Daniel Ben Moya-Swaebe

Abt 1843 - 1908  (65 years)   Has 3 ancestors and 26 descendants in this family tree.

Isaac Ben Moya

Abt 1795 - 1843  (48 years)

Birth	Abt 1795
Died	6 Dec 1843	Whitechapel, London, England
	Age: 48y
	Cause: Paralysis
	Address: 4 Church Lane
Family	Jessey Mitchell,   b. Abt 1815, London, England
Children	1. Daniel Ben Moya-Swaebe,   b. Abt 1843, Brazil

Jessey Mitchell

Abt 1815 - 1869  (54 years)

Birth	Abt 1815	London, England
Died	18 Jul 1869	London, England
	Age: 54y
	Address: 352 Strand
Father	David Mitchell
Family 1	Isaac Ben Moya,   b. Abt 1795
Children	1. Daniel Ben Moya-Swaebe,   b. Abt 1843, Brazil
Family 2	David Swaebe,   b. Abt 1819, Brussels, Belgium
Married	13 Nov 1844	London, England
Children	1. Daniel Swaebe,   b. Abt 1843, Brazil   2. Henry Swaebe,   b. Abt 1846, London, England   3. John Swaebe,   b. Between Oct 1847 and Dec 1847, Shoreditch, London, England   4. Flora Swaebe,   b. Abt 1852, London, England

Sarah Jacobs

1843 - 1897  (53 years)

Birth	21 May 1843	Aldgate, London, England
	Address: Duke Street
Died	1 Apr 1897	Houndsditch, London, England
	Age: 53y
	Address: 7 Stoney Lane
Father	Henry Jacobs,   b. Between 1816 and 1821, Ratcliffe, London, England
Mother	Rebecca Isaacs,   b. Between 1821 and 1823, Holland
Married	28 Nov 1841	London, England
	Address: 13 Harrow Alley
Family	Daniel Ben Moya-Swaebe,   b. Abt 1843, Brazil
Married	6 Jan 1864	Marylebone, London, England
	Address: 27 1/2 Duke Street
Divorced	1880
Children	1. Rebecca (Mimmie) Swaebe,   b. 30 Oct 1864, Marylebone, London, England   2. Daniel Swaebe,   b. Between Apr 1868 and Jun 1868, Marylebone, London, England   3. Henry Ben Moya-Swaebe,   b. 22 Dec 1869, Toronto, Canada

Rebecca (Mimmie) Swaebe

1864 -

Birth	30 Oct 1864	Marylebone, London, England
	Address: 1 Tottenham Court Road
Father	Daniel Ben Moya-Swaebe,   b. Abt 1843, Brazil
Mother	Sarah Jacobs,   b. 21 May 1843, Aldgate, London, England
Married	6 Jan 1864	Marylebone, London, England
	Address: 27 1/2 Duke Street
Divorced	1880
Family 1	Thomas Shore
Married	18 Apr 1888	London, England
	Address: Register Office, London City
Family 2	John Henry Moore,   b. Abt 1874
Married	16 Nov 1897	Islington, London, England
	Address: Islington Register Office

Daniel Swaebe

1868 -

Birth	Between Apr 1868 and Jun 1868	Marylebone, London, England
	Address: Oxford Street
Father	Daniel Ben Moya-Swaebe,   b. Abt 1843, Brazil
Mother	Sarah Jacobs,   b. 21 May 1843, Aldgate, London, England
Married	6 Jan 1864	Marylebone, London, England
	Address: 27 1/2 Duke Street
Divorced	1880
Family	Deborah Dora Abrahams,   b. Abt 1872, Newington, London, England
Married	Between Oct 1893 and Dec 1893	London, England
Children	1. Gerald Hyman Daniel Nathan Swaebe,   b. Between Jul 1901 and Sep 1901, St Pancras, London, England   2. Horace Arthur Dave Swaebe,   b. Between Jan 1903 and Mar 1903, St Pancras, London, England   3. Leslie Daniel Swaebe,   b. Between Jul 1908 and Sep 1908, Southwark, London, England   4. Geoffrey Joseph Morrius Swaebe,   b. Between Apr 1911 and Jun 1911, Southwark, London, England   5. Stanley Henry Alexander Swaebe,   b. Between Jul 1913 and Sep 1913, Newington, London, England

Henry Ben Moya-Swaebe

1869 -

Birth	22 Dec 1869	Toronto, Canada
Father	Daniel Ben Moya-Swaebe,   b. Abt 1843, Brazil
Mother	Sarah Jacobs,   b. 21 May 1843, Aldgate, London, England
Married	6 Jan 1864	Marylebone, London, England
	Address: 27 1/2 Duke Street
Divorced	1880
Family	Abigail Solomons,   b. Jul 1870, New York, USA
Married	Between Jul 1904 and Sep 1904	Marylebone, London, England
Children	1. Unknown Ben Moya-Swaebe   2. Unknown Ben Moya-Swaebe   3. Nancy (Annie) Ben Moya-Swaebe,   b. 7 Sep 1898, South Africa   4. Henry Ben Moya-Swaebe,   b. 26 Jul 1903, London, England   5. Daniel Ben Moya-Swaebe,   b. 8 Nov 1904, Boston, Massachusetts, USA   6. Rachel Sara Benmoya Swaebe,   b. 23 Dec 1905, Boston, Massachusetts, USA   7. Sarah Ben Moya-Swaebe,   b. 6 Oct 1910, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

