HIRSCH: Correspondence re farming colony, Jewish cemetery preservation; farmers lists; Monthly Reports of Canadian Hebrew Schools - Hirsch 1914; monograph on colony; press clippings

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Alex Dworkin Canadian Jewish Archives via Canadian Jewish Heritage Network (incl. Alex Dworkin Canadian Jewish Archives)

Dates

1894-2001 (indexed as 1894–2001)

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Correspondence containing information about the Hirsch farming colony. File also includes translations of a 1923 Yiddish press clipping in file.

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HIRSCH: Correspondence re farming colony, Jewish cemetery preservation; farmers lists; Monthly Reports of Canadian Hebrew Schools - Hirsch 1914; monograph on colony; press clippings

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August 3, 1967Mr. Morris M. Bruker,433 St. Joseph Blvd. W.,Montreal, Que.Dear Mr. Bruker:Sincerely,Louis RosenbergResearch DirectorLR:shI have a considerable amount of material concerning the early Jewish farm settlement in Hirsch and other parts of Western Canada, but, so far as I have been able to ascertain, the name of your late grandfather, Mr. Benjamin Simon, does not appear in the list of those who settled on homesteads at Hirsch in the 1890's.The homesteads regulations in force at that time were that a homesteader must settle upon a homestead of 160 acres, plough at least 30 acres of land, build a house and barn and actually live on that farm for a minimum period of three years upon completion of which he would receive title from the Canadian government to the 160 acres of land upon which he settled.A considerable number of the early pioneer settlers were unable to comply with all these conditions and left the Hirsch colony after living there for several years and their names, therefore, do not appear in the records of the Jewish homesteaders. It is possible, of course, that your late grandfather was one of the settlers who left the Hirsch settlement before he obtained title to a homestead.I trust that this information will be of some interest to you.cjhn.caRead automatically; may contain mistakes.

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