were married on 31 May 1942 at the East London Synagogue in Rectory Square, Stepney Green with the reception at the Grosvenor House. Sidney joined his three brothers (see pages 94 & 106) in running the family shoe manufacturing business, Rosenblatt & Sons Ltd. The couple had two children, Ronald & Stephen and lived in […]
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were married on 18 September 1938 at the East London Synagogue, Rectory Square in Stepney Green with the reception at Westminster Palace Rooms, Victoria St, SW1. Miriam’s family lived & ran their business, Zack shoe shop, in Ilford. Louis joined his three brothers (click here & here) in running the family shoe manufacturing business, R. […]
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were married on the 5 January 1936 at the East London Synagogue, Rectory Square, Stepney with the reception at The Cafe Royal, Regent Street. Alf’s parents, Sarah & Reuben, a shoe-maker from Russia, lived in Stamford Hill & had four sons & three daughters. Cissie was the middle daughter of Millie & Abraham Cohen who […]
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circa 1933, was born in 1874 in Poland – the family name was Hirschkowitz. She was first married to Meir Frankel who died in 1902. They had one daughter, Golda, born in 1901. At the time, Meir was a paper-hanger and Libby a cook. Libby re-married Lewis Gross, an immigrant from Russia, on 14 December […]
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were married on 5 June 1932 at the East London Synagogue in Rectory Square, Stepney Green. Both Lily & Harry were born in the UK. Lily’s parents came from Siemiatycze in Poland and Harry’s from Kremenchug, near Odessa in the Ukraine. At the time of their marriage, Lily was a dressmaker and Harry a cabinet […]
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(previously Shatkofsky) in 1945 after VE day. From left, Monty aged 23; father, Jack, born in Poland in 1896 arrived in UK in 1905 & married Hannah (known as Annie) Guttenberg on 12 August 1917 at East London Synagogue, Rectory Square, Stepney Green, E1. Jack had tailoring shops, called Jacksons in Petticoat Lane, Dalston, Homerton […]
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