setName:"Goldie and Morris Cantor fonds" found 1 record - The Canadian Jewish Heritage Network

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of Morris Cantor’s Jewish Veterans of Canada Ottawa Post blazer and cap; a French newspaper clipping showing Morris as a wrestling promoter (see 1-988-01); a blood donation certificate from the Canadian Red Cross for Morris; a Jewish National Fund Certificate acknowledging a donation…

Collection: Goldie and Morris Cantor fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Material Type: multiple media

Physical Description: Blazer and cap, newspaper clippings, certificates, family photographs.

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of Morris Cantor’s Jewish Veterans of Canada Ottawa Post blazer and cap; a French newspaper clipping showing Morris as a wrestling promoter (see 1-988-01); a blood donation certificate from the Canadian Red Cross for Morris; a Jewish National Fund Certificate acknowledging a donation made for Galil Canada by Benes and Morris Cantor in memory of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hyman Cantor - September, 1982 (see 1-988-02); and 7 family photographs.

Date: 1927 - 1990

Fonds No.: I0080

Storage Location: Individuals Boxes Blazer and cap in OS Mixed Box 4

Conservation: The blazer and cap dry cleaned by Browns, August 2007.

History / Biographical: Goldie Cantor (b. 1924) to Jacob and Leah Rivers in Ottawa at 16 Byward Market upstairs over her parent's store. She attended York Street School followed by Lisgar Collegiate where she graduated in 1943. She worked in her parents' fruit store and married Morris Cantor in 1946. They were married at Adath Jeshurun Synagogue and their reception was in the Talmud Torah Hall on George Street. Morris Cantor (b. 1917 - d. October 30, 2002) was born in Lithuania, the son of Hyman and Ida Cantor. Cantor's immigration was sponsored by a relative in Boston, but as immigration quotas in the United States had been meet, in 1929 the family decided to settle in Ottawa as they knew other families from Lithuania who had settled in the city. Morris went to York Street School for two years before he was required to work. In 1943, he enlisted in World War II and served in the Royal Canadian Air Force and was posted in the Yukon. He was an Athletic Director and had the rank of Sergeant. Goldie and Morris met when he was home on leave. When they married in 1946, Morris was a member of Cantor’s Kosher Meat Market, 470 Patrick Street. After the war, he returned to the butcher shop and worked with his brother Ben (Benes). Morris, with the support of some of his brothers and sisters, purchased a venue called the Auditorium on Argyle Street around 1956 where they hosted various entertainments and also housed an ice rink for hockey and indoor ice skating. Both Goldie and Morris were active participants in the Ottawa Jewish community. They had four children; Elsa (Mark) Lustman, Lyn (Mordechai) Ben-Dat, Leslie (Ronn) Sokol, and Ian (Corinne) Cantor.

Acquisition Source: Goldie Cantor

Notes: 1. The Auditorium was located where the WM/YW CA building currently stands on Argyll Street, Ottawa. Goldie Cantor told Dawn Logan in August 2007 that Morris and Benes bought the Auditorium for $80,000 and owned it for about 6 years. They had bingo, wrestling and ice-skating and brought in entertainment such as Paul Anka and Elvis Presley. 2. Certificates and large newspaper clipping in Oversized Certificate Box.

Related Material: Related material in Rivers and Steinman family fonds.

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Ottawa Jewish Archives