Madorsky Family
In 1913 Mair Madorsky left his wife and child at their home in Chedrin, White Russia, and travelled to Canada with his three brothers- in-law: Bernie, Izzie and Sam Aisenstat.
He had planned to earn money and quickly send for his family, but the Great War and the Russian Revolution intervened. After enduring ter- rible hardships in Russia, his wife Alta and daughter Molly finally arrived in Calgary in 1922.
Mair worked as a CPR tracklayer. He peddled furs and metals in Southern Alberta and then opened the American Hide & Fur Company at 6th Avenue and 4th Street S.E.
When he closed his business in 1941, he went into cattle ranching. He had ranches just northeast of Cochrane, and later at Nose Creek. He and Avremka Levine also had a dairy farm in Strathmore, which had previously been the CPR Experimental Farm.
Mair always helped his fellow man, whether by co-signing notes at the bank, or opening his home to travellers from all over Canada. During the Second World War, the Madorsky home was open to servicemen from all over the world, especially during Passover and the High Holidays.
Mair Madorsky died in 1962, Alta in 1966. They had three children: Molly (Ben Shugarman), Alice (Jack Adler) and Archie Madorsky.