Alexander Moss..possible jewish roots...

[terraheyez2k7]

Hi. As Kerrywood has said, i am not making assumptions, at the moment there isn't much evidence for or against. Although i do understand that relying on the name Moss as an indication of Jewish heritage isn't conclusive,surely i have to rule it out methodically. As it stands the evidence for is his surname, he stated he was a cigar maker and i believe he was living in a possible jewish area. Evidence against is the fact he said he was C of E on his military attestion and the fact that Alexander and William are not jewish names. I do appreciate all opinions in this forum and it has been most useful, this thread needs to be taken at face value ie i am trying to find out if there is Jewish connecion,not presuming that there is and trying to prove it.

Moving on,
I have not tried the cert, i shall do if thats what you advise, just the 9.25 does hurt when it isnt the right one. I'll try them places Phillip.

Thanks again.
Shaun.

[eaoliver]

Shaun
Moss can be Jewish. However Moss can also be also be an English or Scottish.But they have different origans. Jewish Moss derives from MOSES. "Moss" in northern parts of England and Scotland is the word for "the place where peats may be dug" (Chambers Scots Dictionary).The surname Moss in many parts of England and Scotland is derived from that word.

My Grandfather, born Joseph Moses, changed his surname to Moss when he left London in 1851. His elder brother,Nathan retained the Moses surname. His two younger brothers both dropped the "e" in Moses. David Moses became Dave Moss in South Africa and Isaac Moses became Isaac Moss in London.

I hope this helps you
Elizabeth

[NScowen]

Hi Shaun
Alexander Moss was my great great grandfather. I'm stuck too - and have a horrible feeling that he changed his name and wasn't a Moss at all. If it's him on the 1871 census living in Friendly Place, where are his family? I have the 1852 certificate which shows his mother as Elizabeth Moss, father Isaac Israel. There's a link in that Isaac is also a cigar maker but there were an awful lot of cigar makers in the area at that time. I think that the 1852 birth is too early - Alexander is 22 on the 1881 census, got married in 1880 aged 21, died in 1921 aged 61. On other censuses his age is reasonably consistent, although his sign up papers for the army (1877) also give his age as 21. I have lots of details coming forwards - how are you and Alexander related? Maybe between us we can find out the truth (or something like it)
Nicky

[terraheyez2k7]

Hello hello! Great to hear from you.
Sorry it's taken me a while, been busy doing a degree.
To be honest I've put down my genealogist note book at the moment while I've been studying. I will try and dig the info out, I've got loads of random stuff scribbled somewhere. If I remember there were quite a few Moss born in the years around then. I'm pretty busy for the next week or so, but if I get some time in the week I'll get the massive folder down!
The relation is: his daughter, Daisy Moss is my mum's Grandmother.Where is your connection? Feel free to email me: shaunquinn1987 AT hotmail DOT co DOT uk
I'll help as much as I can :-D
All the best,
Shaun

[ridgeway]

My family name is moss we originated from lancashire and cheshire
the name moss means someone from a boggy ground or marsh