NORWICH JEW'S BURIAL GROUND- MEMORIALS

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As part of the many records I hold on my Crawcour relatives I am posting a summary of the names and inscriptions of the Jews buried in the 'Jew's Closed Burial Ground Quaker's Lane St Martin at Oak Norwich'. These records appear in two early undated newspaper records I hold. The burial ground still exists and there were photographs of some of the graves taken in 1935. I am unaware of what currently exists of the cemetery but these are the names of those buried in the cemetery and also importantly one of the records contains a brief description of the person by someone who knew them.
I hope this maybe of use to those researchers who had ancestors living in Norwich circa 1830s- to cemetery closure.

The National Society for Preserving Memorials of the Dead published in the Norfolk News. Particulars of the Jew's closed burial ground situated in Quaker's Lane St Martin at Oak: This ground is about half up the lane, west side...

In memory of Catherine, the beloved daughter of Co...and Deborah Moses of London, died Nov 27 1850 aged 16 years

In memory of Lewis Bandan who died on the last day of the year 5614 aged 23 years

In memory of Alcy, the beloved wife of Mosiac Bandan, who departed this life on the 2nd year 5613 aged 51 years, lamented by husband and family

In memory of Louise the wife of Anthony White, who died January 2nd 5610 aged 28 years

In memory of Harris Nathan who departed this life on the 7th and was entered to his rest on the 8th year 5613 aged 76 years. Respected by the congregation. May his soul rest in peace.

In memory of Elisa the beloved wife of Joel Fox who departed this life on the 11th day of Elul 5609 aged 49. Alas,death!quick hast thou cut the tree in its blossom

In memory of the late Lyon Mordecai who departed this life on the 7th May 5604 aged 63. A sincere friend to the needy and a well wisher of all mankind. In life respected in death lamented

Sacred to the memory of Barnet Craucour, aged 58 years who died Sept 25 5595. He was the founder of the Jew's Synagogue in Norwich

Sacred to the memory of Simon Aaron, died last day of Cheavan 5401 aged 54 years

To the memory of Eve, the beloved wife of Henry Cohen, who departed this life on the 10th November 1855 aged 63 years

Pauline M 28th April 1849

Here lies the remains of Esther the beloved wife of David Cohen of Yarmouth, who departed this life on the night of the 31st day of December 5601 aged 64. She walked in the way of p...?

Nb It has been difficult to read all the entries clearly from the copy of the article and the EDP newspaper in Norwich holds original copies of some of the main Norfolk and Norwich newspapers dating back to the 1700s.

In the article which appeared in the Norwich Argus ( date unknown) there appears the following account:
'The Jews once formed a big colony in Norwich as is evidenced by their burial grounds north and south of the old city. They are pleased to term the graveyard a 'House of the Living' ( Bais Chayim), which it was actually at the moment of 'the chosen people' selecting a fresh site for burying their dead about thirty years ago, when the Burials Act came in force, intramural internment being no longer permitted, and the congregation succeeded in making terms through a corelioginsist ( Mr Councillor Fox) for a plot of land adjoining the present cemetery at Heigham... The Jewish God's Acre in use at that time in Quaker's Lane St Martin's was full of graves, and surrounded on all four sides by cottages.....I visited this same old spot now overgrown with flowers and shrubs, the other day, and meditated among the tombs, carring back my mind to many of the Israelites I had known forty years ago.
First I came to the garve of the dark eyed maiden ( Catherine Moses) who was cut off by a rapid stroke of consumption at the aerly age of 16. Next her lie the remains of Alcy and Lewis Bendon wife and son of a native of Morocco who long resided on Elm Hill. Close by are interred the remains of Mrs Louise White and Eve Cohen brought from Yarmouth on account of there being no Jewish burial ground in that town. Next beside his wife Rebecca we have Harris Nathan, whose venerable commanding presence and snowy beard reaching to his girdle caused him to be a prominent figure in the city. Further on we have resting the gentle wife of the Town Councillor above named , and just beyond Lyon..'a sincere friend to the needy, and a well wisher to all mankind'.
Bernard Crawcour a dentist appears to be the first person buried here as his gravestone bears the date 25 September 5595. This gentleman is said to have founded the now disused Jewish Synagogue near St. George's Tombland Church, and lost one of his legs by a carriage accident. lastly, I read of one Simon Aaron, a jeweller, who lovely daughter was for years a talk of the countryside.'


I hope that researchers find the above useful.
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[phillip]

This and following posts provide where possible additional data on the individuals named in the original post I wrote in 2009. The purpose of this belated follow up is to provide researchers who have these individuals in their family genealogy with links to the Gildencroft Jewish Cemetery which closed circa 1854.
Cemetery Scribes website blog has photographs of the clearance work at the cemetery but the remaining tombstones appear to be a very small remnant of those shown in a b/w photograph of the cemetery circa 1935/36.

As a start, Lewis Bandan who died aged 23 years was the son of Moses Bandan originally from Morocco.
The 1841 census shows (Copyright,TNA) HO107 6 4 710 5
St Clements Cambridge
Mosaic? Bandon 55 Hawker Foreign Birth
Alice 35 b in county
Isaac 15 N
Hannah 13 N
LEWIS 9 N
George 6 Y
Henry 3 Y

Death Moses Bandan Jan qtr 1853 Norwich 46 88
Death Alice Bandan April qtr 1853 Norwich 4b 112

1851 Census ( Crown Copyright,TNA)
HO 107 1816 298 27
Vauxhall Street Norwich Heigham Norfolk
Moses Bandan H M 73 Retired merchant b Morocco
Alice wife 48 b Cambridge
George son u 18 b Cambridge Ely
Hannah dau u 21 b Norwich
Sarah dau 9 scholar b Cambridge

Lyon Mordecai died April qtr 1844 Norwich 13 195
The United Grand Lodge of England Freemason Records show- Lyon Mordecai watch maker Lodge 294 All Saint City of Norwich July 1810 and later June 1818 Jeweller Lodge of Perseverance Norwich

I will post a range of data on Joel Fox who held a significant role in the Norwich Synagogue and Jewish Community.

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In this post I will provide data on Anthony White and his wife Louise see #1 of this thread. The data does not follow up on their children but census records exist for them. In addition, I will post data on Joel Fox who held important posts in the Norwich Synagogue and as a Town Councillor and Board Guardian in Norwich.

Anthony White and family:
1841 Census
(Crown Copyright,TNA) HO107 793 5 10 32 12 19
Broad Row Great Yarmouth Norfolk
Anthony White 29 Silver smith Y
Louise 21 Y
Isaac 3mths Y
All born in county

1851 Census (Copyright,TNA) HO107 1806 66 3 3

Broad Row Great Yarmouth Norfolk
Anthony White H M 38 Clothier b Edinburgh Scotland
Louise wife 24 b Berlin
Isaac son 10 b Norfolk Yarmouth
Louis son 6 b Norfolk Yarmouth
+1 servant

Nb There is a significant discrepancy between the 1841 record showing the White family born in Norfolk and that of the 1851 Census but the data in 1851 appears accurate when compared to later records on the line.

Joel Fox- There is a wide range of data on Joel Fox which appears in various Family Trees and in records.
See JCR-UK Online website papers Provincial Jewry in Victorian Britain and the subset of papers on East Anglian Jewry in Victorian Britain -Norwich -Harry Levine A short history of the Norwich Hebrew Congregation 1840-1960

Here are various records relating to Joel Fox:
The London Gazette
Partnership between Alexander Fox and Joel Fox Castle Street Houndsditch City of London Wholesale Furriers under the firm A Fox and Son dissolved by mutual consent 20 Sept 1833

Naturalisation Application ( This is a very early application in 1846)
Joel Fox Market Place City of Norwich Norfolk Fur Manufacturer Subject of the Kingdom of Prussia
43 years age Fur Manufacturer Married 2 children; resided in Norwich 14 years -Resided 30 years in UK
Granted 17 August 1846

See Synagogue Scribes for the 2nd marriage of Joel-GSM 2 133/23
Marriage 11 March 1852
Joel Fox widower father Aleksander Ha Levi
Sophia SAMUEL widow father Joseph

See Cemetery Scribes website for the father of Joel Fox
Alexander Fox 1756-1846 Brady Street Jewish Cemetery ID1117 age 90

See Findagrave Sophia Fox (Ziporah b Joseph) 1794-1860 Age 65 buried Earlham Road Jewish Cemetery

See Cemetery Scribes Joel Fox ID 13255

Probate-Joel Fox
late of London Street Parish of St Michael at Plea City of Norwich furrier died 17 Jan 1872 at London Street-Proved by Annie FRYER 1 Lewis Cottage Kentish Town Middlesex widow the daughter the sole executrix Effects under £100

1841 Census (Crown Copyright,TNA)
HO107 790 713 10 13
Gentleman's Walk Norwich Norfolk
Joel Fox 30 furrier b N
Eliza 30 N
Alexander 10 N
Anna 6 N
+1 servant

1851
(Crown Copyright,TNA) h
HO107 1815 3 27 23
11 Eastsides Market Place Norwich Norfolk
Joel Fox H Widower 45 furrier b Not known
Alex son u 21 furrier b London
Anna dua u 18 b Norwich
=1 servant

1871 Census (Copyright,TNA)
RG10 1810 48 12
London Street Norwich
Joel Fox H Widower 67 furrier b Germany Naturalised subject
+1 servant

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As a follow up to the previous post with reference to Joel Fox see Synagogue Scribes Will Extracts NA 130 Michael EMANUEL 13 Oct 1838 Portsmouth spouse Hannah- in his will Michael Emanuel refers to his daughter Eliza the wife of Joel Fox furrier Norwich and his grandson Alexander Fox.

