Ada Finestone (1888 - 1922)

Ada Finestone is the first husband of Abraham Goorney, who subsequently married Fanny Baum, my maternal great great aunt. Baum family tree Here. Rosenberg family Here

Parents: Harris Finestone (1848 - 1920) and Rebecca Segal (1849 - 1912)

Born: 1888 in the Russian Empire. Don't know where, but her father was born in Warana, Suwalki, Poland. The 1888 birth date fits with her age on her tombstone (34 years of age) but her death certificate suggests she was born in 1887 and her naturalization certificate suggests she was born in 1885!

Hebrew name: Ida, daughter of Tzvi

Migration: Ada would have come to England as a child sometime in the early to mid 1890s

Married:  Abraham Goorney in Manchester, England on 31 December 1912. Abraham was  29 years old and Ada was 26 years old

Marriage certificate for Abraham and Ada on 31 December 1912. His address was 13 Julia street, Manchester, England and she was living at Holly Bank, Highfield, Northwich, England

Children

Abraham and Ada's first child was born in 1915 when he was 32 and she 297. Their second child was born in 1921 when Abraham was 37 and Ada 37

• Rebecca Gladys Goorney 1915 - 1940
• Howard Jacob Goorney 1921 - 2007

Census details

1901
Ada and her family are living at 28 Gateford Road, Worksop, Nottinghamshire. The family are Harris age 53 and a shopkeeper selling clothes and house furniture, Rebecca age 50, Ada age 16 and her brother Eli age 11. They were all born in Russia

1911
Ada and her father are still living at 28 Gateford Road, Worksop, Nottinghamshire. Harris is age 64, a widower and a shopkeeper selling drapery and house furniture and Ada is age 25 and assisting in her father's business. Living with them is a servant, Grace Woodhead age 18. The dwelling has 7 rooms

1921

Abraham and Ada are married and living at 109 Halliwell Lane, Manchester, England. Abraham is 36 and a general draper, Ada is 33. Their children are Rebecca Gladys Goorney age 6 years and 3 months and Howard Goorney age 5 weeks. Also living with them is a servant, Olive May Stanfield, age 21

Naturalization

Ada Finestone became a naturalized British subject in September 1903

Death

13 September 1922 in the Memorial Nursing Home, Swinton Grove, Chorlton Upon Medlock, Lancashire, England aged 36 years. Buried in Crumpsall Jewish Cemetery, Manchester, England

Cause of death was given as heart failure accelerated by the administration of alcohol ether and chloroform given for an operation to remove an obstruction from the back of her nose. Misadventure

Manchester Hebrew Congregation Burial Register

Tombstone inscription. In loving memory of Ada, the dearly beloved wife of Abraham Goorney died Sept 13 1922, Elul 21 5682 aged 34 years. Deeply mourned by her heart-broken husband, children, relatives and friends. [Abbreviation] God Repose Her Dear Soul

Hebrew translation: Here is buried Mrs Ida daughter of Mr Tzvi. [Abbreviation] May peace be upon him. Wife of Mr Avraham Abba Goorney in her 34th year. Who died on Wednesday 21st Elul 5682. [Abbreviation] May her soul be bound up in the bonds of (eternal) life

Photograph

Photo taken in the 1890s. Left to right: Solomon Goorney, David Goorney, Sarah Goorney Cantor, Samuel Lewis Goorney, Ethel Finestone (Goorney), Abraham (Abe) Goorney, Esther Hyman, Ada Finestone (Goorney), Harris (Hershel) Goorney, Rachel Goorney. 

I have put an A where both Abraham and Ada are

Residences

In the 1901 census Ada and her family are living at 28 Gateford Road, Worksop, Nottinghamshire. Her father was a shopkeeper so presumably the shop was downstairs and they were living upstairs

At the time of her marriage in 1912 Ada is living at Holly Bank, Highfield, Northwich, England

In the 1921 census Abraham and Ada are now living at 109 Halliwell Lane, Manchester, England. They were still living there at the time of her death. It no longer exists and in its place is now a mosque