Fanny LAZARUS and Alexander Abraham NATHAN

[Eve Mary]

Fanny LAZARUS (b. Exeter c.1833) married Alexander Abraham NATHAN (b. Ludlow, Salops. c. 1823-1833) in Cheltenham in 1861.
I think this was Alexander's second marriage; he appears to be the same who married Caroline MOORE in Cheltenham in 1848 and by whom he had two sons, Henry and Charles Isaiah. I don't know what happened to this family after 1851 except that Charles was lodging with the family of Joshua Levi, Jewish Minister, in Cheltenham in 1861. I couldn't find a death entry for his first wife, nor did a divorce show up in my searches.

Fanny and Alexander had David Aaron (1862), Samuel (1863), Elizabeth (1866), Caroline, (1868), Rebecca (1870) and Leah (1874 - 1893). David and Samuel were born in Birmingham, the others in Cheltenham. I've found the 1871, 1881 and 1891 censuses for the family, but after that they vanish - except for Fanny who was admitted to an asylum in Feb. 1901 and died there in 1908.
I've found a number of news items about Alexander and Fanny. They're primarily the usual (for pawnbrokers) appearances in court as witnesses to theft. The latest I've found is a marriage notice from 1896 for Rebecca to Joshua DAVIS, son of Maria and the late Benjamin DAVIS.
Anyone able to help me find out what happened to this family? (I'm mostly interested in Fanny's children, but am also curious about Alexander's first family. )

[Sandyhall]

1st Marriage
Caroline Moore
Alexander Nathan
1843
Registration Quarter: Oct-Nov-Dec
Registration district: Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
Volume: 11
Page: 275

[Sandyhall]

1901 Census Alexander Nathan age 80 b. Lidlow, Salops is in

Hackney Union Infirmary
Piece: 235
Folio: 74
Page Number: 8

Occupation Ret. cant make out the next word but the last word is Spectacles
On other census his Occupation is Optician.

He died in 1902 in Hackney

[Sandyhall]

Death for Caroline Nathan.
Registration Year: 1885
Registration Quarter: Jul-Aug-Sep
Age at Death: 63
Registration district: Lambeth
Inferred County: London
Volume: 1d
Page: 231

[Sandyhall]

Family Search has him and Caroline + children in 1851 his occ is Bootmaker.

1901 in Hackney Occ Traveller in Spectacles

Leah Nathan
BIRTHJuly 1874 Cheltm, Gloucestershire, England
DEATHJuly 1893 Cheltenham, Gloucestershire

[Sandyhall]

1901 and 1911 Censue Daughter Elizabeth is in Gloucester Second County Lunatic Asylum, Coney Hill, Gloucester.

[Sandyhall]

Family Search has him and Caroline + children in 1851 his occ is Bootmaker.

1901 in Hackney Occ Traveller in Spectacles

Leah Nathan
BIRTHJuly 1874 Cheltm, Gloucestershire, England
DEATHJuly 1893 Cheltenham, Gloucestershire

[Eve Mary]

Thank you, Sandyhall. I don't know how I missed this; was possibly blinded by the fact that Alexander ended up in an institution for the destitute. The census says Ret Traveller in Spectacles (presumably, Ret means retired). This was a common occupation for many of the LAZARUS family of Alexander Nathan's wife Fanny. His business in Cheltenham must have failed badly for him to end up in the Union Infirmary (and Fanny in an asylum). It's possible some of her more successful relations tried to help out by giving him work.

[Eve Mary]

Thanks again. A very sad story.

[Sandyhall]

Henry Abraham Natham
1846–1868
BIRTH ABT 1846 • Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England
DEATH APRIL 1868 • Whitechapel, London
I have found 3 Records for him Birth and Death and 1851 Census

Charles Isaiah Nathan
1848–
BIRTH ABT 1848 • Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England
DEATH Unknown
I have found 3 Records for him Birth and 1851 -61 Census

I have just found these in the 1841 Census somerset Ages where rounded up to 5 years like 10,20,30.
Mary Moore 20
Maryann Moore 20
Caroline Moore 20
Eliza Moore 15

Piece: 970
Book: 3
Folio: 14
Page Number: 20