2 brothers: Joseph and Buddy 1
- ABELSON 1
- ABELSON, Charles Robert 1
- BABB 1
- BABB, Samuel Alexander 1
- Franklin Lewis Babb 1
- GLATT 1
- GLATT, Harold 1
- GOLDBERG 1
- GOLDBERG, Myer Philip 1
- GREENBLATT 1
- GREENBLATT, Moses 1
ABELSON, Charles Robert
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/genealogy2
- 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
- 1920
- Date of Death
- October 14, 1942
- Place of Burial
- Halifax, Nova Scotia
- Cemetery
- Halifax Memorial
- Age at Time of Death
- 24
- Enlistment No.
- D-124550
- Rank
- Private
- Unit
- Canadian Army Dental Corps
- Notes
- Private Charles Abelson of Montreal, Quebec, was presumed to have died on October 14, 1942, according to an official announcement. He was aboard the S.S. Caribou, which was torpedoed and sank in Cabot Strait. He happened to be aboard the ill-fated ship because he had overstayed his leave and missed the transport on which he had been scheduled to sail. Private Abelson joined the army in Montreal on May 6, 1940.
- Subjects
- World War II
- Record Source
- Canadian Jewish Military Casualties
- Fonds No.
- CJC0001
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
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BABB, Samuel Alexander
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/genealogy92793
- Collection
- Saint John Jewish Historical Museum Synagogue Records
- Material Type
- textual record
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Material Type
- textual record
- Name of Father
- ISAAC
- Spouse
- Lillian Franklin Babb
- Children
- Franklin Lewis Babb
- Additional Family
- 4 sisters: Mrs. Mary Meizger, Mrs. Saul Bronstien, Mrs. William Gasoi, and Mrs. Irving Gellery; 2 brothers: Joseph and Buddy
- Date of Birth
- October 22, 1907
- Date of Death
- April 13, 1972
- Place Where Deceased
- New Brunswick, Canada
- Place of Residence
- Halifax, Nova Scotia
- Cemetery
- Shaarei Zedek Cemetery
- Notes
- OBITUARIES: Telegraph Journal, April 14, 1972 Samuel A. Babb Dies in Halifax A prominent and highly respected member of the Saint John Jewish Community, Samuel A. Babb, died unexpectedly Wednesday in Victoria General Hospital in Halifax. Born in Saint John, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Babb, he received his early education in the city, before going to the Pratt Institute in New York City, where he studied commercial art, which he also studied at New York University. For 20 years, Mr. Babb operated a commercial art and sign business in New York, before returning to Saint John in 1944 to join the Franklin and Herschorn Theatre Company. He moved to Halifax about a year and a half ago, and has been living in the Nova Scotia capital since that time. In 1961, he was the guest of honor at the Eighth Annual Negev Dinner, sponsored by Ezra Lodge No. 7, Zionist Men’s Association for the Jewish National Fund of Canada, and in 1970 was the guest of honor at the annual State of Israel Bond Dinner. The Saint John Jewish Community had undertaken the reclamation of 125 acres of land in the Negev Desert area of Israel, and contributions made at the Negev Dinner were used to establish a portion of this land in the name of each honored guest whose name is inscribed on a plaque located in the reclamation area. The area is being planted with trees, to be called the Canada Forest. While in Saint John, Mr. Babb served as local chairman and national executive member of the Jewish National Fund of Canada, and was a charter member and past vice-president of Saint John Lodge No. 1963, B’nai B’rith. He was a member of the Saint John Art Club, the industrial development committee of the former City of Lancaster, and was a director of the Maritime Motion Pictures Exhibitors Association. A 'Free Student Loan Fund' was established in the name of his only son, to aid students at the Institute of technology in Haifa, Israel. He was also Saint John chairman and National executive member of the Jewish National Fund of Canada, and local chairman of the Israel-Maritime League. He served as eastern Canadian vice-president of the national fund in 1967. He also served as president of the fund, and of the Atlantic Region Zionist Organization of Canada. He was former executive member and treasurer of the New Brunswick Museum, was active in the affairs of the New Brunswick Protestant Orphans Home, a member of the Saint John Board of Trade and worked with the Red Feather Campaign and the United Fund of Greater Saint John. Mr. Babb was also active in curling and golf in the city. Babb, Samuel A. In June, 1970, Mr. Babb was elected to the executive of the Jewish National Fund of Canada. Besides his wife, Lillian (Franklin) Babb, Mr. Babb is survived by one son, Franklin Lewis, of Saint John; four sisters, Mrs. Mary Meizger of Miami Beach, Fla., Mrs. Saul Bronstien and Mrs. William Gasoi, both of Montreal, and Mrs. Irving Geller of New York City; two brothers, Joseph of Hollywood Fla., and Buddy of Long Island, N.Y., several nephews and nieces. The body is resting at the Calvin Funeral Home, (Hillsley) 91 Leinster Street, from where the funeral will be held Sunday at 6:00 p.m. Interment will take place in Shaarei Zedek Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations to the charity of your choice would be appreciated by the family. (Original article included photograph) Gravestone reference code(s): JM 998.61.24. Memorial plaque in synagogue: Nathan and Mary Meltzer - E3.
