Samuel Levi (1871 - 1939)

Samuel Levi is the husband of Rachael Rosenberg, my maternal 3x great aunt. Rosenberg family tree Here

Born: 1871 in Russia

Hebrew name: Shmuel Brich son of Moshe 

Married: Rachel Rosenberg in Manchester, England in (April to June) 1890

Children

Their first child was born in 1892 when Samuel was 21 and Rachael 20. Their last child was born in 1904 when Samuel was 33 and Rachael 32

• Jacob Levi 1892 -  (probably 1961)
• Reuben Levi 1893 - 1916
• Isabella Levi 1894 - 1974
• Julius Levi 1896 - 1980
• Sophia Levi 1899 - 1967
• Taubie Levi 1901 - 1951
• Florence Levi 1904 - 1978

Occupation: Grocer and baker

Census details

1891

Samuel and Rachael are living with her parents at 5 Fernie St., Manchester, England. Rachael's father, Harris is a grocer, age 61 and her mother Toby is now 64. Sam Levi age 20, is a grocer and Rachael Levi (Nee Rosenberg) is age 19

1901

Samuel and Rachael are living at 64 Cheetham Rd, Manchester, England. Samuel is 30 and running a grocery shop and Rachael is 29. Their children, all born in Manchester, are Jacob age 9, Reuben age 8, Isabella age 6, Julius age 5, Sophia age 1 and with them is Sahar Glick, age 14 and listed as a niece, born in Russia

1911

Samuel and Rachael are living at 186 Cheetham Hill Rd, Manchester, England in a 10 room house. Samuel is 40 and a baker on his own account and Rachael is 39. Their children are Jacob age 19, Reuben age 17, Isabella age 16, Julius age 15, Sophia age 11, Taubie age 9 and Florence age 7

1921

Samuel and Rachael are living at 96 Stocks Street,Cheetham, Manchester, England in a 6 room house. Samuel is 50 and a general draper on his own account and Rachael is 49. Their children Belle age 26, Julius age 25, Sophia age 21, Tilly age 19, and Florrie age 17

Death
26 June 1939  in Manchester, England at 68 years of age. Buried in the Urmston Jewish Cemetery, Urmston, Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England

The loving memory of Samuel Levi, who died 26th June 1939, aged 69 years. Deeply mourned by his children, grandchildren, relatives and friends. May His Soul Rest in Peace (MHSRIP)

Hebrew translation: Here [lies] buried / a man flawless and reputable / Shmuel Brich son of Moshe / died 9th Tamuz 5699 / may his soul be bound in the bond of [eternal] life.

Note: A word about the deceased's second given name, which appears here as בריך Brich [with a guttural ch]. Typical of many UK gravestones, the letters are attached rather than engraved. We thus very often encounter letters that, in time, fall away. This does not seem to be the case here – there does not appear to be any evidence of such erosion that might have caused the vav to turn into a yod, ברוך to בריך. Given then that the intended spelling was בריך [and not an error], it may be that this name was intended to convey a widespread [to this day] Hassidic-Yiddish pronunciation of Baruch as Boreech.

Articles

LEVEN MAN SENT FOR TRIAL ON TWENTY-NINE-YEAR- OLD CHARGE

Allegations in Manchester Court

Arrested over a week ago in Methil on a twenty-nine-year-old warrant granted by a dead Stipendiary, Aaron Fox, furniture dealer, of Glebe Street, Leven, was committed for trial at Manchester yesterday charged with stealing money and jewellery, the property of a Manchester baker by when he was employed. He was charged on a warrant granted by the late Mr Francis J. Headlam in May, 1890, with the theft of £20 in cash, two watches, and other jewellery of the total value of £100 from Mr Samuel Levi who, at the time of the alleged offence, was a baker in Cheetham Hill Road.

Fox, it was stated, was Mr Levi's only employee, and worked nightly as a baker, leaving the premises in Cheetham Hill Road about 8 a.m. each day. On May 14, 1898, Mr and Mrs Levi instead of rising early as usual, slept until about 9 am Upon awakening, Mr Levi could not find his trousers. He went downstairs and found them in a dough mixing tub in the bakehouse in the basement. The pockets had been rifled.

Later it was found that some bread in the oven had been burnt to a cinder, while pieces of dough were scattered about the bakehouse. A safe in the sitting-room had been rifled. Fox was missing, and was not traced until last Saturday week. Mr and Mrs Levi said that their late rising on the day in question was due to their having been drugged.

