tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66827905335607600112024-03-05T12:43:46.400+00:00Jacobs of London and other families ...A blog about my family, including the Jacobs, Silverstone, Brown, Fancy, Newnham, Tillett, Langton, and Porter branches.<p>
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Jacobs of Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18168902274417490584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6682790533560760011.post-84042482294705905562013-09-10T17:35:00.002+01:002013-10-10T10:55:03.013+01:00Tombstone Tuesday: Ellen Jacobs (nee Silverstone) (c1835 - 1913)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Jacobs of Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18168902274417490584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6682790533560760011.post-71333241793260770642013-09-03T17:18:00.002+01:002013-09-05T17:03:29.324+01:00David Albert (Bertie) JACOBS (1892-1969)So, by 1901 Emma JACOBS (nee Brown) and her 4 children were living with George ROBINSON in Acton, West London. Also living there is Phyllis May ROBINSON. She is listed as the daughter of George ROBINSON and almost certainly Emma was her mother. Research indicates that Phyllis was born on 1st April 1900 but the birth does not seem to have been registered.<br />
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After primary school David Albert JACOBS attended Acton & Chiswick Polytechnic. The Victoria County History of Middlesex (at <a href="http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=22570" target="_blank">British History Online</a>) records that:<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i> "</i><span style="text-align: left;"><i>Acton and Chiswick Polytechnic was formed in 1899, when Middlesex C.C. took over the school of art. After more rooms had been added in 1908 it was the largest polytechnic in Middlesex, supported also by the two U.D.C.s </i>[Urban District Councils]<i> and attended in 1909 by 2,282 students, including 571 at branch classes in Acton and Chiswick.</i></span><i>"</i></span><br />
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By 1911 Emma's first two children - Philip Maurice and Morris Arthur were no longer living at home: Philip was working as a Shop Assistant in a China and Hardware shop in Bournemouth and Morris was a Butcher in Putney. David Albert (Bertie) was still living at home but had left school in 1908 and was working as a Mercantile Clerk. Ellen Dorothy was also living at home and was working as a Domestic Nurse. Phyllis May, who was 11 years old, was recorded as still being at school.<br />
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The next we hear of David Albert JACOBS is during the First World War. He enlisted with the 3rd Battalion, City of London Regiment, Royal Fusiliers, in November 1915 and was posted to Macedonia/Salonika. (See the Wikipedia article on the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macedonian_front" target="_blank">Macedonia front</a>.) Two years later he was selected for officer training and studied at Pirbright until March 1918. Upon graduation he was commissioned into the Royal Berkshire Regiment and immediately embarked for France.<br />
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(to be continued...)Jacobs of Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18168902274417490584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6682790533560760011.post-5818832430571425332013-09-03T16:36:00.000+01:002013-09-03T16:36:01.225+01:00GEDmatch.comAlthough I have made many contacts through 23andMe none of them have, so far, been able to identify who our common ancestors were. But...<a name='more'></a>I then learnt about the <a href="http://gedmatch.com/" target="_blank">GEDmatch</a> site. This site allows you to upload your DNA test results and compare them with thousands of other individuals who have been tested by a variety of different companies. Whilst it does take some weeks for the data to be analysed it is now starting to come through and already I have matched with much closer cousins.<div>
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As patience is a virtue I will wait until the matching process is complete before approaching some of my new contacts. This is because each day when I check the output I am getting closer and closer matches. And it is always going to be easier to identify a cousin that has a common ancestor with me only 3 generations away than someone who is, say, 7 generations away.</div>
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Jacobs of Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18168902274417490584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6682790533560760011.post-26595688342904602382013-06-24T21:09:00.000+01:002013-06-24T21:10:10.963+01:00More DNA Test Results<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">I recently had my full DNA tested by 23andMe and the results have now come through. They confirm the results I had with Sorenson but go much further: both in the amount of detail and also by providing a family finder profile.</span><br />