- Record Source
- SJJHM Cemetery and Obituary Records
- Fonds No.
- SJJHM-S
- File No.
- 33
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Repository
- Saint John Jewish Historical Museum
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BLANK, Chana - Ukrainian Jewish orphan case file
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn38605
- Collection
- HERSHMAN, Harry - Ukrainian War Orphans collection
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- textual record
- Fonds No.
- P0087; MA 05-001-019
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- textual record
- Fonds No.
- P0087
- File No.
- MA 05-001-019
- Notes
- Jewish War Orphans Committee Questionnaire and Questionnaire 2 for Chana Blank, born in 1914. The file contains these forms and progress reports.
- Places
- Halifax, Nova Scotia
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
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GEMERIL, Isaac - Ukrainian Jewish orphan case file
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn38629
- Collection
- HERSHMAN, Harry - Ukrainian War Orphans collection
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- textual record
- Fonds No.
- P0087; MA 05-001-044
- Date
- 1923
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- textual record
- Date
- 1923
- Fonds No.
- P0087
- File No.
- MA 05-001-044
- Notes
- Jewish War Orphans Committee Questionnaire and Questionnaire 2 for Isaac Gemeril, born in Zwiahl, Novograd Volynskiy in 1912. File contains an additional form and correspondence.
- Places
- Halifax, Nova Scotia
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
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GLATT, Harold
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/genealogy164
- Collection
- Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
- Material Type
- textual record
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Material Type
- textual record
- Date of Death
- April 30, 1941
- Place of Burial
- Halifax, Nova Scotia
- Cemetery
- Halifax Memorial
- Age at Time of Death
- 22
- Enlistment No.
- C-96271
- Rank
- Sergeant (or Corporal)
- Unit
- Corps of Military Staff Clerks
- Notes
- Corporal Harold Glatt, of Ottawa, Ontario, enlisted in the Canadian army in June 1940. He was listed as missing following the sinking of the S.S. Nerissa, which had been torpedoed by a German U-boat. Sergeant Glatt had been en route to England at the time of the sinking. The Halifax Memorial in Nova Scotia’s capital, erected in Point Pleasant Park, is one of the few tangible reminders of the men who died at sea.
- Subjects
- World War II
- Record Source
- Canadian Jewish Military Casualties
- Fonds No.
- CJC0001
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
GOLDBERG, Myer Philip
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/genealogy173
- Collection
- Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
- Material Type
- textual record
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Material Type
- textual record
- Date of Birth
- May 14, 1890
- Date of Death
- June 27, 1918
- Place of Burial
- Halifax, Nova Scotia
- Cemetery
- Halifax Memorial
- Age at Time of Death
- 28
- Enlistment No.
- 535505
- Rank
- Private
- Unit
- Canadian Army Medical Corps
- Notes
- Private Myer Goldberg was from Glasgow, Scotland. The Halifax Memorial in Nova Scotia’s capital, erected in Point Pleasant Park, is one of the few tangible reminders of the men who died at sea.
- Subjects
- World War I
- Record Source
- Canadian Jewish Military Casualties
- Fonds No.