Mr H. D. Judson, solicitor for defendant, again submitted that there was no evidence on which a jury would convict, "None of the missing goods were traced to him. It is only suspicion," said Mr Judson. The Stipendiary pointed out that he went away with wages owing to him, and nothing more was heard of him for twenty-nine years. Accused formally pleaded not guilty, and on the Stipendiary committing him for trial at the Sessions he applied for bail. The Stipendiary recalled that when arrested accused said he ran away from Manchester because of his wife. Mr Jadson - His wife has found him again as the result of these recent proceedings. Bail was granted in two sureties of £100 each. Courier and Argus 15 Apr 1924 p. 4 

30-YEAR-OLD CHARGE FAILS.

LEVEN MAN FOUND NOT GUILTY OF THEFT.

"There are fifty holes in this case, and it would be unsafe in the last degree to, rely the on the recollection of what happened thirty years ago," said the Recorder at Manchester Sessions when Aaron Fox, aged 55, a furniture dealer, of Glebe Street, Leven, Fife, was found not guilty of stealing £28 in cash and jewellery to the value of £90 from Samuel Levi, a baker, of Cheetham Hill, his employer, in May, 1895. Fox was dis charged. Dundee Courier 28 May 1924

SAMUEL LEVI, (Late H. Woolfe), Agent for Berlin, Leeds, and Manchester Motzas. Also all kinds of the very best London Cakes and Groceries. All country orders will receive my best attention, and will be promptly delivered. If you wish to be satisfied with your orders, I advise you to send your instructions early to the above address, Samuel Levi, 64, CHEETHAM HILL ROAD, MANCHESTER. Jewish Chronicle 28 Feb 1896.

Residence

In 1911 the family are living at 186 Cheetham Hill Rd, Manchester, England

Betsy Rebecca Rosenberg (1872 - 1939)

Elizabeth Rebecca Rosenberg is my maternal 2nd cousin 3x removed. Rosenberg family tree Here

Parents: Moses Rosenberg (1852 - 1915) and Leah (1854 - 1892)

Born: 1872 in Valkivish, Russia

Hebrew name: Basha Rivka, daughter of Moshe

Migration: Betsy came to England with her family in 1874 as an infant (age 2)

Married: Woolfe Jackson in Manchester, England in (April - June) 1891

Children

Their first child was born in 1892 when Betsy was 20 and Woolfe 21. Their last child was born in 1894 when Betsy was 22 and Woolfe 23

• Fanny Leah Jackson 1892 - 1968
• Louis Jackson 1894 - ?

Census details
1881
Betsy and her family are living at 39 Cliff Street, Manchester, England. Her father Moses is a cap maker, age 28 and her mother Leah is listed as 27, both born in Poland. The children are listed as Betsy age 9 and Abraham age 7, both born in Poland and Joseph age 5, Rachel age 3 and Philip age 1 all born in Manchester. Living with the family are Max and Minnie Mendelsohn. He is 24 and she is 22. His occupation is a traveller and they are both born in Poland. They may have been lodgers and / or relatives

1891

The family is living at 32 Elizabeth Street, Cheetham, Manchester, England. Moses is a cap manufacturer age 40 and Leah is listed as 39, both born in Russia, Poland. The children living at home are Betsy age 19 a cap maker, Abraham age 18, a cap clerk, Joseph age 15 a cap traveller, Rachael age 14, Ephraim age 9, Annie age 4 and Lena age 3.

1901

Betsy and Woolfe are married and living at 2 Bowling Green Bank, Chester, England. Woolfe is age 29 and a furniture dealer and financier. Betsy is 28 and their children Fanny and Louis are 9 and 7 respectively. Living with them is Beatrice Jones, age 18 and a housemaid; her brother-in-law Tobias Peachman age 52 and his son Louis age 19

1911

The family are living at 70 Plymouth Grove, Manchester. Woolfe is 39 and a financiar, pawnbroker Betsy is 38, Fanny is 19 and Louis is 17. Their servant is Ellen Elkington, age 44 and a widow. Betsy is listed as having given birth to 4 children, two of which are still alive.

1921

Betsy Rebecca Jackson, age 49 and listed as born in Valkavist, Russia, is living with her daughter and son-in-law, Fanny and Phillip Wise, at 15 Kings Close, Manchester, England. Philip is a ladies tailor age 32, Fanny is age 29 and their child is Wilfred age 4 years and 7 months.

Death

30 March 1939 at Salford Royal Hospital, Manchester, Lancashire, England, at 67 years of age. Buried in the Urmston Jewish Cemetery, Urmston, Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England

Tombstone for Betsy Rebecca Jackson. In loving memory of Betsy Rebecca Jackson who died 30th March 1939, NIssan 10th 5699 Aged 67 years. Deeply mourned by her daughter, son-in-law, grandchildren and relatives. May her soul rest in peace

Hebrew translation:

"Here is buried
Basha Rivka, daughter of Moshe, may her memory be a blessing
Passed away 10 Nisan 5699
May her soul be bound up in the bond of life"

Probate

Betsy Rosenberg Probate 20 April 1939. Her place of residence was, 90 Wellington Street, East Broughton, Manchester, England and the value of her effects was £195 11s. 7d. Her beneficiary was her daughter Fanny Leah Wise

Place of Birth

Betsy Rosenberg was born in Vilkaviškis in south-western Lithuania

It is a city in southwestern Lithuania. It is located 25 km (16 mi) northwest from Marijampolė, on a bank of Šeimena River. The city got its name from the Vilkauja River, a tributary to Šeimena. Until 1941 the city had a large Jewish Community which was annihilated by the Nazis and their local collaborators. The whole Jewish population was killed in a single day after the entry of the Germans into the city.

