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Family of Davis (David) KLECZEWSKI (COLSKI) and Sarah (Sura) KRAJSMAN (CROSSMAN)

Husband: Davis (David) KLECZEWSKI (COLSKI) (1834-1916)
Wife: Sarah (Sura) KRAJSMAN (CROSSMAN) (1841-1911)
Children: Ester KLECZEWSKI (COLSKI) (1862- )
Necha Liba KLECZEWSKI (COLSKI) (1864-1864)
Malka (Amelia or Milly) COLSKI (1865-1947)
Meyer COLSKI (1868- )
Nancy COLSKI (1871- )
Hyman (Henry) COLSKI (1871- )
Barnett COLSKI (1872-1918)
Leah COLSKI (1877- )
Solomon COLSKI (1879- )
Judah COLSKI (1882- )
Tobias (Edward) (Ted) COLSKI (1884-1978)
Marriage 1861 Poland

Husband: Davis (David) KLECZEWSKI (COLSKI)

Name: Davis (David) KLECZEWSKI (COLSKI)
Sex: Male
Father: Jeremiah KLECZEWSKI (1805-1852)
Mother: Mariam LACHMAN (1811- )
Birth 10 Nov 1834 Kols, Poland
Occupation Tailor/glazier merchant
Death 8 Aug 1916 (age 81) Mile End , London

Wife: Sarah (Sura) KRAJSMAN (CROSSMAN)

Name: Sarah (Sura) KRAJSMAN (CROSSMAN)
Sex: Female
Father: -
Mother: -
Birth 7 Jan 1841 Kols, Poland
Death 14 Jul 1911 (age 70) Mile End, London

Child 1: Ester KLECZEWSKI (COLSKI)

Name: Ester KLECZEWSKI (COLSKI)
Sex: Female
Birth 1862 Kols, Poland

Child 2: Necha Liba KLECZEWSKI (COLSKI)

Name: Necha Liba KLECZEWSKI (COLSKI)
Sex: Male
Birth 1864 Kols, Poland
Death 1864 (age 0) Kols, Poland

Child 3: Malka (Amelia or Milly) COLSKI

Name: Malka (Amelia or Milly) COLSKI
Sex: Female
Spouse: Jacob WINTER (1867- )
Birth 20 Dec 1865 Kols,Poloand
Occupation Fur Sewer
Death 3 Jun 1947 (age 81) London

Child 4: Meyer COLSKI

Name: Meyer COLSKI
Sex: Male
Spouse: Clara GOLDSTEIN (1875- )
Birth 1868 St George in the East, London
Occupation Cigarette maker

Child 5: Nancy COLSKI

Name: Nancy COLSKI
Sex: Female
Birth 1871 London

Child 6: Hyman (Henry) COLSKI

Name: Hyman (Henry) COLSKI
Sex: Male
Birth 1871 London

Child 7: Barnett COLSKI

Name: Barnett COLSKI
Sex: Male
Spouse: Alice Emily ROSS ( - )
Birth 1872 Shadwell, London
Occupation Rag sorter
Death 1918 (age 45-46) Dec Qtr, Mile End, London

Child 8: Leah COLSKI

Name: Leah COLSKI
Sex: Female
Birth 1877 London

Child 9: Solomon COLSKI

Name: Solomon COLSKI
Sex: Male
Spouse: Betsey BARZOLOI ( - )
Birth 1879 Mile End London

Child 10: Judah COLSKI

Name: Judah COLSKI
Sex: Male
Spouse: Sarah BUCHNER (1881- )
Birth 1882 Mile End, London
Occupation Trouser Tailor

Child 11: Tobias (Edward) (Ted) COLSKI

Name: Tobias (Edward) (Ted) COLSKI1
Sex: Male
Spouse: Betsy ISAACS (1885-1974)
Birth 24 May 1884 Mile End London
30 Mulberry Street
Occupation Trouser Cutter/ Fishmonger
Death 18 Mar 1978 (age 93) Bournmouth. Hampshire
26-32 Grand Parade
Burial 22 Mar 1978 Marlow Road Cemetery
Plot No. Sec. D. Row 27, No. 37

Note on Husband: Davis (David) KLECZEWSKI (COLSKI)

Born Abraham Dawid. Change name to Colski after arriving in London from Poland in 1866/7. 1871 census family living at 259 Cable Street, london. 1881 & 1891 census surname spelled KOLSKI and living at 30 Mulberry Street, Mile End. 1901 at 120 Sidney Street, Stepney. 1911 census living with son Tobias at 151 Tredegar Road. Age at death given as 73.

Davis had an eventful life, he was recorded as a day labourer on his marriage record in Poland. After arriving in London 1866 or 7 he was a furrier but was made bancrupt in 1878. He then became a ships chandler. He stood trial at the Old Bailey 7 Aug 1880 over the theft of some furs, he was found not guilty, the culprit Meyer Goodman, who lived in the same house, 30 Mulberry Street, where the furs were found, confessed and said Davis had nothing to do with it. Myer Goodman is listed in the 1881 census a residing at Holloway Prison. 2

Note on Wife: Sarah (Sura) KRAJSMAN (CROSSMAN)

1911 census living as at 60 Jamaica Square Stepney with married daughter Amelia and family having had 12 children of which six died..

Note on Child 4: Meyer COLSKI

1901 census living at 120 Sidney Street, Stepney.

Note on Child 7: Barnett COLSKI

Age at death given as 48

Note on Child 10: Judah COLSKI

1911 census family living at 15 Wellclose Square, Cable Street, Stepney.

Note on Child 11: Tobias (Edward) (Ted) COLSKI

Attend Jews Free School Feb 1892 to May 1897. Address at marriage 60 Jamaica Street. 1911 census at 151 Tredegar Road as Edward Davis, fishmonger with birth of two children and one who died.1

Sources

1"Howard Davis".
2Howard Davis, "Life & times of Davis Kleczewski" (Aug 2010).