Sylvia Haddasah Endbinder

Sylvia Haddasah Endbinder is the daughter of Harris Endbinder and Rachel Levinson, who is the sister-in-law of Minnie Glynn, my 1st cousin 2x removed. Endbinder family HERE. Levinson family HERE

Parents: Harris Endbinder (1886 - 1975) and Rachel Levinson (1896 - 1961)

Tombstones for Harris and Rachel Endbinder. They are both buried in the Rice Lane Jewish Cemetery in Liverpool, England

Born: 19 June 1920 in Liverpool, England

Hebrew name: Tzivya Hadasah, daughter of Yehoshua Heshil

Siblings

• Harold Cecil Endbinder (1924 - 2006) married Shirley Gottlieb in 1962 in London, England
• Justin Solomon Endbinder (1926 - 2006) married Sylvia Shneck (1931 - 1974) in 1959 in Hemsworth, Yorkshire

Married: Abraham Eric Norman (known as Eric) in (January to March) 1947 in Liverpool, England. Sylvia was 26 and Abraham was 33

Children

Their first child was born in 1948 when Eric was 35 and Sylvia 28. Their last child was born in 1950 when Eric was 37 and Sylvia 30

• Vivian B Norman 1948 -
• Janice A Norman 1950 -

Census details

1939 Register

In 1939 register Sylvia and her family are living at 24 Caithness Drive, Wallasey, Cheshire, England. Her father Harris is a managing director of a store, her mother Ray is a housekeeper and Sylvia is a student. The two youngest children are redacted

War work

We have already mentioned the connection of the Jewish community of Southport with the Infirmary, and a further connection was that of the appointment of Sylvia Endbinder, the daughter of Mr and Mrs H. Endbinder, of Liverpool, as Lady Almoner at the Infirmary. She had been appointed in 1944, but received a tribute in the local press. The earliest Lady Almoner was appointed back in 1895, in London,

and the office was a precursor of the Medical Social Workers of the present day. Sylvia Endbinder was also appointed by the Ministry of Labour to be a member of the Disablement Advisory Committee, in late 1945. (In Philanthropy, Consensus,and broiges: managing a Jewish Community A history of the Southport Jewish Community by John Cowell, p. 240)

Death

9 August 2003 (11 Av 5763) in Liverpool, England at age 83. She is buried in the Springwood (Allerton) Cemetery in Liverpool, England, plot J-1812

Burial record for Sylvia Norman

Tombstone for Sylvia Norman Endbinder. "In loving memory of Sylvia Haddasah Norman passed away 9th August 2003. Sadly missed by her loving husband Eric, daughters Vivian and janice, sons-in-law, grandchildren, brother, relatives and friends"

Hebrew translation: "Here lies, Tzvya Hadassa, daughter of Mr Yehoshua Heshel, who passed away on 11 Menachem Av 5763. May her soul be bound up in the bond of everlasting life."

Residences

In the 1939 register Sylvia and her family are living at 24 Caithness Drive, Wallasey, Cheshire, England

In 1946 Sylvia and her family were living at 54 Dudlow Lane Mossley Hill Liverpool, England

After her marriage Sylvia and her family were living at 113 Ullet Rd Liverpool, England

In the 1950s onwards Sylvia and her family were living at 41 Ballantrae Rd Liverpool, England

In the 2003 electoral register Sylvia and Eric are listed as living at 2 Rockbourne Avenue, Liverpool, England

Harris Endbinder (1886 - 1975)

Harris Endbinder is the husband of Rachel Levinson, the sister-in-law of Minnie Glynn, my 1st cousin 2x removed. Endbinder family HERE. Levinson family HERE. Glynn family HERE

Parents: Lewis Endbinder (1859 - 1943) and Bluma Jackson (1858 - 1943)

Tombstones for Lewis and Bluma Endbinder. They are both buried in the Rice Lane Jewish Cemetery in Liverpool, England

Born: 1 June 1886 in Skud, Kovno, Russian Empire, nowadays Skuodas, Klaipedos, Lithuania

Hebrew name: Yehoshua Heshil, son of Mordechai Yehudah

Siblings

• Sarah Endbinder (1888 -1954) married Solomon Levitt (1876 - 1963) in Liverpool, England in (July - September) 1909
• Sophia Endbinder (1890 - 1968) married Louis Brizman (1883 - 1955) in Liverpool, England in (January - March) 1916
• Annie Endbinder (1895 - 1967)
• Benjamin (Bertie) Endbinder (1897 - 1955) married Isabel Shapiro (1899 - 1982) in Liverpool, England in (July - September) 1923
• Samuel Endbinder (1893 - 1961) married Fanny Zassman (1898 - 1978) in Liverpool, England in (October to December) 1923 
• Philip Endbinder (1899 - 1960) married Fanny Cohen (1902 - 1997) in Liverpool, England in (January - July) 1923
• Florence Endbinder (1901 - 1974)
• Maurice Endbinder (1905 - 1976) married 1) Annie Moore (1908 - 1987) in Liverpool, England in (January to March 1931), 2) Eunice Ruck (1909 - 1984) in Bournemouth, England on 2 December 1973

Naturalization

The family were naturalised in May 1907 when Harris was 20 years old. The came to Liverpool in the early 1890s

Lewis Endbinder an Alien, now residing at 41, Bengal Street, Liverpool has presented to me, the Right Honourable Herbert John Gladstone one of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, a Memorial, praying for a Certificate of Naturalization, and alleging that he is a Subject of Russia having been born at Skud, Kowno and is the son of Joseph and Esther both Subjects of Russia - of the age of forty-five years- a cabinet maker - is married and has nine children under age residing with him viz. Harris Endbinder aged 20 years, Sarah Endbinder aged 18 years, Sophie Endbinder aged 16 years, Simon [Samuel] Endbinder aged 13 years, Annie Endbinder aged 11 Years, Benjamin Endbinder aged 9 years, Philip Endbinder aged 7 years, Florence Endbinder aged 5 years, Maurice Endbinder aged 1 year.

Bengal Street in Liverpool, England, no longer exists. It was located in the Edge Hill area and was compulsorily purchased and demolished around 2005 as part of area and road improvements

Occupation: Clothier store owner (draper and outfitter)

World War 1

As this table shows, Harris was a conscientious objector and appeared before a military tribunal in 1916 but I don't know what the outcome was. Two of his younger brothers served; Bertie (Benjamin) enlisted in October 1914 with the 8th Irish King’s Liverpool Regiment and Samuel in May 1916 with the Royal Garrison Artillery. The details given above are "WNI (Pelham) (Work of National Importance under the Pelham Committee) Details of Court Martial: WNI (Pelham) (Work of National Importance under the Pelham Committee) 13.6.16 to 26.7.16 Asked to be allowed to work with Polish Relief Fund, Zionist Hall, Bedford St, Liverpool. His CO was questioned."

I found a reference to the case in  Wilcock, Evelyn. The Revd John Harris: issues in Anglo-Jewish pacifism, 1914—18,

Jewish Historical Studies, Vol. 30 (1987-1988), pp. 163-177. The part concerning Harris is excerpted below

In 1916 the crux of the matter was that Friedeburg had refused a tribunal testimonial to a pacifist. The pacifist, H. Endbinder, a draper from Ellesmere Port on the other side of the Mersey, was an ex-member of his congregation, and a fellow Freemason. When taken to task for this by the Jewish Chronicle, Friedeburg justified his refusal by explaining that although he knew Endbinder, he had no knowledge at all of his pacifist views and was therefore not in a position to testify on his behalf or on behalf of any pacifist who applied to him.  Endbinder had to turn instead for a character reference to a Christian clergyman, Revd Arthur Price, and this was what offended John Harris.

'It is because respect has been denied to the Jewish Conscientious Objector,' he wrote to The Jewish World on 22 March 1916, 'that I have entered this controversy. In the opinion of the Conscientious Objector, Jewish or otherwise, and in my own opinion, all war is wrong. My reading of my religion does not prevent me from holding that view. It strengthens me therein. I would not suggest for one moment that it is the view of the majority of English Jews. None the less, as a Jewish Minister, I claim my right of perfect freedom to hold and express my conscientious convictions and to assist those who hold similar convictions.'

Married: Rachel (Ray) Levinson in (July to September) 1918 in Liverpool, England. Ray was 21 and Harris age 32

Children

Their first child was born in 1920 when Harris was 34 and Ray 23. Their last child was born in 1926 when Harris was 39 and Ray 29

• Sylvia Haddasah Endbinder 1920 - 2003
• Harold Cecil Endbinder 1924 - 2006
• Justin Solomon Endbinder 1926 - 2006

Census details

1901

In 1901 the family are living at 8 Binney Street, Liverpool, England. Harris's father Lewis is age 42 and a cabinet maker and his mother Betsy is age 40. The children are Harris age 15 and already employed as a travelling draper on his own account, Sarah age 13 and already working as a tailoress, Simon age 7, Annie age 5, Benjamin age 3, Philip age 1 and Sophia age 11

