Isaacs family tree

Produced January 2007

Author:  John Isaacs

Descendants of Myer Samuel Isaacs

Seven Generations

 

Key to using the family tree:

 

50. MYRON SAMUEL5 ISAACS (STANLEY MYER4, MYER SAMUEL3, SAMUEL MYER2, MYER SAMUEL1) was born June 13, 1911 in New York, NY, USA, and died September 13, 1988 in White Plains, NY, USA.

 

Children of MYRON ISAACS and HELEN SALANT are:

84.              i.    STANLEY SALANT6 ISAACS, b. November 19, 1939, New York, NY, USA.

85.             ii.    JANE LOUIS ISAACS, b. March 20, 1943, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

86.            iii.    JOHN DAVID ISAACS, b. May 12, 1945, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

87.            iv.     LENI BARBARA ISAACS, b. October 07, 1950, Washington, D.C., USA

 

■ The “50” in front of the name means that this is the 50+h family entry in the tree.

■ The superscript “5” means that Myron Samuel Isaacs is the 5th generation on the Isaacs family tree.

■ The names in parentheses are the five previously generations of males names, i.e., Myron’s father is Stanley Myer Isaacs (4th generation), his grandfather is Myer Samuel Isaacs (3rd generation), and so on.

■ The first born child in a family is given a number indicating a new generation: Stanley Salant Isaacs if the 6th generation

■  The “84” in front of Stanley Salant Isaacs indicates that there is a separate entry for his family including spouse and children.

 

 

Generation No. 1

 

1.       MYER SAMUEL1 ISAACS was born Abt. 1758.  He married REBECCA SAMUELS November 11, 1796, daughter of SAMUEL REYZER and BREINE IZAKS.  She was born Abt. 1773.

 

Notes for MYER SAMUEL ISAACS:

        Myer Samuel Isaacs lived in Leeuwarden, Friesland, Holland, until impoverished by the Napoleonic wars. His name in Dutch was Myer Isaks or Meijer Izaak; his Hebrew name was Myer, son of Samuel Isaacs. The Dutch also spell the name Meyer or Meijer or Meier. Isaacs also seemed to be spelled variously as Isaac or Izak or Yzaak. Napoleon required individuals to have full names. His father-in-law's name was Samuel Jacobs Reyzer and his mother-in-laws name was Breine Izaks.     Isaacs' profession, listed as banker, may be been a pawnbroker or merchant, which was a type of banker in the early 1800's.

        According to the tax register of the time, he is listed as a merchant, living in the Kleine Kerkstreet (Kirkstraat) 1808.  He was born around 1758. He purchased the house in 1807 for 2,305 carg. In 1810, he borrows 4,000 car. guilders from Breine Izaks, Rebecca's mother, using their furniture as security for the debt. The same research indicates that he and his wife had 10 children that survived, many more than had been previously known. Source: research conducted by Ype Brouwers, geneologist living in Leeuwarden, The Netherlands, January - February 2004, letters and e-mails sent to John Isaacs

        Upon moving to London in 1814 to escape war and economic turmoil, he supported his family by teaching. He also became a burial minister. Four of his five sons became rabbis. Myer Samuel Isaacs' father is listed as Izaak (e-mail from Chaim Caran caranchaim@ailatcity.co.il, January 20, 2004)

 

More About MYER SAMUEL ISAACS:

Emigrated: 1814, London, England

Interesting fact: 1818, Opened school in Hencage Street, Spitalfields (Source: Obituary of D.M. Isaacs, Jewish Chronicle, May 9, 1879,.)

Job: Merchant, burial minister (Source: Obituary of D.M. Isaacs, Jewish Chronicle, May 9, 1879,.)

Res.: Leeuwarden, Holland & London, England

       

Children of MYER ISAACS and REBECCA SAMUELS are:

                   i.    RIEKJE2 ISAACS, b. Abt. 1797, Leeuwarden, Holland.

                  ii.    ISAK ISAACS, b. Abt. 1799, Leeuwarden, Holland.

                 iii.    GRIETJE ISAACS, b. Abt. 1800, Leeuwarden, Holland.

                 iv.    BRIEJNE ISAACS, b. Abt. 1803, Leeuwarden, Holland.

2.               v.    RABBI SAMUEL MYER ISAACS, b. January 04, 1804, Leeuwarden, Holland; d. May 19, 1878, New York, NY.

                 vi.    DOETJE ISAACS, b. Abt. 1805, Leeuwarden, Holland.

                vii.    LEIB ISAACS, b. Abt. 1805, Leeuwarden, Holland; d. Bef. 1806.

3.            viii.    LEWIS MYER ISAACS, b. Bet. 1806 - 1807, Leeuwarden, Holland; d. June 18, 1869, 17 St. Thomas's Square, Hackney, County of Middlesex.

                  ix.    RACHEL ISAACS, b. 1807.

4.                x.    JACOB MYER ISAACS, b. 1808, Leeuwarden, Holland; d. December 22, 1865, London, England.

5.               xi.    RABBI DAVID MYER ISAACS, b. 1810, Leeuwarden, Holland; d. May 01, 1879, Southport, England near Liverpool.

                 xii.    ROSA ISAACS, b. Abt. 1810, Leeuwarden, Holland; d. October 10, 1854, Sydney, Australia; m. JOHN ISAACS.

 

Notes for ROSA ISAACS:

Source:  e-mail from Terry Newman, Sydney, Australia, May 20, 2005: "Some of the following notes, that came from my transcriptions from some old Sydney tombstones done in the early 1970's, helps to clarify a few points. From the tombstones: Rosa, wife of John Isaacs, of this city, died 20.10.1854 aged 44. She was a sister of Mr Jacob Isaacs, Reader of the Sydney Synagogue."       

 

                xiii.    ANNIE ISAACS ?? (Source: e-mail from Kathryn Berman, August 08, 2000.), b. Unknown.

                xiv.    JOHN ISAACS ?? (Source: Bergman, G.F.J., "Jacob Myer Isaacs," Australian Jewish Historical Society,  November 1982, pp. 233-247), b. Unknown (Source: Bergman, G.F.J,  "Jacob Myer Isaacs,", Australian Jewish Historical Society - November 1982, p.239.); m. ROSA.

 

Notes for JOHN ISAACS ??:

       It is not totally clear whether John Isaacs was one of the sons of Myer Samuel Isaacs, who moved with his family from Leewarden, Holland to London in 1814.  Some accounts of what may be his brothers described four sons and others five sons.

       One source lists John Isaacs, the brother of Jacob Isaacs, as one of the early free immigrants to Australia.  He arrived with his wife Rosa on April 24, 1833 on the ship "Enchantress." Even this book describes confusion over several John Isaacs. 

       John Isaacs was one of the early leaders of the Sydney Synagogue, and he was very active in the Jewish community.  He also had a house and shop in George Street.  He stood as a candidate for the Bourke Ward at the first Municipal election and was a freemason.

       The account of his life suggests that he and his wife were childless, and speculates that they moved back to London before their deaths.

 

Source:  Australian Jewish Historical Society, Volume IX, Part 4, November 1982, Sydney, Australia

 

More About JOHN ISAACS ??:

Active: Sydney Synagogue (Source: Bergman, G.F.J., "Jacob Myer Isaacs," Australian Jewish Historical Society,  November 1982, pp. 233-247)

Emigrated: April 24, 1833, Sydney, Australia on boat"Enchantress" (Source: Bergman, G.F.J., "Jacob Myer Isaacs," Australian Jewish Historical Society,  November 1982, pp. 233-247)

 

                 xv.    EPHRAIM SAMUEL(S), b. Unknown.

 

Notes for EPHRAIM SAMUEL(S):

When Lewis Isaacs died in 1869, Rev. David Isaacs and Mrs. Ephraim Samuel(s) were listed as siblings to Lewis Isaacs.  Thus Mrs. Ephraim Samuel(s) -- it is listed with and without an "s" -- clearly is one of the sisters of Samuel, David, Jacob and Lewis who married Ephraim Samuel(s).  Unfortunately, her maiden name is not listed, so it is not clear which sister it is. Source:  The Jewish Victorian, Geneaological Information from the Jewish Newspapers 1861-1870, Transcribed and edited by Doreen Berger, Robert Boyd Publications, 2004, p. 162, p.338)

 

 

 

Generation No. 2

 

2.  RABBI SAMUEL MYER2 ISAACS (MYER SAMUEL1) was born January 04, 1804 in Leeuwarden, Holland, and died May 19, 1878 in New York, NY.  He married JANE SYMMONS June 25, 1839.  She was born 1823 in London, England, and died May 21, 1884 in New York, NY.

 

Notes for RABBI SAMUEL MYER ISAACS:

        Rev. Samuel Myer Isaacs was born on January 4, 1804 in Leeuwarden, Friesland, Holland.  He moved with his family to London, England, in 1814.  He was a professor of Hebrew and principal of an orphan asylum in London.

        He was chosen to head a Jewish congregation in New York, B'nai Jeshurun.  He married Jane Simons (originally Symmons) on June 26, 1839, and then embarked on a 63 - 65 day sea voyage to New York City.  Most of his siblings stayed in London, although one brother spent many years as a rabbi in Sydney, Australia.

        Isaacs was the first U.S. rabbi to deliver sermons regularly in English.  In 1845, he helped found Congregation Shaaray Tefila.  He was a defender of orthodox Judaism against Reform Judaism.  He established a weekly newspaper called "Jewish Messenger."  He was an ardent abolitionist, driving away may Southern readers of his newspaper.

        He was active in many civic and philanthropic organizations: founder of Board of Delegates of American Israelites (1859), which worked for Jewish civil and religious rights in the U.S. and abroad and treasurer of Palestine Society from its founding in 1854; one of the founders of Jews' Hospital, later named Mt. Sinai Hospital; chosen to represent the Jewish Community at Abraham Lincoln's funeral in New York in April 1866.

