Sunday, 18 October 2026

Sarah (Sadie) Berg (1903 - 2004)

Sarah Berg, usually known as Sadie, is the wife of Eli Morris, my 1st cousin 2x removed. Levin family HERE. Morris family HERE 

Parents: Abraham Berg (1871 - 1960) and Esther Caplan (1875 -1958)

Tombstones for Esther and Abraham. They are both buried in the Springwood cemetery, Liverpool, Englandfind

Born: 15 September 1903 in Dubrowa, Poland

Hebrew name: Sara daughter of Abraham Yitzchak

Siblings
  • Gladys Berg (1901 - 1998)
  • Maurice (born Morris) Berg (1905 - 1966)
  • Eva Berg (1906 - 1995)
  • Simon Berg (1908 - 2004)
  • Miriam Berg (1911 - 2006)
  • Myer Berg (1912 - 1991)
  • Louis Berg (1914 - 1988)
  • Reuben Berg (1918 - 2018)

Migration: The family came to England from what is now Poland in 1905 or 1906

Occupation: Owned a clothing business


PRESTON GOWNS, LTD.
Private company. Registered Oct. 18 (1935). Capital £100 in £1 shares. Objects: To carry on the business of ladies or gentlemen's costumiers, tailors. clothiers, outfitters. &c. The directors are Eli Morris and Mrs. Sadie Morris, both of San Remo. Dudlow-gardens. Liverpool 18, directors of Carrol (Preston), Ltd. Registered office. 154h. Friargate, Preston. (Liverpool Daily Post, 21 October 1935, p. 2)

Evening Express, Liverpool Thu, Oct 19, 1950 ·Page 5

Married: Eli Morris in (January - March) 1932 in the Hope Place synagogue, Liverpool, England. Eli was 38 and Sadie 27

Children
Their first child was born in 1936 when Eli was about 43 and Sadie was around 32. Their second and final child was born in 1940 when Eli was 46 and Sadie 36 
  • Naomi (Norma) Morris 1936 - 1985
  • Vivienne Deborah Morris 1940 -

Census details
1911






1921
In the 1921 census the family are living at 194 Stanley Road, Liverpool, England



1939 Register
In the 1939 Register Eli and Sadie are living at 1 Dudlow Gardens, Liverpool, England. Eli is a proprietor of a ladies' fashion shop. The two children are redacted and living with them is his sister Leah and a domestic servant whose name may be Käthe Apfel and who is 28 years old


Electoral Register
1938/9
Eli and Sadie in the 1938/9 electoral register (nos 974 and 975)

Death
13 April 2004 age 100 in Merton, Surrey, England. She is buried in the Randalls Park Cemetery and crematorium in Leatherhead, Surry, England

Residences

In 1939 Eli and Sadie and their children are living at 1 Dudlow Gardens, Liverpool, England