Family of Jacob HARRAH

Partner: Jacob HARRAH ( - )
Partner: (unknown)
Children: Eliezer HARRAH (SILKMAN) (1804-1878)

Partner: Jacob HARRAH

Name: Jacob HARRAH
Sex: Male
Father: -
Mother: -

Child 1: Eliezer HARRAH (SILKMAN)

Name: Eliezer HARRAH (SILKMAN)
Sex: Male
Spouse 1: Louisa (Dina Reyna) NOAH DA COSTA (1809-1854)
Spouse 2: Sophia COLLINS ( - )
Birth 1804 Barbary, Algeria
Physical Description Height 5' 4 1/4" Complexion - Very dark Hair - Black mixed with grey. Eyes - dark chestnut
Marks etc.- Bald on crown of head, mole on right side of nose, another on right collar bone, two large scars on upper and four on lower left arm, two scars on right shin. sallow, pock pitted.
sallow, pock pitted.
Religion Sephardi Jewish
Death 7 Jul 1878 (age 73-74) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Sydney Infirmary
Burial Rookwood, Sydney, NSW Australia

Note on Child 1: Eliezer HARRAH (SILKMAN)

1837 living at 18 Duke Street, Aldgate, London. Member of the Bevis Marks Synagogue Spanish/Portugese Hebrew Congregation. Given assistance by the secretary of the Bevis Marks Congregation Almo Sheeno in 1836-38.

Barber, Draper, Pedlar, Lodging House Keeper.

Trial - Central Criminal Court 23/10/1837. Offence - receiving stolen goods.

Convicted in 1838. Sentence 14 years and transported to Australia.

Harrar, a Silk embroiderer of Spanish origin, a famous Sephardic name.

Trial - Central Criminal Court 23/10/1837.

Sentence 14 years

Former conviction - no.

Height 5' 4 1/4"

Complexion - Very dark sallow, pock pitted.

Hair - Black mixed with grey

Eyes - dark chestnut

Marks etc.- Bald on crown of head, mole on right side of nose, another on right collar bone, two large scars on upper and four on lower left arm, two scars on right shin.

Master Wm Campbell on 'Bengal Merchant' Sailed 28.3.1838 from Sheerness. - 4th voyage. Arrived Sydney Australia 21/7/1838. -

Naturalisation: 12/10/1853 - living in Goulburn - Storekeeper