Henry SAMUEL

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: J 0723b
• Census: 30 Mar 1851, Liverpool, Lancashire, England; : 26y; Address: 87 St James Street
• Occupation: 30 Mar 1851, Liverpool, Lancashire, England; Watchmaker; : 16y
• Census: 7 Apr 1861, Liverpool, Lancashire, England; : 37y; Address: 10 Paradise Street
• Census: 3 Apr 1881, Kensington, London, England; : 54y; Address: Redcliffe Road

Notes:

Census:
Relation to Head of House: Head
Watchmaker

Indexed as Lasswell on Ancestry

Census:
Relation to Head of House: Head
Watchmaker employing one boy


Census:
Relation to Head of House: Head
Retired Silversmith
Married

Henry married Rachael WOLF in Apr 1850 in Salford, Lancashire, England. Rachael (daughter of S WOLF) was born about 1830 in Great Yarmouth, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: J 0223a
• Census: 7 Apr 1861, Liverpool, Lancashire, England; : 8y; Address: 10 Paradise Street
• Census: 3 Apr 1881, Kensington, London, England; : 28y; Address: Redcliffe Road

Notes:

Census:
Relation to Head of House: Son


Census:
Relation to Head of House: Son
Jeweller

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: J 0466a
• Census: 7 Apr 1861, Liverpool, Lancashire, England; : 7y; Address: 10 Paradise Street
• Census: 2 Apr 1871, St Martin in the Fields, London, England; : 17y; Address: 50 Strand

Notes:

Census:
Relation to Head of House: Daughter


Census:
Relation to Head of House: Daughter

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: J 0132a
• Census: 7 Apr 1861, Liverpool, Lancashire, England; : 5y; Address: 10 Paradise Street
• Census: 2 Apr 1871, St Martin in the Fields, London, England; : 15y; Address: 50 Strand
• Census: 3 Apr 1881, Bloomsbury, London, England; : 25y; Address: 4 Bloomsbury Place

Notes:

Census:
Relation to Head of House: Daughter

Census:
Relation to Head of House: Daughter

Census:
Relation to Head of House: Daughter

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: J 0213a
• Census: 7 Apr 1861, Liverpool, Lancashire, England; : 3y; Address: 10 Paradise Street
• Census: 2 Apr 1871, Kentish Town, London, England; : 13y; Address: 69 Brickrock Road

Notes:

Census:
Relation to Head of House: Daughter


Census:
Relation to Head of House: Boarder
Scholar
Boarder with Eliza Frazer
Indexed as Samuels

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: BR 0822b
• Reference Number: BR-J
• Census: 7 Apr 1861, Liverpool, Lancashire, England; : 5m; Address: 10 Paradise Street
• Census: 2 Apr 1871, Kentish Town, London, England; : 10y; Address: 69 Brickrock Road
• Passenger List: 25 Oct 1920, Southampton, Hampshire, England; : 56y
• Passenger List: 25 Aug 1923, Southampton, Hampshire, England; : 61y
• Probate: 15 Oct 1931, West Hampstead, London, England; Address: 5 Inglewood Mansions, West End Lane

Notes:

Census:
Relation to Head of House: Daughter

Census:
Relation to Head of House: Boarder
Scholar
Boarder with Eliza Frazer
Indexed as Samuels


Passenger List:
As Clara Platnauer
Arrives from Durban on SS Armadale
Has daughter, Gloria with her
At some point Nathaniel and Natalie come back as well



Passenger List:
Home address given as:
9 Dene Mansions, Dennington Park Rd, Hampstead
Outbound to Cape Town

Probate:
Wife of Nat Platnauer
Probate to Henry Samuel, Merchant
?6,632 15s 2d

Clara married Harry Braham JACOBS on 8 Feb 1881 in Westminster, London, England. Harry (son of David JACOBS and Matilda Rebecca JACOBS) was born between Jul 1859 and Sep 1859 in Haymarket, London, England; died in 1912 in South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Clara married on 16 May 1899 in Bulawayo, Rhodesia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: J 0106a
• Census: 2 Apr 1871, Kentish Town, London, England; : 8y; Address: 69 Brickrock Road
• Census: 3 Apr 1881, Bloomsbury, London, England; : 18y; Address: 4 Bloomsbury Place

Notes:

Census:
Relation to Head of House: Boarder
Scholar
Boarder with Eliza Frazer
Indexed as Samuels


Census:
Relation to Head of House: Son

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: J 0360a
• Census: 2 Apr 1871, Kentish Town, London, England; : 7y; Address: 69 Brickrock Road

Notes:

Census:
Relation to Head of House: Boarder
Scholar
Boarder with Eliza Frazer
Indexed as Samuels

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: J 0382a
• Census: 3 Apr 1881, Bloomsbury, London, England; : 12y; Address: 4 Bloomsbury Place

Notes:

Census:
Relation to Head of House: Daughter

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: BR 1408a
• Reference Number: BR-J

Notes:

Birth:
This is based on parents marrying in 1881 and David featuring in an 1888 photograph

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: BR 1737a
• Reference Number: BR-J

Notes:

Birth:
This is based on parents marrying in 1881 and Nora featuring in an 1888 photograph
Also an entry for her engagement to George Mansell referring to her as Clara's eldest daughter

