See also
| Husband: | Henry SILKMAN (1892-1928) | |
| Wife: | Rose HORTON (1903-1976) | |
| Children: | Joseph 'Joe' SILKMAN (ABRAHAMS) (JAMES) (1925-2017) | |
| Henry 'Anthony' SILKMAN (ABRAHAMS) (ARDEN) (1928-1994) | ||
| Marriage | 28 Aug 1924 | Brighton Sussex |
| Name: | Henry SILKMAN | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Father: | Joseph SILKMAN (1866-1943) | |
| Mother: | Zipporah Sophia REES (1867-1957) | |
| Birth | 1892 | Whitechapel London |
| Death | 6 Feb 1928 (age 35-36) | Hove, Sussex, England |
| Cause: Suicide Address: Flat 2, 3 First Avenue |
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| Burial | 9 Feb 1928 | Jewish cemetery, Marlow Road, East Ham. London |
| Buried in Section D Row 27 plot 9 | ||
| Religion | Jewish | |
| Occupation | Cigar Maker | |
Rose HORTON, 1912, age 9
| Name: | Rose HORTON | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Father: | Thomas Henry "Maurice" HORTON (1874-1940) | |
| Mother: | Rosetta Alice HALL (1878-1957) | |
| Birth | 31 Jan 1903 | Stepney london |
| Death | 23 Jan 1976 (age 72) | Victoria, Melbourne, Australia |
| Buried in Jewish section 'The ROSE Garden, The Necropolis cemetery in Springvale, Melbourne, Australia | ||
Joseph 'Joe' SILKMAN (ABRAHAMS) (JAMES), 1970, age 45
| Name: | Joseph 'Joe' SILKMAN (ABRAHAMS) (JAMES) | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Spouse 1: | Rosemary COLEMAN ( - ) | |
| Birth | 1925 | Sept Qtr Brighton |
| Occupation | Actor | |
| Death | Jul 2017 (age 91-92) | Sydney, NSW, Australia |
| Sydney Hospital | ||
| Name: | Henry 'Anthony' SILKMAN (ABRAHAMS) (ARDEN) | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Birth | 1928 | Mar Qtr Steyning (Hove) Sussex |
| Occupation | Hairdresser | |
| Death | Aug 1994 (age 65-66) | Watford, Hertfordshire |
The couple were cousins and married in Brighton. On 6th May 1927 couple with child Joseph arrive at New York from Southampton on the Cunard ship 'Aquitania' with husband described as a 'Alien Veteran' with destination given as Los Angeles CA. Mrs A Reed at 24 Church Road, Hove UK given as their friend. Whilst he had no tickets to LA he had $10.000. Family not admitted to stay and return to England via Liverpool on Cunard ship 'Laconia' arriving 20th June 1927. Arrival address given as 14 Tidbury Road, Hove, Sussex. On both outward and return journey accompanied by mother-in-law Rosetta Garwood and her daughter Sarah.
1910 USA census living with parents. Registered for WW1 in Boston on 5th June 1917 living at 170 Botolph Street, Boston working for Waitt & Bond, Columbia Ave, Boston as a Cigar Maker. Stated as Naturalized Citizen by his father. 5'10 tall, medium complexion, grey eyes & light brown hair. Enlist in U.S. Army 1917. 1920 census again living with parents at 424 Bowdoin street, Boston. 1st July 1923 arrive at Liverpool on the 'Samaria' giving 27 Cannon Place, Brighton as visiting destination - (home of Aunt Rose Smith (Hall) nee Rees). Return to New York on the 'Tyrrhenia' from Southampton 6th September 1923. On 13th November 1923 traveled over from the USA on the 'Samaria' to Liverpool to marry cousin Rose Horton. Commited suicide age 35 at the time of the birth of his second son. Buried just behind Smith family plot at Marlow Road Jewish cemetery London. Left effects worth £20.00 to wife
1911 Census shown twice. First living with mother and Mr James Garwood at 290 High Street Stratford E, West Ham, London and also with aunt Rebecca Pike (Hall) at 104 Coborn Road, Bow. 1921 census living with married Grandmother and cousin Timothy Palmer (Pike) at 34 Bedford Square, Brighton, Sussex.
1925 large inheritance from Step Grandfather James Smith.
After death of first husband sail on the 16th November 1928 with her two sons, together with a 18 year old nurse Miss P.S.Holdom and her mother and half sister Sarah from Southampton on Union Castle line S.S. 'Kildonan Castle' bound for Cape Town, South Africa. Return to England on S.S 'Balmoral Castle' but disembark at the Island of Madeira on the 20th December 1928 with dying sister Sarah. Family arrive at Southampton on the S.S. 'Armadale Castle' on the 31st December 1928 with address given as 37 Elm's Avenue, Eastbourne.
1929 living at 99 Woodlands, Golders Green, London NW11. With an address in Brighton of 'The New Pier Tavern', 13 Preston Street, on the 19th April 1947 Sale to New York, USA from Southampton with daughter Hannah on SS Queen Elizabeth. Emigrate with son Joseph to Australia in 1963.
Take surname Abrahams from step father. Emigrate to Australia with mother & half sister Hannah Geller (nee Abrahams) and family. A graduate of RADA and change surname to James in Australia. Appeared in ‘Barrier Reef’ a 1970’s Australian TV show featuring the majestic barquentine 'New Endeavour', a 135 feet long windjammer and leading the cast as Joe James playing Ted King, captain of the ship. Also appeard in Number 96 a TV soap opera set in a block of flats in the inner-city Sydney suburb of Paddington. Its residents include a Jewish shopkeeper, his tearaway daughter, two senior citizens, and a English migrant couple. Also appeared in films:
Demonstrator 1971 as Joe Slater
Scobie Malone 1975 as Attorney General
Blake Edwards' Son Of The Pink Panther 1993 as a Doctor.
2012 living in a Nursing home in Sydney, Australia.
Take name of Abrahams from step father then change surname to Arden.