BERNARD HART 1859-1929-RACHEL HART NEE PYKE

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The following data adds information to the relationships between the Hart- Pyke and Goldsmid lines who married into each other. Bernard Hart 1859-1929 was the son of Aaron Henry Hart and Ann Rebecca Crawcour. His siblings including Henry Aaron Hart and Grace Hanson nee Hart have had earlier postings.
Bernard appears in the 1861 census RG9 35 7 81 at Rose Lawn Cottage Oval Kennington and in 1871 census RG10 675 135 11 at 356 Kennington Road Lambeth. Bernard was born 21 August 1859 at Rose Lawn Cottage Oval Kennington and sailed on the 'Gladstone' arriving NSW 7 Oct 1883. His age is given as 23. Bernard married Rachel Pyke on Feb 20 1889 at Selby House Point Piper Road Woollhara.Rachel was the daughter of Moses Louis Pyke 1808-1894 and Esther Hart 1821-1881. The Pyke family had sailed on the 'Salem' arriving Melbourne March 1854 with 1 daughter Charlotte age 1 year.Moses was aged 40 and Esther 27. Moses was the son of Lewis Eleazer Pyke 1789-1851 Beadle of the Gt Synagogue. Moses and hsi wife are buried in Maitland Jewish Cemetry NSW.
Moses died 16 August 1894 West Maitland age 84 and the newspaper account records him being the father of Mrs Lawrence Levy, Sydney; Mrs Grunwald, Melbourne; Mrs A Pyke, NSW; Mrs Hart, Bathhurst; Mr Louis Pyke, Orange and Mr Eleazer Pyke, Melbourne; his brother Joseph Pyke of London and sister the late Mrs Horwitz, Hamilton.
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The Sydney Morning Herald 16 Oct 1929 records the death of Bernard Hart of Robinson St Croydon and his association with the London Assurance Co and Australian Provident Society as an assurance inspector. The account states he arrived in Austrlai on the ' Gladstone' and that he had lived in Bathurst for a number of years and Lithgow for 17 years. His only son Sergean Cecil Hart had been killed WW1 at Poziers France on July 26 1916. An earlier newspaper record recorded condolences for the death of Cecil ( born Aaron Henry Cecil Hart 1893 Bathurst NSW)- his aunt and cousins were-Mrs A B Pyke;Chlr; Carmen;Esther.
Bernard Hart and Rachel Pyke had 4 children: Esther R V Hart 1890-1928 who married her 1st cousin Percy Harry Goldsmid;Annie R V Hart 1891-1892; Aaron H C Hart 1893-1916; Dorothy Adelle Hart 1896- d ( not known). Esther ( known as Violet) died 9 Feb 1928 and is buried Rookwood Jewish Cemetry with Percy H Goldsmid. Dorothy appears in the Australian Electoral Rolls 1903-1980 at 21 Robinson St Croydon NSW in 1949 unmarried and a typist. She had lived at the same address with her parents pre 1930.
When Esther ( Violet) died on Feb 9 1928 at her house 227 Concord Road North Strathfield NSW her relations were named including Rosina Hart aunt; her other aunts- Mrs Grunwald; Mrs Matilda; Miriam Pyke
I will add the relationships to the Goldsmid family on a new posting.
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