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Brainin, Reuben, 1862-1939

The Hebrew writer, biographer, critic and Zionist leader Reuben Brainin was born in Lyady, Belorussia in 1862. After receiving a traditional Jewish education he left his parents' home at the age of 16 and went to Horki to study agronomy. From there he moved to Moscow, where he resided from 1880 to 1888. During that period (1881) he made his literary debut, with articles published in the Hebrew journal Hamelitz. In 1892 Brainin settled in Vienna, where he studied at university and served as editor of an influential Hebrew periodical Mimizrach Umima'arav (1894-1899), and as co-editor of Zion. While in Vienna and Berlin (1895-1909) he published numerous essays, including important critiques of the Hebrew authors Judah Leib Gorden, Peretz Smolenskin, Abraham Mapu, and Saul Tschernichowsky. The central theme of Brainin's critical opus was Hebrew literature in the chosen media. Brainin was also active in the Zionist movement during these years. In 1909 Brainin came to the United States, and three years later settled in Montreal, where he edited the Yiddish newspapers Der Veg (1915-1916) and Der Keneder Adler (1915-1916). He was one of the founders (1914) and leaders of the Jewish Public Library and People's University. Brainin returned to New York in 1916, where he resided until his death in 1939. He edited the Hebrew journal Hatoren (1919-1925) and contributed to numerous Hebrew and Yiddish periodicals, including the Jewish Daily News (1916-1920) and The Day (1921-1939). During the 1920s Brainin became an active supporter of Jewish agricultural colonization in the Soviet Union, and went on lecture tours throughout North America and South Africa to raise funds in support of this cause. Brainin published several books in Hebrew and Yiddish during his lifetime, including two on Smolenskin (Warsaw, 1896 and Vilna, 1901), one on Theodor Herzl (New York, 1919), plus selected writings in Hebrew (Warsaw, 1909) and Yiddish (New York, 1917) as well as collected works in three volumes (New York, 1922-1940). He edited a collection of Hebrew poems (Jerusalem, 1910) and a commemorative volume on Eliezer Ben Yehuda (New York, 1915). Brainin also translated into Hebrew three German books: Der Prophet Jeremias by M. Lazarus (Warsaw, 1897), Das neue Ghette, by Theodor Herzl (Warsaw, 1898) and Paradoxes, by Max Nordau (1901). In 1922 a festschrift appeared, in honour of Brainin's 60th birthday. His diary was published posthumously in Yiddish (New York, 1946).

Bension, Ariel, 1887-1932

A descendant of an illustrious Sephardic family, Dr. Bension was a brilliant scholar both in religious and secular studies. An active Zionist, he traveled all over the world on behalf of Keren Hayesod. He wrote numerous articles on Arab-Jewish relations, on poetic and philosophical topics and on mysticism. His work on «The Zohar in Moselm and Christian Spain» was acclaimed by Jews and non-Jews alike. Dr. Bension married Ida Siegler, a Montrealer, in 1925. A Bension collection of manuscripts exists at the University of Alberta's Archives as well.

Pierce, Asher, 1867-1936

Asher Pierce, born in the village of Koltinan in the Kovno district of Lithuania to Jacob and Feige Dvorah (Fay Deborah), nee Bernstein on March 15, 1867. Arrived in Canada in 1880 at the age of 13 and assisted by an uncle, Hyman Bernstein as his brother Charles had also been helped when he immigrated a year earlier. The first work he found was cutting bed slats in Montreal furniture company and later a water boy for a railroad construction gang. According to the family, the latter job was what got him started in the peddling trade. His remaining family immigrated to Canada in 1884, soon attempting farming in Middlechurch, Manitoba and then again in 1888 in Oxbow, North West Territories. Pierce returned to Montreal at the turn of the century and started his successful whole sale fur business. In 1900 he married Ella (Nellie) Vineberg and the couple had one son in 1901, Sydney David. Pierce was heavily involved in the Jewish community and philanthropy as evident from the following entry from Canadian Jewry, Selected and assisted the Jewish colony at Hirsch, Sask., assisted to settle the French Colony in Cardroff, Sask. In 1894 settled a colony of 24 Jewish families at his own expense, which ten years later was the most prosperous colony in the West; was one of the five who built the Mont Sinai Sanatorium, St[e]. Agathe; also one of five who purchased the Orphan's Home; Life Governor of the following hospitals: Montreal General, Western, Notre Dame and Verdun Asylum. Past President A. and E. Pierce and Co. Ltd., founder and first Vice-President of Canadian Fur Auction Sales Co., Ltd., past Vice-President of Federation of Jewish Philanthropies. In 1927 founded the Gan Chaym Corporation Ltd. for the development of orange plantations in Palestine, which now owns and operates the largest Palestinian orange grove. He was associated in this undertaking and in other transactions for the development of Palestine, with the late Lord Melchet. Clubs: Montefiore, Islesmere Golf. Canadian Jewry: Prominent Jews of Canada. Dr. Zvi Cohen, ed. Toronto: Canadian Jewish Historical Publishing Company, 1933. p. 258

Helfield, Tilya Gallay.