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<a name='more'></a><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">My Y-DNA haplogroup is confirmed as E1b1b1b2a and has provided me with 2 potential matches so far - although we are a long way from finding our common ancestor.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">The family finder has come up with a large number of 3rd and 4th cousins and I need to explore with them where the connections lie. So far I haven't established any firm relationships but it is early days.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Another interesting insight is that 23andMe has confirmed that I have about 24% <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22px;">Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry. This fits in well with what I know of my Jewish ancestry so gives me confidence that the results are reasonably reliable and that I am on the right track in researching my ancestry.</span></span>Jacobs of Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18168902274417490584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6682790533560760011.post-14413649221157620342013-05-12T16:42:00.000+01:002013-05-12T16:43:31.393+01:00John TILLETT (1834-1905)John TILLETT is one of my ancestral heroes. Born the son of a Norfolk miller, he went to sea and travelled the world - the story of his travels is told by his numerous campaign medals.<br />
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<a name='more'></a><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">John was born in Mulbarton, Norfolk, and baptised in the parish church of St Mary Magdalen on 8th June 1834, the first son and second child of Thomas TILLETT, Miller, and Ruth BAILEY. By 1841 the family had moved to Burgh next Aylsham where Thomas was the Miller in the fine old water mill that still stands beside the River Bure.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">However, by 1846 the family had moved back south of Norwich, to Wreningham, where in the 1851 Census the family are living at Top Row, just off the old Turnpike road that runs south west from Norwich towards New Buckenham. The 1851 Census lists John as a Miller and, no doubt, he was apprenticed to his father. However, this was not to be the life for John.</span><br />
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David and Emma had four children. The first, born in Winnipeg in 1888, was Philip Morris JACOBS. Their second child was Maurice Arthur JACOBS, born in London in1890. My father was their third child and their last child was Ellen Dorothy JACOBS, born in London in 1893.<br />
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The three boys were all sent to the Westminster Jews Free School but after their father's untimely death in 1899 they were withdrawn and sent to other schools. My father then attended St Giles National School in Endell Street, very close to where the family was living in High Holborn. However, he could not have been at this school for very long as the family had moved to Acton by 1901.<br />
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<br />Jacobs of Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18168902274417490584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6682790533560760011.post-14896961754304951872012-12-07T17:13:00.001+00:002012-12-07T17:13:58.208+00:00Charles Newnham (1838-?)Charles Newnham is one of my mystery people. He was born in Chatham, Kent and baptised at St Mary the Virgin, Chatham on 9th December 1838. He appears in the 1841 and 1851 Census living in Woolwich with his parents, John and Frances Newnham. After that there is no sign of him. I have checked later censuses, army and navy records, passenger lists, and marriage records, and local burial registers without success. There are some possible matches in the death records but in different parts of Kent and no obvious connection to him. If you have him in your family tree I would be very interested to hear from you.Jacobs of Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18168902274417490584noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6682790533560760011.post-2203486209388721292012-12-07T16:58:00.000+00:002012-12-07T16:58:35.823+00:00Ruby Lilian Adeline Newnham (1917-2012)My dear mother passed away on 21st August, aged 95. Her ashes have been interred in her parents' grave in Gillingham, Kent. Please remember her in your prayers.Jacobs of Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18168902274417490584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6682790533560760011.post-8436101367400384002012-06-29T12:21:00.000+01:002012-06-29T14:52:47.388+01:00Frances Mezaler Mallery (c1811-1899)Further information has recently come to light which seems to settle the spelling of <a href="http://jacobsoflondon.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/frances-merzaler-mallery-c1811-1899.html" target="_blank">Frances Mallery</a>'s middle name. <br />
<a name='more'></a>In a conveyance dated 1898 of property in Balmoral Road, Gillingham, built by her son, Reuben Newnham, there is a plan on which the properties are shown as part of "MEZALER TERRACE". The name also appears in the text of the conveyance.<br />
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A quick internet search suggests this name may have French origins as there is a place with this name near Quimper in Brittany. Alternative origins are the name MAHALA or MAZALA, both of which appear to have many variant forms.<br />
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Interestingly, these properties are opposite the house which Reuben built for himself and his large family in Balmoral Road so that every day, when he looked across the road, he would have been reminded of his mother.Jacobs of Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18168902274417490584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6682790533560760011.post-80655628348849298732012-06-16T10:00:00.000+01:002012-06-16T11:02:16.919+01:00On this day ... 16th June<b>Baptism</b>: 1681 Sarah Blackwen, Shearsby, Leicestershire (6x great great-aunt)<br />1833 Harriet Brown, Stalbridge, Dorset (2nd cousin 3x removed)<div>
1886 Sidney Arthur Dorrington, Christ Church, East Greenwich, Kent (1st cousin 2x removed)</div>
