Showing posts with label 1886. Show all posts
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Saturday, 6 June 2026

Tilly Morris (1886 - 1981)

Tilly Morris, born Tilly Dik, is the sister-in-law of Rachel Levin, my 2x great aunt. Morris family HERE

The original name of the family was Dik (Dikiene in Lithuanian) and the family, while registered in Raguva, Lithuania, lived in what is now Panevėžys, Lithuania. However, when Dinah's eldest brother Jacob arrived in England the clerk did not understand Yiddish and since Jacob called himself Jacob "Monnes" (Menachem), the clerk thought he said Munes was his last name. This was not English enough so the clerk anglicized it to Morris. Later when Jacob brought out other members of his family they changed their name to Morris as well

Parents: Joseph Dik (1851 - 1924) and Golda Chaya (1846 - 1923)

Born: November 1886 in Ponevezh, Kovno District, Russian Empire, now Panevėžys, Lithuania,  Ponevezh [Russian], Ponevezh [Yiddish], Poniewież [Polish], Ponewiesch [German], Panevēža [Latvian]

Hebrew name: Tova daughter of Yosef

Siblings
According to AI searches there were several other children who were born in Panevėžys as well, but I have yet to corroborate this

Migration to England: In Lithuania, at that time, the eldest son was drafted to the Russian army when they reached the age of 18. Therefore, Tilly's eldest brother Jacob left Lithuania planning to travel to America but on arrival in Liverpool did not have enough money to complete the journey. The local Jewish Leadership offered help on condition that he marry a Jewish girl and settle in England.  Once settled in England he brought all his family to join him in Liverpool and all his siblings changed their name to Morris. Tilly came to Liverpool sometime before 1910

Married: Isaac Epstein in (January - March) 1910 in Liverpool, England

Children
Their first child was born in 1911 when Isaac was 27 and Tilly 24 years old and their last child was born in 1927 when Isaac was 43 and Tilly 40 years old 

Census
1911
In the 1911 census taken on 2 April that year, Tilly and Isaac have been married for one year and are living in a 6 room dwelling at 15 Vine Street, Liverpool, England. Isaac is age 26 and a travelling draper and clothier on his own account and Tilly is a housewife age 24. Living with them is their infant son Baruch who was born on 12 March 1911. Also living there is a boarder, Milly Morris age 21 who is a dressmaker, and a domestic servant, Maggie Graley, age 15


1921
In the 1921 census taken on 19 June 1921, Tilly and Isaac are living in a 6 room dwelling at 48 Erskine Street, Liverpool, England. Isaac is age 37 years and four months and a travelling draper and clothier working from home. His place of birth is given as Wloclawek, Poland.Tilly is a housewife age 35 years and six months and born in Poneviezys, Lithuania. Their children are Boruch age 10 years and four months, Leah age 8 years and 10 months, Naphtali age 7 years and one month, Esther age 6 years and one month, Sarah age 1 year and one month



1939 Register
In 1939 the family are living at 99 Granby Street, Liverpool, England. Isaac is now a master butcher with his own business. Living with Isaac and Tilly are their children Leah and Esther who both work in the family butchery, and Sara. The family had moved to Palestine in the mid-1920s but had returned to Liverpool in the early to mid 1930s due to their poor financial situation. However Naftali remained in Palestine


Photo
Tilly with her daughter Leah and son-in-law Oscar Werner on their wedding day, 10 June 1945

Electoral Registers
1948
In the 1948 electoral register Tilly and her children Naphtali and Zahava are living at 99 Granby Street, Liverpool, England. Her husband Isaac died in 1941

1960

In 1960 Tilly and her child Zahava and her husband Martin Dover are listed as living at 2 / 3 Croxteth Grove, Cheshire, England

Death
6 April 1981 in Johannesburg, South Africa, age 94. She was buried on 7 April 1981 in the Westpark Cemetery in Johannesburg, grave block H, grave no 3375

Tombstone for Tilly. Inscription: "In loving memory of Tova Epstein passed away 6th April 1981. Deeply mourned by her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. M.H.D.S.R.I.P."

Hebrew translation: "The honorable and honest woman, beloved and dear mother and grandmother Tova daughter of Mr Yosef who died 3 Nisan 5741 / 1981"

Westpark Cemetery details for Tilly

Jewishgen Cemetery record for Tilly

Place of Birth
Tilly Morris was born in Panevėžys, Lithuania

PANEVEZYS (Panevezhis; Lith. Panevežys; Rus. Ponevezh), city in Lithuania. In 1766 the Jewish community numbered 254; in 1847, 1,447 Jews were registered, and in 1897, 6,627 Jews (50% of the total population) lived in Panevezys. An ancient Karaite community is also known to have existed there. A number of noted rabbis officiated in Panevezys, among them Isaac Jacob Rabinovich (Itzele Ponevezher), Joseph Kahaneman, and Jeroham Leibovich. The Hebrew poet Judah Leib Gordon served as a teacher in the city from 1853 to 1860. Naphtali Friedman, a noted advocate, served as delegate from Panevezys to the third Duma.

