See also
Husband: | Abraham BELASCO (1797- ) | |
Wife: | Hannah GOMES DA COSTA (1798- ) | |
Marriage | 12 Jun 1844 | Middlesex Street, Aldgate, London |
Gun & Star under aus. of Bevis Marks Synagogue |
Name: | Abraham BELASCO | |
Sex: | Male | |
Father: | Joseph (Jacob) BELASCO (1768-1823) | |
Mother: | Sarah MARTIN (NUNES MARTINEZ) (1771-1833) | |
Birth | 7 Apr 1797 | London, England |
Occupation | Boxer/General Dealer |
Name: | Hannah GOMES DA COSTA | |
Sex: | Female | |
Father: | Aaron GOMES DA COSTA ( - ) | |
Mother: | Fanny (Simha) ( - ) | |
Birth | 6 Apr 1798 | Mile End London |
Occupation | cook |
Address at marriage of Abraham to Hannah is the Gun & Star, Middlesex Street. Hannah marriage address was 1 Park Place, Brixton, London.
1851 census family of Abraham & Hannah living at 51, Petticoat Lane, Saint Botolph Aldgate, London.
Famous bare knuckle boxer. One of four boxing brothers, Belasco had the most success among his siblings. He began his professional career in 1817 and, according to the Pugilistica, "was in his day a boxer of superior talent, a master of the science, not wanting for game, not deficient in strength of an athletic make, a penetrating eye, and in the ring full of life and activity."