The town was granted city rights in 1670 by the King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, Jan Kazimierz, which was one of the first times such privileges were granted to a place in Lithuania. The coat of arms of the town was most likely borrowed from the Pac family, as the owner of the village at the time, Krzysztof Zygmunt Pac, was also the Chancellor of Lithuania.

It remained in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth until 1795 when, in the First Partition of Poland it became part of Kingdom of Prussia (the region in which the town is located was split between Prussia and Russia) until 1807. At this time the town was incorporated into the Duchy of Warsaw and merged into the Białystok region. After Napoleon's defeat in 1815 the region switched hands again and became part of Russia, and then Congress Poland, as part of the Augustów, and later Suwałki, district.

According to tradition, Jews were living in this area in the 14th century and a synagogue was built at the beginning of the 16th. By the 19th century a flourishing Jewish community had developed. Between 1823 and 1862 no new Jews were permitted to settle in Vilkaviškis, which was near the border with Germany, under the czarist legislation restricting Jewish settlement in border towns. Nevertheless, the community numbered 4,417 in 1856 (as against 834 Christians), 3,480 in 1897 (60% of the total population), 3,206 in 1923 (44%), and 3,609 in 1939 (45%). The majority were occupied in commerce and crafts. Some derived their livelihood from agriculture and garden plots close to the town. The sizable brushmaking industry in Vilkaviškis was predominantly Jewish and employed hundreds of Jewish workers.

Synagogue in Vilkaviškis

Residences

In the 1881 census Betsy and her family were at 39 Clift Street, Manchester, England

In the 1891 census Betsy and her family were at 32 Elizabeth Street, Cheetham, Manchester, England

In 1911 the family were living at 70 Plymouth Grove, Manchester, England

In 1939 at the time of her death her address was given as 90 Wellington Street, East Broughton, Manchester, England

Nellie Reuis (1875 - 1949)

Nellie Reuis is the wife of Abraham Rosenberg, my maternal 2nd cousin 3x removed. Rosenberg family tree Here

Nellie's father

Born: 1875 in Russia

Nellie Rosenberg (supplied by the family)

Hebrew name: Nekha daughter of Shakhna

Married: Abraham Rosenberg in Manchester on 14 August 1898. Abraham was 24 and Nellie 23 years old

Children

Their first child was born in 1897 when Abraham was 23 and Nellie 22. Their last child was born in 1910 when Abraham was 36 and Nellie 35

• Florrie Leah Rosenberg 1897 - 1984
• Sydney Rosenberg 1898 - 1975
• Harold Rosenberg 1899 - 1975
• Myer Rosenberg 1902 - 1972
• Hannah Rosenberg 1906 - 1967
• Gertie Rosenberg 1910 - 1995

Census details

1901

Nellie and Abraham are married and living at 49 Elizabeth Street, Cheetham, Manchester. Abraham is 28 and a cap manufacturer employee. Nellie is 26. Both parents are born in Russia. Their children are Florrie age 3, Sydney age 2 and Harry age 1. Living with them is a domestic servant, Mary Spencer age 24

1911

Abraham and Nellie are now living at 332 Bury New Road, Broughton, Manchester in a seven roomed house. Abraham is 38 and still a cap manufacturer, but now an employer. Nellie is 36. Their children are Florrie age 13, Sydney age 12, Harry age 10, Myer age 9, Hannah age 4 and Gertie age 11 months. All the children are born in Manchester. Living with them is their cousin Thebe Moses, age 36 and born in Liverpool

1921

The family are living at Lea Hurst, Water Park Road, Broughton Park, Salford, Manchester, England. The parents, Abraham and Nellie along with their youngest children Hannah and Gertie, were not in England or Wales on census night. Sydney is almost 23 and a manager in the family cap factory which is located at 10 Back Balloon street in Manchester. Myer, age 18 years and 6 months, is doing watch making for H. Harris and the maid is Louisa Goodman, age 39 years and 8 months

Canada

On 18 August 1932 Abraham and Nellie travelled to Montreal, Canada for a 3 month visit staying with their son Harry. Their ship the Antonia departed from Liverpool

