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Alexander P. Barnhill

  • CA MNBM ID1697
  • Fonds
  • 1888

This fonds consists of certificates for appointments and qualifications granted to Barnhill by the Supreme Court of New Brunswick.

Barnhill, Alexander Perley, 1863-1935

Shives family

  • CA MNBM ID495
  • Fonds
  • 1846-1888

This fonds consists of the business and personal correspondence, financial records and estate papers of Willian Shives. There is also some correspondence of Alexander Shives.

Shives (family)

Kennedy family

  • CA MNBM ID2051
  • Fonds
  • 1862-[188-?]

This fonds consists of a lot certificate for a burial plot in the Saint John Rural Cemetery, belonging to William Kennedy with notes of death dates of family members written on the back. There is also a pew rental certificate dating from the 1880s from Centenary Methodist Church belonging to William Kennedy. A freeman certificate belonging to Edward Kennedy, dated 1866, is also included.

Kennedy (family)

Dalton family

  • CA MNBM ID1799
  • Fonds
  • 1790-1889

This fonds consists of the family and business papers of the Dalton family. There is family correspondence and also business correspondence between Richard Dalton and William Jarvis. The legal records include John Dalton's will, 1872; a coroner's certificate pertaining to Arthur B. Dalton's death, 1889; and a lease for property in Portland, between Samuel Dalton and Samuel Williams in 1838. There are also records of family plots in Saint John Rural Cemetery and Robert Dalton's personal accounts, 1860-1885.

Also included are an undated poem addressed to Miss M. Robertson, of Maugerville, N.B.; Bradberry Robinson's certificate as freeman of the city of Saint John, 1840; and.a muster roll, 1837, of 1st Company Rifle Battalion City Militia.

Dalton (family)

Organizations Files

  • SJJHM 2
  • Collection
  • 189- - present

The extent of archival material on each of the organizations varies from only a few sheets to many folders or boxes. Many records suffered the same fate as many of the Synagogue records, being burned in a fire in 1933.

  • Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society - primarily newspaper clippings.
  • Daughters of Israel - minute books, financial ledgers, some reports and clippings.
  • Ladies Auxiliary – minute books
  • Sisterhood Shaarei Zedek - minute books, correspondence, and annual reports
  • Young Mens / Womens Hebrew Association - newsletters, dance cards, and newspaper clippings
  • Boy Scouts, Cubs, Girl Guides and Brownies – records are limited to a few notebooks, booklets and newspaper clippings
  • Jewish Community Players - complete scrapbook of the organization's activities, scripts
  • Hebrew Choral Society - sheet music in English, Hebrew, and Yiddish.
  • Shomer Club (The Guardians) - financial records, minutes, and correspondence
  • Henrietta Szold Chapter of Hadassah-WIZO - minutes, reports, financial records, correspondence, membership, conference material, activity reports, and scrapbooks
  • Ezra Lodge Habonim - minute books, membership records, correspondence, and dinner programs
  • State of Israel Bonds - correspondence, dinner programs and bond certificates
  • Jewish National Fund - receipts and certificates for donations.
  • Young Judaea - minutes, newsletters, general information, and personal memorabilia
  • Canadian Jewish Congress / The Hebrew War Council. - minute book, newspaper clippings
  • B'nai B'rith - booklets, membership lists, newspaper clippings
  • Jewish War Veterans of Canada – most holdings from the national organization. Local activities make up a very small proportion of the material available.

Jewish organizations of New Brunswick

Robert Jones

  • CA MNBM ID62
  • Fonds
  • 1881, 1884, 1891

The fonds consists of one account book for Robert Jones' general grocery store for 1881, 1884, 1891.

Jones, Robert

Hugh Doherty

  • PANB MC368
  • Fonds
  • 1872-1892

This fonds consists of a single item -- an account book for Hugh Doherty's grocery store located in Saint John, N.B. The account book contains itemized accounts for each customer, showing the quantity of goods purchased and the amount charged. Often the customer's occupation is given.

Doherty, Hugh, 1853-1926

Nelson Arnold

  • CA MNBM ID1680
  • Fonds
  • 1857-1892

This fonds consists of a notebook belonging to Nelson Arnold, 1857-1884. It includes financial records, election returns of the Dominion election of 1887, notes on deaths and Arnold family genealogy.

Arnold, Nelson, 1816-1900

Sarah Burrell

  • CA MNBM ID4786
  • Fonds
  • 1883-1895

This fonds consists of a small leather-bound notebook containing household expenses, servants and nurses' wages, 1883-1895.

Burrell, Sarah Jane (née Morris), 1835 or 1836-1919

Tilley family

  • CA MNBM ID1384
  • Fonds
  • 1845 - [ca. 1896]

This fonds includes political and public correspondence, petitions, reports belonging to Sir Leonard Tilley and papers related to Alice Tilley's involvement in women's and benevolent organizations. There are business and personal correspondence, receipts, leases, and account books of Tilley and his wife.

Statistical information on: Saint John Post Office employees' salaries, 1866, 1872; ships built and registered in New Brunswick, 1863-1871; imports and exports for New Brunswick 1863-1871, all probably assembled as background information for Sir Leonard, is also included.

Tilley, Sir Samuel Leonard, 1818-1896

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