        He died on May 18, 1878.

 

More About RABBI SAMUEL MYER ISAACS:

Circumcized: January 22, 1803, (Dates in obvious conflict)

Emigrated: 1814, London, England; Interesting fact: Rabbi at ShaarayTefila Temple; Job: Rabbi

 

Notes for JANE SYMMONS:

Jane Symmons has also been spelled Symons and Simons

       

Children of SAMUEL ISAACS and JANE SYMMONS are:

6.                i.    JUDGE MYER SAMUEL3 ISAACS, b. May 08, 1841, New York, NY; d. May 24, 1904, New York, NY.

                  ii.    RABBI JACOB STANLEY ISAACS, b. 1843; d. June 19, 1911.

7.              iii.    ISAAC S. ISAACS, b. November 01, 1845; d. December 07, 1906.

                 iv.    MIRIAM ISAACS, b. October 20, 1849; d. Unknown.

8.               v.    ABRAM SAMUEL ISAACS, b. August 30, 1851, New York, New York; d. December 22, 1920, Patterson, New Jersey.

                 vi.    REBECCA ISAACS, b. 1857; d. 1890.

                vii.    RACHEL ISAACS, b. October 10, 1858; d. July 07, 1904; m. V.E. ABECASSIS.

               viii.    SARAH ISAACS, b. 1859; d. May 26, 1917.

 

3.  LEWIS MYER2 ISAACS (MYER SAMUEL1) was born Bet. 1806 - 1807 in Leeuwarden, Holland, and died June 18, 1869 in 17 St. Thomas's Square, Hackney, County of Middlesex (Source: Principal Probate Registry, Calendar of Wills and Administrations Intestate.).  He married JANE HARRIS? (Source: (1) e-mail from Elizabeth (Liz) Ann Foord, Sept. 14, 1997., (2) e-mail from Clare Lee [clare@mn.rr.com], July 23, 2005.).  She was born 1805, and died February 22, 1869 (Source: The Jewish Victorian, Geneaological Information from the Jewish Newspapers, 1861-1870, p.165, Transcribed and edited by Doreen Berger, Robert Boyd Publications, 2004.).

 

Notes for LEWIS MYER ISAACS:

Lewis Myer Isaacs was born in Leeuwarden, Holland in 1806-1807 and then moved with his family to London, England in 1814.  He also may have been called Leib or Levi at various times.  Of all the brothers, he was the one who did not become a rabbi, but rather an attorney.  He lived at 111 Lemans Street in London and then moved to St. Thomas' Square, Hackney, London.  He was active in the Jewish community and served three successive periods as president of the Society of Social Friends in London.

 

More About LEWIS MYER ISAACS:

Circumcized: November 22, 1806

Emigrated: 1814, London, England

Job: Attorney

       

Children of LEWIS ISAACS and JANE HARRIS? are:

                   i.    ISAAC LEWIS3 ISAACS, b. Abt. 1833 (Source: Decennial Census Schedules, 1841, (Source: Decennial Census Schedules, 1841 - H.O.107,716, Box 9, f, 33, p.101851 - H.O. 107,1546, f. 165, p.91861 - R.G.9.158, f. 73, pp.15&16.)..); m. HANNAH ? (Source: The Jewish Victorian, Geneaological Information from the Jewish Newspapers, 1861- 1870, p.164, Transcribed and edited by Doreen Berger, Robert Boyd Publications, 2004.); d. 1868, Bathurst, New South Wales.

 

Notes for HANNAH ?:  Her age at death is listed as 34.

 

                  ii.    FANNY ISAACS, b. Abt. 1835; m. MOSES VAN GILDER, Res.: Holland

 

                 iii.    REBECCA ISAACS, b. Abt. 1837; m. ABRAHAM SOLOMONS; b. Holland.

9.              iv.    MYER LEWIS ISAACS, b. Abt. 1839; d. March 02, 1907, 163 Sutherland Avenue, Maida Vale, Middlesex.

10.             v.    ANN ISAACS, b. July 14, 1841, Whitechapel, Middlesex, England.

                 vi.    RACHEL ISAACS, b. Abt. 1844; m. MARCUS POOL, August 31, 1869, 3 Chesterfield Terrace, Hackney, NE.

 

4.  JACOB MYER2 ISAACS (MYER SAMUEL1) was born 1808 in Leeuwarden, Holland, and died December 22, 1865 in London, England.  He married BLOOMA OR ROSE.  She was born 1810 in Holland, and died February 17, 1888 in London, England.

 

Notes for JACOB MYER ISAACS:

        Jacob Myer Isaacs was born in Leeuwarden, Holland in 1808 and emigrated with his family to London, England in 1814.  In 1840, he emigrated to Sydney, Australia when he learned that Sydney Jews needed a Mohel, Schochet and Reader.  He became the Sydney Synagogue's second minister, although he had to bargain up the salary from 100 pounds per year to 208 pounds per year.  He served as officiating Rabbi of the York Street Synagogue, which was formally consecrated on April 2, 1844, but, to make ends meet, he was also in business as an agent of George Street North.

        He also started a Jewish school in Sydney.  He retired from the synagogue in 1856, and at the end of the year moved back to London.  He died on December 22, 1865 in London.

        The census of 1861 lists six children (Rebecca, Maria, Lewis, Nathanial, Fanny and Samuel) and one nephew, Myer Belsie, born in 1846 in Australia and living with the Jacob Isaacs family.

 

Source:  Australian Jewish Historical Society, Volume IX, Part 4, November 1982, Sydney, Australia

 

More About JACOB MYER ISAACS:

Burial: December 24, 1865; Circumcized: July 27, 1809; Emigrated: 1814, London, England

Job: Rabbi; Res.: London, England & Sydney Australia

 

Notes for BLOOMA OR ROSE:

Her death certificate has the name Blooma crossed out, and then the name Rose.  The date of death is February 17, 1888.  Her maiden name may have been Collins.

       

Children of JACOB ISAACS and BLOOMA ROSE are:

                   i.    MYER3 ISAACS, b. 1838; d. March 12, 1852, Sydney, Australia.

 

Notes for MYER ISAACS:

Source: e-mail from Terry Newman, Sydney, Australia, May 20, 2005: "Some of the following notes, that came from my transcriptions from some old Sydney tombstones done in the early 1970's, helps to clarify a few points.  From the tombstones: Myer, 2nd son of Jacob Isaacs, Reader to the Sydney Synagogue, died 12.3.1852 aged 14."

      

11.             ii.    REBECCA ISAACS, b. May 11, 1840, Sydney, Australia; d. November 26, 1917.

12.            iii.    MARIA ISAACS, b. December 09, 1842, Sydney, Australia; d. September 25, 1871, 48 Mansell St, Goodman's Fields, London, England.

13.            iv.    LEWIS ISAACS, b. December 26, 1844, Sydney, Australia.

14.             v.    NATHANIEL JOHN ISAACS, b. September 25, 1846, Sydney, Australia; d. February 20, 1888, Wellington, New Zealand.

15.            vi.    FANNY ISAACS, b. 1852, Sydney, Australia; d. August 06, 1923, 4 Bolton Road, Stratford.

16.           vii.    SAMUEL ISAACS, b. 1853, Sydney, Australia; d. London, England.

 

5.  RABBI DAVID MYER2 ISAACS (MYER SAMUEL1) was born 1810 in Leeuwarden, Holland, and died May 01, 1879 in Southport, England near Liverpool.  He married ESTHER LEVY 1832.  She was born 1817, and died 1886.

Notes for RABBI DAVID MYER ISAACS:

        David Myer Isaacs was born in 1810 in Leeuwarden, Holland.  He moved with his parents to London, England in 1814.  He was placed under the tutelage of Solomon Herschell, then Chief Rabbi of the Jews of Great Britain.

        His first congregation was in Bristol, England in about 1832, the same year he married Esther Levy, daughter of Joel Levy and Rachel Joseph.  He was the first rabbi in England to deliver regularly sermons in English.  In 1835, be began serving the ministry in Liverpool, where he remained for 35 years.  He also served for about 20 years as Professor at the Liverpool College, where he taught Hebrew and oriental literature.  Finally, he settled in Manchester, England.  For many years, he alternated preaching at both Liverpool and Manchester.  In 1837, he delivered a funeral oration on the occasion of the burial of King William IV.

        An obituary in "The Jewish Messenger," founded by his brother Samuel Myer Isaacs, said: "His name and fame were not confined to Great Britain.  His bold and manly utterances, his independent bearing, his unswerving and uncompromising adherence to the Judaism of his fathers, his matchless eloquence and power as a pulpit orator, were themes of admiration in all countries where English Jews or their descendants had residence."

        The obituary also compares the two brothers, David and Samuel, saying they closely resembled each other in voice and manner, as well as physical build.  It goes on "With them, their Judaism was not confined to the synagogue; but ever ready as they were to aid all causes that tended to the improvement of their people, they never shirked their duties as citizens of the commonweath, and advocated and substantially turthered? all public institutions."

        [The same obituary describes him as the youngest of five brothers.]

        In another obituary, he was described as rigidly orthodox and of the "old school," although "fairly tolerant" of other views.  He was also described as being "gifted with a forcible, somewhat impulsive and eloquent style of oratory, tinged with a peculiarly caustic humor, he became very popular as a preacher."

        In 1872, he traveled to New York to be present at the 70th birthday of his brother, Samuel Myer Isaacs (Jewish Chronicle, December 27, 1872)

        He died on May 1, 1879.

        The Register of Births and Burials of the Old Hebrew Congregation (Elizabeth Ford has a copy), March 21, 1886, lists the birth dates of Joel, Elias, Julia, Aragbella, Sarah, Caroline and Myer David. According to these records, two children died in their first year, Elias and Caroline. 

