Author: dave

From Gerry Newnham 1. Birth Certificate for Rosa SILVERSTONE, 4th Sept 1837: Presumed to be the sister of Ellen. Both Rosa and Ellen are with Jacob SILVERSTONE in Cincinnati in the 1850 US Census (see below). The Certificate shows Rosa’s mother to be Hannah HARRIS. Ellen was born too early for Civil Registration and there is, at present, no trace...

A selection of notes received from Eileen Bird in 2009 [Comments in square brackets by Dave Simpson]   Lewis Pesman took his grandfather Mordecai Capua’s surname [See Mordecai’s will]   A small amount of money was left to each of the children of Lewis.  The will mentions John Pesman, husband of his daughter Esther Capua. The house in St James Place...

My wife is descended from one of Edward Lawrence Levy’s uncles, Charles Lewis (they changed their name from Levy to Lewis), who was her GG Grandfather..   Edward Lawrence Levy was the son of Lawrence Levy who was a Sheriff’s Officer for Middlesex and also dabbled in the theatre – he owned the lease of the Victoria theatre at one...

I received an email from Georgina Cusack enquiring about a Blake Jacobs, unfortunately I cannot see a connection to our Jacobs tree but if anyone knows different then please let me know. – Dave Simpson Georgina has also submitted copies of two wills: Frederick Blake Jacobs and John Jacobs and a selection of certificates. These can be found in the ‘Sources...