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<b>Death</b>: 1924 Alfred James Tuck, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada (great-aunt's husband)<br /><br /></div>Jacobs of Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18168902274417490584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6682790533560760011.post-16233760302388947982012-05-21T20:09:00.003+01:002012-05-21T20:10:55.694+01:00Hannah Harris (c1810-1849) & Jacob Silverstone (1790-1878)<br />
My 2x great-grandmother, Hannah Harris, was born about 1810. She married Jacob Silverstone (born Warsaw, Poland in 1790), probably in London, some time before 1833 when she gave birth to the first of three girls: Frances, to be followed in 1835 (app) by Ellen and in 1837 by Rosa.<br />
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Jacob and the three girls appear in the 1850 US Census but Hannah had died the previous year in a cholera outbreak. She is recorded in the Mortality Schedules prepared at the same time as the 1850 Census. Early in 1850 the now widowed Jacob married Bertha Schwab (born in Berkach, Saxe-Meiningen, Germany in 1801) and they had a son, Ezekiel, born at the end of that year. </div>
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Jacob is mentioned several times in connection wit the K K Bene Yeshurun Temple in Cincinnati. In 1841 he was a Trustee and in 1865, now aged 75, he took part in the procession for the laying of the foundation stone of the new Temple. </div>
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Some time between 1865 and 1870 Jacob and Bertha, together with Ezekiel and Bertha's sister, Miriam, moved to Mobile, Alabama. Ezekiel died there in 1872 and his parents, Jacob and Bertha, both died in 1878. Miriam died in 1881 in Forest, Mississippi but all four are buried close together in the Magnolia Cemetery in Mobile, Alabama.</div>
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The three daughters of Jacob and Hannah all married in the USA: Frances to Edward Gault about 1850; Ellen to Henry Jacobs about 1853 and Rosa to Henry Meyers in 1858. Very little is known about the subsequent lives of Frances and Rosa and whether they lived out their years in the USA or moved on is not yet known. However, Henry and Ellen returned to England about 1857 or 1858, after the birth of their second child. They settled in Brighton, where for a number of years Henry ran a glass warehouse. However this venture ended when Henry became bankrupt and the family moved back to London.</div>Jacobs of Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18168902274417490584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6682790533560760011.post-47237819071131987692012-05-17T12:01:00.000+01:002012-06-16T12:03:48.132+01:00Those Places Thursday - Mulbarton, Norfolk<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" pstyle="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Birth place of John Tillett (1834-1905). His father, Thomas Tillett (1800-1855), was a miller here in the 1830s.Jacobs of Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18168902274417490584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6682790533560760011.post-86574784975750686832012-05-14T10:00:00.000+01:002020-03-18T14:25:23.249+00:00Reuben Newnham (1855-1922)<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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There is long-standing story in the Newnham family that Reuben was either Jewish or had Jewish connections. <br />
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Back to Reuben: He was born in Woolwich, Kent on the 24th August 1855 and baptised at St Mary Magdalen, Woolwich on 7th October 1855. In August 1872 he travelled to the United States to visit his brother, Robert George Newnham, who had emigrated to Toledo, Ohio in June of the same year. It is likely that Reuben was intending to find work in America with a view to staying there permanently. Whilst no record of his travels around America has been uncovered, he may have travelled to Chicago, Illinois and it seems he certainly had a high regard for America. This is evidenced when, on his return to England, he became a house builder. His own house in Balmoral Road, Gillingham, was called "Chicago" and at least three terraces of his houses had American-influenced names" Toledo Paddock (off Balmoral Road), Lincoln Terrace and Washington Terrace (Burnt Oak Terrace).<br />
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But of any Jewish influence or connections there is no evidence. It is certainly possible that he did not hold strong Christian beliefs, although he did become a Mason. He was married in church (at Holy Trinity, Sheerness, Kent in 1884), but it seems that only one of his children was baptised: Agnes Adelaide Newnham, who was baptised at the age of 14 in 1902. I have yet to find any record of the baptism of any of the other 12 children that were born to Reuben and his wife, Agnes Julia Tillett.<br />
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<br />Jacobs of Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18168902274417490584noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6682790533560760011.post-48712478178570871142012-05-12T12:16:00.000+01:002012-05-12T12:16:20.355+01:00On this day ... 12 May<b>Birth</b>: 1797 Elizabeth Fancy, Hampreston, Dorset (1st Cousin, 4x removed)<br />
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<b>Miscellaneous</b>: 1865 Jacob Silverstone took part in the procession for the laying of the corner stone at the new K K Bene Yeshurun Temple in Cincinnati, Ohio (2x great grandfather)<br />
