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Ralph Weber - 3 Feb. 1987
- Name
- Ralph Weber
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Interview Date
- 3 Feb. 1987
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Ralph Weber
- Number
- OH 190
- OH 191
- Subject
- Cemeteries
- Hevra kaddisha
- Synagogues
- Interview Date
- 3 Feb. 1987
- Quantity
- 3 cassettes (2 copies)
- 3 WAV files
- Interviewer
- Stephen Spiesman
- AccessionNumber
- 1987-2-8
- Total Running Time
- OH190_001: 31.04 minutes OH190_002: 31.05 minutes OH191_001: 25 minutes
- Conservation
- Copied August 2003
- Digitized November 2013
- Use Restrictions
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Biography
- Samuel Weber was born 1875 in Vilna, Russia and immigrated to Toronto in 1899. He began his career working in real estate and clothing manufacturing. Sam became the largest real-estate owner of rental housing in Toronto and was one of first builders of roads in the city. He organized and was president of the Toronto Hebrew Burial Society (Chesed Shel Emes). In 1906, he purchased the property today known as the Roselawn Cemetery. Sam was a member of Goel Tzedec Synagogue's building committee.
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Language
- English
- Name Access
- Roselawn Cemetery
- Weber, Ralph
- Weber, Sam
- Geographic Access
- Toronto
- Original Format
- Audio cassette
- Copy Format
- Audio cassette
- Digital file
- Transcript
- G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 190, OH 191 - Weber\OH190_001_Log.pdf
- G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 190, OH 191 - Weber\OH190_002_Log.pdf
- G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 190, OH 191 - Weber\OH191_001_Log.pdf
- Source
- Oral Histories