Part Of

Levine and Cass family fonds

Moses Levine family series

Level

Item

Fonds

25

Series

1

Item

12

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1918]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 18 x 28 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of a rugby team that might have been the Jarvis Collegiate team or a community league in Toronto. Harry Levine is the second young man from the right.

Name Access

Jarvis Collegiate Institute (Toronto, Ont.)

Levine, Harry

Subjects

Sports teams

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

Moses Levine family series

Level

Item

Fonds

25

Series

1

Item

1

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[189-]

Physical Description

1 photograph : sepia toned ; 14 x 10 cm

Admin History/Bio

Rachel Nurich was a friend of Sarah Levine's. She was born in Russia around 1877 to Louis and Sara Nurich. She married Abraham Merkin on 20 August 1896 in York.

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of Rachel Nurich taken at a studio in Toronto.

Notes

Albumen print mounted on cabinet card.

Photographer: Dixon Studios, King and Yonge streets, Toronto.

Name Access

Nurich, Rachel

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

Photograph is starting to fade and is fragile and torn along the bottom edge.

Photograph has lifted off its support.

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

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