Tylia Helfield Tylia Helfield was born in Montreal in 1934. She received her (BFA) from Concordia University in. She is a writer, printmaker and artist. Eric Sidney Helfield Eric Sidney Helfield was born in Montreal in 1931. (where he lived and went to school) He was awarded a Bachelor's degree in 1952 and a (BCL, 1955) from McGill University. He was a barrister and served for 14 years, between 1976 and 1990, as councilor of the former City of Côte-Saint-Luc. Eric Helfield died 3 October 1992 in Montreal. Marks Ellis Marks Ellis was born in Lithuania in 1873. A tailor by trade, he immigrated via London to Montreal in 1895, accompanied by his wife Mary. He established Bellingham Cleaners in the 1930s, at the corner of Bellingham and Maplewood streets (now rue Vincent-d'Indy and boulevard Édouard-Montpetit) and operated the business for two years. He worked as a tailor during the Second World War for Sterling Clothing on Park Avenue, and at Scott's Clothing. In 1927, Ellis was involved in the founding of the United Commercial Loan Syndicate, formed by Jewish businessmen who gave loans at low interest rates to Jewish immigrants. He was also one of the founders of the Congregation Shaare Zedek in Montreal. He retired in 1956 at the age of 82 and died in Montreal on 26 December 1965. Ellis was the maternal grandfather of Eric Helfield. Children: Barnett, Mildred, Samuel. Brother of Bluma Ellis. Wilfred Gallay (Dr) Wilfred Gallay was born 10 June 1906 in Hawkesbury, Ontario. He went to elementary school and later obtained a First Class Teacher's Certificate in Calgary, Alberta. Gallay studied chemistry at McGill University in Montreal, and was awarded a Ph.D. in 1930. He carried out post-doctoral research at the University of Leipzig and at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute in Berlin, Germany. On his return to Canada, he worked at the National Research Council in Ottawa, becoming head of the Section on Colloids and Plastics. From 1944 to 1953, he was a consultant to Canadian and American firms and from 1953 until his retirement in 1971, he was Director of Research and Member of the Board of Directors of the E. B. Eddy Company in Hull, Quebec. In the course of his career, Gallay published some 85 scientific papers chiefly in the field of colloid or surface chemistry and was the recipient of several fellowships, awards and honours, including the Bolton Award the Technical Section Medal from the Canadian Pulp and Paper Association, and the Plummer Medal of the Engineering Institute of Canada. Gallay was also involved with several scientific organizations and served namely on various committees of the Canadian Pulp and Paper Association and as Secretary General of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry. He was a prominent member of the Jewish community in Ottawa. Wilfred Gallay married Birdie Silver in 19xx, and was the father of Tylia Helfied. He died in Toronto.

Roback, Léa, 1903-2000

Activist and organizer, Léa Roback was born on November 03, 1903 in Montreal, the second of nine children of Polish Jewish immigrants. She spent her childhood in Beauport, Quebec where her parents ran a general store. The Robacks spoke Yiddish at home; outside it was French or English and Léa was able to switch freely between languages, a skill that was useful in work with labour organizations. When Léa was fourteen the family returned to Montreal where she began working two years later at various Montreal factories. There she became aware of the inequality between Montreal?s ruling English-speaking families and the mostly French and Jewish working class. In the mid-1920s, Léa spent a couple of years at the University of Grenoble in France, supporting herself by privately teaching English to students. In 1928, Léa joined her older brother Harry in Berlin where he was studying medicine. She enrolled at the University of Berlin studying Sociology and German. Léa became involved with leftwing student groups and eventually joined the Communist Party. In 1932 Léa returned to Montreal, finding work as a youth group director at the Young Women?s Hebrew Association, where her mentor was Saidye Bronfman, wife of Sam Bronfman. In 1935 she managed the Modern Bookshop on Bleury Street, the first Marxist bookstore in Quebec, which became a gathering place for local radicals. That same year Léa coordinated Fred Rose?s bid for election. Eight years later, Rose became the first communist elected to the House of Commons. In 1936 she was recruited by Thérèse Casgrain, legendary women?s suffrage leader, to assist in her work in obtaining the vote for women in Quebec. Léa also became involved with the International Ladies Garment Workers? Union during their attempts to improve conditions in the needle trade. In 1937, Léa was a leader ? along with organizers such as Rose Pesotta and Bernard Shane ? in organizing over 5,000 women who walked off the job from the garment industry factories of Montreal. During the war years, being too militant for the ILGWU, she took a job at R.C.A. and became an organizer for the United Electrical Workers, becoming business agent for the 3,000 R.C.A. workers in Montreal. Léa was married to the cause of human rights for the majority of her life. She joined organizations in Montreal that consumed her enthusiasm and energy ? Québec Aid to the Partially Sighted; the Voice of Women anti-nuclear and anti-war groups. She was always there within the ranks passing out leaflets, speaking, urging, explaining, marching in protests and demonstrations.