• Name	Daniel Ben Moya-Swaebe
  Birth	Abt 1843	Brazil   [1, 2]
  	Fact Flags: Preferred
  Gender	Male
  Census	30 Mar 1851	Bishopsgate, London, England   [2]
  	Age: 8y
  	Address: 9 Bishopsgate Street
  	Relation to Head of House: Son (Step-son) Listed with his stepfather's surname - Swaebe
  Ancestor Count	3
  Descendant Count	26
  Occupation	6 Jan 1864  [3]
  	Tobaccobist
  Reference Number	BR 0869b
  Reference Number	BR-J
  _UID	8DA280CA664F4D97871C1265F29B7953854D
  Burial	May 1908	Cincinatti, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA   [4]
  	Age: 54y 6m
  	Address: C. A. Langdale/Fred Pagels & Son/Crematory
  	Cremated As Daniel S Vernon He was a showman
  Death	7 May 1908	Cincinatti, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA   [4, 5]
  	Age: 54y 6m
  	Cause: Typhoid Fever
  	Address: 36 Garfield Place
  	Occupation is given as Showman Fact Flags: Preferred
  Person ID	I4392	Jacobs
  Last Modified	8 Apr 2025

  
  

  Father	Isaac Ben Moya,   b. Abt 1795   d. 6 Dec 1843, Whitechapel, London, England (Age 48 years)
  Mother	Jessey Mitchell,   b. Abt 1815, London, England d. 18 Jul 1869, London, England (Age 54 years)
  Family ID	F1775	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah Jacobs,   b. 21 May 1843, Aldgate, London, England d. 1 Apr 1897, Houndsditch, London, England (Age 53 years)
  Marriage	6 Jan 1864	Marylebone, London, England   [3, 6]
  	Address: 27 1/2 Duke Street
  	Daniel was a Tobacconist and lived at 16 Oxford Street. Sarah lived at 27 1/2 Duke Street.
  Divorce	1880  [7]
  Children	1. Rebecca (Mimmie) Swaebe,   b. 30 Oct 1864, Marylebone, London, England   2. Daniel Swaebe,   b. Between Apr 1868 and Jun 1868, Marylebone, London, England   3. Henry Ben Moya-Swaebe,   b. 22 Dec 1869, Toronto, Canada
  Family ID	F1407	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Mar 2020

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Abt 1843 - Brazil Census - Age: 8y,Address: 9 Bishopsgate Street - 30 Mar 1851 - Bishopsgate, London, England Marriage - Address: 27 1/2 Duke Street - 6 Jan 1864 - Marylebone, London, England Burial - Age: 54y 6m,Address: C. A. Langdale/Fred Pagels & Son/Crematory - May 1908 - Cincinatti, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA Death - Age: 54y 6m,Cause: Typhoid Fever,Address: 36 Garfield Place - 7 May 1908 - Cincinatti, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  1851 census lists him being born in Brazil. The big question is who was his father? In the 1851 census he is listed as Swaebe, his step-father's name. His mother married David Swaebe in 1844 after her husband Isaac Ben Moya died in Dec 1843.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2218] Marriage Cert - Jacobs, Sarah [Z095] & Ben Moya/Swaebe, Daniel, Bef Jan 2020. [S2366] 1851 Census - HO 107/1524 F686 P39 - Swaebe, Ben Moya, 27 Jun 2010. [S2218] Marriage Cert - Jacobs, Sarah [Z095] & Ben Moya/Swaebe, Daniel, Bef 6 Nov 2019. [S2729] Death Entry - Ben Moya-Swaebe, Daniel, 23 Feb 2013. [S2730] Email from Hilary Soper, 23 Feb 2013. [S60] BMD - Marriage Index, Bef 6 Nov 2019, 1864 JFM London City 1c 209. [S2709] Divorce - Daniel Benmoya Swaebe, Bef 6 Nov 2019. Summary In 1880 Sarah filed for divorce on the grounds od adultery coupled with desertion, for more than 2 years. Since their marriage they had lived together at various places in London and America. Their 3 children are named but their dates of birth are not necessarily accurate. She declares that he has committed adultry with divers women and was Her address at the time (03/08/1880) was 34 Duke Street. A supplementary petition was lodged in 1886 This cited that at one point Daniel had using the name D. S. Vernon and staying at the Gilman House, Portland, Oregon. The woman with him was using the name Mrs D S Vernon Decree Nisi: 27/10/1887 Final Decree: 08/05/1888