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Family of Eliezer HARRAH (SILKMAN) and Sophia COLLINS

Husband: Eliezer HARRAH (SILKMAN) (1804-1878)
Wife: Sophia COLLINS ( - )
Children: SILKMAN (1859-1859)
Annie SILKMAN (1860-1939)
Miriam SILKMAN (1861-1865)
Esther SILKMAN (1863- )
Jacob (John) SILKMAN (1865-1926)
Fanny SILKMAN (1868-1945)
Marriage 2 May 1858 Sydney, NSW, Australia
York St Synagogue

Husband: Eliezer HARRAH (SILKMAN)

Name: Eliezer HARRAH (SILKMAN)
Sex: Male
Father: Jacob HARRAH ( - )
Mother: -
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

Wife: Sophia COLLINS

Name: Sophia COLLINS
Sex: Female
Father: Charles COLLINS ( - )
Mother: Annie MARKS ( - )

Child 1: SILKMAN

Name: SILKMAN
Sex: Female
Birth 28 Apr 1859 NSW, Australia
Death 28 Apr 1859 (age 0) NSW, Australia

Child 2: Annie SILKMAN

Name: Annie SILKMAN
Sex: Female
Spouse: Samuel GRODNER, ( - )
Birth 13 Jul 1860 Goulburn, NSW Australia
Death 23 Nov 1939 (age 79) Sydney, NSW, Australia

Child 3: Miriam SILKMAN

Name: Miriam SILKMAN
Sex: Female
Birth 1861 Sydney, NSW, Australia
Death 6 May 1865 (age 3-4) Sydney, NSW, Australia

Child 4: Esther SILKMAN

Name: Esther SILKMAN
Sex: Female
Spouse: Frank PROPSTING, ( - )
Birth 29 Jul 1863 Sydney, NSW, Australia

Child 5: Jacob (John) SILKMAN

Name: Jacob (John) SILKMAN
Sex: Male
Spouse: Amavell (Amabell) Florence Alearina WAYLING ( - )
Birth 16 Jul 1865 Sydney, NSW, Australia
362 Castlereagh St.
Death 5 Jan 1926 (age 60) Sandgate, Newcastle, NSW, Australia
Occupation Barber

Child 6: Fanny SILKMAN

Name: Fanny SILKMAN
Sex: Female
Spouse: Ephraim MICHAEL ( - )
Birth 11 May 1868 Sydney, Australia
Death 26 Feb 1945 (age 76) Sydney, Australia
Burial Rookwood, Sydney, NSW Australia

Note on Husband: 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