My Family history: Sylvia Haddasah Endbinder

Sunday, 17 August 2025

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 1) Shirley Gotlieb (1935 - ) in 1962 in London, England 2) Andrea Lenga (1941 -) in 1982 in London
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 Haddasah Norman. "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."

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