THE TURNPIKE LEVY- FAMILY TREES

[phillip]

Following a visit to the Society of Genealogists London I made copies of the Colyer Ferguson records on the 'Turnpike Levy' families. I cannot vouch for the accuracy of the information but I am listing a range of data which might prove of interest to those researching the families. The key names on the family trees relate to:
Lewis Levy; Moses Levy, Nathaniel Levy; Daniel Levy who are recorded as brothers but there is no name of the father or mother.
This is the data:
Lewis Levy of 55 Tavistock Square b 1786 d 23 Nov 1856 b Brady Street married twice
1 Dove? d 15 May 1842 2 wife not named
Children of 1st wife:
Jonas Levy b 1812 d 7 July 1894 b Ramsgate
Lewis Levy b1818 d 7 sept 1848

Moses Levy m ?
of 53 Tavistock Square b 1787 d 28 March 1870
children:
Lewis Levy b 1837 d Dec 1863

Nathaniel Levy m Sophie?
of 3 Upper Montague St Russell Square b 1788 d 13 Oct 1860 b West Ham

Daniel Levy m Amelia ( Jacobs) b ? d 10 May 18?
Children:
Catherine Viriginia m George H Russell
Ernest

Nb Daniel Levy is the ancestor of Carol Freeman ( one of the Jacobs glass/china lines)


Further separate notes from Colyer Ferguson record:
Family of Nathaniel Levy of 1 Upper Montague St Russell Square b 1788 d 13 Sept 1860 and his wife Sophia- who died 4 Nov 1860 both buried West Ham Cemetery
Children:
Catherine 1818-1902 married 9 July 1847 - Lawrence Hyam
( not readable the 2nd child)
Belen? Helen? 1822-1843 married 12 March 1851 - Lewis Bir...tingl?
Eliza married 25 Oct 1865 Benedictus L Leman
Charlotte Sophia 1827-1907 married 13 March 1861 -Henry Cowan
Marion married 25 Oct 1865 Samuel Cowan
Rosetta 1838-1861 married 6 June 1859 Ernest Hart M.D.

West Ham Cemetery tombstones:
The Memorial inscription for Sophia Levy wife of Nathaniel records
Sacred to the memory of Sophia the beloved wife of Mr Nathaniel Levy who departed this life on the 4 November A.M.5621 Aged 64 years

There are 2 other similar stones to
Rosetta Mrs Ernest Hart

Eliza widow of Laurence Levy died February 6 1891-5651 aged 79 years

Sacred to the memory of Mr Nathaniel Levy who departed this life on 13 September A.M.5620aged 73 years

Sacred to the memory of Laurence Levy
died January 4 A.M.5633 aged 61 years


There is a separate Levy family tree which links in with the Pedigree of Mr Mortimer Woolf and Colyer Ferguson has also on the same page the family tree ? Mandelson and his son Joseph and his son Nathan Mandelson but the links between Levy and Woolf are not made explicit although the Mandelson line connects to Cohen and Nathan through marriage.

Colyer Ferguson on this Levy family tree records another brother of Lewis, Nathaniel, Daniel, Moses who is named as Eleazer but there is no further data.
On this tree Lewis Levy of 53 Tavistock Square m Dove? has another son Woolf Levy of 7 Tavistock Square Newington Surrey d 1829 m Martha?
Children:
Woolf,Lewis, Rose, David


If any researchers have further data please let me know.
Phillip





of 22 Hunter Street Brunswick Square b1796 d 28 ? 1860

[phillip]

In Berger 1861-70 there are records of the marriages of the daughters of Nathaniel and Sophia Levy which include:
The marriage in 1865 of Samuel Cowan of Sydney NSW 2nd son of Lewis Cowan to Marion Levy youngest surving daughter of Nathaniel and sophia Levy and records of 2 births of a son and daughter to Samuel and Marion in Sydney NSW 1866;1868
The records also show the relationships between Henry Cowan of Barnes who married Charlotte Sophia Levy daughter of Nathaniel and Sophia in 1861 and the birth of a daughter in 1866 Kensington Park; marriage of Eliza Levy in 1865 to Benedictus L Leman;
and reference to Dr Ernest Hart and his wife Rosetta who died 7/11/1861 - these records confirm the range of data recorded by Colyer Ferguson on the Nathaniel Levy family.
Phillip

[Dom1]

Hi Philip,

I was always led to believe through Pamela Brunel Cohen's research ('The Cohen & Levy Family In England & Australia 1660-1990' privately published in 1990) that both Benjamin Wolfe Levy and Moses Lionel Turnpike Levy were Lewis & Dore's children. Interestingly, PBC' research gives Lewis only 2 brothers Judah & ELeazar. Lewis' parents are, according to PBC, Moses & Elizabeth of Upper Smithfield Road, London. I have now found another source - a distant cousin, who claims Lewis & Dore were childless. I have written to the person and included the information you found in the Colyer-Ferg records as well as those of PBC's and asked her to provide more info.

Dominic

[phillip]

Many thanks Dominic for your reply. If you look on my postings for Edward Lawrence Levy you can see further relationships to the 'Turnpike Levy' lines. I have yet to piece all the relationships together and my distant cousin Carole Freeman in America is related to these lines via Daniel Levy who married Amelia Jacobs and to me via our mutual Jacobs family ( see also the Jacobs china and glass manufacturer postings). It is also my belief that I have Levy connections possibly via my 5x great grandmother Rebecca who married Samuel Crawcour but this is speculation and needs proving particularly as to whether or not she links to Carole and the Turnpike Levy.

I would welcome further sharing of data with you and other researchers.
Phillip

[phillip]

For Dominic and other Levy researchers here are some English Census entries for Nathaniel and Lewis Levy:
1841 Census
Brompton Square
Nb Nathaniel and Lewis are on the same page of the census
Lewis Levy 50 Independent b in county
Lewis 20 solicitor b in county
Dove 35 in county

Nathaniel Levy 50 Toll Collector b in county
Sophia 40
Catherine 20
Rachael 20
Ellen 15
Elizabeth 15
Rosetta

1851 Census
55 Tavistock Square
Lewis Levy m 63 Toll Collector b Stratford Essex
Rebecca wife 25 b Middx
Jonas son U 38 Toll Collector
Jonas Levy nephew U 20 Clerk to Stock broker
Jane Davis visitor U 24
all born Middx

1861 Census
55 Tavistock Square
Jonas Levy Head U 46 Barrister at Law
Rebecca Levy widow 32
Jane Davis U 40 fund holder
Benjamin Mosely U 9 Scholar
all born Middx

I will fill in more data as I research
Phillip

[Geoffers]

The references for the census returns provided by Phillip above are:

1841 - HO107/690/11 f9 p12 - (Nathan and Lewis)
1851 - HO107/1494 f748 p19
1861 - RG9/103 f53 p25
(references are to census returns in care of The National Archives).

Phillip, note that The National Archives administers the Crown Copyright on census returns.
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