In May 1915, during World War I, the Jews of Panevezys were sent along with other Lithuanian Jews to the interior of Russia by the Russian military authorities. Most of them returned after the Russian Revolution. In 1923 there were 6,845 Jews living in Panevezys (35% of the total population), most of them occupied in small trade and crafts and some in larger business enterprises and industry.

The community had an active social and cultural life. Its educational institutions included Hebrew and Yiddish primary schools, two Hebrew secondary schools (one belonging to the Zionist-orientated Tarbut educational system and the other, for girls, to the religious Yavneh), a Jewish pro-gymnasium, and libraries.

The Panevezys Yeshivah, which had a high reputation, was founded by Liebe Miriam Gavronsky, daughter of K.Z. Wissotszky. When the Jews were expelled during World War I, the yeshivah was first moved to Ludza in Vitebsk province and then to Mariupol (Zhdanov) in the Ukraine. After World War I Rabbi Kahaneman founded the great Ohel Yiẓḥak yeshivah in Panevezys with about 200 students. In 1944 the yeshivah was reestablished by Rabbi Kahaneman in *Bene Berak, Israel.

Panevezys was occupied by the Germans in 1941 a few days after the outbreak of the German-Soviet war. A ghetto was established from which Jews were transported and murdered in September 1941. They were buried in 12 mass graves. In 1968 the Jewish cemetery at Panevezys was destroyed.

Residence

In 1911 Tilly and Isaac and family are living at 15 Vine Street, Liverpool, England. The building no longer exists


In the 1921 census Tilly and Isaac are living at 48 Erskine Street, Liverpool, England. The building no longer exists


In 1939 the family are living at 99 Granby Street, Liverpool, England


From 1949 to 1962 Tilly lived at 3 Croxteth Grove, Cheshire, England
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Sunday, 18 January 2026

Herman Dworetzki (1886 - 1969)

Herman Dworetzki, also known as Hirsch, is the father-in-law of Marlene Viva Levinson, my 2nd cousin 1x removed. Levinson family HERE. Dover (Dworetzki) family HERE

Parents: Moses Dworetzki (1851 - ?) and Sara Solomjanski

Born: 15 October 1886 in Svislach or Svisloch (Belarusian: Свiслач, romanized: Svislač, Russian: Свислочь; Polish: Świsłocz; Yiddish: סיסלעוויטש), a town nowadays in the Grodno Region, Belarus

Siblings
  • Isaac Dworetzki (1870 - 1942) - perished in the Holocaust
  • Solomon Dworetzki (1879 - 1959) married Marta (Miriam) Hirsch (1879 - 1919) on 23 May 1907 in Danzig, Germany
  • Lena Braine Dworetzki (1887 - 1985) married Manuel Dover (1887 - 1968)
  • Annie Dworetzki (? - 1942) - perished in the Holocaust

Hebrew name: Tzvi son of Moshe

Emigration: Herman and his family came to England from Danzig on holiday in December 1937 when he was 51 and the family managed to remain in England

Occupation: Cornbroker in Danzig, Germany

Naturalization
Herman was naturalised on 2 December 1947 (The London Gazette, 16 January 1948)

Married
Helene Liachowsky on 12 June 1924 in Konigsberg, Germany. Herman was 37 and Helene was 32

Marriage certificate for Herman and Helene who were married on 12 June 1924 in Konigsburg, Germany

Children
Their first child was born in 1925 when Herman was 39 and Helene 33. Their second and final child was born in 1929 when Herman was 43 and Helene 37

Census
1939 Register
In the 1939 register the family are living at 28 Claremont Road, Liverpool, England. Herrman / Hirsch is a retired corn broker and Helene is a housewife. Their eldest son Martin's record is partially redacted

Electoral Register extracts
1948
In 1948 Herman, Helene and their son Martin are listed as living at 28 Claremont Road, Liverpool, England

1969
In 1969 Helene and Hirsch are listed as living at 4 Langdale Road, Liverpool, England

Death
6 March 1969 in Liverpool, England age 82. He is buried in the Long Lane Cemetery, Liverpool, England plot no B-I.11

Tombstone for Herman. "In loving memory of Herman Dworetzki who passed away 6th March 1969. Deeply mourned by his wife, children, grandchildren and all his family"

Hebrew translation: "Here is buried (abbreviated)/a beloved and respected man/Reb (Mister) Tzvi, son of Reb (Mister) Moshe/Died with a good name on the 19th day of the Hebrew month of Adar, (5)729/to the sorrow of his wife, his sons, his grandchildren,/and all the members of his family./May his soul be bound in the the bond of life(abbreviated)"

Cemetery record for Herman

Place of Birth
Herman Dworetzki was born in 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


At the time of their son Martin's birth in 1925 the family's address was 27 Langgarten Street, Danzig; now Długie Ogrody, Gdańsk, Poland


In the 1939 register and till at least 1948 the family lived at 28 Claremont Road, Liverpool, England


In the 1960s the family lived at 4 Langdale Road, Liverpool, England
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Wednesday, 10 September 2025

Harris Lewis (1886 - 1977)

Harris Lewis, born Harris Votofski and known as Harry, is the husband of Cecilia Levinson, the sister-in-law of Minnie Glynn, my 1st cousin 2x removed. Glynn family HERE. Levinson family HERE. 

