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Family of Eliezer HARRAH (SILKMAN) and Louisa (Dina Reyna) NOAH DA COSTA

Husband: Eliezer HARRAH (SILKMAN) (1804-1878)
Wife: Louisa (Dina Reyna) NOAH DA COSTA (1809-1854)
Children: Jacob SILKMAN (HARRAH) (1834- )
Elias SILKMAN (HARRAH) (1835-1918)
Mordecai SILKMAN (HARRAH) (1837- )
Lucky (Lucy) SILKMAN (HARRAH) (1838- )
Marriage 21 Sep 1832 Bevis Marks Spanish & Portuguese Synagogue, London City

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: Louisa (Dina Reyna) NOAH DA COSTA

Name: Louisa (Dina Reyna) NOAH DA COSTA
Sex: Female
Father: Jacob NOAH DA COSTA (1766- )
Mother: Esther COHEN (1771- )
Birth 4 Jan 1809 Mile End London
Death 21 Apr 1854 (age 45)

Child 1: Jacob SILKMAN (HARRAH)

Name: Jacob SILKMAN (HARRAH)
Sex: Male
Birth 1 Jan 1834 Mile End London

Child 2: Elias SILKMAN (HARRAH)

Name: Elias SILKMAN (HARRAH)
Sex: Male
Spouse: Sarah BOAM (1844-1918)
Birth 25 Aug 1835 London Cilty
Occupation Cigar Maker/General Dealer
Death 1918 (age 82-83) Jun Qtr, Whitechapel London

Child 3: Mordecai SILKMAN (HARRAH)

Name: Mordecai SILKMAN (HARRAH)
Sex: Male
Birth 1 Mar 1837 London City

Child 4: Lucky (Lucy) SILKMAN (HARRAH)

Name: Lucky (Lucy) SILKMAN (HARRAH)
Sex: Female
Birth 7 May 1838 Stepney, London
Portugese Hospital

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

Note on Wife: Louisa (Dina Reyna) NOAH DA COSTA

1851 census living as widow at 5 Cock & Hoop Lane, Aldgate, London

Note on Child 2: Elias SILKMAN (HARRAH)

Home address at marriage 19 Newcastle Street & age given as 24. Believed whilst travelled in New York in 1870 to visit brother-in-law Joseph Boam., daughter Eleanor was born. 1871 census family living at 20 Scarborough Street East, Whitechapel. 1881 census age given as 40. Family living at 6 Heneage Lane,City. 1891, 1901, 1911 census living at 125 Brady Dwellings, Whitechapel. 1901 census age given as 67.