1902 William Henry Sydney Langton was discharged from Hertford Workhouse "To service with Mr H C Wiltsher", a greengrocer trading as Wiltsher & Son at 1 Hertingfordbury Road, Hertford. (great-uncle)Jacobs of Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18168902274417490584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6682790533560760011.post-38740958676434937022012-05-07T10:00:00.000+01:002012-05-09T17:40:25.189+01:00Y-DNAAbout 3 years ago I had my Y-DNA tested with GeneTree. I had no idea whether the results would be useful but it was something I wanted to have done.<br />
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When it came to the crunch, could I find anyone who had the same or nearly the same genetic profile? As it happens I did find a chap in the USA who had very nearly the same profile - it only varied by one repeat on a single marker. This indicated that we were probably very closely related - possibly sharing a common ancestor about 6 or 7 generations back. This is well within the period of recorded history and we could both trace our paternal ancestry back to Germany in the early 18th Century.<br />
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But there the search has ended - for the present. We are reaching back to the time when Jews were starting to adopt surnames. My contact and I have different surnames and whilst this is not altogether surprising and may be easily explained it makes searching for a common ancestor that much more difficult. Further, whilst my contact does have a fairly certain location for his family in Germany, my family does not. We could of course just search the records at my contact's location but what records would we look for? There are no civil birth records from this period but there other civil records. However, we would need to identify what would be the most appropriate records to use and then cope with handwritten German script. Most sensibly we would employ a local researcher but for the time being there the matter rests.<br />
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One breakthrough would be to identify where in Germany my paternal ancestor comes from. If it is the same location as my contacts' ancestor then we would be able to make real progress. Much work on this has been undertaken by my cousins and the results of their labours are recorded on the family web site: <a href="http://www.quarlton.org.uk/joomla/index.php" target="_blank">Jacobs Tree</a><br />
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So, for the time being, this is one of my "brick walls" but I am confident that there will eventually be a breakthrough as more 18th Century UK records are unearthed.Jacobs of Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18168902274417490584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6682790533560760011.post-21264033210892216252012-05-04T16:43:00.000+01:002012-05-04T18:51:35.110+01:00Simon Levy (c1760-1827)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Simon, my 3x great grandfather, is a "work in progress", particularly as a definite birth date has not yet been established. He died on 30th Jan 1827 at No 13 Charles Street (now renamed Soho Street), a short street which runs from Oxford Street to Soho Square. He was buried in the Brompton Jewish Cemetery at Queen Elm on the Fulham Road.<br />
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In his will he leaves his leasehold house and the contents to his wife, Hannah, and makes bequests to his brother and sister (Nathan and Julia), "both now residing at Prague in the Kingdom of Bohemia". The rest of the estate is to be divided equally between his three sons-in-law: Moses Jacobs, of Charles Street, glass manufacturer; Mark Emanuel of Panton Street, Haymarket, salesman and Abraham Kisch of Beaufort Buildings in the Strand, tailor.<br />
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The daughters who married the three beneficiaries are not named in the will but we do know that Moses Jacobs married Sarah Levy in 1815 and Abraham Kisch married Isabella Levy in 1822. However, the third daughter has not yet been identified and apart from entries in street directories up to about 1832, nothing more is known of Mark Emanuel and his wife.<br />
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The reference in his will to his brother and sister living in Prague suggests that Simon may have been born there but he was certainly living in London by 1791. In that year he was trading from the Duke of Clarence in Charing Cross as a hardwareman and took out insurance with the Sun Insurance Company. From 1793 the insurance policies show that he had moved to Russell Court, off Drury Lane. He appears in street directories from 1802 and is described variously as a salesman, dealer and a gold and silversmith.<br />
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Directory entries for Russell Court cease after 1814 when he then appears in the Westminster Land Tax and Rating Schedules living in Charles Street. It seems likely that he was in business with his son-in-law, Moses Jacobs, who also lived in Charles Street and whose glass works was only a short distance away.<br />
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From the inscription on Simon's grave it is probable that his father was Samuel Levy but no birth record has yet been found to firmly identify his parents. Similarly, no record of Simon's marriage has been found.<br />
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<br />Jacobs of Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18168902274417490584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6682790533560760011.post-19702885449100102232012-05-02T12:43:00.000+01:002012-05-04T15:33:09.142+01:00On this day ... 2nd May<br />