 

Sources; "The Jewish Messenger," May 16, 1979, New York

"A Short Biography of the Author" by his eldest daughter Ellen Isaacs, written as a forward to the Funeral Oration on the burial of King William IV in 1896.

Obituary in "The Jewish Chronicle," May 9, 1879

 

More About RABBI DAVID MYER ISAACS:

Circumcized: July 21, 1810; Emigrated: 1814, London, England; Interesting fact: One of first rabbis to preach in English

Job: Rabbi; Res.: Bristol, Liverpool & Manchester, England

       

Children of DAVID ISAACS and ESTHER LEVY are:

17.              i.    ?3 ISAACS.

18.             ii.    RACHEL ISAACS, b. 1835; d. March 24, 1874.

                 iii.    MYER DAVID ISAACS (Source: Anthony Joseph family tree 1997.), b. January 08, 1837.

 

Notes for MYER DAVID ISAACS:

       Myer David Isaacs was a playwright and actor in Sydney.  He was born in 1851 by one estimate, probably in London, England, and probably earlier than 1851.  At some point he moved to Australia, where his uncle Jacob Myer Isaacs already lived.  An April 12, 1856 article in "The People's Advocate" wrote of him as the author of comedietta.  On November 2, 1860, another of his plays, again a comedy, was performed in Sydney, and was reviewed in the Sydney Morning Herald.

       He then apparently spent a couple of years as newspaper editor of "The Miner and General Advertiser" in Lambing Flat - Burrangong on the newly discovered gold fields in the West of New South Wales.  He apparently was an able journalist and a powerful orator.  He became involved in several institutions: secretary of the Burrangong Race Club, founder and chairman of the Burrangong Amateur Dramatic Society, organized a committee for the relief of the "Victims of the Recent Murderous Outrage," president of the Burrangong Prospecting Association and the Diggers' Mutual Society and secretary of a move to secure better parliamentary representation of the area.

       He authored another play, "The Battle of Life," which was performed in 1862 in Sydney.  He returned to the gold fields, and was active in pressing for better police protection of the gold transports and for better roads in the area.  He also appeared to practice some law. 

       In 1865, he moved to Brisbane, where his new play "The Bell of Brisbane or the Lady of Queensland" was performed.

Source:  Australian Jewish Historical Society, Vol. IX, Part 4, November 1982

 

More About MYER DAVID ISAACS:

Job: Playwright and actor (Source: Bergman, G.F.J,  "Jacob Myer Isaacs,", Australian Jewish Historical Society - November 1982, p.244.); Res.: Sydney & Brisbane, Australia

 

                 iv.    ELLEN ISAACS (Source: Anthony Joseph family tree 1997.), b. 1839; d. June 28, 1907.

                  v.    CAROLINE ISAACS, b. March 28, 1841; d. 1841.

                 vi.    JOEL ISAACS (Source: (1) e-mail from Kathryn Berman, August 08, 2000., (2) Anthony Joseph family tree 1997.), b. July 08, 1842.

                vii.    ELIAS ISAACS (Source: Anthony Joseph family tree 1997.), b. July 02, 1844; d. October 19, 1844.

               viii.    LIONEL ISAACS (Source: (1) e-mail from Kathryn Berman, August 08, 2000., (2) Anthony Joseph family tree 1997.), b. 1845.

19.             ix.    JULIA ISAACS, b. March 13, 1848; d. February 02, 1901.

                   x.    ARABELLA ISAACS (Source: Anthony Joseph family tree 1997.), b. April 15, 1850.

                  xi.    SARAH ISAACS (Source: Anthony Joseph family tree 1997.), b. April 15, 1850.

                 xii.    HANNA ISAACS, b. Abt. 1855; m. SAM CASRIL.

20.           xiii.    BARNARD DAVID ISAACS, b. 1856, Manchester, England; d. May 13, 1904, 52 Talbot Road, Bayswater, England.

 

 

 

Generation No. 3

 

6.  JUDGE MYER SAMUEL3 ISAACS (SAMUEL MYER2, MYER SAMUEL1) was born May 08, 1841 in New York, NY, and died May 24, 1904 in New York, NY.  He married (PHOBE) MARIA SOLOMON, daughter of BARNET SOLOMON and JULIA HART.  She was born January 25, 1850, and died March 26, 1889 in New York, NY.

 

Notes for JUDGE MYER SAMUEL ISAACS:

        Judge Myer Samuel Isaacs was born May 8, 1841 in New York, New York.  He attended Forests' Collegiate School, New York University (1856-59), where was was class valedictorian, and New York University Law School (1862).  As a lawyer, he specialized in real estate law, wills and trusts.  He married Maria Solomon on February 10, 1869.

        In 1880, he was appointed judge of the Marine Court of the City of New York.  He was active on political issues, in both the Republican Party and in the New York political reform movement, particularly through Citizens Union.  In 1898, he was an unsuccessful Republican and Citizens' party candidate for judge of the New York Supreme Court.

        He was one of the originators of the Sound Money Clubs in 1896 and active in the1900 national sound money campaign.  He helped write and edit "Jewish Messenger" with his father and brothers.  He taught real estate law at the NYU Law School.

        He was very active in philanthropic work:  housing and educating Jewish immigrants to the U.S.; President of the Board of Trustees of the Baron de Hirsch Fund; vice president of the Education Alliance, and active in Congregation Shaaray Tefila; board of Delegates of American Israelites; United Hebrew Charities; Montefiore Home for the Aged and Infirm; and Hebrew Technical Institute.

        He was the author of numerous publications, including Jewish Question in Russia (1882), Jewish Persecution of the Jewish Roumanians (1895)

 

Children of MYER ISAACS and (PHOBE) SOLOMON are:

                   i.    GRACE4 ISAACS, b. December 08, 1869; d. 1880.

                  ii.    MINNIE ISAACS, b. January 17, 1871; d. January 17, 1918.

                 iii.    ALICE ISAACS, b. 1872; d. 1946.

                 iv.    JULIEN MYER ISAACS, b. June 01, 1874; d. March 31, 1905.

21.             v.    ESTELLE ISAACS, b. 1876; d. 1934.

22.            vi.    LEWIS MONTEFIORE ISAACS, b. 1877, New York, New York, USA; d. December 12, 1944.

23.           vii.    STANLEY MYER ISAACS, b. September 27, 1882, New York, NY, USA; d. July 12, 1962, New York, NY, USA.

 

7.  ISAAC S.3 ISAACS (SAMUEL MYER2, MYER SAMUEL1) was born November 01, 1845, and died December 07, 1906.  He married ESTELLE SOLOMON, daughter of BARNET SOLOMON and JULIA HART.  She was born 1851, and died May 03, 1879.

 

Notes for ISAAC S. ISAACS:

        Isaac Isaacs was born in New York on November 1, 1845. He was educated at the Forrest and Quackenbos Collegiate School.  He graduated with an M.A. at the New York University in 1867 and was LL.B. the same year at Columbia College.  Admitted to the bar in 1868, he joined his brother in the well-known firm of Isaacs and Sanger, which in 1894 became M.S. and I.S. Isaacs. 

        In 1878, he married Estelle Solomon, youngest daughter of Barnet L. Solomon.  The next year, 1879, Estelle gave birth to Isabel Isaacs (who later married Edgar A. Levy) and died presumably during child birth.

        Most of his life, he was devoted to a variety of Jewish charities, including the United Hebrew Charities (where he was a director), Young Men's Hebrew Association (one of founders and president for three years), Hebrew Fuel Society (president), Ladies' Benevolent Society (Secretary) and Shaaray Tefila Synagogue (president).  He 1899, he was elected president of the First National Conference of Jewish Charities and served on the board until his death on December 7, 1906.

        As a youth, he assisted his father and eldest brother, Myer S. Isaacs, in the editorial management of the "Jewish Messenger," and contributed articles for nearly 40 years.

Source: "Progressive, Patriotic and Philanthropic Hebrews of the New World"

 

More About ISAAC S. ISAACS: Job: Lawyer

       

Child of ISAAC ISAACS and ESTELLE SOLOMON is:

24.              i.    ISABELLE4 ISAACS, b. 1879; d. July 02, 1924.

 

8.  ABRAM SAMUEL3 ISAACS (SAMUEL MYER2, MYER SAMUEL1) was born August 30, 1851 in New York, New York, and died December 22, 1920 in Patterson, New Jersey.  He married LILLY LEE HARBY April 23, 1890. 

 

Notes for ABRAM SAMUEL ISAACS:

        Abram Samuel Isaacs was born on August 30, 1852 in New Jersey and died on December 22, 1920 in Patterson, New Jersey.  He received an A.B. in 1871 and a M.A. (presumably B.A. and M.A.) from the University of the City of New York. He continued his studies at the University of Breslau and the Jewish Theological Seminary at Breslau.

        When his father died, Abram took over editorship of the weekly newspaper "Jewish Messenger," which he maintained until the paper was absorbed by the "American Hebrew" in 1903.  From 1886 to 1894, he was a professor of Hebrew, and from 1887 to 1895 professor of German, both at the University of the City of New York.  He later was a professor of German literature and a professor of Semitics.

        Abram Isaacs was also minister in the East Eighty-Sixth Street Synagogue in New York and later preacher in the B'nai Jeshurun of Paterson, New Jersey.

        He wrote numerous books, including "A Modern Hebrew Poet: The Life and Writings of Moses Chaim Luzzatto" (1878), "What is Judaism? A Survey Of Jewish Life, Thought and Achievement" (1912) and a number of books for younger readers.  He wrote many newspaper articles, books reviews and poems.

Source:  Dictionary of American Biography, 1953, Charles Scribner's Sons, New York

 

More About ABRAM SAMUEL ISAACS: Job: Rabbi, writer, educator

       

Children of ABRAM ISAACS and LILLY HARBY are:

                   i.    ARTHUR4 ISAACS.

                  ii.    CYRIL ISAACS.

