Forum: Jewish Roots

Nikki and my Jacobs cousins- Here are the GRO Marriage Record details for Isaac Harris and Rebekah Jacobs: June 24 1846 Western Synagogue St James Westminster ISAAC HARRIS full age bachelor BOOTMAKER 49 Duke St Lincoln Inn Fields- father- MYER HARRIS -TAILOR REBEKAH JACOBS full age spinster no...

Since meeting my hubby I always felt it so sad that his mum didn't know her parents and indeed neither her nor her 2 brothers even knew they were Jewish until very late in their teens. In trying to find out more about his mums (now nearly 70) family I have delved into a past and a history that I...

I am starting a new post to provide further data on the lines relating to Henry Levy Lewis died 1831 Jamaica and his wife Sophia Levy Lewis. Earlier posts on this couple and their children appeared under " Edward Lawrence Levy-solicitor". Currently, there is no evidence to indicate that Henry Levy...

I have traced my ancestors back to Henry Jacobs (born 1772), a china and glass merchants whose daughter Amelia (born 1803) married Daniel Levy and lived on Hunter Street, London. They had several children, including Ernest Abraham born 1836 who emigrated to the US and is my great grandfather. I...

Hi looking for anyone who has researched their SOLOMON/S line back into the 18thC I have Judith SOLOMONS b C Sept 1786, Horeton (?), Middlesex. Her father's patronym was Aryeh Yehuda. Perhaps there are siblings, so would be interested if you have someone on your tree born about this date....

As part of my research into the Levy links to Crawcour and Jacobs I have noted amongst my distant Jacobs cousins data the relationship between Charlotte Levy who married Edward Lawrence Levy b abt 1828 ( also used Laurence as a middle name. Charlotte Levy was the daughter of Daniel Levy and Amelia...

Emmanuel Abrahams arrived in England from Russia, alone, aged 14. From census records and age at death, he appears to have been born about 1833 so his arrival would have been about say 1847 +/-. Pauline Krzasny was born in Witkowo, Posen/Poznan in what was then probably West Prussia. From documents...

The following post describes the relationship through marriage between Maurice Davies and Amelia Hart and seeks to resolve what happened to Amelia and her two children following the subsequent break down of the marriage. Amelia Hart b 1843 was the daughter of John Hart and Elizabeth Jacobs. John...

I'm hoping someone can give me some inspiration to locate the father of Charles Lewis born probably in York in 1844. According to his marriage certificate, his father was Levy Lewis. I found him in London cenuses after his marriage in London in 1875 without difficulty, but cannot find him...

The following post(s) provide further data on the relationships through marriage between Montague Henry Moses and Caroline Woolf. The data further links to the parents of Montague Henry and Caroline. "The Jewish Victorian.Genealogical Information from the Jewish Newspapers 1861-70" transcribed and...

I will place further data on the Henry Moses and Rosa Hart lines but would welcome confirmation of where the family were in the 1841 Census. I have access to the major family history site and have located the family in the 1851 census and Rosa as a widow in the 1861 census and later. The 1851...

This the start of a series of postings on Simon Henry Russell aka George Henry Russell and Catherine Virginia Levy. These posts will fill in the various gaps on the family relationships between the Levy and Russell lines but also reveal the links to Levy/Lewis/Lindow/Jacobs/Hart lines. The posts...

So far all I have done in this forum is post threads asking for help with parish records etc. this is mostly because previously I have been undertaking mostly Jewish Research. I figured its time to help pay back some kindness :), I have a small personal collection of Jewish Books which I don't...

My Nettie Cohen who was married to Simon Cohen maiden name was BAUM. I distant cousin (Jewish) has the genealogy of the BAUMS from Prussia back to the 1700s. Many moved to London. The Baum family was involved in the electro silver plating of Silverware in Sheffield, England. I discovered online...

I am trying to find out more about an Abigal Cohen (Father on 2nd marriage cert Abraham Cohen Confectioner) Also states (and on all her childrens birth certs) 1st marriage was to ? Asher who died. Literally Abigail Late Asher previously Cohen. I have a line of Asher's from who family tradition...

I wonder if anyone has any info or connection with this family. I don't have access to the earliest Bergers. Lazarus Cohen (1776-1833) Birth place unknown. A clothier. Wife unknown , but I think she might be Priscilla born 1793 Middlesex. If so then she appears in census of 1841, in Liverpool...

As a follow up to the research on my Isaac Crawcour/Simha Cohen De Lara lines I am interested in discovering data on Abraham Cohen De Lara father of Simha. In addition, I am interested to discover why a Sepahardi family ( Simha) married into a Ashkenazi family ( Isaac). These inter marriages were...

Deborah hart, my 3x great aunt married Solomon Moses in Sydney on 28/1/1835. Her parents were Asher Hart ( b 1786 London d 6/2/1860 Sydney) and Phoebe Moses (B1788 London D Sydney 1864) They married At the New Synagogue in London in 1808. Solomon was born in Shearness on the...