Société d'histoire de Joliette De Lanaudière (Qc)

La fondation de la Société d'histoire de Joliette de Lanaudière remonte au 13 mars 1929 à Joliette. On doit la fondation de cette Société aux abbés Eugène Martin et un groupe d'amis. Parmi ces derniers, nous retrouvons entre autres Régis Bonin, Wilfrid Caillé, J.-A. Charlebois, C. Cartier, Paul-Émile Farley, Joseph Alexis Norbert Ferland, Fernand Guibault, Émile Lachapelle et Mathias Tellier. La Société tient sa première séance solennelle le 21 janvier 1931. Il faut préciser qu'au départ l'organisme se fait connaître sous le nom de Société historique de Joliette. Ce n'est qu'en 1987 qu'elle prend le nom sous lequel on la connaît aujourd'hui. Incorporée le 10 mars 1934, elle a comme premier président Mathias Tellier. Le but visé par une telle organisation est de faire l'étude de l'histoire locale et régionale. La Société a également à coeur de protéger le patrimoine Joliettain. Elle n'hésite donc pas à intervenir lorsque des éléments de ce dernier semblent menacés. La devise de la Société historique est ARamasser les parcelles de peur qu'elles ne se perdent@. Ainsi, l'organisme s'est donné comme mission de ramasser et de conserver des archives qui témoigne de l'héritage Joliettain. L'objectif de la Société d'histoire se modifie avec l'arrivée de l'an 2000. Il ne s'agit plus pour les membres de conserver les archives dans un lieu où personne ne peut y accéder, mais bien de les rendre, le plus possible, accessibles à toutes les personnes qui désirent les consulter. Pour inciter la population à s'intéresser à l'histoire de leur région, la Société organise des expositions, participe à des événements commémoratifs et surtout organise à tous les jeudis du mois des conférences sur l'histoire. Lors de sa création, la Société compte environ 115 membres mais aujourd'hui, au début de l'an 2000, elle en compte environ 60.

Geoffroy, Hector, prêtre (1908-2004)

J.-Hector Geoffroy est né à Sainte-Élisabeth le 2 juillet 1908. Il est le fils de Félixina Poulette et de Auguste Geoffroy. Hector Geoffroy a fait ses études classiques au Séminaire de Joliette de 1923 à 1930. Il entre au Grand Séminaire de Montréal en 1930 et est ordonné prêtre le 26 juin 1934. Il complète un diplôme en pédagogie à l'École Normale secondaire de l'Université de Montréal en 1942-1943. Outre ses fonctions d'enseignant au Séminaire de Joliette de 1934 à 1963, l'abbé Hector Geoffroy est confesseur et directeur spirituel (1943-1963) et exerce son ministère pastoral à la chapelle Notre-Dame-du-Lac-Noir de Saint-Jean-de-Matha de 1952 à 1963. Il est curé de Notre-Dame-de-la-Merci en 1963, de Sainte-Émélie-de-l'Énergie en 1965 et de Saint-Félix-de-Valois en 1968. L'abbé Geoffroy devient ensuite chapelain à l'Abbaye des Moniales Bénédictines de Joliette de 1978 à 1986 puis à Notre-Dame de Pontmain de Saint-Damien de Brandon de 1986 à sa fermeture en 1994. Archiviste de la Société d'histoire de Joliette-De Lanaudière de 1982 à 1993, il se retire à l'évêché de Joliette en 1986 puis au Centre Saint-Eusèbe du 8 février 1999 jusqu'à son décès survenu le 31 décembre 2004 à l'âge de 96 ans. L'abbé Hector Geoffroy a été inhumé au cimetière de son village natal. L'abbé Geoffroy avait une passion pour la généalogie et pour l'histoire de Lanaudière, particulièrement pour son village natal, Sainte-Élisabeth. Photographe amateur, il a pris plusieurs centaines de clichés dont une majorité sont identifiés et a rédigé plusieurs monographies historiques.

Ducharme, Anna

Nous n'avons pas retrouvé‚ d'éléments pour élaborer la notice biographique. Cependant, afin de réaliser cette dernière, des recherches sont en cours.

Asselin, famille (Lanaudière)

Nous savons que les membres de la famille Asselin ont résidé à Saint-Félix-de-Valois. Il s'agit possiblement de la famille d'Esdras et de Lara Asselin. Nous n'avons pas retrouvé d'éléments supplémentaires pour élaborer cette notice biographique. Cependant, afin de compléter cette dernière des recherches sont en cours. La collection présente les membres d'une famille Asselin, possiblement celle d'Esdras et de Lara Asselin, de Saint-Félix-de-Valois. On y retrouve également des membres des familles Bernard, Poitras et Laporte qui ont des liens par alliance avec la famille Asselin.

Robitaille, Thérèse

Nous savons que Thérèse Robitaille-Fafard réside, en août 1986, sur la rue Émile Legrand à Montréal. Nous n'avons pas retrouvé d'éléments supplémentaires pour élaborer cette notice biographique. Cependant, afin de compléter cette dernière des recherches sont en cours. Thérèse Robitaille, remet ces documents le 26 août 1986, à M. Hector Geoffroy, archiviste de la Société Historique de Joliette.

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