 

9.  MYER LEWIS3 ISAACS (LEWIS MYER2, MYER SAMUEL1) (Source: e-mail from Elizabeth (Liz) Ann Foord, Sept. 14, 1997.) was born Abt. 1839, and died March 02, 1907 in 163 Sutherland Avenue, Maida Vale, Middlesex (Source: Principal Probate Registry, Calendars of Wills and Administration Intestate, Also, see Burial Society of the United Synagogue, No. 310 - says age at death was 68 years.  Confirms death on March 2, 1907.).  He married JULIA LEVY November 27, 1867 in 14 The Crescent, Plymouth, England (Source: The Jewish Victorian, Geneaological Information from the Jewish Newspapers, 1861-70, p.167, Transcribed and edited by Doreen Berger, Robert Boyd Publications, 2004.), daughter of MARKES LEVY.  She was born 1844, and died October 08, 1915 in 163 Sutherland Avenue, Maida Vale, Middlesex (Source: Principal Probate Registry, Calendars of Wills and Administration Intestate, Also, see Burial Society of the United Synagogue, No. 1161, which gives age at death as 72 years.  Confirms death on October 8, 1915.).

 

More About MYER LEWIS ISAACS:

Job: Optician

       

Children of MYER ISAACS and JULIA LEVY are:

                   i.    LEWIS MYER4 ISAACS, b. June 16, 1870 (Source: The Jewish Victorian, Geneaological Information from the Jewish Newspapers, 1861-70, p.167.); d. June 21, 1931; m. JULIETTE MARKS.

 

Notes for LEWIS MYER ISAACS: Had no children.; Job: Optician

 

                  ii.    JENNY ISAACS, b. 1872; m. JONAS ALFRED ISAACS.

Notes for JENNY ISAACS: Listed in 1881 and 1891 census as Jane Isaacs.

 

Notes for JONAS ALFRED ISAACS:

May have been a cousin - both Jenny and Jonas Alfred -- probably called Alfred -- appeared to have last name of Isaacs.  Had no children.  According to the will of Lewis Myer Isaacs, Jonas Alfred Isaacs was not a son of Myer Isaacs.

More About JONAS ALFRED ISAACS: Interesting fact: Cycle maker

 

25.            iii.    FREDERICK MYER ISAACS, b. 1874; d. December 27, 1951, London, England.

                 iv.    MABEL SARAH ISAACS, b. 1876; d. June 15, 1945, 163 Sutherland Ave., Maida Vale, London, England (Source: Principal Probate Registry, Calendar of Wills and Administrations Intestate.).

More About MABEL SARAH ISAACS: Interesting fact: Never married

 

                  v.    EDITH REBECCA ISAACS, b. 1878; d. July 10, 1954, 163 Sutherland Ave., Maida Vale, London, England.

More About EDITH REBECCA ISAACS: Interesting fact: Never married

 

                 vi.    AMY JUDITH ISAACS, b. 1880; d. February 14, 1944, 163 Sutherland Ave., Maida Vale, London, England.

More About AMY JUDITH ISAACS: Interesting fact: Never married

 

                vii.    ISABEL CLARICE ISAACS, b. 1885; d. January 31, 1964, 163 Sutherland Ave., Maida Vale, London, England.

Notes for ISABEL CLARICE ISAACS: May have been spelled Isabelle, not Isabel.

More About ISABEL CLARICE ISAACS: Interesting fact: Never married

 

10.  ANN3 ISAACS (LEWIS MYER2, MYER SAMUEL1) (Source: All information about descendents from e-mail from Clare Lee [clare@mn.rr.com], July 23, 2005.) was born July 14, 1841 in Whitechapel, Middlesex, England.  She married JOSEPH LEVI August 19, 1863 in Bridge House Hotel, London, England (Source: The Jewish Victorian, Geneaological Information from the Jewish Newspapers, 1861 - 1870, p.206, Transcribed and edited by Doreen Berger, Robert Boyd Press, 2004.).  He was born 1834 in Plymouth, Devon, England, and died April 01, 1876 in 40 Castle St., Holborn.

 

Notes for ANN ISAACS:

On a postcard to Harold, son of Jennie.  Annie Levi says, "This is the house we live in.  The marks show my bedroom, facing the sea and Uncle Lewis', the garden.  Come with your mother and sty with us soon.  I would love to see my Harold, who I do often thing and speak of.  Pleased to know you are getting on well at school.  Expect you are now at the farm.  Love from Grannie  (Postmarked Southend -on-Sea.  Address: Highlands, Imperial Avenue, Westcliff-on-Sea"

 

In 1921 when Jennie died, Annie was 80 years old and living at 16 Hillmaster Road, Camden Town, London

 

Notes for JOSEPH LEVI:

His name is also spelled Levy.

Here is the trade entry for Joseph LEVI in the London Post Office Directory of 1872.  The entry reads as follows:

Levi, Joseph & Co.

            Wholesale opticians, manufacturers of spectacles, eyeglasses, telescopes, field glasses, curvilinear opera glasses, stereoscopes & views, mathematical and nautical instruments, barometers and thermometers, quadrants, sextants, electrical apparatus & photographic apparatus &c.  40 Castle Street, Holborn.

Source: e-mail from Clare Lee [clare@mn.rr.com], July 23, 2005

 

More About JOSEPH LEVI: Job: Optician, owned an optical warehouse in London

Children of ANN ISAACS and JOSEPH LEVI are:

26.              i.    SAMUEL4 LEVI, b. 1864, Hackney, Middlesex, England.

27.             ii.    EDMUND LEVI, b. July 02, 1866, Hackney, Middlesex, England.

                 iii.    FRANCIS PHINEAS LEVI, b. 1867, Hackney, Middlesex, England.

28.            iv.    JENNIE LEVI, b. 1870, Islington, Middlesex, England; d. July 18, 1921, Trichardt, Transvaal, South Africa..

                  v.    LEWIS LEVI, b. June 11, 1872, Islington, Middlesex, England.

                 vi.    WALTER LEVI, b. May 16, 1875, Islington, Middlesex, England.

 

11.  REBECCA3 ISAACS (JACOB MYER2, MYER SAMUEL1) (Source: Family tree prepared by Elizabeth (Liz) Anne Foord in 1997.) was born May 11, 1840 in Sydney, Australia (Source: (sources for the birth dates of Rebecca, Maria, Lewis and Nathaniel is York St. Synagogue Birth register, sent via e-mail of June 2, 2004 by Gary Luke).), and died November 26, 1917.  She married GABRIEL LEWIS May 19, 1863 in Auckland, New Zealand (Source: New Zealander newspaper, Auckland, New Zealand, May 20, 1863;.), son of LEWIS SOLOMON LEWIS.  He was born 1837 in England, and died November 26, 1917 in Auckland, New Zealand.

 

Notes for REBECCA ISAACS: REBECCA married Gabriel Lewis in Auckland, New Zealand on May 19, 1863. Information about marriage of Rebecca and Gabriel Lewis came from New Zealander newspaper, Auckland, New Zealand, May 20, 1863; information discovered by Elizabeth Foord.

 

According to Synagogue records, Gabriel and Rebecca Isaacs were married on 19/05/1863 at Synagogue Beth El, Emily Place (on site 1855-1884) by Henry Isaacs, a Rabbi.  (The records also indicated she died 04/02/1915 aged 72 "of paralysis".  See Auckland Library's Symonds St. Cemetery file which notes she was buried in the same plot as her husband.  Rebecca LEWIS probate in Auckland for 4 Feb 1915 (Ref BBAE 1569 9930/15.  Her Death Registration, (1915/28*4 states she was born in Sydney, her father Jacob Isaacs, Clergyman.  She died at Cleveland Road, Parnell, aged 74, and was survived by 4 male and 6 female children.  NSW Pioneer's Index CD ROM (Volume Reference V1840159 136, Regist. Year 1840, Reg. No. 0) records her birth in Parish of Sydney in 1840, daughter of Jacob (Clergyman) and Blomer Isaacs (Source: Mary Watson of New Zealand, Decembr 28, 2006, mary.watson@xtra.co.nz)

 

Notes for GABRIEL LEWIS:

Monthly Shipping Lists - Port of Auckland, ARRIVAL Feb 25 1856, source NZH, February, 1856.

Oriental barque 500 tons J C Macey from London.  Passengers included LEWIS, Michael & Gabriel Pleasant passage of 108 days from Portsmouth.  Other sources also mention Gravesend which was a more likely embarkation point from eastside.

        LEWIS Bros. 1869 ...  A registered wine and spirit merchant at Queen Street, Auckland.  NZ Gazette 1869 page 202-206: Return showing the Names and Residences of all Persons registered as Brewers, or Wine and Spirit Merchants... under the Distillation Act, 1868.  The question is: which brother was the original partner, Louis or Michael?

        From Cyclopedia of NZ. (Auckland area) Volume 2  1902, Accountants, Agents etc.

 "LEWIS, GABRIEL AND CO. (Gabriel and Louis Lewis), Auctioneers, Indenters, Manufacturer's Agents etc., 48 Queen Street, Auckland. Telephone 125. Bankers: National Bank of New Zealand.  Mr. Gabriel Lewis, the senior partner of this old-established firm, founded the well-known house of Messrs Lewis Bros., soft goods merchants, in the year 1861.  (With brother Michael - GFF - needs checking.)  The business afterwards merged into that of auctioneering, and now the firm ranks as one of the leading houses of Auckland.  Messrs Lewis and Co. are also indenters, manufacturers' agents, valuators and appraisers, and promoters and floaters of first-class mining properties on the London market through their bankers, Messrs Malcolm, Brunker and Co., St. Mary's Aix, London, E.C."

