Accession Number

2019-11-8

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Date

1912-2013

Scope and Content

Accession consists of copies of immigration and naturalization records related to the Granovsky (Granowski/Grainer) and Avrutsky families. Included are: naturalization information for Sam Granovsky (Gloria's maternal grandfather) obtained from the Citizenship and Immigration Department of the Government of Canada; a ship's manifest copied from a microfiche retrieved from the Toronto Public Library showing the Granovsky family travelled on the ship Ausonia from Southampton to Quebec City in 1912; and copies of correspondence between the Russian Embassy and Gloria's uncle, Mordko Granowski, obtained from Library and Archives Canada. Also included is a family memoir written by Gloria Geller entitled "Threading My Grandmother's Needle."

Administrative History

Shaya Ber Shlema Leibov Granovsky (Sam Granovsky) (1871–1945) was born in Zvenigorodka, Ukraine, and was the only son of Shlioma Leib Vigdorovich Granovsky and Kreinya (?) Granovsky. He married Hinda Avrutsky (1873–1959), born to Gedalia Ber Avrutsky and Riva (Rifka, family name unkown), in the mid-1890s and moved to her town, Tal'noe, where he worked as a businessman. They had six children between 1896 and 1907: Mordkho (Max, 1896–1984); Aaron (Harry, 1899–1974); Victor (1901–1982); Rochel (Rose, 1903–1945); Lisa (Lillian, 1905–1996); and Sura (Sally, 1907–1972). Sam and Hinda immigrated to Canada in around 1912. In 1913, Hinda gave birth to their seventh child, Louis Leib (Lou, 1913–2006). The family run a bicycle repair business at 75 Chestnut Street between 1914 and 1918, then moved to 507 1/2 Yonge Street, where Sam had a second hand goods business. From the early 1920s to the mid-1940s, Sam and Hinda owned a used tire business, United Tire Exchange, at 751 Queen Street West. In the early 1920s, Max graduated from the Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto. Later, Lou attended university and became a pharmacist. He owned Grainer Drugs for many years. Sam and Hinda's fourth child, Rose Geller (née Granovsky), married Sam Geller in the mid-to-late 1920s. She gave birth to Saul in 1929 and Gloria in 1938. She died at the age of 42 in 1945 due to a hospital error. Gloria lived with her grandmother, Hinda, for a period of time after her mother died and for a longer time after her father Sam's death in 1948.

Use Conditions

Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the Archives to obtain permission prior to use.

Subjects

Immigrants

Ukrainians--Canada

Places

Ukraine

England

Québec (Province)

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Level

Item

Item

1151

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[190-]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 11 cm on card 16 x 11 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a cabinet card of Sam Rovinsky (Rowen) of Brantford, Ontario with his girlfriend in Kiev, Ukraine. The photograph was taken before 1910.

Name Access

Rovinsky, Sam

Subjects

Couples

Repro Restriction

Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Places

Ukraine

Accession Number

1976-6-13

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1152

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[between 1900 and 1912]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 11 cm on card 17 x 11 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a cabinet card of the Moldaver family, of Brantford, Ontario in Kiev, Ukraine.

Name Access

Moldaver family

Subjects

Families

Portraits, Group

Repro Restriction

Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Places

Ukraine

Accession Number

1976-6-13

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1481

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1909

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 18 cm and 10 x 12 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a copy photograph and corresponding negative of Max Wyman (on right) with his family in Starokonstantinov, Ukraine.

Name Access

Weisman family

Weisman, Max

Wyman family

Wyman, Max

Subjects

Families

Portraits, Group

Repro Restriction

Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Places

Ukraine

Accession Number

1978-1-8

Source

Archival Descriptions