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<b>Baptised</b>: 1819 Robert Stone (2nd cousin 3x removed), Portland, Dorset;</div>
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1819 William Langton (2x great grandfather), Cosby, Leicestershire;</div>
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1855 Frederick James Walker (1st cousin 4x removed), Greenwich, Kent;</div>
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1860 Emma Catherine Porter (great-great aunt), Greenwich, Kent;</div>
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<b>Married</b>: 1871 Alfred Hugh Syndercombe and Elizabeth Sarah Jager, Greenwich, Kent</div>
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<b>Died</b>: 1867 Milcah Levi (1st cousin 4x removed), Islington, Middlesex;</div>
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1888 Jane Fancy (nee Rodd) (2x great grandmother), Portland, Dorset</div>
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<b>Buried</b>: 1739 Rebecca Attwooll (1st cousin 6 times removed), Portland, Dorset</div>Jacobs of Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18168902274417490584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6682790533560760011.post-61852946197341847172012-05-01T20:53:00.000+01:002012-05-01T20:54:16.061+01:00John Hale Pearson & Julia Browne<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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My Stephen Walker first appears in Deptford in 1805, married to Elizabeth. Between 1805 and 1818 Stephen and Elizabeth had 6 children baptised at St Nicholas Church: Eliza (1805), Ellis (1807), Robert (1810 - buried 1811), Ann Maria (1812), James Robert (1815) and Frederick William (1818). Stephen died in 1833 and the burial register records his age as 62 thus putting his birth around 1771.<br />
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The baptism register and tax schedules record their residence as Stowage and when Stephen died the name on the tax schedule changes to John Walker. Could John be another child of Stephen and Elizabeth? Stephen is recorded as a Navigator (originally someone who dug canals or navigations) or Labourer. Would he have completed an apprenticeship for this trade?<br />
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So far I have been unable to locate a marriage for Stephen and Elizabeth so I do not yet know Elizabeth's maiden name. And I have not been able to determine where Stephen was born, except that Walker is a north of England surname.<br />
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Have you got Stephen Walker and Elizabeth or any of their children in your family tree? Have you come across possible baptism or marriage events for them? Do you known when Elizabeth died? If so I would love to hear from you.Jacobs of Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18168902274417490584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6682790533560760011.post-29359730874839760182012-04-27T23:05:00.000+01:002012-05-04T16:40:29.382+01:00Frances Merzaler Mallery (c1811-1899)<br />
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Frances Merzaler Mallery is believed to have been born in 1811 but since no baptism record has so far been located this date is based on the evidence of her entries in the Census for 1841 to 1891. What is more certain is that she was born in Springfield, Essex. </div>
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Her father was Essex Mallery and her mother was probably Sarah, although we do not know her surname. It is unlikely that her parents were married as Essex had a wife in Bedford (Mary Godfrey) who did not die until 1838. What is known is that Essex and Sarah had a daughter, Mary, who was baptised in Fordham, Cambridgeshire in 1808 and another, Sarah, baptised in Chatham, Kent in 1813.</div>
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The first recorded event that we have so far discovered for Frances is her marriage to <a href="http://jacobsoflondon.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/john-edmund-joseph-newnham-1811-1894.html" target="_blank">John Edmund Joseph Newnham</a> in Chatham in 1833. This is also the first time that we see her name in writing and discover her very unusual middle name - Merzaler. (This spelling is also based on the birth certificate of her granddaughter, who bore the same middle name. Some sources give Mezaler and this alternative may have been used as well.) One of the marriage witnesses was a Sarah whose surname is very difficult to decipher.</div>
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Jacobs of Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18168902274417490584noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6682790533560760011.post-66699788288268420802012-04-25T17:00:00.000+01:002012-05-04T16:41:07.705+01:00John Edmund Joseph Newnham (1811-1894)My 2x great-grandfather was born in Chatham, Kent on 9 Feb 1811 and baptised at St Mary the Virgin, Chatham on 17th March 1811. His parents were William Henry James Newnham and Anne Newnham (nee Newnham). John Edmund (or Edward) Joseph Newnham was the third child and he had 4 sisters and 6 brothers.<br />
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Nothing is yet known of his early life but it is safe to assume that he completed an apprenticeship as he is described on his Death Certificate as a Journeyman Bricklayer (i.e. was not permanently employed but a casual worker). As his father was a carpenter is seems unlikely that John was apprenticed to him but the identity of his Master has not yet been discovered.<br />