        Intentions to Marry  Gabriel Lewis, bachelor, aged 25 of Hobson St Auckland, in residence for 7 years, took out an itm 24/03/63 and married Rebecca Isaacs, aged 23, in residence for 6 months, on 13/05/1863.  The ceremony was performed in the Auckland synagogue.  BDM 20/8 p63 1498.

        Miss ISAACS,  Vessel INDIAN EMPIRE: Oct 20 1862.  Note she would not have been unchaperoned as there was a very large family of Levi also aboard. 

Source: Mary Watson of New Zealand, Decembr 28, 2006, mary.watson@xtra.co.nz)

 

More About GABRIEL LEWIS:

Emigrated: New Zealand in 1856

Job: Company head - Soft goods merchant, auctioneer and much more

       

Children of REBECCA ISAACS and GABRIEL LEWIS are:

                   i.    LOUIS4 LEWIS, b. March 05, 1864; d. October 28, 1940; m. CLARA MANTEL SHANNON, Abt. 1904.

 

Notes for LOUIS LEWIS:

Louis born 05/03/1864 (Tephilloth), died 28/10/1940 (Jewish Museum Records).  Louis (Louie on Death Register) was Gabriel's first born, at Wellesley St.  He worked for his father and was reputedly an entertaining auctioneer, members of the public used to attend his furniture auctions just to hear him in action.  He died of coronary thrombosis at 16 Elizabeth St., Timaru 28/10/1940 (Index 4490* ), aged 76 and was buried in the Linwood Cemetery, Christchurch on 29/10/1940.  He had married Clara Mantel Shannan about 1904 (she predeceased him).  One daughter, aged 32, survived him.

(Source: Mary Watson of New Zealand, Decembr 28, 2006, mary.watson@xtra.co.nz and Graham Foster)

 

                  ii.    GERTRUDE LEWIS, b. February 01, 1865; d. January 01, 1867.

Notes for GERTRUDE LEWIS: Gertrude born 01/02/1865, died 24/07/1867 (Tephilloth).  Auckland Library, Symonds St. Cemetery file says died 21/01/1867 aged 2 years, buried Symonds St., same plot as parents, Jewish section W77.

(Source: Mary Watson of New Zealand, Decembr 28, 2006, mary.watson@xtra.co.nz and Graham Foster)

 

                 iii.    JACOB LEWIS, b. May 25, 1866; d. August 10, 1867.

                 iv.    ALFRED MEYER LEWIS, b. May 15, 1867; d. June 16, 1925.

 

Notes for ALFRED MEYER LEWIS:

Alfred Meyer born 15/05/1867 (Tephilloth), Synagogue records call him Albert, born 16/05/1867, Hobson St.  He died 16/06/1925 "in a mental hospital", (Library, Jewish Register, Waikumete Cemetery).  Buried Waikumete, Hebrew Block A, Row 3, Plot 94.  He appears to have been resident in a mental asylum before 1919 according to the disbursements in Gabriel's will where expenditure of £70.15.00 is recorded as payment to "Mental Hospital" and a trust of £1,000 is set up for Alfred. (Source: Mary Watson of New Zealand, Decembr 28, 2006, mary.watson@xtra.co.nz and Graham Foster)

 

29.             v.    MICHAEL MORRIS LEWIS, b. March 21, 1868; d. August 02, 1947.

30.            vi.    ANNIE LEWIS, b. July 22, 1870, Auckland, New Zealand; d. Abt. 1925.

                vii.    MABEL LEWIS, b. September 26, 1871.

               viii.    MARY LOUISE LEWIS, b. December 04, 1872; d. 1948; m. CHARLES HENRY SMITH, October 26, 1897, Auckland, New Zealand; b. Abt. 1867.

More About CHARLES HENRY SMITH: Job: Landing waiter for HM Customs

 

                  ix.    LIONEL EDWARD LEWIS, b. August 29, 1874.

                   x.    LILLIAN LEWIS, b. January 23, 1876; d. November 17, 1962; m. LEN MITCHELL, 1913; b. 1883; d. 1963.

More About LEN MITCHELL: Emigrated: England; Job: Commercial traveller, grain and seed merchant

 

                  xi.    HILDA VIOLETTA LEWIS, b. April 02, 1877; d. April 10, 1968, Auckland, New Zealand; m. MAX LICHTENSTEIN, January 08, 1902; b. 1873, Germany; d. 1950.

 

Notes for MAX LICHTENSTEIN:

Max was born Uschisoff, son of Doctor Joseph (c.1795-c.1885, ex Vitebsk) and Freda, in Mesel (Memel?), North Germany and trained to be a Doctor there.  He joined his cousin Louis Paykel, also a son of a Doctor, (born in Odessa, Russia in 1873) at the Hospital and Medical College, Ekaterinoslav, South Russia (now known as Dnepropetrovsk) to complete medical studies.  Between 1835 and 1917 Jews in Russia were forced by law to live in the "Pale of Settlement", an area stretching between the Baltic and the Black Sea and embracing Odessa and Ekaterinoslav.  Poverty and anti-Semitism were rife.  Whenever a disaster such as an outbreak of cholera or animal disease occurred the Jews were blamed and a wave of pogroms would erupt.  They would be beaten tortured and murdered by mobs of Cossacks who roamed through the streets and burnt houses.  In 1827 the Tsar decreed that each Jewish community would deliver up a quota of military recruits.  They were to serve 25 years from the age of 18 but could be drafted from 12.  Whilst in the Army, strenuous efforts were made to convert them to Christianity.  Families not only lost their sons but their religious succession.  (See  www.friends-partners.org/partners/beyond...pale/index.htm/ )

In 1893, probably mid-summer, Max and Louis escaped Russia, possibly under hay in a cart and are thought to have travelled across Europe bribing border guards. They caught a ship to New York, where they learnt English at night school.  They probably also lived in Sheboygan near Milwaukee where Louis' brothers and sisters had settled.  Albert and Max Paykel later married their cousins (Max Uschisoff's sisters) Rika (1865-1930) and Ida (1867-1942), the girls having changed their surnames to Usow.  Both couples plus Louis' younger sister Leah and her husband Benjamin Burman migrated to New Zealand between 1897 and 1900.

After about a year Max and Louis went to Belgium and sailed from Antwerp for Australia in the SS Somerfield, arriving in Port Adelaide early in 1895.  While Louis worked in Adelaide, Max visited Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane and sailed on to Auckland, arriving in May 1895 with £5 in his pocket but he was, at least, in a country free from oppression.  Max soon advised Louis of the business opportunities presented by the flourishing Kauri Gum industry in Northland and Louis joined him, arriving with less in his pocket than had Max.  Believing he would be better accepted in business, Louis, son of Aaron, changed he name to Louis Arnoldson.  Peter Lichtenstein thinks his grandfather Max simply adopted the name of the European Principality to rid himself of his Russian surname.

Kauri gum is the resin of kauri trees.  It oozes through fractures in the bark and congeals, forming lumps which fall to the ground where it becomes buried by layers of forest debris.  Some was found on the surface but most was found at different depths and recovered by diggers.  They drove metal rods into the ground to detect the deposits.  The Northern gumfields were no land of milk and honey, but a wasteland of wet rushes, scrub and coarse fern.  The magnificent kauri forests of thousands of years ago had long since vanished.  (David notes that the Kauri was widely and extensively exploited from the early 1800's until it was almost totally cleared by the 1930's but. there are still lots in the Waipoua Kauri Forest.  Graham recalls piles of limbs of kauri trees being burnt on Don McCathies's farm at upper Waiwera around the late 1930's.  The knot-free trunks were lopped at the first branch, often over a hundred feet from the ground.  The waste was appalling by modern standards).  The gum was cleaned of dirt and exported, mainly to America and England where it was an important constituent of high grade varnish and, from 1910, in the manufacture of linoleum.  The Maoris used gum for chewing (it was passed from mouth to mouth), to light fires and for tattooing.

By the end of 1895 the cousins had opened their first store at Matakohe and established a firm named Lichtenstein and Arnoldson, Kauri Gum Merchants, Importers and Storekeepers.  The store was in three divisions - a general store, one for produce of all kinds, the third for kauri gum.  Gum would be brought by diggers to Matakohe and the cousins would frequently travel around gumfields in Northern and Southern Wairoa purchasing large quantities.  It was taken in bags on horse drawn carts to the wharf on Kaipara Harbour, by steamer to Helensville and by train to Auckland, the same route in reverse bringing in supplies and stock for the shop.  The families all pitched in getting the goods up from the wharf.

Even though they had virtually no capital it was not long before they were prospering and the business expanded rapidly.  Within a year two more stores were opened - at Ru Point and Opitonui where Max also ran the local Post and Telegraph Office which was later burnt down.  Soon they took up a lease of some 40,000 acres of native land and started buying gum from the diggers who were mainly Maori and Dalmatians.  The gum was all shapes and sizes and covered with dirt which the diggers would scrape off.  As business prospered other leases were acquired and in the summer as many as 100 gum diggers would be employed.

The prosperous times did not last.  The 1930's came and with them the Great Depression.  The Kauri Gum Industry collapsed completely.  Gum became unsaleable due to a cheap synthetic substitute being developed for varnish and linoleum manufacture.  Louis, said to be one of the first car owners in Auckland, died on 1 Feb 1933 when his car crashed into a horse drawn lorry in Beach Road, near Auckland Railway Station, probably due to a heart attack.

Max continued the business concentrating on property purchase and management including Brighton Hall Flats in Brighton Road, Parnell - Spanish Mission style, flats in Royal Oak and office/shops in Eden Terrace.  Patsy remembers doing the rounds of these premises with her grandfather, collecting the rent.

 

(Source: Research by Graham Foster and sent by Mary Watson of New Zealand, Decembr 28, 2006, mary.watson@xtra.co.nz)

 

                 xii.    SYBIL LEWIS, b. February 17, 1882; d. September 28, 1958.