They returned to Liverpool from Montreal on 6 November 1932 aboard the Antonia

Death
4 August 1949 in Montreal, Canada, at 74 years of age. Buried at Shaar Hashomayim Cemetery, Montreal, Canada, grave no 1246

In memory of our beloved mother Nellie Rosenberg passed away Aug 4 1949 aged 75 yrs. Hebrew translation: "Nekha daughter of Shakhna. died 9 Av 5709"

Residence

In the 1911 census Nellie and her family were living at 332 Bury New Road, Broughton, Manchester. The house appears to no longer exist, for it is now a primary school

Abraham Rosenberg (1874 - 1944)

Abraham Rosenberg is my maternal 2nd cousin 3x removed. Rosenberg family tree Here

Parents: Moses Rosenberg (1852 - 1915) and Leah (1854 - 1892)

Born: 1874 in Poland (In the 1881 census his place of birth is given as Poland; in the 1891 census it is given as Manchester, England; 1901 and 1911 census it is listed Russia).

Abraham Rosenberg (supplied by the family)

Hebrew name: Shmuel Aba son of Moshe

Married: Nellie Reuis in Manchester, England on 14 August 1898. Abraham was 24 and Nellie 23 years old

Migration: Abraham came to England with his family as an infant

Children

Their first child was born in 1897 when Abraham was 23 and Nellie 22. Their last child was born in 1910 when Abraham was 36 and Nellie 35

• Florrie Leah Rosenberg 1897 - 1984
• Sydney Rosenberg 1898 - 1975
• Harold Rosenberg 1899 - 1975
• Myer Rosenberg 1902 - 1972
• Hannah Rosenberg 1906 - 1967
• Gertie Rosenberg 1910 - 1995

Occupation: Cap manufacturer

Census details

1881
Abraham and his family are at 39 Cliff Street, Manchester, England. Moses is a cap maker, age 28 and Leah is listed as 27, both born in Poland. The children are listed as Betsy age 9 and Abraham age 7, both born in Poland and Joseph age 5, Rachel age 3 and Philip age 1 all born in Manchester. Living with the family are Max and Minnie Mendelsohn. He is 24 and she is 22. His occupation is a traveller and they are both born in Poland. They may have been lodgers and / or relatives

1891

Abraham and his family are now living at 32 Elizabeth Street, Cheetham, Manchester, England. Moses is a cap manufacturer age 40 and Leah is listed as 39, both born in Russia, Poland. The children living at home are Betsey age 19 a cap maker, Abraham age 18, a cap clerk, Joseph age 15 a cap traveller, Ephraim age 9, Annie age 4 and Lena age 3.

1901

Abraham and Nellie are married and living at 49 Elizabeth Street, Cheetham, Manchester. Abraham is 28 and a cap manufacturer employee, so still working in his father's business. Nellie is 26. Both parents are born in Russia. Their children are Florrie age 3, Sydney age 2 and Harry age 1. Living with them is a domestic servant, Mary Spencer age 24

1911

Abraham and Nellie are now living at 332 Bury New Road, Broughton, Manchester in a seven roomed house. Abraham is 38 and still a cap manufacturer, but now an employer. Nellie is 36. Their children are Florrie age 13, Sydney age 12, Harry age 10, Myer age 9, Hannah age 4 and Gertie age 11 months. All the children are born in Manchester. Living with them is their cousin Thebe Moses, age 36 and born in Liverpool

1921

The family are living at Lea Hurst, Water Park Road, Broughton Park, Salford, Manchester, England. The parents, Abraham and Nellie along with their youngest children Hannah and Gertie, were not in England or Wales on census night. Sydney is almost 23 and a manager in the family cap factory which is located at 10 Back Balloon street in Manchester. Myer, age 18 years and 6 months, is doing watch making for H. Harris and the maid is Louisa Goodman, age 39 years and 8 months

Canada

On 18 August 1932 Abraham and Nellie travelled to Montreal, Canada for a 3 month visit staying with their son Harry. Their ship the Antonia departed from Liverpool

They returned to Liverpool from Montreal on 6 November 1932 aboard the Antonia

Death
7 February 1944 in Montreal, Canada, at 70 years of age. Buried at Shaar Hashomayim Cemetery, Montreal, Canada, grave no 1245

In memory of a beloved husband and father Abraham Rosenberg Apr 8, 1872 - Feb 7, 1944. Hebrew translation: "Here is buried Shmuel Aba son of Moshe. Died 13th of Shevat, 5704. May his soul be bound in the bond of eternal life."

Residences

In the 1891 census Abraham and his family were living at 32 Elizabeth Street, Cheetham, Manchester. In the 1901 census Abraham is married and he and Nellie and there children are now living in a separate terrace house down the road at 49 Elizabeth street

In the 1911 census Abraham and his family were living at 332 Bury New Road, Broughton, Manchester. The house appears to no longer exist, for it is now a primary school