In fond memory of Harry Sanders

Southern Alberta Jewish Family Histories

Moses Hart Family


Moses Hart, a widower, arrived in Calgary in 1906 from Romania, where the family name was Herscovitz.

With him came two of his daughters, twelve-year old Bertha and her older sister Sarah.

Moses’ son Jack and another daughter, Hannah, came later to live in Calgary. Jack Hart established the Famous Cloak ladies were store, which became well known in the city.

Sarah married Jack Bercuson in 1906, and Bertha married Sam Segall in 1908. (See Bercuson and Segall family histories.

Moses Hart died in 1925 and is buried in the Calgary Jewish Cemetery.

Source(s): JHSSA, Harold Segall

Date Last Updated: January 1, 1996

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