 

12.  MARIA3 ISAACS (JACOB MYER2, MYER SAMUEL1) (Source: Family tree prepared by Elizabeth (Liz) Anne Foord in 1997.) was born December 09, 1842 in Sydney, Australia, and died September 25, 1871 in 48 Mansell St, Goodman's Fields, London, England.  She married LAWRENCE MOSES SAMUEL April 19, 1863 in 13 St. Mark Street, Great Prescott Street. 

       

Children of MARIA ISAACS and LAWRENCE SAMUEL are:

                   i.    ?4 SAMUEL (Source: The Jewish Victorian, Geneaological Information from the Jewish Newspapers, 1861-70, p.339, p.167, Transcribed and edited by Doreen Berger, Robert Boyd Publications, 2004.), b. January 14, 1865.

                  ii.    ? SAMUEL, b. November 09, 1866.

                 iii.    ? SAMUEL, b. September 08, 1868.

                 iv.    ? SAMUEL, b. June 03, 1870.

 

13.  LEWIS3 ISAACS (JACOB MYER2, MYER SAMUEL1) (Source: Family tree prepared by Elizabeth (Liz) Anne Foord in 1997.) was born December 26, 1844 in Sydney, Australia.  He married MARY ANN DANIELS (Source: http://trees.ancestry.co.uk/pt/person.aspx?tid=199563&pid=-2111125669, Information on Mary Ann Daniels and all the children from this web site.) February 11, 1878 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.  She was born 1855 in Yalla, NSW, Australia, and died 1927 in Katoomba, NSW, Australia at age of 72.

       

Children of LEWIS ISAACS and MARY DANIELS are:

                   i.    ELISE S.4 ISAACS, b. 1878, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; m. EDWARD H. HOGBEN, 1907, Mosman, New South Wales, Australia.

                  ii.    FLORENCE ELIZABETH ISAACS, b. 1880.

                 iii.    LEWIS E. ISAACS, b. 1883, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

                 iv.    EDITH B. ISAACS, b. 1885, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

31.             v.    VERA VICTORIA ISAACS, b. 1887, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

                 vi.    STELLA B. ISAACS, b. 1889, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; m. FREDERICK BRADSHAW, 1911, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

                vii.    CLARA K. ISAACS, b. 1892, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; m. WILLIAM BLACK, 1914, Balmain, New South Wales, Australia.

               viii.    REGINALD S. ISAACS, b. 1893; d. 1905, Katoomba, NSW, Australia.

                  ix.    MARCUS MANLEY ISAACS, b. 1899, Manly, New South Wales, Australia; m. EVA EMILY MARGARET COWDREY, 1929, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia.

 

14.  NATHANIEL JOHN3 ISAACS (JACOB MYER2, MYER SAMUEL1) (Source: (1) Family tree prepared by Elizabeth (Liz) Anne Foord in 1997., (2) "The First Jewish Cemetery: Colonial Jewry in Wellington".) was born September 25, 1846 in Sydney, Australia, and died February 20, 1888 in Wellington, New Zealand.  He married KATE LEVI December 30, 1874 in N. Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.  She died 1924.

 

Notes for NATHANIEL JOHN ISAACS:

        There is conflicting evidence whether he was named Nathaniel or Nathan.

        Nathaniel (or Nathan) John Isaacs was born in 1847 in Sydney, Australia, and died at age 41 on February 24, 1888.  He was married to Kate Levi, and they had six children.  He moved to New Zealand in about 1868.  He was employed for some years as a commercial traveler for Messrs. Lewis Bros. of Auckland.  In about 1876, he settled in Wellington, New Zealand, where he started a business as an auctioneer.  Later he became a licensed victualler, then auctioneer again, and then landlord of the Duke of Edinburgh Hotel.

Source: Evening Post, February 24, 1888, reprinted in "The First Jewish Cemetery: Colonial Jewry in Wellington"

 

More About NATHANIEL JOHN ISAACS: Interesting fact: President of the Wellington Hebrew Congregation 1877-1880.

Job: Commercial traveller, auctioneer, victualler, landord of Duke of Edinburgh Hotel

 

Notes for KATE LEVI: Kate's husband died when he was quite young and she was left with six children to bring up on her own.  She took over the management of the Duke of Edinburgh Hotel from her late husband.  She also received assistance from the Wellington Hebrew congregation.   In 1917, she moved with her daughters to a house built for them across the harbour at Eastbourne, where she lived with her daughters -- none of whom married -- until her death.

 

More About KATE LEVI:

Job: Management of Duke of Edinburgh Hotel

       

Children of NATHANIEL ISAACS and KATE LEVI are:

                   i.    EVA BLOOMA4 ISAACS, b. November 12, 1875; d. 1943.

More About EVA BLOOMA ISAACS: Interesting fact: Never married

 

32.             ii.    JACOB NATHAN ISAACS, b. August 30, 1877, Wellington, New Zealand; d. December 23, 1961, Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand.

                 iii.    MARIA MAY ISAACS, b. May 05, 1879; d. Abt. 1951.

More About MARIA MAY ISAACS: Interesting fact: Never married

 

                 iv.    ROSA ISAACS, b. January 03, 1881; d. Abt. 1966.

More About ROSA ISAACS: Interesting fact: Never married; Job: Accounts clerk, law firm

 

33.             v.    DR. DAVID NATHAN ISAACS, b. December 09, 1882, Wellington, New Zealand; d. 1977, Rona Bay, Eastbourne, New Zealand.

                 vi.    DAISY MURIEL ISAACS (Source: (1) Family tree prepared by Elizabeth (Liz) Anne Foord in 1997., (2) "The First Jewish Cemetery: Colonial Jewry in Wellington", p.104.), b. June 04, 1886; d. 1986, Rona Bay, Eastbourne, New Zealand.

 

Notes for DAISY MURIEL ISAACS:

Source: Obituary in Hutt News 10 June 1986:

       "Born in Wellington on June 4, 1886, Miss Isaacs was the youngest of six children. When she was a baby her father died and her mother managed the Duke of Edinburgh Hotel in Willis Street. She studied at Victoria University but left to teach at Chilton House School in Wellington where she taught English and French for 20 years . She then became catering manager of the Pioneer Club, a club for women in Wellington.

       During World War I she belonged to a "spinsters club" where unmarried women did knitting for men in the armed forces. During World War II she worked at Trentham Military Camp where she was in charge of the catering section. She was later awarded an MBE for her war efforts.

       Travelling, music and theatre were among her interests and in her younger days in the 1920s she attended the 7th quinquennial conference of the International Clouncil of Women in Washington. She also visited a Geneva League of Nations Conference on Child Welfare.

       Miss Isaacs lived in Eastbourne from 1917 until a year before her death in 1986, aged 100."

 

More About DAISY MURIEL ISAACS: Interesting fact: Never married

 

15.  FANNY3 ISAACS (JACOB MYER2, MYER SAMUEL1) (Source: Family tree prepared by Elizabeth (Liz) Anne Foord in 1997.) was born 1852 in Sydney, Australia, and died August 06, 1923 in 4 Bolton Road, Stratford.  She married BARNETT LELYVELD October 28, 1874, son of LEVY LELYVELD and DOETJD SLIER.  He was born 1848 in The Hague, Holland, and died March 08, 1930 in West Ham, London, England.

 

More About FANNY ISAACS: Burial: August 08, 1923, East Ham Cemetary

Children of FANNY ISAACS and BARNETT LELYVELD are:

                   i.    DORA4 LELYVELD (Source: Family tree prepared by Elizabeth (Liz) Anne Foord in 1997.), b. August 20, 1875, London, England.

                  ii.    FLORENCE LELYVELD (Source: Family tree prepared by Elizabeth (Liz) Anne Foord in 1997.), b. December 06, 1876, London, England; d. 1877.

                 iii.    PAULINE LELYVELD (Source: Family tree prepared by Elizabeth (Liz) Anne Foord in 1997.), b. December 21, 1877, London, England.

                 iv.    EDITH REBECCA LELYVELD (Source: Family tree prepared by Elizabeth (Liz) Anne Foord in 1997.), b. 1879, London, England; d. 1881.

                  v.    CLARA LELYVELD (Source: Family tree prepared by Elizabeth (Liz) Anne Foord in 1997.), b. February 02, 1881, London, England.

                 vi.    LIZZIE LELYVELD (Source: Family tree prepared by Elizabeth (Liz) Anne Foord in 1997.), b. 1883, London, England.

More About LIZZIE LELYVELD: Burial: East Ham, London, England

 

                vii.    MIRIAM LELYVELD (Source: Family tree prepared by Elizabeth (Liz) Anne Foord in 1997.), b. Bet. 1885 - 1886.

               viii.    ANNIE LELYVELD (Source: Family tree prepared by Elizabeth (Liz) Anne Foord in 1997.), b. 1888, London, England; d. July 29, 1935, London, England.

More About ANNIE LELYVELD: Burial: July 31, 1935, East Ham Jews Cemetary

 

                  ix.    JULIA LELYVELD (Source: Family tree prepared by Elizabeth (Liz) Anne Foord in 1997.), b. 1890, London, England.

34.              x.    SAMUEL LELYVELD, b. October 20, 1895, Leigh-on-Sea, England; d. January 28, 1940, Lancs.

 

16.  SAMUEL3 ISAACS (JACOB MYER2, MYER SAMUEL1) (Source: Family tree prepared by Elizabeth (Liz) Anne Foord in 1997.) was born 1853 in Sydney, Australia, and died in London, England.  He married ELIZABETH SAMUELS April 23, 1879 in Middlesex, England. 

