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Family of Jeremiah KLECZEWSKI and Mariam LACHMAN

Husband: Jeremiah KLECZEWSKI (1805-1852)
Wife: Mariam LACHMAN (1811- )
Children: Ester KLECZEWSKI (1832-1834)
Davis (David) KLECZEWSKI (COLSKI) (1834-1916)
Saloman KLECZEWSKI (1837- )
Necha KLECZEWSKI (1841- )
Perel KLECZEWSKI (1844- )
Szalma KLECZEWSKI (1847- )
Rejscha KLECZEWSKI (1849- )

Husband: Jeremiah KLECZEWSKI

Name: Jeremiah KLECZEWSKI
Sex: Male
Father: Aron KLECZEWSKI (1782-1865)
Mother: Ester GERMAN ( -1844)
Birth 1805 Poland
Occupation Tanner
Death 1852 (age 46-47) Poland

Wife: Mariam LACHMAN

Name: Mariam LACHMAN
Sex: Female
Father: -
Mother: -
Birth 1811 Poland

Child 1: Ester KLECZEWSKI

Name: Ester KLECZEWSKI
Sex: Female
Birth 1832 Poland
Death 1834 (age 1-2) Poland

Child 2: Davis (David) KLECZEWSKI (COLSKI)

Name: Davis (David) KLECZEWSKI (COLSKI)
Sex: Male
Spouse: Sarah (Sura) KRAJSMAN (CROSSMAN) (1841-1911)
Birth 10 Nov 1834 Kols, Poland
Occupation Tailor/glazier merchant
Death 8 Aug 1916 (age 81) Mile End , London

Child 3: Saloman KLECZEWSKI

Name: Saloman KLECZEWSKI
Sex: Male
Birth 1837 Poland

Child 4: Necha KLECZEWSKI

Name: Necha KLECZEWSKI
Sex: Female
Birth 1841 Poland

Child 5: Perel KLECZEWSKI

Name: Perel KLECZEWSKI
Sex: Unknown
Birth 1844 Poland

Child 6: Szalma KLECZEWSKI

Name: Szalma KLECZEWSKI
Sex: Unknown
Birth 1847 Poland

Child 7: Rejscha KLECZEWSKI

Name: Rejscha KLECZEWSKI
Sex: Female
Birth 1849 Poland

Note on Child 2: 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. 1

Sources

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