See also
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 |
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. |
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Religion | Sephardi Jewish | |
Death | 7 Jul 1878 (age 73-74) | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. |
Sydney Infirmary | ||
Burial | Rookwood, Sydney, NSW Australia |
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) |
Name: | Jacob SILKMAN (HARRAH) | |
Sex: | Male | |
Birth | 1 Jan 1834 | Mile End London |
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 |
Name: | Mordecai SILKMAN (HARRAH) | |
Sex: | Male | |
Birth | 1 Mar 1837 | London City |
Name: | Lucky (Lucy) SILKMAN (HARRAH) | |
Sex: | Female | |
Birth | 7 May 1838 | Stepney, London |
Portugese Hospital |
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
1851 census living as widow at 5 Cock & Hoop Lane, Aldgate, London
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.