Thursday, 16 October 2025

Gladys Lightman (1901 - 1983)

Gladys Lightman, known as Gwladys in her later years, is the mother-in-law of Alan Cecil Levinson, my 2nd cousin 1x removedLevinson family HEREGlynn family HERE

Parents
: Victor Lightman (Likhtmakker) (1860 - 1928) and Rebecca Levi (1863 - 1941)


Tombstone for Gladys's parents. They are buried in the United Hebrew Congregation Cemetery in Leeds, England

Born: 31 December 1901 in Leeds, England

Married
Isaac Solomon Sydney Fox on 16 June 1927 at the Belgrave Street Synagogue in Leeds, England. Isaac was 30 and Gwaladys age 25

Children
Their first child was born in 1928 when Isaac was 31 and Gwaladys 26. Their last child was born in 1936 when Isaac was 39 and Gwaladys 34 
  • Cecile Joan Charlotte Fox, known as Joan, 1928 - 2003
  • Victor Murray Fox 1931 - 2014
  • Alfred Mervyn Fox, known as Mervyn, 1936 - 2013

Census
1911
In the 1911 Census Gladys age 9 and her sister Evelyn age 11 are listed as being boarders at Minerva College, a Jewish boarding school at 153 Folkstone Road, Dover, England


1921
In the 1921 census Gladys is living at "The Towers", Ladywood Road, Leeds, England in a 13 room house. Her father Victor is age 62 and a wholesale furniture manufacturer, her mother Beatrice is age 60. The children are Stanley age 33, Miriam age 27, Alexander age 25. Gladys age 19 and whose occupation is listed as home duties



1939
I am unable to locate Gladys in the 1939 register, suggesting that she was not in the country that evening

Death
17 December 1983 in Totteridge., Middlesex, England age 81. She was buried in the Bushey Jewish Cemetery, Hertfordshire, England, section 10, Row L, plot 221 on 20 December 1983

What is left of Isaac and Gwaladys's joint tombstone in the Bushey Jewish cemetery in Hertfordshire, England

Probate
FOX, Gwladys of Ellern Mede Nursing Home 31 Totteridge Common Totteridge Herts died 17 December 1983 Probate London 23 May (1984) £78126 8451108127V

Leeds Database
Entry in the Leeds database for Gladys Fox

Residences
In the 1921 census Gladys is listed as living with her family at Lady Wood Road, Leeds, England


Isaac, Gwaladys and the children lived in London at 40 Colney Hatch Lane, Muswell Hill, London, England before they retired to Brighton