aged 2 years, lived in Victoria Park Rd, Hackney. Her parents, Rose and Maurice Brown, were married on 27 February 1938 at the Great Synagogue, Dukes Place E1. Her father was a barber in Whitechapel and mother a milliner. Myra married Raymond Lyons on 20 November 1960 at Hale Lane Synagogue in Edgware. At the […]
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were married on 1 September 1942 at Devonshire Road Synagogue in Hackney with the reception at Folman’s West Central Rooms, Noel St, W1. Both Sid & Lilian were born in London in 1922. At the time of their marriage, Lilian was a secretary for the Ministry of Food. Sid started work at 14 as a […]
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in 1941, was born on 30 September 1916, grew up in Dalston and was educated at the Grocer’s School in Hackney. Morris married Phyllis Lebof on 6 July 1941 at Cricklewood United Synagogue in Walm Lane. He volunteered at the Edgware Road Recruitment Centre for the Royal Army Ordnance Corps(RAOC), responsible for supplying ammunition & […]
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were married on 23 August 1936 at Brondesbury Synagogue with the reception at Westminster Palace Rooms. Norman worked for the family timber merchants in the Hackney Road.
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were married on 17 July 1932 at the Great Garden Street Synagogue in Whitechapel. The page boys were Becky’s nephews, Basil & Stanley Shoob & the bridesmaids were the sisters of Becky & Alf – Sarah ‘Sadie’ Shoop (later Brick) & Rachel ‘Ray’ Sobell (later Waterman). The couple started life in Brady St E1 & […]
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were married on 6 March 1932 at the Central Hackney Synagogue, Richmond Rd E8. At the time, Issy was a commercial clerk and the couple lived in Bermondsey. They had two children, Sidney and Gerald.
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were married on the 25 May 1931 at the Central Hackney Synagogue on Richmond Rd, E8. Both Lilly and Alf were tailors.
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(also known as Abraham Amsell) were married on 8 June 1930 at South Hackney Synagogue, Mare St. Rose was a secretary and Alfred, whose parents were born in Warsaw, worked as a ladies handbag maker. Rose’s father, Abraham was a hairdresser and Alfred’s father, Morris, a shoe merchant.
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both born in the UK, were married on the 5 February 1929 at The Great Synagogue in Dukes Place EC3 with the reception at La Boheme Ballrooms on the Mile End Rd. Minnie’s parents were both born in Makova, Poland while Jack’s father was born in Trakai, Lithuania & mother in Austria. Minnie worked in […]
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(known as Jack Cohen) was born in 1898 in Whitechapel, the son of a Polish tailor. In 1917 he joined the Royal Flying Corps, serving as a canvas maker. In 1919, using £30 of his demobilisation gratuity, he set himself up as a market stall holder in Hackney by buying surplus NAAFI foodstuffs. With a […]
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were married on 3 June, 1945 at the Adath Yisroel Synagogue, Stoke Newington by Rabbi Dr Solomon Schonfeld. Miriam, born in the UK in 1924 was a secretary and lived with her parents, Morris and Rachel Kahler, in Stoke Newington. Morris owned a jewller’s and watchmaker’s shop in Fieldgate Street, E1. Sam was born in […]
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were married on 27 October, 1931 at South Hackney Synagogue and had their reception at La Boheme Ballrooms on Mile End Road. Following their marriage, Hyman and Aida had a grocery shop in Highbury. During WWII, Hyman served in the British Army in Italy and N. Africa and achieved the rank of Quartermaster Sergeant. After […]
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