Harris was named for his paternal grandfather and he changed his surname from Votofski to Lewis sometime between 1911 and 1921

Parents: Louis Alexander Votofski (1850 - 1926) and Annie Minnie Kobeisky (1850 - 1928)


Tombstones for Harris's parents. They are both buried in the Blackley Jewish Cemetery in Manchester, England

Born: 26 August 1886 in Manchester, England

Hebrew Name: Hoshea son of Aryeh Alexander

Siblings
All the siblings were born in Manchester, England with the surname Votofski. Several later anglicised their names, which I have given here
  • Dora Votofski (1871 - 1952) married Lewis Livingstone (1869 - 1954) in Manchester, England in 1891
  • Bessie Wittow (1872 - 1943) married Arthur Aaron Morris (1873 - 1945) 
  • Mark Lewis (1874 - 1954)
  • Rachel Votofski (1876 - 1968) married Eli Bieber (1876 - 1969) in Manchester, England in 1901
  • Barnett Lewis (1877 - 1948) married Caroline (Carrie) Rosenbaum (1883 - 1946) in Manchester, England in 1907
  • Samuel Wittow (1880 - 1966) married Julia Rachofsky (1884 - 1958) in Durango, La Plata, Colorado, USA in 1904
  • Ellen Votofski (1882 - 1977) married Sidney Solomon Levy (1882 - 1974) in Manchester, England in 1908
  • Aaron Lewis (1890 - 1974) married Theresa Warentz (1905 - 1997) in Sunderland, England in 1928
  • Millie Votofski (1893 - 1968) married Lazarus Kirk (Cornofsky) (1886 - 1952) in Manchester, England in 1922
Occupation: Property agent and financier

Naturalisation
Harris and his family were naturalised on 20 April 1899


Married: Cecilia Levinson in (January to March) 1923 in Liverpool, England. Cecilia was 25 and Harris age 36

Children
Their daughter was born in 1923 when Harris was 37 and Cecilia 25. Their son was born in 1930 when Harris was 43 and Cecilia 32

Census details
1891
The family is living at 55 Red Bank, Manchester, England. Harris's father Louis Votofski is age 41 and a dealer in clothing and his mother Minnie is age 40. The children are Dora age 19, Betsy age 18, Mark age 16, Rachel age 15, Barnet age 14, Samuel age 12, Ellen age 9, Harris age 4 and Aaron age 8 months. The parents were born in Russia but all the children were born in Manchester


1901
The family are now living at 51 Cheetham Hill Road, Manchester, England. Louis is age 52 and an agent / broker in clothing and Minnie is age 50. The children are Mark age 26, Rachel age 25, Barnet age 24, Ellen age 18, Harris age 14 and a joinery apprentice, Aaron age 11 and Milly age 7.


1911
The family are living at 21 Elizabeth Street, Cheetham, Manchester, England in a 6 room house. Louis is age 62, a second hand clothier on his own account and Annie Minnie is age 61. The children still living at home are Mark age 36, Harry at 24 and a financial clerk, Aaron age 20 and Millie age 17



1921
The family is now living in a 7 room house at 5 Elizabeth Street, Cheetham, Manchester, England. Louis is 71 and still a second hand clothier on his own account and Minnie is age 70. The children at home are Mark age 46, Harris age 34 and a financier, Aaron age 30 and Millie age 25



1939 Register
In 1939 Harris and Cecilia are married and living at 5 Old Hall Road, Salford, Manchester, England. Harris is a property owner and agent, Cecilia is a housewife and their daughter Vivian is at school. The redacted line beneath is Lucien A Lewis born in Manchester in (July to September) 1930 


Death
12 December 1977 in Manchester, England at age 91. He is buried in the Blackley Jewish Cemetery in Manchester, England

Probate


LEWIS Harris of 4 Eastleigh Av Broughton Park Salford 
died 12 December 1977 Probate Manchester 9 February [1978] £125,104 782101506K

Residences

In 1899 the family were living at 51 Cheetham Hill road, Manchester, England. The property no longer exists


In 1911 the family are living at 21 Elizabeth Street, Cheetham, Manchester, England. Again the property appears to no longer exist


In 1921 the family are living at 5 Elizabeth Street, Cheetham, Manchester, England. Again the property appears to no longer exist


In the 1939 register Cecilia and Harris are living at 5 Old Hall Road, Salford, Manchester, England and they lived there until at least Celia's death in 1977


At the time of his death his address was given as 4 Eastleigh Avenue Broughton Park Manchester England
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