A Jacobs Family History

Solomon Beber Isaacs

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Name Solomon Beber Isaacs Birth Abt 1824 [1] - Fact Flags: Preferred
Gender Male Census 6 Jun 1841 St Botolphs, London, England [1]
Age: 17y Address: Harrow Alley - Apprentice Cigar Maker
Ancestor Count 2 Newpspaper Entry 10 Dec 1878 London, England [2]
- Appointed to be a Member of the Legislative Council of the Island of Tobago.
Reference Number J 0299a _UID 3984659CECB545D89CA124D96F36D3D50314 Death 14 Jan 1886 St James Westminster district, London, England [3, 4]
Age: 61y Cause: Chronic Nephritis, Pleuro Pneumonia Address: 6 Rupert Street - General Merchant
Notificed by Henry D Davis
This is believed to be correct but the middle name of Baber is unknown prior to this. However his sister, Rachel, died as Beber in the same year so I have assumed that this is correct.
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Burial 17 Jan 1886 London, England [5]
Age: 61y Address: Balls Pond Cemetery, Kingsbury Road - Name given as Solomon Baker Isaacs
Row 28, No. 14
Person ID I5537 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
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Sources - [S2481] 1841 Census - HO 107/0725 B05 F045 P27 - Iaacs, Sarah, 28 Nov 2010.
- [S3104] Tobago Legislative - Isaacs, Solomon Baber, 26 Jan 2016.
- [S2617] Death Cert - Isaacs, Solomon Baber, 5 Jun 2011.
- [S2618] Death Notice - Isaacs, Rachel & Isaacs, Solomon, 5 Jun 2011.
- [S3102] Burial Entry - Isaacs, Solomon, 26 Jan 2016, JewishGen Online Worldwide Burial Registry.
- [S2481] 1841 Census - HO 107/0725 B05 F045 P27 - Iaacs, Sarah, 28 Nov 2010.