- Name
- Fred Schaeffer
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Interview Date
- 11 Jul. 1980
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Fred Schaeffer
- Number
- OH 24
- Subject
- Communities
- Immigrants--Canada
- Rabbis
- Synagogues
- Interview Date
- 11 Jul. 1980
- Quantity
- 1
- Interviewer
- Stephen Speisman
- Total Running Time
- Side 1: 31 minutes
- Side 2: 9 minutes
- Conservation
- Copied August 2003
- Use Restrictions
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Biography
- Fred Schaeffer's wife, Beverley, grew up in Kirkland Lake, Ontario. Beverley's grandfather, Hyman Kaplan, emigrated from Vilna, Lithuania in 1907, and after a few years in New York, moved to Toronto. Shortly afterwards, he became the first Jew to settle in Kirkland Lake in 1914.
- In the 1920s, the Jewish community in Kirkland Lake built a permanent synagogue and acquired an aron kodesh of eastern European design, its lamps, railings, pews and reader’s desk, from the disbanded Ukrainishe Shul in Montreal. In the 1970s, the Kirkland Lake Synagogue disbanded and Fred and Beverly Schaeffer acquired the aron kodesh, all of its furnishings, the ner tamid, and the parochet. They generously donated these Jewish artifacts to Beth Tikvah Synagogue, Toronto, in 1988, in memory of Isadore Kaplan, father of Beverly Schaeffer and Erich Schaeffer, father of Fred Schaeffer.
- Fred married Beverley in Toronto. Like many children from Kirkland Lake, Beverley had moved to the city to attend university. Fred and Beverley are keen collectors of Canadian art. He is a retired civil engineer and a former chair of the Canadian Art Historical Committee at the AGO.
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Name Access
- Atkins (family)
- Bucavetsky (family)
- Cochrane (Ont.)
- Etkins (family)
- Mallins (family)
- Purkiss (family)
- Schaeffer, Fred
- Geographic Access
- Ansonville (Ont.)
- Engelhart (Ont.)
- Kirkland Lake (Ont.)
- Krugerdorf (Ont.)
- Ontario, Northern
- Timmins (Ont.)
- Original Format
- Audio cassette
- Copy Format
- Audio cassette
- Digital file
- Transcript
- G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 24 - Schaeffer\OH24_001_Log.docx
- G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 24 - Schaeffer\OH24_002_Log.docx
- Source
- Oral Histories
In this clip, Fred Schaeffer and Stephen Speisman discuss some of the earliest synagogues established in Northern Ontario.
In this clip, Fred Schaeffer relates colourful anecdotes about the first Jewish settler in the Swastika-Kirkland area, Roza Brown.
- Name
- Barney and Tillie Nosov
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Interview Date
- 22 Sep. 1975
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Barney and Tillie Nosov
- Number
- OH 11
- Subject
- Families
- Religion
- Interview Date
- 22 Sep. 1975
- Quantity
- 1
- Interviewer
- Fred Schaeffer
- Total Running Time
- side 1: 43:39 minutes
- side 2: 43:36 minutes
- Conservation
- Copied August 2003
- Notes
- Most of the interview is conducted with Barney Nosov. Wilfred Kideckel is also featured on the tape, and Tillie Nosov is interviewed briefly.
- Use Restrictions
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Conditional access. Researchers must receive permission from the interviewee or their heir prior to accessing the interview. Please contact the OJA for more information.
- Biography
- Barney Nosov arrived in Canada in 1916. Nosov lived in Ansonville, Ontario. He was a merchant, owned a store, and was also in politics for many years.
- Wilfred Kideckel was born in Kreugerdorf on a farm in 1917. His father was one of the first immigrants to the area. Kideckel had ten people in his family. He moved to Ansonville and got married. Kideckel moved to Toronto in 1942.
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Name Access
- Nosov, Barney
- Nosov, Tillie
- Kideckel, Wilfred
- Geographic Access
- Ansonville (Ont.)
- Cobalt (Ont.)
- Cochrane (Ont.)
- Original Format
- Audio cassette
- Copy Format
- Audio cassette
- Transcript
- G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 11 - Nosov\OH11_Transcript.pdf
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 1738
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1738
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1975]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 9 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a colour photograph of the exterior of the former synagogue in Ansonville (Iroquois Falls), Ontario. Also pictured is the Gulf gas station situation next to it.
- Subjects
- Architecture
- Synagogues
- Places
- Ansonville (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 1739
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1739
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1975]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 9 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a colour photograph of the exterior of the former synagogue in Ansonville (Iroquois Falls), Ontario.
- Subjects
- Architecture
- Synagogues
- Places
- Ansonville (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 1740
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1740
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1975]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 9 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a colour photograph of the exterior of the former synagogue in Ansonville (Iroquois Falls), Ontario. Also pictured is the Gulf gas station situated next to it.
- Subjects
- Architecture
- Synagogues
- Places
- Ansonville (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Accession Number
- 2016-11-33
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2016-11-33
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 4 photographs : col. ; 10 x 15 cm
- Date
- 1989
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of four photographs featuring former Jewish sites in Ansonville, Ontario (now Iroquois Falls). Included is the former synagogue, Kideckel's grocery store, stable where Israel Kideckel housed his horse used to deliver groceries, and the sign for Synagogue Avenue.