- CJC0001
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
GREENBLATT, Moses
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/genealogy203
- 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
- October 01, 1921
- Date of Death
- February 10, 1942
- Place of Burial
- Halifax, Nova Scotia
- Cemetery
- Halifax Memorial
- Age at Time of Death
- 21
- Enlistment No.
- V-23388
- Rank
- Telegraphist
- Unit
- Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve
- Notes
- Moses Greenblatt, of Montreal, Quebec, was one of two Jewish sailors east of the Manitoba-Ontario border in the Canadian navy during World War II. He was the radioman on a high-speed corvette ship, the H.M.C.S. Spikenard. (A high-speed corvette ship protected ships carrying troops to Europe by positioning itself between a torpedo and a troop-carrying ship.) After delivering a troop-carrying ship to Europe, the corvette was returning to Canada when a torpedo hit the H.M.C.S. Spikenard. Telegraphist Moses Greenblatt locked himself in the radio room and sent out the SOS giving the ship's position at sea. The captain and first mate took guns and ordered the rest of the crew into the freezing Atlantic waters. After the sailors complained that they would die in the water, the crew were told that they would live only three minutes on the corvette but would survive thirty minutes in the water. The few sailors who survived recounted the episode and the heroic action of Moses Greenblatt. Telegraphist Greenblatt enlisted in the navy at Montreal in August 1940 and after training at Halifax was posted aboard the ill-fated Spikenard. He saw service in Newfoundland and Iceland and was awarded the Naval Silver Cross posthumously by Canada.
- Subjects
- World War II
- Record Source
- Canadian Jewish Military Casualties
- Fonds No.
- CJC0001
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
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LAZARUS, John Sidney
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/genealogy101567
- Collection
- Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
- Material Type
- textual record
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Material Type
- textual record
- Date of Death
- September 17, 1940
- Place of Burial
- Halifax, Nova Scotia
- Cemetery
- Halifax Memorial
- Age at Time of Death
- 27
- Rank
- Second Radio Officer
- Unit
- Canadian Merchant Navy, S.S. City of Benares (Glasgow, Scotland)
- Notes
- Son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lazarus, of Montreal, Quebec. His ship was sunk on Sept. 17, 1940 by a Germany U-boat.
- Subjects
- World War II
- Record Source
- Canadian Jewish Military Casualties
- Fonds No.
- CJC0001
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
PARK, Samuel
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/genealogy361
- 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
- April 01, 1907
- Date of Death
- April 30, 1941
- Place of Burial
- Halifax, Nova Scotia
- Cemetery
- Halifax Memorial
- Age at Time of Death
- 34
- Rank
- Lieutenant (or Captain)
- Unit
- Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps
- Notes
- Lieutenant Samuel Park of Montreal, Quebec, was reported missing at sea April 30, 1941,while on convoy duty on his fifth trip overseas. A member of the R.C.A.M.C. before the war, he volunteered for active service at the outbreak of war and was posted to No. 1 District Depot at London, Ontario, on September 10, 1940. A brother, Israel Parkovnich, also served in the army. Lieutenant Park was born in Bobroisk, Russia.
- Subjects
- World War II
- Record Source
- Canadian Jewish Military Casualties
- Fonds No.
- CJC0001
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
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SHINEWALD, Sydney James
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/genealogy450
- 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
- January 04, 1925
- Date of Death
- March 18, 1945
- Place of Burial
- Halifax, Nova Scotia
- Cemetery
- Halifax Memorial
- Age at Time of Death
- 20
- Enlistment No.
- V-42140
- Rank
- Telegraphist
- Unit
- Royal Canadian Navy Vol. Reserve
- Notes
- Telegraphist Sydney Shinewald of Winnipeg, Manitoba, was reported missing and presumed dead on March 18, 1945, after his ship, the H.M.C.S. Guysborough, was torpedoed by a submarine in the Bay of Biscay on March 17, 1945. During the 19 hours that the crew members of the stricken ship clung to rafts in the icy ocean waiting for rescue, Telegraphist Shinewald died of exposure. He was reported missing along with 52 other members of the crew. He joined the army in June 1942 at the age of 17. He trained at H.M.C.S. Chippawa, Winnipeg, in Toronto and Ste. Hyacinthe. Later he was transferred to Halifax, where he was posted to the corvette H.M.C.S. Ville de Quebec doing convoy duties for six months. Subsequently he was assigned to the H.M.C.S. Guysborough, a Vancouver-built Bangor class ship, doing mine sweeping and anti-submarine operations. This ship’s complement proceeded to England, where it trained in preparation for its D-Day operations off the Normandy coast. Telegraphist Shinewald celebrated his 20th birthday home in Winnipeg while his ship was being refitted in Halifax. (The Birks memorial bar shown here was found by Dr. Christopher McCreery, who donated it to the CJCCC National Archives.)
