Lewis PESMAN

1811 - 1873  (62 years)

• Name	Lewis PESMAN
  Birth	28 Jun 1811	Wapping, London, England   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Miscellaneous	2 Nov 1836	Aldgate, London, England   [4]
  	Address: Duke's Place
  	Lewis listed as being the insured (by Sun Fire Office) in Duke's Place. He is listed as 'cocoa, nut and fruit merchant' and the address is ' next the "Fishmongers Arms", Dukes Place
  Occupation	1840  [5]
  	Orange Merchant
  Census	6 Jun 1841	St James Westminster district, London, England   [6]
  	Age: 30y
  	Address: St James Place
  	Orange Merchant As Lewis Capua Indexed as Casper
  Occupation	6 Jun 1841	St James Westminster district, London, England
  	Orange Merchant
  	Age: 30y
  Miscellaneous	1843	London, England
  	Address: 3 St James' Place
  	As Pisman Fruit & Nut Merchant PO Directory 1846 'Jewish Labour and the London Poor' - Published 1851 http://www.jeffreymaynard.com/Mayhew.htm
  Census	30 Mar 1851	St Giles Cripplegate, London, England   [1]
  	Age: 38y
  	Address: District Debtors Prison, White Crop Street
  	Relation to Head of House: Prisoner Prisoner. Fruit Merchant
  Occupation	30 Mar 1851	St Giles, Cripplegate, London, England
  	Fruit Merchant
  	Age: 38y
  Miscellaneous	9 Jun 1856	Aldgate, London, England   [7]
  	Address: Duke's Place
  	Mentioned in the London Gazette (28/10/1856) as being charged with bankruptcy. To appear in court 19 Nov 1856. He is listed as being a Fruit Merchant, Dealer and Chapman.
  Census	2 Apr 1871	London, England   [8]
  	Age: 65y
  	Address: 182 Donahue Road
  	Relation to Head of House: Fataher-in-law Retired General Merchant Living with married daughter and her family As Louis P Capua
  Name	Lewis Pesman Capua  [9]
  Reference Number	BR 1035b
  Reference Number	BR-J
  Death	6 Nov 1873	Marylebone, London, England   [10]
  	Age: 66y
  	Cause: Bronchitis Longa
  	Address: 35 Seymour Place
  	Fruit Merchant Registered by his son-in-law Isaiah Lazarus
  Burial	9 Nov 1873  [3]
  	Age: 62y
  	Address: Balls Pond Road
  	Jewish Cemetery Inscription is in Hebrew Date of birth shown as 28 June 1811 And age at death is possibly 62 which whilst it differs from the death certificate matches better with his age in 1841 & 1851 Plan No. 406 [http://www.apex.net.au/~tmj/balls-pond/bp-c-d.htm]
  Person ID	I4043	Jacobs
  Last Modified	14 Mar 2022

  
  

  Father	John PESMAN,   b. Abt 1784   d. 7 Jul 1846, St George East, London, England (Age 62 years)
  Mother	Esther CAPUA
  Marriage	5 Sep 1810  [11, 12]
  	Synagogue Scribes refers to her father as Mardecai Capua the Sephardi
  Family ID	F1471	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Jane JACOBS,   b. Abt 1816, London, England d. 11 Feb 1887, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (Age 71 years)
  Marriage	15 Jun 1830	London, England   [13, 14]
  Children	1. Mark CAPUA,   b. Abt 1831, London, England   2. Amelia CAPUA,   b. 27 Mar 1832, Aldgate, London, England + 3. Esther CAPUA,   b. Abt 1834, Aldgate, London, England d. 10 Jun 1907, Kilburn, London, England (Age 73 years) 4. John Pesman CAPUA,   b. Abt 1836, London, England d. 30 Nov 1900, London, England (Age 64 years)
  Family ID	F1279	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Mar 2020

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 28 Jun 1811 - Wapping, London, England Marriage - 15 Jun 1830 - London, England Miscellaneous - Address: Duke's Place - 2 Nov 1836 - Aldgate, London, England Census - Age: 30y,Address: St James Place - 6 Jun 1841 - St James Westminster district, London, England Occupation - Orange Merchant,Age: 30y - 6 Jun 1841 - St James Westminster district, London, England Miscellaneous - Address: 3 St James' Place - 1843 - London, England Census - Age: 38y,Address: District Debtors Prison, White Crop Street - 30 Mar 1851 - St Giles Cripplegate, London, England Occupation - Fruit Merchant,Age: 38y - 30 Mar 1851 - St Giles, Cripplegate, London, England Miscellaneous - Address: Duke's Place - 9 Jun 1856 - Aldgate, London, England Census - Age: 65y,Address: 182 Donahue Road - 2 Apr 1871 - London, England Death - Age: 66y,Cause: Bronchitis Longa,Address: 35 Seymour Place - 6 Nov 1873 - Marylebone, London, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  When his grandfather, Mordecai Capua, died in 1840 Lewis inherited quite a lot of money. He later inherited from his grandfather's second wife, Hannah Fano. In the 1851 census he is in debtor's prison. and it believed that his wife has by this fled to Australia with much of his money. [15, 16]

  
  

• Sources

  [S2135] 1851 Census - HO 107/1525 F421 P8 - Pesman, Lewis, Bef 6 Nov 2019. [S2133] 1841 Census - HO 107/0721 B05 F009 P10 - Capua, John Pesman, Bef Jan 2020. [S2375] Cemetery Scribes - Source: www.cemeteryscribes.com copyright G. Laws, A. Shire, 1 May 2011. http://www.cemeteryscribes.com/getperson.php?personID=I8841&tree=Cemeteries [S11] Miscellaneous, 1 May 2011. Guildhall Library ============ MS 11936/551/1234992 2 November 1836 Contents: Insured: Lewis Pesman Capua, next the ""Fishmongers Arms"", Dukes Place, Aldgate, cocoa, nut and fruit merchant [S2311] Will - Hannah Capua (Fano), 10 Sep 2009. [S2133] 1841 Census - HO 107/0721 B05 F009 P10 - Capua, John Pesman, Bef 6 Nov 2019. [S2595] London Gazette - Pesman, Lewis - Bankruptcy, 1 May 2011. [S2137] 1871 Census - RG 10/0288 F053 P41 - Lazaraus, Isaiah, Bef 6 Nov 2019. [S2374] Synagogue Scribes - Source: www.synagoguescribes.com copyright A. Shire, 31 Oct 2019. NA 068 Shows that he adopted the name Capua. [S2216] Death Cert - Capua (Pesman), Lewis, Bef 6 Nov 2019. [S2599] Marriage Cert - Pesman, John & Capua, Esther, 1 May 2011. [S2374] Synagogue Scribes - Source: www.synagoguescribes.com copyright A. Shire, 31 Oct 2019. GSM 132/65 [S2163] Marriage Cert - Jacobs, Jane (1st), Bef 6 Nov 2019. [S2120] Great Synagogue Marriage Records - Source: www.synagoguescribes.com copyright A. Shire, Bef 6 Nov 2019. Ref:- GSM 267/30 Date: 1830 [15 Jun] Groom: PESMAN, Lewis Groom Hebrew: Yehuda Leib Father Hebrew: Jacob Bride: JACOBS Jane Bride Hebrew: Shendel Father Hebrew: Jacob Coppel, Privd. Memb [S2310] Will - Mordecai Capua. [S2311] Will - Hannah Capua (Fano).