See also
Husband: | Israel (Samuel) SAMUELS (1872- ) | |
Wife: | Sophia MENDOZA (1874- ) | |
Children: | Betsy (Elizabeth) SAMUELS (1895- ) | |
Rebecca SAMUELS (1897- ) | ||
David SAMUELS (1899- ) | ||
Joseph Henry SAMUELS (1903-1987) | ||
Sir Alexander Barnett SAMUELS (1905-1986) | ||
Ellen SAMUELS (1908- ) | ||
Marriage | 1894 | Dec Qtr, Mile End Old Town, London |
Name: | Israel (Samuel) SAMUELS | |
Sex: | Male | |
Father: | - | |
Mother: | - | |
Birth | 1872 | Spitalfields London |
Occupation | Carman/Taxi Driver |
Name: | Sophia MENDOZA | |
Sex: | Female | |
Father: | John Jacob MENDOZA (1832- ) | |
Mother: | Ellen (Luna) RODRIGUES-BRANDON (1835- ) | |
Birth | 15 May 1874 | 5 Crispin Street Spitalfields London |
Name: | Betsy (Elizabeth) SAMUELS | |
Sex: | Female | |
Birth | 1895 | Sep Qtr, Whitechapel, London |
Name: | Rebecca SAMUELS | |
Sex: | Female | |
Birth | 1897 | Jun Qtr, Whitechapel London |
Name: | David SAMUELS | |
Sex: | Male | |
Birth | 1899 | Sep Qtr, Whitechapel, London |
Name: | Joseph Henry SAMUELS | |
Sex: | Male | |
Birth | 2 Dec 1903 | Whitechapel, London |
Death | Jan 1987 (age 83) | London City |
Name: | Sir Alexander Barnett SAMUELS | |
Sex: | Male | |
Spouse: | Abigail SOLOMONS (1904- ) | |
Birth | 15 Sep 1905 | Whitechapel London |
Death | 18 Jun 1986 (age 80) | Watford, Herts. |
Occupation | Road & Vehicle Engineer |
Name: | Ellen SAMUELS | |
Sex: | Female | |
Birth | 1908 | Mar Qtr, West Ham, Essex |
1901 family iving at 4, Blossom Street, Norton Folgate, Whitechapel. 1911 census at 5 Palmer St Whitechapel, London.
1939 Register living as a widower and staying with brother Alexander at 15 Totnes Walk, Hampstead, Middlesex, England. Stores Manager and Partner of Gt Cambridge Garage at 83 Geffrye Street, London E.2, Helped his brother Alexander build a large fleet of taxis and introduce radio cabs.
A Shoreditch Borough Councillor and Chairman on the management committee of the London Jewish Hospital, Stepney.
In 1939 he was a Motor Engineer and Partner in charge at Gt Cambridge Garage at 83 Geffrye Street, London E.2.
Once a taxi driver and member of the Covent Garden Market Authority. He was Knighted 1963. a CBE, a JP, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, a member of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers and a part-time member of the British Waterways Board 1966-1975.
Educated at elementary school and a member of Shoreditch Borough Council from 1945 to 1961. Chairman of the London and Home Counties Traffic Advisory Committee from 1946 to 1961. Member of the Special Inquiry into London Traffic Congestion, the Working Party for Car Parking and the Special Survey Committee on the use of parking meters. A member of the London Travel Committee, the Operations Group of the Transport Co-ordinating Council for London, deputy chairman of the National Road Safety Advisory Council, vice-president of the London Accident Prevention Council, a member of the Departmental Committee on Road Safety and adviser to the Minister of Transport on London traffic management.
In Dcember1966 resigns asTop Adviser after Row with Transport Minister Mrs. Barbara Castle. He was the man mainly responsible for carrying into effect her ideas on road safety and transport
co-ordination in London.