1911

In 1911 the family are living at 118 St Pauls Road, Seacombe, Cheshire in a 7 room house. Harris's father Lewis is age 51 and a furniture dealer. His mother is Betsey age 50 and the children are Harris age 25 and a draper and outfitter on his own account, Sophie age 21, Simon age 18, Annie age 16, Benjamin age 14, Philip age 11, Florence age 9 and Maurice age 4

1921

Rachel and Harris are now married but I cannot find any trace of them or their infant daughter Sylvia in the 1921 census suggesting that there is a serious transcription error, they were not in the country on the night of 19 June 1921 or the record has since been mislaid or lost

1939 Register

In 1939 the family are living at 24 Caithness Drive, Wallasey, Cheshire, England. Harris is a managing director of a store, Ray is a housekeeper and Sylvia is a student. The two youngest children are redacted

Lodge membership

Harris joined the Prudence Lodge on 20 September 1909 (2nd row from the bottom)

Electoral Register

In the 1925 electoral register Harris's address is listed as at 70 Mulgrave Street, Liverpool, England. I don't know if he lived or worked there but the property no longer exists, now being the site of the Al-Rahma mosque

Directory

In a 1923 directory Harris is listed as a draper with premises at 46 - 50 Station Road, Cheshire

Death

16 October 1975 (6 Shevat 5271) in Liverpool, England at age 89. He is buried in the Rice Lane Cemetery in Liverpool, England, plot c01.15

Burial record for Harris Endbinder

Tombstone for Harris Endbinder. "In memory of Harris Endbinder died 16th October 1975 aged 89 years. Deeply mourned by his sons, daughter, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, grandchildren, relatives and friends"

Hebrew translation: "Here is buried an honoured man
Mr. Yehoshua Heshil, son of Mordechai Yehudah
Passed away 11 Marcheshvan 5736.
May his soul be bound up in the bond of life"

Obituary

H. ENDBINDER

Mr Harris Endbinder, who died last week in his 90th year, was one of Liverpool's earliest Zionist pioneer workers.

In 1905, when the Tsarist Russian pogroms were at their height, Mr Endbinder, then only 19, was hon. secretary of the Liverpool Zionist Central Committee which organised a public protest meeting supported by all sections of the wider community and many city leaders. A resolution-for which Dr Chaim Weizmann and Mr W. H. Lever (later Lord Leverhulme) spoke- protested against the massacres of Jews in Russia.

Mr Endbinder became president of the Shivath Zion Young Men's Zionist Society. Educated at the Liverpool Hebrew School, Hope Place, he was an active committee member of its Old Boys' Association before the First World War. (The Jewish Chronicle - Oct 24 1975)

Probate

ENDBINDER, Harris of 41 Ballantrae Rd Liverpool died 16 October 1975 Probate Manchester 18 18 August £45,305 76210970ZU

Place of Birth

Harris Endbinder was born in Skud, Kovno, Russian Empire, nowadays Skuodas, Klaipedos, Lithuania

Residences

In the 1901 census the family are living at 8 Binney Street, Liverpool, England. The street no longer exists

In 1911 Harris and his family were living at 118 St Pauls Road, Seacombe, Cheshire, England. The property appears to have been demolished in 2024

In the 1939 register the family are living at 24 Caithness Drive, Wallasey, Cheshire, England

In 1961 the family were living at 54 Dudlow Lane Mossley Hill Liverpool, England

At the time of his death in 1975 Harris was listed as living with his daughter Sylvia and her family at 41 Ballantrae Rd Liverpool, England

Rachel Levinson (1896 - 1961)

Rachel Levinson, known as Ray, is the sister-in-law of Minnie Glynn, my 1st cousin 2x removed. Glynn family HERE. Levinson family HERE. Endbinder family HERE.

Parents: Moses Hyman Levinson (1857 - 1932) and Hannah Rachel Zussman (1864 - 1943)

Tombstones for Raie's parents. They are both buried in the Rice Lane Cemetery in Liverpool, England

Born: 20 December 1896 in Svislach or Svisloch (Belarusian: Свiслач, romanized: Svislač, Russian: Свислочь; Polish: Świsłocz; Yiddish: סיסלעוויטש), a town nowadays in the Grodno Region, Belarus. 