- Subjects
- World War II
- Record Source
- Canadian Jewish Military Casualties
- Fonds No.
- CJC0001
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
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SILVERS, Joseph
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/genealogy467
- Collection
- Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
- Material Type
- textual record
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Material Type
- textual record
- Date of Death
- June 25, 1918
- Place of Burial
- Halifax, Nova Scotia
- Cemetery
- Halifax (Fort Massey) Cemetery
- Age at Time of Death
- 38
- Enlistment No.
- 1260691, 8068
- Rank
- Gunner
- Unit
- Canadian Garrison Artillery
- Notes
- Gunner Joseph Silvers was from Halifax, Nova Scotia.
- Subjects
- World War I
- Record Source
- Canadian Jewish Military Casualties
- Fonds No.
- CJC0001
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
SYMONS, Lionel Isaac
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/genealogy518
- Collection
- Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
- Material Type
- textual record
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Material Type
- textual record
- Date of Birth
- October 19, 1893
- Date of Death
- February 19, 1918
- Place of Burial
- Halifax, Nova Scotia
- Age at Time of Death
- 24
- Enlistment No.
- 3031828
- Rank
- Private
- Unit
- Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
- Notes
- Born in Norwich, England, Private Lionel Symons resided in Buffalo, New York, and his parents lived in Cleveland, Ohio.
- Subjects
- World War I
- Record Source
- Canadian Jewish Military Casualties
- Fonds No.
- CJC0001
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
WEBBER, Bernard
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/genealogy539
- Collection
- Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
- Material Type
- textual record
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Material Type
- textual record
- Date of Birth
- October 20, 1918
- Date of Death
- December 07, 1941
- Place of Burial
- Halifax, Nova Scotia
- Cemetery
- Halifax Memorial
- Age at Time of Death
- 23
- Enlistment No.
- V-27272
- Rank
- Ordinary Seaman
- Unit
- Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve
- Notes
- Ordinary Seaman Bernard Webber of Toronto, Ontario, was reported missing and presumed dead when his ship, the corvette HMCS Windflower, was lost in the North Atlantic after a collision with SS Zypenberg on December 7, 194. Ordinary Seaman Webber enlisted in the navy in April 1941. After five months of elementary training, he proceeded to the east coast on August 31, 1941, for advanced training.
- Subjects
- World War II
- Record Source
- Canadian Jewish Military Casualties
- Fonds No.
- CJC0001
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
Young Judaea of Halifax inscribed certificate for Canadian Hadassah Forest
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn80049
- Collection
- Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- textual record
- Fonds No.
- CJC0001; ZG; ZG-ZB KING, J
- Date
- 1948
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- textual record
- Date
- 1948
- Fonds No.
- CJC0001
- Series No.
- ZG
- File No.
- ZG-ZB KING, J
- Notes
- Certificate dated May 26, 1948, says Canadian Hadassah Forest in Palestine, given to Joe King & wife.
- Places
- Halifax, Nova Scotia
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
ZIPORKIN, Jack
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/genealogy572
- Collection
- Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
- Material Type
- textual record
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Material Type
- textual record
- Date of Death
- December 03, 1942
- Place of Burial
- Halifax, Nova Scotia
- Cemetery
- Halifax Memorial
- Age at Time of Death
- 24
- Enlistment No.
- V-10573
- Rank
- Able Seaman
- Unit
- Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve
- Notes
- Able Seaman Jack Ziporkin of Calgary, Alberta, was reported lost overboard from the Steamship “Gatineau Park” during a storm on December 3, 1942.
- Subjects
- World War II
- Record Source
- Canadian Jewish Military Casualties
- Fonds No.
- CJC0001
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
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