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On 6th October 1833 he married Frances Merzaler Mallery at St Mary the Virgin, Chatham. Their first three children were born in Chatham and the remaining 7 in Woolwich or Plumstead, then in Kent now in the London Borough of Greenwich. Their last child was Reuben, my great-grandfather, born 27th August 1855.<br />
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From the 1840s onward there was considerable residential development in Woolwich and Plumstead associated with the expansion of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Arsenal" target="_blank">Royal Arsenal</a>, especially during the period of the Crimean War (1854-1856). John probably saw this as a good employment opportunity and moved his family to Woolwich and then Plumstead.<br />
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Their first home was in Peakes Place, Woolwich, described as "... the degenerate tailpiece of the primitive Love Lane" in The Record of the Woolwich District by W T Vincent. Whilst Love Lane survives, Peakes Place has disappeared, to be replaced by a public open space. Later, they lived in Bullfields, Bramblebury Place and, finally, Walmer Road.<br />
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John died in the Infirmary of the Woolwich Union in Plumstead on 27th November 1894 at the age of 83 and was buried in Plumstead Cemetery.Jacobs of Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18168902274417490584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6682790533560760011.post-13554070823091836892012-04-23T10:34:00.002+01:002012-05-04T16:42:10.400+01:00David Jacobs (1862-1899)David Jacobs, my grandfather, was born on 6th October 1862 in Brighton, Sussex. His parents were Henry Jacobs and Ellen Silverstone and his birth was recorded in the Birth Register of the Great Synagogue in London but I have not been able to find a Civil Registration Birth Certificate for him. <br />
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Some time in 1871 or 1872 the family moved back to London (where both Henry and Ellen had been born) and in 1881 David is managing his brother's coffee shop at 197 City Road. However, for some inexplicable reason David is using the surname Morris, as is his brother.<br />
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Two years later, in 1883, David, still using the surname Morris, emigrated to Canada and he took up a job as a cook in the Queen's Hotel, Portage, Winnipeg. (See: <a href="http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/pageant/14/anachronism.shtml" target="_blank">Manitoba Historical Society: Queen's Hotel, Winnipeg</a>) It is here that he meets and marries Emma Brown, who had emigrated to Winnipeg with her brother, Frederick, his wife and son. David and Emma's first child, Phillip Morris Jacobs, is born in Winnipeg in 1888 but the family had returned to London by 1891.<br />
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Back in London David, who had now reverted to the surname of Jacobs, ran a coffee shop and restaurant at 190 High Holborn. David and Emma have three more children in London: Maurice Arthur Jacobs (1890), David Albert Jacobs (1892) - my father, and Ellen Dorothy Jacobs (1893). Sadly, David succumbs to a bout of pneumonia and dies on 14th January 1899 at the age of only 36.<br />
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Although raised in the Jewish faith, he seems to have drifted away from Judaism as he gave his religion as Church of England when he married in Canada. However, on his return to London he appears to have embraced Judaism again as he sent his three sons to the <a href="http://www.movinghere.org.uk/stories/story55/story55.htm?identifier=stories/story55/story55.htm" target="_blank">Westminster Jews Free School</a>; the informant on his death certificate was Isidore Abrahams, who seems to have been an official at the <a href="http://www.jewishgen.org/jcr-uk/london/northlondon/index.htm" target="_blank">Barnsbury Synagogue</a> and David was laid to rest in the Jewish Cemetery at <a href="http://www.iajgsjewishcemeteryproject.org/london/plashet-cemetery.html" target="_blank">Plashet</a>.<br />
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<i>Despite extensive searches I have been unable to locate a photograph of the coffee shop at 190 High Holborn. The shop no longer exists as the area was redeveloped post-WW2. If anyone has access to a photograph of the shop I would be most grateful if they would contact me.</i>Jacobs of Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18168902274417490584noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6682790533560760011.post-63857072459364588982012-04-22T12:56:00.000+01:002012-05-04T16:42:31.288+01:00Welcome ....to this blog about my family. I have called it "Jacobs of London and other families ..." because my paternal family has lived in London from the mid-18th century and the rest of my family comes from - well - all over the place! I don't propose to blog every day but only when I want to share something interesting. I will introduce members of my family who have an interesting story to tell and I will post pictures of the places with which they were associated. This will also be the place to share my problems and puzzles.<br />
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To get things started, here is a picture of the Phoenix Theatre in Phoenix Street, off Charing Cross Road. This site has very strong links to my family but the story starts well before the theatre was built. But that story is for another day.<br />
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