The Second Wave of Settlers
Mary Greenspoon standing outside her grocery store with her sons Jack Greenspoon and Bill Greenspoon sitting on stairs, ca. 1940
The Jewish population steadily rose over time, reaching 129 Jews by 1921. This included the original settlers as well as the second wave of Jews who arrived during the early twentieth century, many of whom were Romanian immigrants escaping from the pogroms. Daniel Rothschild, David Jacobs, and Hyman and Aaron Silverman sponsored many of them.
Some of these new settlers started out as peddlers, labourers, miners or farmers and others ran small businesses or boarding houses in Sudbury or outside of town. Many who worked outside the town retained strong connections to religious life in Sudbury by returning for holiday services. Saul Magder, Hascal and George Moses, Sam Hart and David Robitaille (Rabinovitch) were part of this second wave. In turn, Sam Helpert, Benjamin Greenspoon and Max Schwartz arrived around the First World War and Meyer Levine and Jack Valensky arrived in Sudbury during the early 1920s. They too established themselves well in town and thrived.
