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Michael Caminetsky papers, 1869-1970.
BANC MSS 2010/560; BANC MSS 2010/560 oversize folder 1
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Title:
Michael Caminetsky papers, 1869-1970Creator/Contributor:
Caminetsky, Michael, 1850-1892, creatorCreator/Contributor:
Cam, Leon.Creator/Contributor:
Western Jewish History Center, 060.Creator/Contributor:
Judah L. Magnes Museum, WJHC 1971.007.Creator/Contributor:
Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and LifeCreator/Contributor:
Online Archive of CaliforniaAbstract:
The collection consists primarily of personal and legal documents from Michael Caminetsky's life in Imperial Russia, including
his Russian language army registration (1876), his family's merchant license (1869), a death certificate for a family member
(possibly a brother), a passport from 1872, a subpoena to bear witness on behalf of "Citizen Keisel Verman" (1873), a promissory
note (1774), a certificate from the Czar granting permission to travel within Russia, a birth certificate for Caminetsky's
son, a circumcision document for Itsco Aaron (1874), a certificate of Caminetsky's partnership in a bakery business with Volka
Pinchus Ruvinovitch (1881). Also contains a copy of a genealogy that was compiled by Leon Cam, his grandson, in 1970, and
a few letters exchanged during World War I between Frank, Sam, and Max Rodin (Michael Caminetsky's granddaughter Gertrude
married into the Rodin family).
Date:
1869 (issued)Subject:
e-ur--- -- n-cn-mbCaminetsky, Michael -- 1850-1892 -- Archives
Russia. -- Armii︠a︡ -- Recruiting, enlistment, etc
Draft -- Russia
Jews, Russian -- Manitoba -- Winnipeg
Jews -- Russia
Jewish merchants -- Manitoba -- Winnipeg
Manitoba -- Genealogy
Note:
Formerly: Western Jewish History Center Collection Number 060.
Formerly: Judah L. Magnes Museum Collection Number WJHC 1971.007.
Michael Caminetsky papers, BANC MSS 2010/560, The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life, The Bancroft Library, University
of California, Berkeley.
Transfer; Judah L. Magnes Museum; 2010.
Michael Caminetsky was born in Russia. In 1882, he immigrated to and settled in Winnipeg, Canada. He was a founder of two
synagogues in Winnipeg: Shaarey Zedek (1890) and Rosh Pina (1892).
Materials in Russian and English.
Type:
Business records.Family papers.
Military records.
Physical Description:
print
1 folder and 1 oversize folder.
Language:
Russian
English
Identifier:
2006585265
BANC MSS 2010/560
BANC MSS 2010/560 oversize folder 1