A Little Country Town - Jewish Papineau - Bubbles Weigens

1912 - 1922
6614 Papineau

La Petite-Patrie is a bustling multicultural neighborhood about 6 kilometres to the north of downtown Montreal. At the turn of the twentieth century the neighbourhood was considered more rural than urban and was bordered by farmland. The corridor along Boulevard St-Laurent (or “The Main”) is generally regarded as the place where East European Jewish immigrants settled in Montreal. But a considerable number found their way to this neighbourhood, which they called “Papineau.” Many of these newly arrived Jewish immigrants opened stores or worked at the railyards nearby.

Florence "Bubbles" Weigens' mother Rose grew up in “Jewish Papineau” and often shared her fond memories and stories with her daughter. This was Rose’s home, where she lived with her parents Abraham and Bracha Goldberg and her brother Moe from 1912-1922.

Click on the video link in the Media section to listen to Bubbles Weigens share her mother's stories of Papineau.

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Created by Victoria Konczarek and Stephanie Tara Schwartz. Interview with Bubbles Weigens. Photos By IMJM. Special thanks to Bubbles, David and Sandy Weigens and Jewel Sarna.

Animation by Delphine Wibaux - www.delwibaux.com. Animation music by D’Harmo, “Smog et Mardi Gras”, written by Sam Caron. Animation images courtesy of the Jewish Public Library Archives, Canadian Jewish Congress Charities Committee Archives, les Archives de la ville de Montréal, and the International Ladies Garment Workers’ Union Archives, Kheel Centre, Cornell University.

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