From the Toronto Evening Telegram, April 1919 Thirty-nine years ago up on the the old grounds in Queen’s Park, near where now stand the Parliament Buildings, the Clipper Baseball Club performed. That was in 1880, a long time ago, it is true, but not too long for even some of the present day “regulars” to…
Toronto Jewish Records Toronto Jewish Deaths (1939 – 1942) Plus some indexed burial records 1949-1966 Background: This database offers a thorough and richly detailed index of more than 1,450 Jewish death records that occurred in Toronto from the beginning of 1939 to the end of 1942. Every identifiable Jewish record is included, including those for…
Toronto Jewish Records Background: This database contains a very thorough indexing of about 8,000 records, representing almost all of the Jewish births registered in Toronto between 1907 and 1917, plus hundreds more from 1880 to 1906; and some “strays” from other towns. There were inevitably some that could not be identified as Jewish and were…
From A Series of Sketches by a Prominent Bachelor, Canadian Jewish Chronicle, 1919 Read Part I Read Part II Part III (Continued from last week) From being foreman in a shop to being my own master was not such a big step after all, and I was barely twenty-four when I opened up a small factory…
As “John Bull” he celebrated the inauguration of the Chinese Republic Guards Band Played Him Home Funeral of Well-Known merchant was a remarkable street scene yesterday — He was a patriot and a Christian — a wagon load of flowers ◊ Note: This article describes the funeral of Toronto businessman Ing Quong and is presented in…
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Toronto Jewish Records Toronto Jewish Marriages, 1858-1898, 1905-1911, 1920-1923, 1926-1936 Includes a range of listings (1890s to the present) from printed marriage announcements from diverse sources. Background: This is an index of more than 5,200 records of marriages that took place mostly in Toronto in varied years ranging from 1905 to 1936. The main source…
From The Toronto Telegram, Tuesday December 23, 1969 ◊ Note: this editorial from 50 years ago is notable for several reasons. First, it reminds us that the perennial Western impulse towards “even-handedness” (and being an “honest broker”) is as faulty as the impulse of a parent to treat two sons identically, though one be well-behaved and…
◊ Note: This article appears here because it reflects unfortunate attitudes that were prevalent among basic religious fundamentalists of thirty years ago. No doubt Rabbi Schneerson, like so many others, would have amended his opinions if he had lived to the modern era. The article has been edited for clarity and brevity. From The Canadian…
