
Where
- Held by
- Montreal Holocaust Museum via Canadian Jewish Heritage Network (incl. Alex Dworkin Canadian Jewish Archives)
- Dates
- 1962 (indexed as 1962)
- Level
- item
- Extent
- Envelope : paper : Printed : ink : Beige, black ; Ht: 10 cm x W: 23 cm
- Scope & content
- Prepaid and addressed envelope, opened, addressed to Rabbi Isadore Lawrence (misspelled Lorincz), at 104 Catherine St., Port Colborne, Ontario. Contained Canadian Citizenship Application. Narrative: Rev. Isodore Lorincz was born 6 January 1908 in Hungary. His parents were Lowi Netti and Loliner (?) Jakob. He attended high school and Yeshiva, and graduated from the Jewish Theological Seminary of Budapest with ordination and smicha. During World War 2 his family was killed in Auschwitz. He came to Canada in 1957 after fleeing the revolution in Hungary. He and his wife, Zita, lived with their cousin Eugene Lorincz when they first arrived. Isadore served in two congregations before serving the Shaare Zedek Congregation as ritual director, then as Chazzan Sheni with a congregation in Hamilton, Ontario, for three years. Afterwards he served as rabbi in Port Colborne, Ontario. He settled in Montreal, Quebec, in 1962 where he became Chazzan Sheni for the next 26 years. He and Zita continued to live in Montreal until there death around 2005. Zita was born 2 Jan 1917 in Nograd, Hungary.
- Location
- rue Catherine · street · confidence 50% · street · found as “Catherine St.”
- Genre / form
- textual record
- In the picture
- CourtDocumentEnvelopeGovernmentJewish CommunityNoticePostage StampRabbiSealTypewrittenTagged automatically by a vision model; may contain mistakes.
- Text in the image
- CANADIAN CITIZENSHIP REGISTRATIONENREGISTREMENT DE LA CITOYENNETÉ CANADIENNENOTICE BY COURT - AVIS PAR LA COURRabbi Isadore Lawrence,104 Catherine St.,Port Colborne, Ont.FOR THE USE OF THE CLERK OF THE COURTÀ L'USAGE DU GREFFIER DU TRIBUNALFOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCOURRIER OFFICIELCR-112Read automatically; may contain mistakes.
- Language
- English
- Harvested
- 2026-10-19T03:21:16Z · source datestamp n/a · andornot
Digital objects at the source
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