- Subjects
- Synagogues
- Places
- Ansonville (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 4739
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4739
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [1924 or 1925]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 21 x 26 cm and 10 x 12 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a copy photograph of a party at the synagogue in Ansonville, Ontario. Seated, front row, beginning second from left are Israel Kideckel, Minnie Kideckel, Esther Kideckel, and Annie Ludwig. The gentleman seated behind Minnie is Jack Perlmutter. Seated, front row, beginning fourth from right are Jack and Polly Abramson, and Tillie and Barney Nosov.
- Notes
- Original photograph by Couture Photo Ansonville, Ontario.
- Subjects
- Parties
- Synagogues
- 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
- Ansonville (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1988-6-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 4740
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4740
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1920]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 21 x 26 cm and 10 x 12 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a copy photograph of the staff standing behind the counter inside Kideckel Grocery in Ansonville, Ontario. Pictured are:
- Back row, left to right: Harry Kideckel, Fay Kideckel, [unidentified].
- Front row, left to right: [unidentified], Becky Kideckel, [Sam?], Wilf Kideckel, Israel Kideckel.
- Name Access
- Kideckel Grocery
- Subjects
- Stores, Retail
- 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
- Ansonville (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1988-6-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 4741
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4741
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1920]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 21 x 26 cm and 10 x 12 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a copy photograph of the staff standing behind the deli counter at Kideckel Grocery in Ansonville, Ontario. From left to right are: [unidentified], Wilf Kideckel, Harry Kideckel, and [unidentified].
- Name Access
- Kideckel Grocery
- Kideckel, Harry
- Kideckel, Wilf
- Subjects
- Stores, Retail
- 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
- Ansonville (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1988-6-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 436
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 436
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1920]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 21 x 26 cm and 10 x 12 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a copy photograph of the first minyan in Ansonville, Ontario, probably at Kideckel's house. Standing at the top is Chazan Nathanson, a local storekeeper. On his left is Isaac Korman and on his right are Mr. Hoffman and Mr. Aron. Standing in the second last row from left are: Mr. and Mrs. Bernstein, Jake Perlmutter, Alec Abramson holding Dorothy (?) Abramson, and Mr. and Mrs. Garber. Seated in the second row from left are: Mrs. Kideckel, Mrs. Perlmutter, Polly Abramson with Esther (?) Abramson, and Mrs. Laroz. Seated cross-legged on the floor from left are: Mr. Branson, Jack Pesach and Mr. Laroz (a Sephardic Jew). Jack Pesach and Mr. Laroz were brothers-in-law.
- Notes
- The individuals were identified by B. Nosov, 19/10/75.
- Copy delivered to the Baycrest Heritage Museum for "The Great Migration" exhibit, 1 - 8 x 20 sepia on board, June 1975.
- Name Access
- Abramson, Alec
- Abramson, Dorothy
- Abramson, Esther
- Abramson, Polly
- Aron, Mr.
- Bernstein, Mr. and Mrs.
- Branson, Mr.
- Garber, Mr. and Mrs.
- Hoffman, Mr.
- Kideckel, Mrs.
- Korman, Isaac
- Laroz, Mr.
- Laroz, Mrs.
- Nathanson, Chazan
- Perlmutter, Jake
- Perlmutter, Mrs.
- Pesach, Jack
- Subjects
- Minyan
- 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
- Ansonville (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 1741-1743
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1741-1743
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1975]
- Physical Description
- 3 photographs : col. ; 9 x 9 cm
- Notes
- Acquired in 1975.
- Subjects
- Streets
- Places
- Ansonville (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 1744
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1744
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1975]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w (Polaroid) ; 9 x 11 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a photograph of the street sign for Synagogue Avenue in Ansonville, Ontario.
- Notes
- Acquired 1975.
- Subjects
- Street signs
- Places
- Ansonville (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 1746
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1746
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1975]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w (Polaroid) ; 9 x 11 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a photograph of the street sign for Nosov Drive in Ansonville, Ontario.
- Subjects
- Street signs
- Places
- Ansonville (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 572
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 572
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1929]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 21 x 26 cm and 12 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of the Ansonville cheder class, ca. 1929. The photograph was taken outside. Pictured are:
- Centre: Mr. Kosoff. Children from left to right: Harry Abramson (lawyer in Windsor), Vera Abramson (Montreal), Esther Abramson (Montreal), Becky Briansky, John Abramson, Mary Crotin, Dorothy Abramson, Art Crotin (killed in war), Lou Crotin (identified this photo), Bill Perlmutter (now in Montreal), and Bella Briansky.
- Name Access
- Abramson, Dorothy
- Abramson, Esther
- Abramson, Harry
- Abramson, John
- Abramson, Vera
- Briansky, Becky
- Briansky, Bella
- Crotin, Art
- Crotin, Lou
- Crotin, Mary
- Perlmutter, Bill
- Subjects
- Heder
- 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
- Ansonville (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- Acquired Dec. 1975.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 1745
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1745
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1975]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w (Polaroid) ; 9 x 11 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a photograph of the street sign for Synagogue Avenue in Ansonville, Ontario, in front of the Gulf gas station.
- Notes
- Acquired 1975.
- Subjects
- Street signs
- Places
- Ansonville (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 1747
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1747
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1975]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w (Polaroid) ; 9 x 11 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a photograph of the street sign for Nosov Drive in Ansonville, Ontario.
- Subjects
- Street signs
- Places
- Ansonville (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions