Thursday 19 September 2024

Samuel Broude (1858 - 1936)

Samuel Broude is the brother of Annie Isabella Broudethe 2nd wife of Aaron Levin, my maternal 2x great grandfather. Broude family HERE

Parents
Beryl Brouda (1830 - 1874) and Cyrl Malka (1830 - ?)

Born: 1858 
in Svisloch in the Grodno district, Russian Empire, now Svislach in Belarus. The family lived on a farm about 16 km from Svisloch and the children were home-schooled

Hebrew name: Shmuel son of Dov

Migration:  Samuel and his family came to Liverpool in 1884, when he was about 26 years old 

Married
Esther Malka Malitsky on 3 December 1881 in Grodno Russian Empire. Samuel was 23 years old and Esther was 18

Golden Weddings. BROUDE: MALITSKY.-On the 3rd of December, 1881, at Grodno, Samuel Broude to Esther Malitsky. No festivities owing to recent bereavement. 39, Falkner-square, Liverpool. (1931). The recent bereavement was probably the death of their eldest daughter Dora Jackson who had passed away on 11 April 1931

Children
Their first child was born when Samuel was 24 and Esther 19 and their last child was born when Samuel was 43 and Esther 38
  • Dora Broude 1882 - 1931
  • Emily Broude 1889 - 1950
  • Sarah Broude 1890 - 1973
  • Isaac 1891 - 1975
  • Moses (Mott) Broude 1893 -1975
  • Leah Broude 1895 - 1984
  • Nathan Broude 1896 - 1965
  • Louis Broude 1899 - 1971
  • Miriam Broude 1901 - 1980

Samuel and his wife Esther

Samuel and Esther Broude at Southport in 1933

Occupation: He was a framemaker and built furniture, which he sold at the fairs around Grodno. In England he was a furniture broker and then a real estate agent

Census details
1891
The family is living at 82 St James Street, Liverpool, England. Samuel is 34 and a furniture broker. Esther is 29. The children are Dora age 9, Emily age 3 and Sarah age 1. Living with them is Samuel's nephew, two boarders and a general servant


1901
The family is living at 82 St James Street, Liverpool, England. Samuel is 42 and a furniture broker on his own account. Esther is 38 and the children are Dora age 18, Emma age 13, Sarah age 11, Isaac age 9, Moses age 7, Leah age 6, Nathan age 4, Louis age 2. LIving with them is his niece Annie Ratnor, and Mary Smith, a servant 


1911
The family is living in a 10 roomed house at 76 Chatham Place, Liverpool, England. Samuel is 52 and an estate agent. Esther is 47. The children still at home are Emma age 23, Sarah age 21, Leah age 16, Nathan age 14, Louis age 11 and Miriam age 9



Naturalization
Samuel Broude was naturalized on 9 April 1923 (London Gazette 1 May 1923, p. 3137)

Information on Samuel and Esther by their granddaughter Sonia Rosenblatt (Nee Silver)
My maternal grandparents were Samuel and Esther Broude. Samuel was born in 1858 in Roshki, Belarus and he died in Liverpool in February 1936. He married Esther Malitski who was born in 1861 in Russia and she died in Liverpool in March 1938. They were married in Russia and then lived in Bialystock, Poland where their first child Dora was born in 1882. They came to Liverpool, England in 1884. My mother Sarah was born in Liverpool in St James Street in 1890. She and my father were married in Liverpool in 1920 and she died in 1972 in Liverpool. She had 8 siblings. Her oldest sister Dora died when she was 49. Then there was Emma, Sarah, Leah, Mott, Nathan, Louis, Isaac and Miriam.

My memories of my grandparents are these my grandfather had a long white beard and was tall and my grandmother was little and they always came to visit us in a chauffeur driven car. Their chauffeur was called Bill. When we lived in Mount Pleasant which was in Liverpool town and after grandpa had died, grandma used to come and visit us after she had been to Lewis's department store on a Friday after she had had her hair and nails done! Mother used to tell me that each year they went to Karlsbad in Germany to take the waters, they also made a trip to Palestine in the early 1950s and had to disembark from their ship in Jaffa and get a small boat and then travel to Tel Aviv.

We were a very large family, mother was one of 9, all married and all except Mott had children and we all used to gather on Saturday afternoon for tea at our grandparent's house. They had a very large house (or I thought so at the time and still think it was) in 39 Faulkner Square in Liverpool which had private gardens in the centre of the square. I remember they had a cook and we used to have great Shabos teas there with all our cousins.

Grandpa Broude was always a wealthy man when I knew him, and he was a very benevolent one. He used to meet the boats when they brought the immigrants from Eastern Europe and help them to get started. He started the Bikur Cholim in Liverpool and also the Jewish Board of Guardians which is there to this day and helps Jews in trouble. I think he made his money in the first world war in property That is why both my grandparents' headstones occupy the most prominent position in Liverpool's first Jewish cemetery in Rice Lane

Death
23 February 1936 in Southport, England at 78 years of age. He was buried in the Rice Lane Cemetery, Liverpool, England in plot no D1.13

Liverpool Jewish Burial Record for Samuel Broude

Location of tombstone for Samuel and Esther Broude

Tombstone inscription: In loving memory of Samuel Broude died on Monday the 21st Adar 5696. Mourned by his wife, sons, daughters and grandchildren. Beloved by the community he ever served faultfully 

Hebrew translation: A
n elderly and wise man with knowledge and discernment, one who performed acts of justice and faithfully worked for the needs of the community, Shmuel, son of Dov, died 21 Adar 5696 (1936). May his soul be bound up in the bond of (eternal) life.

