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Joseph Webber
- Accession Number
- 2011-6-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2011-6-1
- Material Format
- textual record
- object
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 cup : metal ; 25 cm high mounted on stand 11 cm high
- 1 name tag : 2 x 6 cm
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 25 x 19 cm mounted on board 43 x 36 cm
- 3 cm of textual records
- Date
- 1938-1963
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of records documenting Joseph Webber's membership in the Linitzer Sick Benefit Society. Included are four Linitzer Society jubilee books, one portrait of Joseph that was presented to him on the society's thirtieth anniversary, one "20 Year Member" name tag, and one cup that was awarded to Joseph in 1943 for not drawing benefits for 20 years.
- Administrative History
- Joseph Webber was born around 1890 in Pogrebishche, Ukraine to Hershel and (?) Webber. He had three siblings: Chisey, Arrona (?), and Esther. Joseph married Risa and together they had three children: Al, Sam, and Ann. Sometime prior to the First World War, Joseph immigrated to Canada with his family. Joseph's first wife likely passed away sometime after coming to Canada and he was re-married to Bella Citron in 1926. He and Bella had one daughter in 1926 named Florence.
- Joseph worked as a furrier and was a founding member of the Linitzer Sick Benefit Society, which was formed in 1913. He passed away in Toronto in 1977.
- Subjects
- Societies
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions