ABRAHAM HOFFNUNG-ESTHER LEVEY

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In this new thread I will post data on Abraham Hoffnung 1834-1912; his wife Esther Levey 1839-1917 and their children. This post should be linked to previous threads relating to the children of John Levey and his wife Gertrude Lyons. As a recap, the Levey lines relate through marriage to several Jewish families including the Marks, Hart, Langley, Hoffnung, Goldsmid amongst others.

There are a range of records online which describe Abraham and his brother Sigmond's considerable achievements both in business and in the promotion of Jewish causes in the USA, Canada, UK and Australia. These accounts record Abraham and Sigmond as being the sons of Rev Samuel Hoffnung and his wife Caroline from Kalisz Poland. Rabbi Samuel Hoofnung arrived in England circa 1836 where he became minister and cantor of the Jewish community in Newcastle upon Tyne and later in Exeter. Samuel Hoffnung was also the first minister of the German/Polish Synagogue established in Montreal in 1859- see The Gate of Heaven. The Story of the Congregation of Shaar Hashomayim Montreal - Rabbi Wilfred Shuchet, 2000 ( online extracts of the book

Samuel Hoffnung died in 1878- The Jewish Victorian. Genealogical Information from the Jewish Newspapers 1871-80 transcribed and edited by Doreen Berger, 1999 Pub Robert Boyd- Death on Sabbath morning last 14.12.1878 at his residence 9 Westbourne Park Villas aged 74, former minister of Exeter and Cheltenham Synagogues.
Abraham Hoffnung had settled in America as a young man and later married Esther Levey daughter of John Levey and Gertrude Lyons in Montreal. Abraham Hoffnung also spent part of his later life in Hawaii and travelled to Australia where his brother Sigmond was established in business in Sydney.

The British Census from 1871-1911 show Abraham Hoffnung with his wife Esther and familiy living in Liverpool and London and later Berkshire.
1871 British Census- RG10 3785 923 - Mount Pleasant Liverpool ( Crown Copyright,TNA)
Abraham Hoffnung Merchant H M 37 b Poland; Esther wife 32 b Manchester; John son 12 b Montreal;Caroline dau10 b Montreal; Gertrude dau 9 b Montreal; Elizabeth dau 6 b Liverpool;Edward son 5 b Liverpool; GERTRUDE LEVEY mother in law widow 52 annuitant b Bristol
1881 British Census -36 Redcliffe Square RG11 46 33 6 (Crown Copyright,TNA)
Abraham Hoffnung H M 47 Colonial Merchant b Russia Poland BS; Esther wife 42 b Manchester; Caroline dau 20 b Canada; Gertrude dau 19 b Canada; Elizabeth dau 17 b Lancs Liverpool; Isabel Taylor visitor u 18 b Lancs Crosby +6 servants
1891 British Census -8 Clanricarde Garden Kensington RG12 21 99 84- (Crown Copyright,TNA)-
Abraham Hoffnung H M 57 Hawaiian Charge De'Affaire; Esther wife 52 b Manchester; Elizabeth dau s 24 b Liverpool +4 servants
1901 British Census Hyde Park Court Residential Hotel Westminster- RG13 83 4 (Copyright,TNA)
Abraham Hoffnung H M 62 b Russia Nat BS- Managing Director to Shipping Co; Esther wife 62 b Cheetham Manchester +1 servant
1911 British Census Rawdon Hall Holyport Berkshire- RG 14 6641 60-(Copyright,TNA)
Abraham Hoffnung H 78 Married 53 years Private Means and Director of Companies 7 children born 4 alive; b Russia Poland BS Naturalised about 1866 ; Esther wife b Manchester; Joan Geddes visitor 33 single dress maker +7 servants
Probate- Abraham Hoffnung of Rawdon Hall Holyport Berkshire and of 102 Fore Street City of London died 5 April 1912 Rawdon Hall Probate to Ernest Henry Davies solicitor and Esther Hoffnung widow Effects £89,568 11s 3d

Probate - Esther Hoffnung widow Rowanhurst Beaconsfield Berkshire died 7 March 1917 Probate to Ernest Henry Davies Solicitor Effects £482 17s 1d

JewishGen online Worldwide Burial Records- Esther Hoffnung Rowanhurst Grove Road Beaconsfield age 78 Burial 9 March 1917 Hoop Lane Golders Green Row 14 no 35
Abraham Hoffnung Rawdown Hall Holyport Berkshire age 79 Burial 9 April 1912 Hoop Lane Golders Green

I will post on the children of Abraham and Esther.
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Omitted from #1 -1871 British Census the following children and relatives of Abraham Hoffnung and Esther Levey-
Frances Levey sister in law 22 b Montreal; Caroline Levey sister 17 b Montreal; Bertha Wolf sister in law 30 b Liverpool; Charles Wolf son; Josephine Wolf dau 3mths b Ireland +5 servants
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This post provides data on Caroline Hoffnung 1863-1949 daughter of Abraham Hoffnung and Esther Levey. Caroline aka Carrie married twice- first to Claude Laurie Marks and following his death to the Marquess of Winchester.
The Times 2 Feb 1887 reported the first marriage- On the 1st inst at the West London Synagogue by the Rev Professor D W Marks father of the bridegroom - Claude Laurie Marks of 13 Cranfeld Gardens NW to Carrie eldest daughter of A Hoffnung Esq of 36 Redcliffe Square SW.
See Cemetery Scribes ID 9088 for the tombstone details of Rev Prof David Woolf Marks 1811-1909 and his wife Cecilia Sarah Woolf 1818-1882. See also Claude Laurie Marks 1864-1910 -ID 9101. There are a range of online records regarding the lines and this post is a brief summary.
From her first marriage Caroline had two sons- Cecil Hoffnung Marks 1887-1915- he was a Captain in WW1 and was killed in action.
The second son was Aston Eric David Marks 1891-1961 aka as Eric Aston David Marks aka Eric MARSHALL. He was commissioned in the army i 1912 but discharged on the grounds of poor health due to epilepsy from childhood. He re-joined the army in WW1 as a private but was again discharged in 1915 with a good report but suffering from epileptic fits.- see WW1 British Army Pension Records. Further records show he became a concert singer ( baritone) and in 1904 aged 12 arrived in Melbourne from London. A Passenger List shows him as Aston Eric Marks 11b Hyde Park Mansions London W1 Concert singer 38 port of departure Beira Mozambique arrival London 13 April 1929. His probate- Eric Astor David Marks aka Eric MARSHALL 21 Grafton Street London died 8 July 1961 Westminster Hospital Westminster Probate to Murice Dwight Hermon Erriman widow- effects £3787 16s 7d

The Times carried the Death of Caroline, Marchoness of Winchester died Miami Florida on Feb 10. She married the present Marquess .. in 1925 and was the daughter of Mr Abraham Hoffnung of Rawdon Hall Holyport Berkshire and widow of Claude Marks DSO Highland Light Infantry- The Times Mon Feb 14,1949

The Times also carried a brief record of the second marriage- Lord Winchester The Marquess of Winchester was married in London yesterday to Mrs Claude Marks daughter of Mr Abraham Hoffnung- The Times Tues Jan 20,1925

1901 British Census- 7 Park Place Westminster St.James RG 13 99 76 15 (Crown Copyright,TNA)
Carrie Marks wife 35 b Canada
Claude Laurie Marks H 39 Temp Chaplian HM Army b London +1 servant
1911 British Census 15 Hanover Square St George Mayfair and Knightsbridge RG14 415 (Crown Copyright,TNA)
Mrs Carrie Marks H 46 Widow b Montreal Canada married 24 years 2 children both alive Private Means +1 maid

In 1923 Caroline Marks age 55? and Carrie Marks 38 c/o Wicker Tours Imperial Hotel London left the UK from Southampton for Montreal Canada intending to reside permanently in the USA

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This is a follow up to #3 of this thread. Another researcher has kindly sent me further data which indicates that Caroline aka Carrie Hoffnung had been married first to Francis Kenelm BOUVERIE. There is data on Francis Kenelm Bouverie regarding his other marriages and treatment of his wives. In addition, there are Criminal Records for his involvement in other issues.
The UK Civil Divorce Records show that he married Caroline Hoffnung in 1882- 5 September 1882 and they had 1 child Kathleen Maude Bouverie born 27 August 1883. The Final Decree for Divorce between Caroline and Francis occurred 16 June 1885 but he had married Blanche Minnie Myers a minor of 19 years and upwards but not 21 years in 1887. However, a marriage record for Dec qtr 1884 St Geo Hanover Square 1a 854 shows another marriage.
Kathleen Bouverie appears in the 1911 Census RG14 3575 176 (Copyright TNA) at 14 Park Lane Teddington Surrey - she is a visitor age 27 single no occupation recorded in the house of Murry Pain.
Find a Grave
Kathleen Maude Bouverie b Sept 1883 Kensington died 7 July 1915 Buried Teddington Cemetery Richmond on Thames
Probate
Kathleen Bouverie 14 Park Lane Teddington Middlesex Spinster died 7 July 1915 Administration to Caroline Marks widow Effects £250

Francis Bouverie appears to have left the UK and I have yet to discover what happened to him.

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The North Wales Chronicle Saturday 5 May 1888 was one of the newspapers who recorded the trial of Francis Kenelm Bouverie for fraud and bigamy- he was described as " A young man of 26 residing at Delapre Abbey Northampton... twice divorced for adultery.... application made by his third wife for desertion and cruelty.." This was part of the trial in which Blanche Minnie Bouverie nee Myers had sought to raise the issue of bigamy by her husband... " The first wife a young lady highly connected, was still alive. Her marriage was solemnized on Sept 5 1882 at St Peters South Kensington. The next marriage of Mr Bouverie was to Annie Walker on December 5 1884 at St George's Hanover Square.."
Between 1882 and 1887 Bouverie had married 3 times and all 3 wives were alive.
Blanche Minnie Myers aka stage name Blanche Belle had no children from the marriage. By June 1888 Francis Kenelm Bouverie had left the UK but where he went was unknown. In 1880 there is a passenger record for Francis Bouverie arriving in Australia so it maybe that he returned and assumed another name. He acknowledged according to Blanche that he had other children by 3 women so the totally number of children he fathered is likely to be unknown as is whether or not he "married" again. The involvement of his mother in fraud was also referred to in the 1888 trial but both were acquitted.
I have not described in any detail the nature of the trial for fraud but the data is on line via the Old Bailey and in newspaper accounts.
My own interest in the Hoffnung lines is via marriages to one of my Hart paternal lines and also through further links between the Hart/Levey/Pincus/Hoffnung families through marriages.
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This post fills in data on the Bouverie lines:
Northamton Mercury 1 May 1891- Death Lacello Quebec age 30 Francis Bouverie 27 April 1891 -he was interred family vault Hardingstone Church
Blanche Minnie Bouverie appears in various electoral records and in the 1911 Census ( Copyright TNA)
14 Cathcart Road South Kensington SW
Blanche Minnie Bouverie wife 42 married 20 years 2 children both alive Private means b London NW
Constance Bouverie daughter single 19 Shop assistant ladies outfitter b Shaftesbury Avenue
Lillie dau 17 single b Regents Park
8 rooms Private House

Probate
Blanche Minnie Bouverie 3 The Drive Hove Sussex widow died 21 Sept 1941 Probate to Lillie Fay Bouverie spinster £11698 4s 3d

Death Constance Bouverie Sept qtr 1941 age 50 Hove Sussex 2b 595
Constance is recorded as dying on the same day as her mother but I have no data to indicate what the cause of their deaths were.
Probate
Constance Bouverie
3 The Drive Hove Sussex
spinster died 21 Sept 1941 at Nursing Home 29 Lyndhurst Road Hove Administration to Lillian Fay Ashleigh Boddington spinster Effects £5124 9s 10d

Death Lillian Fay A Boddington b 12 July 1898 Age 83 Portsmouth 20 0613

Probate Lillian Fay Ashleigh -Boddington Harry Sotnick House Cranleigh Avenue Portsmouth died 20 Sept 1981 Probate not exceeding £25000

The London Gazette 7 July 1942
Change of name:
Lillian Fay Bouverie of "Silver Lodge" Silverdale Avenue Walton on Thames Surrey spinster to assume the name of Lillian Fay Ashleigh Boddington

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