Sylvia Abrahamson is the sister of Dorothy Sophia Abrahamson, the 2nd wife of my maternal grandfather Marcus Levin. Abrahamson family HERE
Parents: Louis Abrahamson (1877 - 1957) and Rachel (Ettie) Joseph (1881 - 1951)
Tombstones for Sylvia's parents, Louis and Ettie. They are both buried in the Rainsough Jewish cemetery, Manchester, EnglandBorn: (April - June) 1923 in Manchester, England
Married: Stanley Kaplan in (January - March) 1949 in Manchester, England. Sylvia was 25 years old and Stanley was 23. Stanley changed his surname to Copley sometime after his marriage but before the birth of his daughter in 1951
Children:
Their first child was born when Stanley was 25 and Sylvia was 27. Their second and last child was born when Stanley was 34 and Sylvia 35
- Sheila Copley 1951 -
- Jonathan Copley 1958 -
Biography
Sylvia was an ARP (Air Raid Precautions) warden during World War 2. She trained as a teacher at age 42, teaching adults English, including in prisons.
Death
Sylvia passed away on the 9th June 2025, age 102, at the Jewish Care Home in Barnet, North London where she had been for a few weeks. She had become increasingly frail since she broke her hip some months earlier. Her funeral was on 10th June 2025 at the Great western Cemetery in Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, England