Part Of

Levine and Cass family fonds

Cass family series

Level

Series

Fonds

25

Series

11

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1894-[192-]

Physical Description

15 photographs : b&w ; 21 x 15 cm or smaller

Admin History/Bio

Abraham Cass (1840-1897) married Rachel Rebecca Cass (née [Cowart?]) (1837-1903). They were both born in Russia and immigrated to Canada in 1892 to join their eldest children who had already immigrated to Ontario. The children of Abraham and Rachel Rebecca Cass were: daughters: Fayge (m.Sax) (1861-1942), Hannah (m.Segel) (1863-1930), Martha (m.Soskin) (1866-1946), Dora (m.Levy) (b.1871?), Sarah (m.Levine) (1876-1978), and Annie (m.Smith) (1880- 1952); and, sons: David M. Cass (1869-1959), Bill Cass (b.1874?), and Phillip Cass.

Their son David Mitchell Cass had immigrated to Canada earlier than his parents, in 1889. His wife, Hannah (née Kleiman) (1870-1935), immigrated to Canada in 1890, and they were married in 1894. David Cass worked for Pregger's Grocery Dealer as a salesman and gave Moses Levine work-related advice in this area. David and Hannah lived, in Waubaushene and Tey Township, in Simcoe County, where they were neighbours of the Soskins and where most of their children were born. By 1911, however, they had moved back to Toronto. They had eleven children: Ethel I. (m.Gold) (1894-[1998?]), Infant Cass (unnamed, died at 7 weeks, 1895), "Abe" Abraham B. (1897-1987), Leah G. (m.Harser) (1899-1975), Sarah "Sec" Marie (m.Rogers) (1901-1932), Ely "Hilly" (b.1902), "Reuben" Garfield P. (1904-1991), Dorothy (m.Sandler) (b.1906), Anne (m.Solway) (1907-1994), Rita (m.Appleby), and Libby (m.Balick).

As a new immigrant to Canada, having emigrated from Russia in 1896, Louis Smith (1873-1945) was registered as a tailor in the 1901 federal census. He later worked as a contractor in Toronto. He was married to Annie Cass, Sarah Levine's sister, in 1901 and they lived together at 5 Edward Street, along with Rachel Rebecca Cass, with whom they cohabitated following the death of Abraham Cass.

David and Hannah's son, Abraham Cass, was married to Carrie (née Waldman) in 1922. Garfield married Dorothy (née Simon) and had two children, Donna and Danny. Anne Solway was married to a prominent Toronto violinist and music teacher, Maurice Solway (1906-2001), and they had one son, Stephen.

Scope and Content

Series consists of photographs of members of the Cass family.

Name Access

Cass family

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Levine and Cass family fonds

Cass family series

Level

Item

Fonds

25

Series

11

Item

2

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[1905 or 1906]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 14 x 8 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photographic portrait of Lou Smith taken at a studio in Toronto in 1905 or 1906.

Notes

Mounted on card frame.

Photographer: H. E. Peagam, 254 Yonge St., Toronto.

Name Access

Smith, Lou

Subjects

Portraits

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

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Levine and Cass family fonds

Cass family series

Level

Item

Fonds

25

Series

11

Item

3

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1906

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 5 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of Bill Cass in San Francisco in 1906.

Notes

Mounted on card.

Name Access

Cass, Bill

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.

Physical Condition

Poor condition.

The photograph is faded and stained.

Places

San Francisco (Calif.)

Source

Archival Descriptions