A Jacobs Family History

Henry Baber Isaacs

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Name Henry Baber Isaacs Birth Abt 1810 Amsterdam, Holland [1]
- Fact Flags: Preferred
Gender Male Census 6 Jun 1841 St Botolphs, London, England [2]
Age: 29y Address: Harrow Alley - No trade given
Foreign born
Census 30 Mar 1851 St Botolphs, London, England [3]
Age: 41y Address: 115 Houndsditch - Relation to Head of House: Head
Wholesale Boot & Shoe Dealer
Occupation 30 Mar 1851 St Botolphs, London, England Boot & Shoe Dealer Age: 41y Naturalization 13 Jan 1856 London, England [1]
Age: 46y Address: 115 Houndsditch - Granted Certificate of Naturalization
? Age 46 (so born circa 1810)
? Native of Amsterdam (so assume born there)
? Currently has Dutch nationality
? Has lived in UK for 42 years (so left Holland aged 4 in about 1814)
? Occupation is wholesale boot and shoe manufacturer and has been doing this in London for 25 years
? He is married
? His wife is English (but not named)
? He has 3 children (but not named)
Census 7 Apr 1861 St Botolphs, London, England [4]
Age: 50y Address: 115 Houndsditch - Relation to Head of House: Head
Boot & shoe factor
As Henry B Isaacs
Census 2 Apr 1871 Aldgate, London, England [5]
Age: 52y Address: 115 Houndsditch - Relation to Head of House: Head
Boot & Shoe Factor
Ancestor Count 2 Descendant Count 8 Death 24 Oct 1873 London, England [6, 7, 8]
Age: 64y Address: 115 Houndsditch - Fact Flags: Preferred
Probate 18 Nov 1873 London, England [7]
Address: 115 Houndsditch - Effects under ?3,000
Mary Isaacs Widow the Relict of 115 Houndsditch and David Nicoll of 113 Houndsditch, Boot Manufacturer two of the executives.
Name given as Henry Baber Isaacs
Reference Number J 0558a _UID 409ABD0E048A4A009B711921A1507E2153CF Person ID I5519 Jacobs Last Modified 8 Apr 2025
Father Judah Isaacs d. Between 1830 and 1841 Mother Sarah [Isaacs], b. Abt 1790, Amsterdam, Holland d. 25 Dec 1871, London, England
(Age 81 years)
Notes - From Jenny & Katrina Cowen:
"These Are the Names Jewish Lives in Australia 1788-1850" published by The Miegunyah Presss in 2006":
The following is a direct quote:-
"SOLOMON, Abraham Jacob
b. London, 1826-1889
Constant, 1849; Free
Married: Dealer, minister: 14 children
Abraham Jacob Solomon was the grandson of the "world renowned matzah baker" of London of the same name. On 4 July 1849 the 23-year-old Abraham Jacob Solomon of Cutler Street, Aldgate, married Julia Isaacs (Solomon, q.v) of Harrow Alley, Aldgate, in the New Synagogue in London. Chief Rabbi Adler officiated. They arrived, travelling steerage, in Adelaide on the barque Constant on 23 December 1849. The small Adelaide congregation quickly appointed him as the Reader for a salary of 52 pounds a year. Solomon conducted the consecration of the new synagogue building on 5 September 1850. An economic depression in South Australia brought the congregation's agreement to pay Solomon to an abrupt end. There were fewer than 150 Jews in South Australia, and Solomon offered to continue as synagogue reader in an honorary capacity.
In June 1852 Solomon was appointed Reader at the Melbourne Hebrew Congregation for six months, and then returned to Adelaide. On 22 October 1853 he wrote to the Adelaide Hebrew Congregation: "Being compelled through unforeseen circumstances to leave for Melbourne Port Phillip I am obliged to forgo the position I hold in your congregation as officiating Minister. Believe me Gentlemen it grieves me much that I have to do so after receiving such kind treatment from you all since my return from Melbourne".
Family ID F1434 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Mary Benjamin, b. Abt 1819, St George East, London, England d. Between Apr 1900 and Jun 1900, Hendon, London, England
(Age 81 years)
Marriage 24 Jun 1846 London, England [9, 10]
- No mention of 'B' as a middle initial.
Hebrew name is Naphtali
Notes - The 'Baber' addition to the name first appears in the 1861 census.
It was never mentioned before, including Henry's Nationalization application
[10/08/2015]
Children 1. Judah Baber Isaacs, b. Abt 1849, Aldgate, London, England 2. Michael Isaacs, b. 1850, London, England 3. Sarah Baber Isaacs, b. Abt 1853, Aldgate, London, England 4. Edward Baber Isaacs, b. Abt 1855, Aldgate, London, England Family ID F1827 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 8 Mar 2020
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Event Map = Link to Google Earth
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Sources - [S2785] Naturalization - Isaacs, Henry - Application for, 8 Aug 2015.
- [S2481] 1841 Census - HO 107/0725 B05 F045 P27 - Iaacs, Sarah, 28 Nov 2010.
- [S2787] 1851 Census - HO 107/1524 F107 P30 - Isaacs, Henry, 10 Aug 2015.
- [S2786] 1861 Census - RG 09/0211 F27 P14 - Isaacs, Henry, 10 Aug 2010.
- [S2788] 1871 Census - RG10/0414 F59 P14 - Isaacs, Henry, 10 Aug 2015.
- [S2789] 1881 Census - RG 11/0262 F65 P06 - Benjamin, Mary, 10 Aug 2015.
Wife is widow in 1881 census - [S3338] Will - Index - Isaacs, Henry Baber, 10 Aug 2015.
- [S3241] BMD - Death Index, 10 Aug 2015.
1873 OND London C 1c 2
As Henry Bebber Isaacs - [S2120] Great Synagogue Marriage Records - Source: www.synagoguescribes.com copyright A. Shire, 12 Jun 2010.
Ref:- GSMa 0056/62
Date: 1841 [28 Nov]
Groom: ISAACS, Henry
Groom Hebrew: Naphtali
Father Hebrew: Yehuda
Bride: BENJAMIN, Mary
Bride Hebrew: Merla
Father Hebrew: Meir HaLevi - [S60] BMD - Marriage Index, 10 Aug 2015, 1846 AMJ London 2 204.
- [S2785] Naturalization - Isaacs, Henry - Application for, 8 Aug 2015.