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Here is data on Michael Emanuel father of Eliza the wife of Joel Fox:
See Synagogue Scribes Portsmouth Early Membership List 1765-1843 Henry Roche
PSEM 149
Michael Emanuel- Michael b Samuel (Mike Menewil) son of Samuel Emanuel OC Member 1797 wife Hannah b Levy ISAAC

There is a very good b/w photograph of the Jews' Burial Ground Gildencroft taken in 1937 by George Plunkett see website George Plunkett Norwich Monuments/Memorials 1937-03-26

The photograph shows a well maintained cemetery and I can count 7 standing tombstones but cannot read any inscriptions because of the photograph size ( I don't know if it would be possible to enlarge the original to see if any inscriptions were visible)

The photograph has the following comment...
" When slum property was being cleared away between Oak Street and Quaker's Lane in 1936 a little known Jewish Cemetery was brought to view. Although no longer used for burials it was still being attractively gardened by a caretaker appointed by the city's Jewish Community. Ten headstones, some with Hebrew inscriptions, testified to the one time use of this small plot which was opened for burials in 1813 and closed in 1856 when the Corporation cemetery at Bowthorpe Road was opened.
There had been an earlier cemetery on a site at the top of Mariner's Lane, Ber Street granted by the Corporation early in the 18th C. The cemetery had been used by the whole of the eastern counties until closed about a century later, but on the other hand this one at Oak Street adjoining Talbot Square was used by the Norwich Community only."

I will post early accounts of the Jewish Burial grounds.
Phillip

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A follow up to individuals recorded in #1
Simon AARON
Death
"Same day suddenly, apoplexy, in the 56th year of his age, deeply lamented by his relatives and all who knew him Mr Simon AARON, of Elm Hill in the City- of him it may truly said,he was a kind husband,an affectionate parent and a sincere friend."
Norwich Chronicle 25 Nov 1843

GRO Death Record Index
Simon Aaron Oct qtr 1843 Depwade 13 30

Death- "Mr Lyon Mordecai aged 60, upwards of 40 years the much respected reader of the Jewish Synagogue of this City."
Norwich Mercury 11 May 1844

Harris Nathan in Census Records:
1841 (Crown Copyright,TNA) HO107 790 7 13 17 26 15
Castle Street St Peter Mancroft Norwich Norfolk
Harris Nathan 60 Capmaker Foreign Parts
Rebecca 60 Foreign Parts

1851 Census ( Crown Copyright,TNA) HO107 1814 114 25
Timber Hill Osbornes Square St John Timberhill Norwich Norfolk
Harris Nathan H M 74 Retired Cap maker b Prussia
Rachael wife 60 b Norfolk Wells

The above census records might suggest that Harris first wife died and he re-married but proof is required.

Phillip

[kevininlondon]

Truly fascinating Moroccan 'Abendana' in Norwich...

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See Cemetery Scribes-Moses BANDON 1778-1853 ID 13410 with his wife and children- same individual as described #2 and 3
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[phillip]

An important person missing from the census for Mosaic aka Moses Bandan and his wife Alice Keyzor aka Kyezor is their son Abraham born Norwich circa 1823-25.
Abraham changed his surname to that of his uncle Michael Keyzor and they entered into partnership as opticians see Michael and Abraham Keyzor 24 Castle Mead Norwich list of designs double spectacles in Mechanics Magazine J Knight 1846
See JewishGen 1851 Anglo Jews Census- Abraham Keyzor ID 12583 for a more detailed description of Abraham and his family plus key links to Norwich Synagogue where he was Treasurer 1850-57 and President 1854

See also Cemetery Scribes Abraham Keyzor 1825-1873 ID 11817
Abraham married Jane Joseph Harris and formed a business partnership with his brother George BENDON aka Bandan in High Holborn

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The following newspaper record is for Catherine Moses see#1 and 2- 7 Dec 1850 Norfolk Chronicle
"On the ult. the residence of her uncle, Miss Catherine Moses, niece of Mr Philip COHEN orange merchant Swan Lane, in this city aged 10"
It is possible that the age of Catherine Moses in the newspaper account is either in correct or else her tombstone transcription giving an age of 16 is incorrect.

See 1851 Census ( Copyright,TNA) HO107 1816 322 24
..? Pottergate Heighmam Parish Norwich Norfolk
Philip COHEN H U 32 Orange Merchant b London Whitechapel
Sophia Cohen Mother widow 80 b Norfolk Shelton
Jane Cohen sister u 26 b Middx C..?

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