Hebrew name: Raykha daughter of Moshe Chaim

Ray Endbinder

Siblings

• Fanny Leah Levinson (1886 - 1960) married Julius Michael Ruck (1874 - 1960) in Liverpool, England on 24 February 1909
• Maxwell Levinson (1895 - 1922) married Hannah Rachel Zussman (1864 - 1943) in Liverpool, England on 16 March 1922
• Cecilia Levinson (1902 - 1957) married Harris Lewis in (January - March) 1923 in Liverpool, England

Migration: Ray came with her family to England sometime between 1903 and 1908, age 7 to 12

Married: Harris Endbinder in (July to September) 1918 in Liverpool, England. Ray was 21 and Harris age 32

Children

Their first child was born in 1920 when Harris was 34 and Ray 23. Their last child was born in 1926 when Harris was 39 and Ray 29

• Sylvia Haddasah Endbinder 1920 - 2003
• Harold Cecil Endbinder 1924 - 2006
• Justin Solomon Endbinder 1926 - 2006

Census details

1911

Ray and her family are living in a five room house at 147 Mill Street, Liverpool, England. Her father is Moses age 52, a shopkeeper and house furnisher working on his own account at home. Her mother Hannah is age 46. The children are Rachel age 16, Cecilia age 13 and Max age 17

1921

Rachel and Harris are now married but I cannot find any trace of them or their infant daughter Sylvia in the 1921 census suggesting that there is a serious transcription error, they were not in the country on the night of 19 June 1921 or the record has since been mislaid or lost

1939 Register

In 1939 the family are living at 24 Caithness Drive, Wallasey, Cheshire, England. Harris is a managing director of a store, Ray is a housekeeper and Sylvia is a student. The two youngest children are redacted

Death

23 January 1961 (6 Shevat 5271) in Liverpool, England at age 64. She is buried in the Rice Lane Cemetery in Liverpool, England, plot c01.14

Burial record for Rachel Endbinder

Tombstone for Rachel Endbinder. "In loving memory of Ray Endbinder who passed away 23rd January 1961 aged 65 years. Deeply mourned by her husband Harris, sons, daughter, son-in-law, daughter-in-law and grandchildren"

Hebrew translation: "Here is buried
A woman of worth and lover of Zion
The crown of her husband and the glory of her children
Mrs. Raykha daughter of Mr. Moshe Chaim
Passed away 6 Shevat 5721"

Probate

ENDBINDER Ray of 54 Dudlow Lane Mossley Hill Liverpool 18 died 23 January 1961 Administration Liverpool 1 June to Harris Endbinder clothier and Harold Cecil Endbinder medical practitioner. Effects £10374 68. 21.

In Memoriam

ENDBINDER. - The Memorial Stone in memory of Mrs. RAY ENDBINDER will be unveiled Sunday, March 18, 2 p.m., Rice Lane Cemetery (Liverpool Echo, Mar 12, 1962)

Place of Birth

Rachel Endbinder was born in Svislach in the Grodno province of Belarus

SVISLOCH (Pol. Swisłocz ), town in Grodno district, Belarus; within Poland before 1795 and between the two world wars. A number of Jews settled there at the beginning of the 18th century on the invitation of the owners of the locality, the princes of Tyszkiewicz. In 1752 the Council of Lithuania imposed a poll tax of 215 zlotys on the Svisloch community, which numbered 220 in 1766. Until the middle of the 19th century the Jews of Svisloch earned their livelihood mainly from trade in timber and grain, shopkeeping, and crafts; they later also engaged in innkeeping and the lease of public houses. After a great fire, in which most of the Jewish shops were destroyed, the fairs were no longer held in Svisloch and the Jews were deprived of their principal sources of livelihood. Around 1870 Jews began to pioneer in the tanning industry and improved methods of manufacture with the assistance of German experts whom they invited. By the end of the 19th century a number of tanneries had been established in Svisloch, which employed hundreds of workers. Many Jews from the surrounding areas went there in search of employment. As early as the middle of the 19th century Jewish craftsmen in Svisloch attempted to organize themselves into guilds. At the beginning of the 20th century the Bund Movement developed in Svisloch and it embraced the whole of the Jewish working populace (tanners, tailors, shoemakers, carpenters. smiths, and bakers), who organized strikes for the amelioration of working conditions in tanneries and factories. In 1905 the workers' organization was established for Jewish self-defense against pogroms.

Residences

In 1911 the family were living at 147 Mill Street Liverpool. This house may date from after this period

In the 1939 register the family are living at 24 Caithness Drive, Wallasey, Cheshire, England

At the time of her death in 1961 her address was given as 54 Dudlow Lane Mossley Hill Liverpool, England