Obituary

A LOSS TO JEWRY The death is announced from Southport of Mr. Samuel Broude, of 39, Falkner-square, in his 79th year. He was an outstanding personality in Liverpool Jewry for fifty years, and was actively associated with the many religious and charitable institutions in the community, which he supported liberally. He was one of the founders of the Central Synagogue, Talmud Torah, Talmudical College, and the New Hebrew Burial Society. He was hon. vice- president of the Jewish Board of Guardians, to which he had devoted lifelong service. The funeral will leave 39, Falkner-square, to-morrow (Tuesday), at 11 a.m., for the Jewish Cemetery, Rice-lane. Mr. Broude. (Liverpool Echo 24 Feb 1936)


MR. SAMUEL BROUDE (Liverpool) With the passing of Mr. Samuel Broude, in his seventy-ninth year, Liverpool Jewry deplores the loss of one whose outstanding personality has, for over for forty years, advanced the opportunities for strengthening and perpetuating a fuller Jewish life in the Community. He He was born in Swislovitz, came to Liverpool fifty-two years years ago. Inspired by his training at the Yeshivah, he quickly recognised that the Community had not responded to changes that should have emanated from the large influx of co-religionists from abroad. from abroad. And so he took a foremost part in giving giving its its rightful rightful place to the section of the Community which he represented, by creating and establishing a cordial understanding with existing generations, who had not yet realised the needs of a growing population. As a means to this end, he, with other pioneers, established the Crown St Street Beth Hamedrash,  which subsequently took up its more imposing Synagogue in Islington, the Central Synagogue. Soon followed the opening of the New Hebrew Burial Society and Chevra Kadisha, the Talmud Torah, the Lechem Aneyim and the Yeshivah. And while to-day these institutions remain, in part, as a monument to his untiring efforts and zeal, he gave his services freely to the Shechita Board, the Baths Committee, the Sheltering Home, while the Friendly Societies Movement equally shared his interest. In all these Institutions, he had filled the highest offices and positions of trust, and contributed liberally for their respective objects. 

Notwithstanding his manifold activities, Mr. Broude will be best remembered for his labours in the cause of philanthropy. For a period of forty-six years, he devoted himself wholeheartedly to the Jewish Board of Guardians, and was its Hon. Vice-President. He was unceasing in his attendance at relief meetings, and his sound judgement and ripe experience was invaluable in dealing with the Board's complex problems. His last official duty, previous to his illness, was as acting Chairman to the Temporary and Fixed Allowances Committee, over whom he presided. His commanding stature portrayed his indomitable will and force of character, and compassed a cheery disposition with a warmth of heart that gave relief and healing to sorrows and misfortunes that beset friends or strangers. Outside the Community, particularly in commercial circles, his honour and integrity enhanced the dignity of the Jewish name, while within the Community he will be regarded with the highest esteem and affectionate remembrance. He leaves a widow, four sons and four daughters, to whom the whole Community extends its heartfelt sympathy in their irreparable loss.

Will




Last will and testament for Samuel Broude dated 27th July 1936

Probate

BROUDE Samuel of 39 Falkner-square Liverpool died 23 February 1936 at 53 Promenade Southport Lancashire Probate Liverpool 27 July 1936 to Nathan Broude contractor Mott Broude, his son and Hertz Mayer Cherrick estate agents and George Charles Dawson solicitor's managing clerk. Effects £20768 8s. 9d. 

£20,000 Liverpool Estate Mr. Samuel Broude, of Falkner-square, Liverpool, left estate of the gross value of £20,768, with net personalty £3,028 (estate duty £144). He left £100 each to his granddaughters, Eva and Joyce Jackson: £50 each to his grandsons, Stanley and Leslie Jackson; his house- hold effects to his wife; a yearly rent charge of £8 to the Jewish Board of Guardians, 5, Oxford-street, Liverpool; £125 to the Jewish Talmud Torah School, Liverpool; and all other his property variously to his wife, children, and grandchildren (o
Liverpool Daily Post, 21 Aug 1936)

London Gazette, 12 March 1940, p. 1509

Memorial 
Memorial tablets in affectionate memory of the late Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Broude and Mr. Mott Broude will be unveiled at the Home for Aged Jews, North Mossley, Hill Road, Liverpool, on Sunday, April 19, 1959, at 3.30 p.m.

Place of Birth
Samuel Broude was born outside 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 1891 the family were living at 82 St James  Street, Liverpool, England and at 79 St James Street in 1901. Neither property exists today

In 1911 the family was living at 76 Chatham Place, Liverpool, England. The property no longer exists


In later life Samuel and his wife Esther lived at 39 Falkner-square, Liverpool, England