Rebecca Gladys Goorney (1915 - 1940)

Rebecca Gladys Goorney, known as Betty, is the step-daughter of Fanny Baum, my maternal great great aunt. Baum family tree Here. Rosenberg family Here

Parents: Abraham Goorney (1883 - 1966) and Ada Finestone (1888 - 1922)

Born: (April - June) 1915 in Manchester, England. Her age is given as 22 on her tombstone suggesting she was born in 1917, but her birth was registered in 1915 and her death register gives her age as 24, or born around 1915

Hebrew name: Rivkah daughter of Avraham Abba

Census details

1921

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

Death
21 January 1940 in Manchester, England at 22 (Incorrect should be 24) years of age. Buried in the Rainsough Jewish cemetery, Manchester, England

Rebecca's death registration showing her age as 24

Tombstone inscription: In loving memory of Rebecca (Betty). Beloved daughter of Abraham Goorney who departed her life on 21st January 1940 corresponding with 11 Shevat 5700 aged 22. Deeply mourned by her father, brother and relatives

Hebrew translation: Here is buried the dear maiden Rivka daughter of Avraham Abba who was plucked (like a flower, it is used when a person dies young) in the 22nd year of her life on the 11th of the month of Sh'vat 5700 to the great sorrow of her family. Mourned by her father, brother and all her family.

May her soul be bundled in the bundle of life

Residence

In the 1921 census Abraham and Ada and their children are 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