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Gennis / Koffman / Greenberg Family fonds

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Collection: Gennis / Koffman / Greenberg Family fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Physical Description: 2 files, 1 t-shirt and 4 colour photographs

Fonds No.: I0077

Date: 1988

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of a family history chart, biographical records of Isaac Gennis (including naturalization certificate, passport, record of death, will, 3 colour photos of tomb stones), records of the reunion, a t-shirt worn by all the participants and one colour group photograph with all the partici…

Collection: Gennis / Koffman / Greenberg Family fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Physical Description: 2 files, 1 t-shirt and 4 colour photographs

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of a family history chart, biographical records of Isaac Gennis (including naturalization certificate, passport, record of death, will, 3 colour photos of tomb stones), records of the reunion, a t-shirt worn by all the participants and one colour group photograph with all the participants of the reunion.

Date: 1988

Fonds No.: I0077

Storage Location: Individuals Boxes T shirt in Oversized Mixed Box 1 Oversized Photographs

History / Biographical: The family began with Isaac Gennis arriving in Canada in 1906 from Kishinev the capital of Bessarabia, Russia. After pioneering in Lipton, Saskatchewan for a few years, he came to Ottawa in the early 1910's. One by one, he brought his parents, brothers and sisters to this country and the majority made their way to Ottawa. They established a variety of small businesses in Ottawa including a tea room and a blacksmith shop. Melech Yitzhak Gennis and Leah Rivka Dragushansky had 8 children: Pearl (Koffman), Bertha (Greenberg), Harry, Clem, Morris, Sam, Isaac and Joe. Between them, they had many children with the Greenberg and Koffman families. A large Gennis - Koffman - Greenberg family reunion took place in Ottawa on Sunday, June 3, l988. People travelled from as far away as Denmark, Detroit, Chicago, New York City, Boca Raton and Toronto.

Custodial History: File of Biographical material related to Isaac Gennis donated by Frank Rosen in August 2011.

Notes: 1. Identification of reunion participants by various family members, including Frank and Margo Rosen, took place during the summer of 2011.

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Ottawa Jewish Archives

Greenberg Family fonds

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Collection: Greenberg Family fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 9 photographs

Fonds No.: I0087

Date: [197- to 198-]

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of 9 photographs, depicting Lorry, Gilbert and Irving Greenberg.

Collection: Greenberg Family fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 9 photographs

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of 9 photographs, depicting Lorry, Gilbert and Irving Greenberg.

Date: [197- to 198-]

Fonds No.: I0087

History / Biographical: Roger (d.1955) and Rose (d.1959) (nee Bezumny) were both born in Eastern Europe and immigrated separately to Canada in 1913. They met and married in 1915 and first lived on St. Andrew Street in the Lowertown district of Ottawa. Originally, Roger's surname was Nepomiazchy but the name was changed by immigration officials upon landing to the more pronounceable "Greenberg." Roger and Rose had seven children; George (b.1916 - d.1918) who died in an accident at Billings Bridge farm, Louis (b.1918 - d.1974), Jennie (b.1922- d.1991) (m. Israel Shinder), Gilbert (b.1923 -d.1980), Grace (b.1926 - d.1989), Irving (b.1928 - d.1991) and Lawrence (Lorry) (b.1933 - d.1999). The family's first few decades were steeped in poverty. In 1955, Roger and his sons started Mercury Homes, which later was changed to The Minto Group. Lawrence (Lorry) left the company in 1962. Louis Greenberg married Helen and they had a son, also named Lawrence (see Lawrence Greenberg fonds for more information). Jennie Greenberg married Israel Shinder and had two children, Eileen and Ruth. Lawrence (Lorry) Greenberg married Carol Gardner and had two children - Rhoda and Jeffery. Lorry became the first Jewish mayor of the City of Ottawa from 1975 to 1978. He died of heart failure in 1999 at age 65. Irving Greenberg died of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in 1991 at the age of 62. He and his wife Shirley had two children; Phoebe and Dan Greenberg. Gilbert and his wife Bessie Levitan had six children; Roger, Robert, Kenneth, Michael, Marion and Alan. Gilbert's son Roger graduated from Fisher Park High School in 1973, went to the University of Toronto for a Bachelors of Commerce and then earned his Law Degree from Osgoode Hall.

Notes: 1. An in-depth biographical book on the Greenberg Family and Minto can be found in the Minto Individual Collections file in the vault.

Related Material: Lawrence Greenberg fonds, Minto fonds

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Ottawa Jewish Archives

Mayor Lorry Greenberg.

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Collection: Greenberg Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w

Fonds No.: I0087; OJA 1-607-01

Date: [between 1975-1978]

1 image

Collection: Greenberg Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w

Date: [between 1975-1978]

Fonds No.: I0087

Item No.: OJA 1-607-01

Storage Location: vault

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Ottawa Jewish Archives

Images

Mayor Lorry Greenberg speaking at a Vaad Ha'Ir Testimonial Dinner held in his honour.

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Collection: Greenberg Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w

Fonds No.: I0087; OJA 1-607-02

Date: 1975

1 image

Collection: Greenberg Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w

Date: 1975

Fonds No.: I0087

Item No.: OJA 1-607-02

Storage Location: vault

Notes: Testimonial Dinner sponsored by the Ottawa Vaad Ha'lr in tribute to His Worship Mayor Lorry Greenberg on his recent election to the highest office in the city.