 

Notes for SAMUEL ISAACS:

Emigrated: April 22, 1879, Moved to London. According to February 2004 e-mails from June Ingleby, living in Victoria, Australia, whose husband had as his grandfather Samuel Isaacs, there were five children: Elizabeth Isaacs, born about 1881, Jacob Hiram Samuel Isaacs, born about 1884,  Joseph Isaacs, born about 1887, Ernest Isaacs, born about 1888, Miriam Isaacs, born about 1889.  Jacob Isaacs at some point changed his name to Jack Ingram (a fact only discovered shortly before 2004 e-mails).  He married Ethel Louise Winifred Williams.  They had as a child Barbara Isaacs, whose name later became Barbara Ingram, born in 1906.  Barbara Ingram married Walter Ingleby in 1932, and they had three children.  The middle child, Derrick Ingleby, born in 1932, married June.

 

Children of SAMUEL ISAACS and ELIZABETH SAMUELS are:

                   i.    ELIZABETH4 ISAACS, b. Abt. 1881 (Source: e-mail from June Ingleby, February 2004.).

35.             ii.    JACOB HIRAM SAMUEL ISAACS, b. Abt. 1884.

                 iii.    JOSEPH ISAACS, b. Abt. 1887.

                 iv.    ERNEST ISAACS, b. Abt. 1888; m. GERTRUDE.

                  v.    MIRIAM ISAACS, b. Abt. 1889; m. HERMON AARON.

 

17.  ?3 ISAACS (DAVID MYER2, MYER SAMUEL1)  She married ? JOSEPH. 

       

Children of ? ISAACS and ? JOSEPH are:

36.              i.    JUDGE MARTIN4 ISAACS.

37.             ii.    DR. ISAACS.

 

18.  RACHEL3 ISAACS (DAVID MYER2, MYER SAMUEL1) (Source: (1) e-mail from Elizabeth (Liz) Ann Foord, Sept. 14, 1997., (2) e-mail from Elizabeth (Liz) Ann Foord, Sept. 14, 1997., (3) e-mail from Kathryn Berman, August 08, 2000., (4) e-mail from Kathryn Berman, August 08, 2000., (5) Anthony Joseph family tree 1997.) was born 1835, and died March 24, 1874.  She married HENRY JOSEPHI.  He was born Abt. 1821.

More About HENRY JOSEPHI: Job: Diamond broker

       

Children of RACHEL ISAACS and HENRY JOSEPHI are:

                   i.    MARCUS4 JOSEPHI (Source: e-mail from Kathryn Berman, August 08, 2000.), d. August 09, 1872.

                  ii.    RACHAEL JOSEPHI (Source: e-mail from Kathryn Berman, August 08, 2000.).

38.            iii.    MIRIAM JOSEPHI, b. Abt. 1860.

                 iv.    BENJAMIN HENRY JOSEPHI (Source: e-mail from Kathryn Berman, August 08, 2000.), b. Abt. 1862; d. February 25, 1913, 425 Cheetham Hill Road, Manchester, England.

39.             v.    EVA JOSEPHI, b. Abt. 1865.

                 vi.    MYER HENRY JOSEPHI (Source: e-mail from Kathryn Berman, August 08, 2000.), b. Abt. 1869; d. March 26, 1938, 54 Drapers Road, Enfield, Middlesex, England; m. EDITH MARGARET; d. January 03, 1957, 18 Compton Road, Winchmore Hill, London N.21, England.

 

More About MYER HENRY JOSEPHI: Burial: March 28, 1938, Willesden Cemetery, Block L, Row 32, No. 15

Job: Broker in precious stones

 

40.           vii.    ERNEST HENRY JOSEPHI, b. Abt. 1871; d. January 23, 1917.

               viii.    EDWARD HENRY JOSEPHI (Source: e-mail from Kathryn Berman, August 08, 2000.), b. Abt. 1873, Manchester, England; d. November 15, 1917, 2 The Green Richmond Surrey, London.

 

19.  JULIA3 ISAACS (DAVID MYER2, MYER SAMUEL1) (Source: (1) e-mail from Kathryn Berman, August 08, 2000., (2) Anthony Joseph family tree 1997.) was born March 13, 1848, and died February 02, 1901.  She married SAMUEL LICHTENSTEIN (Source: Anthony Joseph family tree 1997.).  He was born 1856, and died 1920.

       

Children of JULIA ISAACS and SAMUEL LICHTENSTEIN are:

                   i.    REBECCA4 LICHTENSTEIN (Source: e-mail from Kathryn Berman, August 08, 2000.), m. LIONEL BLUNDELL.

41.             ii.    DAVID LICHTENSTEIN.

42.            iii.    ESTHER LICHTENSTEIN.

43.            iv.    JACOB LEWIS LICHTENSTEIN, b. June 27, 1886, Cheetham Lancs, England; d. February 07, 1947, Salford, England.

44.             v.    EVA LICHTENSTEIN.

 

20.  BARNARD DAVID3 ISAACS (DAVID MYER2, MYER SAMUEL1) was born 1856 in Manchester, England, and died May 13, 1904 in 52 Talbot Road, Bayswater, England.  He married LEAH DUTCH April 04, 1878.  She was born 1856, and died January 29, 1938 in 157 West End Lane, NW.

 

Notes for BARNARD DAVID ISAACS:

Professor Barnard (Barney) Haysack was born in 1856 as Barnard Isaacs.  There is some confusion whether his name was Barnard or Barnett.  At some point he changed his name to Haysack.  An obituary from the May 13, 1904 Bayswater Chronicle describes him as Professor Haysack, "one of the foremost teachers of oratory" in England.  The obituary says that he "inherited his father's gifts of both intellect and eloquence, and was equally successful in the fields of oratory, elocution and literature.  As a teacher he had few rivals, some of the most prominent members of both Houses of Parliament being his pupils." He died at the age of 47.

Source: Bayswater Chronicle obituary, May 13, 1904

 

More About BARNARD DAVID ISAACS: Burial: May 16, 1904; Job: Taught eloqution inter alia to Members of Parliament

 

More About LEAH DUTCH: Burial: January 31, 1938, Willesden Cemetery - Block B, Row N2, No. 5

       

Children of BARNARD ISAACS and LEAH DUTCH are:

45.              i.    PEARL4 HAYSACK, b. 1880.

                  ii.    GLADYS HAYSACK, b. 1883; d. 1967; m. ALBERT HARRIS.

More About GLADYS HAYSACK: Job: Musician, singer, pianist

 

46.            iii.    ESTHER MAY HAYSACK, b. 1887; d. 1948.

 

 

Generation No. 4

 

21.  ESTELLE4 ISAACS (MYER SAMUEL3, SAMUEL MYER2, MYER SAMUEL1) was born 1876, and died 1934.  She married ADAM FRANK.  He was born 1869, and died 1956.

       

Children of ESTELLE ISAACS and ADAM FRANK are:

                   i.    MAJORIE5 FRANK, b. November 03, 1907; d. 1975.

                  ii.    JANET FRANK, b. Abt. 1910.

47.            iii.    ADAM FRANK, b. January 18, 1912; d. April 17, 2003, Maryland, USA.

 

 

22.  LEWIS MONTEFIORE4 ISAACS (MYER SAMUEL3, SAMUEL MYER2, MYER SAMUEL1) was born 1877 in New York, New York, USA, and died December 12, 1944.  He married EDITH JULIET RICH, daughter of ADOLF RICH and ROSA SEIDENBERG.  She was born 1878 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, and died January 10, 1956.

 

Notes for LEWIS MONTEFIORE ISAACS:

        Louis M. Isaacs was born in New York City in 1877.  He joined the family law firm, M.S. & I.S. Isaacs, in 1903.  He was secretary and treasurer of the Beethoven Association and director of the Musicians Foundation and the Edward Macdowell Association.  He wrote songs and compositions for piano and orchestra as well as books on music.  He was also trustee of the Isaacs family synagogue, Temple Shaarei Tefila and a member and officer of several bar associations.

Source: Encyclopedia Judaica, Vol. 9

 

More About LEWIS MONTEFIORE ISAACS: Job: Lawyer and musician; Res.: New York, NY, USA

 

Notes for EDITH JULIET RICH:

Edith Rich Isaacs was active in the theatrical world.  Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, she became a literary editor of the "Milwaukee Sentinel" in 1903 and wrote drama criticism of periodicals.  Later she was the editor and business manager of the quarterly "Theater Arts Magazine," which became the "Theatre Arts Monthly" in 1924.  She edited "Theatre" (1927), a collection of essays; "Plays of American Life and Fantasy" (1929); and "Architect for the New Theatre" (1935), another collection of essays.  She also wrote "American Theatre in Social and Educational Life: a Survey of its Needs and Opportunities" (1932) and "Negro in the American Theatre" (1947).

Source: Encyclopedia Judaica, Vol. 9

 

More About EDITH JULIET RICH: Job: Writer, editor; Res.: New York, NY USA

       

Children of LEWIS ISAACS and EDITH RICH are:

48.              i.    MARIAN5 ISAACS, b. March 31, 1906.

49.             ii.    LEWIS ISAACS, b. 1908; d. 1997.

                 iii.    HERMINE ISAACS, b. August 16, 1915; d. 1968; m. ROBERT POPPER.

 

23.  STANLEY MYER4 ISAACS (MYER SAMUEL3, SAMUEL MYER2, MYER SAMUEL1) was born September 27, 1882 in New York, NY, USA, and died July 12, 1962 in New York, NY, USA.  He married EDITH SOMBORN, daughter of JULIUS SOMBORN and HELEN STIRN.  She was born June 18, 1884, and died 1978 in New York, NY, USA.

 

Notes for STANLEY MYER ISAACS:

        Stanley Myer Isaacs was born on September 27, 1882 in New York, New York.  he graduated from Columbia College (1903) and the New York Law School (1905).   He practiced law at M.S. & I.S. Isaacs for 15 years before entering into real estate, building and investments.  He married Edith Somborn on May 18, 1910.

        A Republican, Isaacs was elected as president of the Borough of Manhattan in 1938 on the La Guardia fusion ticket, and served through 1941.  As borough president, he was responsible for the construction of the Franklyn D. Roosevelt Memorial Drive and reducing the borough's budget by 25% over four years.

