Forum: Jewish Roots

I am looking for any records on...... Joseph Cohen born abt1860 Gravesend Kent who married Jeanette Cohen born 1864 London(maiden name also Cohen) living in Gravesend.I can't find a birth for either of them or a marriage,i located them on the the 1891 census with three children one of which is...

This post is for Crawcour relatives in South Africa and elsewhere who descend from David Crawcour 1791-1882 and his grandson David Crawcour 1848-1891 both of whom are buried in Almorah Cemetery St Helier Jersey. Anna Baghiani Education Officer and Library Assistant of the Jersey Society has taken...

During my research into POW I came across a Edward Theodore Gilbert a Medical Officer who was a Prisoner in Benghazi. He survived the incident in which my Father died. What I did find out about him was that his Family were Jewish from upper Silesia who settled in Ireland. At some time they...

I have been working on one of my brick walls this weekend and have possibly had some luck..hmmm My brick wall is Alsea / Ailsey / Alsey Goodman who is my ggg grandmother. (b c1831, d 1898 in wellington, NZ) I know that she married Henry Moss on Sept 1st 1852 and I have their marriage cert, her...

I am looking for this guy - he was born around 1828 in London as Henry Levy (Parents Joseph Levy and Catherine Moses) and at some stage changed his name to Lewis. Knowing this info, I managed to find a Henry Levy Lewis who died in Melbourne Australia in 1917, he lists his parents as Joseph Lewis...

I would appreciate any data related to solving a puzzle relating to the relationship between Emanuel ' Money' Moses and who he and his wife may have been married to. The issue arises from a copy of a Hyamson family tree which a direct descendant of John Edwards ( known as Emanuel Moses) has kindly...

Hello, I am new to this forum, I am a New Zealander researching my ancestors who travelled from London to Wellington in the middle of the 19th century. Joseph and Catherine (1800) had five children - Lipman (1823), Frances (1824), Hannah (1826), Benjamin (1831) and Henry who I can't find! ...

Just out of curiosity - does anyone know why this combination of names was so common in the 1800s? I have 5 Adelaides and 3 Abigail Adelaides in my tree of 600 and I have often wondered why! I don't know if it is particularly common only in Jewish families because all of mine are Jewish! ...

This post provides further data on the Myer Nerwich and Jacobs family connections through marriages. A paper written by Debbie Bozkurt one of my Jacobs cousins and posted on the Jacobstree website provides significant data on the connections including reference to a range of primary sources. I will...

For any listers researching the GOUDEKET family from Amsterdam I have very recently confirmed the marriage of one of my great uncles Albert KIRBY to Sarah GOUDEKET. The GRO Marriage certificate shows: 22 OCTOBER 1906 Register Office Hackney ALBERT EDWARD VICTOR KIRBY 24 Licensed victualler...

Is there anyone that can help point me into the direction needed to possibly go back another generation on the above ancestors of mine? They were both Jewish and on the census's that I have found of them when they met, married and settled in Deptford, Greenwich it states they came from "Prussia"...

I am trying to find out were my GGGrandparents came from in Prussia, I was quite surprised to find them on the 1851 census the place they came from was Gircof Prussia. Can anyone help. Sarahpilates

The following post is a follow on from previous posts listed under 'Some Jewish Look ups to be undertaken' Posts 134-158 relating to Henry Levi Glass cutter and his two sons Philip Levi and Morris Levi. These posts further relate to the data listed under 'Louisa Nathan/Foley nee Crawcour 1828-1918'...

The following and subsequent posts are for my Jacobs ( Litzen) relatives and associated families and concern Judah Jacobs son of Henry Jacobs and Rebecca Isaacs. Following further research it is my belief that Judah Jacobs born in 1858 and Jacques Daniel Myers are one in the same person. Judah...

This post is a follow on from the 'Judah Jacobs and Jacques Daniel Myers' post and provides data on the relationship between Judah Jacobs alias Jacques Daniel Myers and his marriage to Rose Florence Boss in 1888. The data looks at the links between the Boss/Nathan/Myers/Beyfus/Jacobs lines through...

This post is a response to the New York Times article Thurs Jan 25 1906 cited in the "Morris Newton Nathan-Lizzie Jacobs" post 10 -10/05/2012. In the article reference was made to Clara Platnauer and Harry Braham Jacobs who was also known as Janson. Further data on the relationship between Clara...

This post is a follow up to an earlier series on General Family History Forum and gives a summary background of Louisa Crawcour 1828-1918 including her children. Louisa was the daughter of Henry Crawcour and Catherine ( surname unknown). The data on Louisa's parents is very sketchy and there are...

This posting is another attempt to seek additional data on the Aaron Aarons clothier /tailor who lived at Russell Court Drury Lane. This posting may link to the range of other postings on Catherine Aaron dentist 1851 daughter of Samuel Crawcour 1748-1816. The London Freedom of City Admissions...

Hi all,womdered if anyone new if there was a jewish community around the Idsle of Sheppey in 1800's? Kezia is my 3x grt.g/ma and is from Eastchurch, Sheppey. No trace of birth records yet, wondered if possibly of Roma(ny) descent?Any suggestions greatly appreciated. By the waywas married in...

For my Crawcour distant relatives including the Bushell/Laurance lines via Sarah Anne Bushell nee Laurance I have new data on Aaron Crawcour son of David Crawcour. The 1854 trial of Aaron Crawcour for gold bullion theft shows on copies of the original indictment that he had already served...