        He was denied renomination after a controversy over appointing a communist to his staff; instead, in 1941 he ran and was elected as an independent to the New York City Council, where he served until his death.  For many years, he was the only Republican on the Council.

        He was active in many progressive causes, including housing improvements, laws prohibiting racial discrimination in housing, and the Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy (now known as Peace Action).  He was also active in settlement houses that helped newly-arrived immigrants to New York, including the Educational Alliance and United Neighborhood Houses; Jewish charities, including Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York, and the United Jewish Appeal of Greater New York. The Stanley M. Isaacs Neighborhood Center in Manhatten is named in his honor.

More About STANLEY MYER ISAACS: Job: Politician, lawyer

 

Notes for EDITH SOMBORN:

Edith Somborn Isaacs was born in New York City on June 18, 1884.  She was educated in New York City and graduated from Barnard College with honors.  She served as campaign manager for Stanley Isaacs for the last 25 years of their 52-year marriage.  She served on board of Women's City Club of New York, Honorary Chairman of Stanley M. Isaacs Neighborhood Center, and served on boards of several other charitable organizations.  She was a prolific writer of stories, plays and jingles.  In 1967, she wrote "Love Affair With A City," a memoir about her husband Stanley M. Isaacs.  She died in 1978.

More About EDITH SOMBORN: Job: Campaign manager, activist, housewife

       

Children of STANLEY ISAACS and EDITH SOMBORN are:

50.              i.    MYRON SAMUEL5 ISAACS, b. June 13, 1911, New York, NY, USA; d. September 13, 1988, White Plains, NY, USA.

51.             ii.    HELEN ISAACS, b. January 01, 1913, New York, NY, USA; d. November 24, 2000, New York, NY, USA.

 

24.  ISABELLE4 ISAACS (ISAAC S.3, SAMUEL MYER2, MYER SAMUEL1) was born 1879, and died July 02, 1924.  She married EDGAR A. LEVY. 

       

Children of ISABELLE ISAACS and EDGAR LEVY are:

52.              i.    JULIEN5 LEVY, b. 1906; d. 1981.

53.             ii.    EDGAR I. LEVY, b. March 27, 1908; d. 1975.

54.            iii.    ELIZABETH LEVY, b. 1913.

 

25.  FREDERICK MYER4 ISAACS (MYER LEWIS3, LEWIS MYER2, MYER SAMUEL1) (Source: e-mail from Elizabeth (Liz) Ann Foord, Sept. 14, 1997.) was born 1874, and died December 27, 1951 in London, England.  He married IDA LOTTIE LOWENSTEIN June 21, 1905.  She was born 1877, and died April 15, 1940 in 142 Hendon Lane, Finchley, London,England.

 

More About FREDERICK MYER ISAACS: Job: Worked for Ensign Cameras

       

Children of FREDERICK ISAACS and IDA LOWENSTEIN are:

55.              i.    GILBERT FREDERICK5 ISAACS, b. April 15, 1906; d. January 08, 1999.

56.             ii.    TERENCE MYER ISAACS, b. December 29, 1910, London, England; d. August 08, 1970, Cowbridge, Glamorgan, Wales.

57.            iii.    ELIZABETH JULIA ISAACS.

 

26.  SAMUEL4 LEVI (ANN3 ISAACS, LEWIS MYER2, MYER SAMUEL1) was born 1864 in Hackney, Middlesex, England.  He married MABEL LYONS. 

       

Children of SAMUEL LEVI and MABEL LYONS are:

                   i.    ARNOLD5 LEVER, m. ELIZABETH NATHAN.

More About ARNOLD LEVER: Job: Director of and painted scarves for "Jaquemar"; Res.: London, England

 

                  ii.    ERIC LEVER, b. 1892; m. GLADYS JACOBS.

More About ERIC LEVER: Emigrated: South Africa

 

27.  EDMUND4 LEVI (ANN3 ISAACS, LEWIS MYER2, MYER SAMUEL1) was born July 02, 1866 in Hackney, Middlesex, England.  He married JOHANNA GERS 1896 in Nurenberg, Germany, daughter of JULIUS GERS and FREDERICKA BLUMENTHAL.  She was born in Hope Town, South Africa, and died 1918 in Griquatown, South Africa.

 

Notes for EDMUND LEVI: He changed his name to Lee around 1940. Job: Merchant, shopkeeper, hotelier, and Mayor in Griquatown

       

Children of EDMUND LEVI and JOHANNA GERS are:

                   i.    FRITZ5 LEVI, d. 1917.

Notes for FRITZ LEVI: Killed in World War I

 

                  ii.    HARRY LEVI, d. 1918.

Notes for HARRY LEVI: Arrived home from WW1 and contracted the Spanish Flu.  Died in 1918

 

58.            iii.    ANNIE LEVI, b. June 01, 1900; d. November 17, 1984, Johannesburg, South Africa.

59.            iv.    FRIEDA LEVI, b. August 02, 1901.

60.             v.    ARTHUR LEVI, b. 1904; d. 1992.

61.            vi.    RALPH BRUCE LEVI, b. July 21, 1906, Griquatown, South Africa; d. 1950, Betty's Bay, Capetown, South Arfica.

                vii.    HERBERT CAREY LEVI, b. 1907; d. October 07, 1995, Seattle, Washington, USA; m. ESTELLE.

               viii.    CHARLES LEVI, b. January 15, 1915; d. 2001; m. ANNE POTGIETER.

62.             ix.    GLADYS LEVI, b. December 12, 1914; d. 1997.

63.              x.    ETHEL LEVI, b. October 06, 1915, Griquatown, South Africa; d. 2000.

64.             xi.    JOAN LEVI, b. February 06, 1916.

65.            xii.    FRANK LEVI, b. August 10, 1917, Griquatown, South Africa; d. 2003.

28.  JENNIE4 LEVI (ANN3 ISAACS, LEWIS MYER2, MYER SAMUEL1) was born 1870 in Islington, Middlesex, England, and died July 18, 1921 in Trichardt, Transvaal, South Africa..  She married FREDERICK HERO SIMMONS 1892 in Cape Town, South Africa, son of HENRY SIMMONS and ANNIE HARRIS.  He was born May 05, 1866.

 

Notes for JENNIE LEVI: Jennie and her mother, Annie came by ship to Cape Town where Jennie and Frederick got married in 1892/3 and went to live in Hopetown, Cape Province where he practised medicine. Annie returned to live in England at some point after that.

 

Notes for FREDERICK HERO SIMMONS: Studied at Brighton College and later medicine at St. Bartholomew's Hospital.  Went to HopeTown, South Africa after to practice medicine.

He served as doctor for the army in the Boer War and later he had his own private practice in Johannesburg, before going to Trichardt in the Transvaal, where his wife Jennie died of pneumonia at the age of 52.

 

Children of JENNIE LEVI and FREDERICK SIMMONS are:

66.              i.    HAROLD LEWIS5 SIMMONS, b. March 13, 1899, Jeppe Street (on the ground the Moray House stands today), Johannasburg, South Africa; d. June 04, 1972, Johannesburg, South Africa.

                  ii.    WILLIAM HERBERT SIMMONS, b. 1902; d. 1904.

Notes for WILLIAM HERBERT SIMMONS: William Herbert died of tuberculosis he had contracted from unboiled milk.

 

29.  MICHAEL MORRIS4 LEWIS (REBECCA3 ISAACS, JACOB MYER2, MYER SAMUEL1) was born March 21, 1868, and died August 02, 1947.  He married DAISY BOYD.  She was born 1878, and died April 04, 1948.

 

Notes for MICHAEL MORRIS LEWIS:

MICHAEL MORRIS LEWIS (Mick): Born 21/03/1868 (Tephilloth).      Died 02/08/1947

Buried Row A4, Plot 19 in Old Hebrew Area, Waikumete Cemetery as advised by Mary Watson 28/03/99.

Marriage: Michael Morris LEWIS 1897 Folio 3695 married Daisy BOYD.

Probate: Michael Morris LEWIS died 12 Aug 1947 BBAE 1570 0978/47 Auckland.

 

        Michael commenced his commercial career working for a firm of jewellers, then with Kempthorne Prosser & Co., wholesale druggists.  It was with the mercantile house of P. Hayman & Co., however, that he became so well identified.  Their head office was in a handsome Edwardian commercial building on the north side of Customs St.,East, not far from Queen St., Auckland.  (Still standing in 1999, identifiable by a plaque over the main entrance with intertwined letters "P.H." Sadly, the building will probably become a casualty of the Britomart development scheme.)  He was variously Senior Traveller, Auckland Warehouse Manager, Wellington Manager and finally General Manager.  He was well regarded in the commercial world of his day. 

        In 1897 Michael married Daisy Boyd, born 1878, died 04/04/1948.  I still (1999) have her engagement ring containing three rubies, said to be the best ring in Hayman & Co's stock at the time.  She was regarded askance by the Lewis family because, although good looking, she was a Gentile and her antecedents were comparatively modest.  Her non-Jewish status no doubt offended her mother in law Rebecca, daughter of a Rabbi.  Her father was said to be the regimental tailor of an imperial regiment stationed in New Zealand during the Maori Wars.  Her Mother was said to be French, her maiden name was Ceraneau or Cheraneau and she lived to be 100 or so. 

        (Source: Research by Graham Foster and sent by Mary Watson of New Zealand, Decembr 28, 2006, mary.watson@xtra.co.nz and Graham Foster)

 

More About MICHAEL MORRIS LEWIS: Job: Mercantile house

       

Children of MICHAEL LEWIS and DAISY BOYD are:

                   i.    THELMA5 LEWIS.

                  ii.    REG LEWIS.

 

30.  ANNIE4 LEWIS (REBECCA3 ISAACS, JACOB MYER2, MYER SAMUEL1) was born