Nora married George MANSELL on 9 Jan 1910 in Germiston, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: BR 1727a
• Reference Number: BR-J
• Census: 19 Jun 1921, Hampstead, London, England; : 35y 8m; Address: 4 Parsifal Road
• Census: 29 Sep 1939, Brighton, Sussex, England; : 53y; Address: Stratheden Hotel, Regency Square
• Probate: 9 Dec 1959, Bayswater, London, England; Address: 1 Linden Gardens

Notes:

Birth:
Date unclear on 1939 Nat Reg - could be 4th not 14th

Census:
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Number of Children (under 16) by age:- (4) 1, 3, 7, 8


Census:
Born: 14/10/1886
Unpaid Domestic Duties

Probate:
Wife of Henry Samuel

Grace married Henry Samuel SAMUEL on 8 Feb 1912 in Paddington, London, England. Henry (son of Albert Henry SAMUEL and Fanny DUTCH) was born on 25 May 1879 in Marylebone, London, England; died on 7 Mar 1963 in Holborn, London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Service No.: 112455
• Reference Number: BR 1738a
• Reference Number: BR-J
• Regiment: 1916
• Passenger List: 16 Feb 1916, London, England; : 25y
• Rank: 19 Mar 1916, London, England; Lieutenant
• Medal: 14 Nov 1916; Military Cross
• Miscellaneous: 3 Sep 1918
• Miscellaneous: 7 Sep 1918, Eastbourne, Sussex, England
• Passenger List: 12 Sep 1921, Hampstead, London, England; : 29y; Address: 4 Parsifal Road
• Medal: 11 May 1923
• Rank: 6 Jan 1940; Captain
• Miscellaneous: 11 Oct 1945, London, England
• Rank: 11 Oct 1945; Colonel (Temporary)
• Passenger List: 3 Oct 1947, London, England; : 57y
• Obituary: 31 Jan 1969, London, England

Notes:

During WW1 he was in both the Royal East Kent Regiment (The Buffs) and the RFC
His Royal Aero Club certificate gives his birth as 7 Aug 1890 whereas BMD gives 1889 so he may have been trying to lose a year off his age?


RHODESIAN JEWRY AND ITS STORY
PART 111
BY
ERIC ROSENTHAL
Page 33
CHAPTER 28
RHODESIAN JEWS IN WORD WAR 1

Considering that the entire Jewish population of Rhodesia only numbered
a few hundred, the frequency with which Jewish names occur in the military lists is
noteworthy. Thus we find Lieutenant Byron Jacobs, son of a Bulawayo stockbroker,
serving with the buffs in France, where he won the Military Cross, while carrying ammunition to a front line trench under heavy fire. Seeing another soldier fall, Lieutenant
Jacobs stopped to pick him up and brought him to safety.

Addresses
1931 5 Inglewood Mansions, West End Lane, - with Nathaniel, Clara & Natalie Platnauer
1933 39 Belsize Park, London - with Evelyn
1938-9 32 Mortimer Court, Abbey Road - with Evelyn
1945 9 Holland Park - with Evelyn
1948 Templeton Hotel, Templeton Place
1964 3, Riverdale Road, Twickenham - with Evelyn
1965 Flat 1 1A Little Titchfield Street W1 - with Evelyn

Regiment:
This record relates to his time in the RFC but alludes to his Army service as well.

Passenger List:
Occupation given as Electrician

Rank:
He was effectively inducted in to The Buffs from the Defence Forces of the Union of South Africa.

Miscellaneous:
Royal Aero Club Aviator's Certificate
He gives his address as being in Germiston, Transvall, South Africa.

Passenger List:
No occupation listed
Arriving from Natal, South Africa

Rank:
Gazetted as Lieutenant in Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps
Capt Byron Jacobs, late the Buffs

Miscellaneous:
O.B.E.

Rank:
Supplement to the London Gazette
Colonel (temporary) Byron Jacobs MC (112455) Pioneer Corps (London W 11)

Passenger List:
Gives address as c/o South Africa House
Occupation is Director

Obituary:
Jewish Chronicle 31/01/1969 P43

Byron married Evelyn Mary SAYER between Jul 1932 and Sep 1932 in Hampstead, London, England. Evelyn was born on 29 Sep 1898; died between Jan 1983 and Mar 1983 in Brighton, Sussex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: J 0644a
• Passenger List: 19 Mar 1913, Southampton, Hampshire, England; : 12y

Notes:

Birthplace of Lichtenburg unconfirmed at this time [3 Sep 2015] but based on sister Natalie being born there.

Passenger List:
Arrived on SS Saxon
From Natal
Appears to be unaccompanied

Family/Spouse: David HARRIS. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: J 0648a
• Passenger List: 25 Oct 1920, Southampton, Hampshire, England; : 18y

Notes:

Birthplace of Lichtenburg unconfirmed at this time [3 Sep 2015] but based on sister Natalie being born there.

Passenger List:
Arrives from Durban on SS Armadale
With her mother

Gloria married Claude HILL between Apr 1922 and Jun 1922 in Hampstead, London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Gloria married Henry Samuel SAMUEL between Jan 1960 and Mar 1960 in Kensington, London, England. Henry (son of Albert Henry SAMUEL and Fanny DUTCH) was born on 25 May 1879 in Marylebone, London, England; died on 7 Mar 1963 in Holborn, London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: J 0386a
• Passenger List: 25 Aug 1923, Southampton, Hampshire, England; : 18y
• Passenger List: 9 Apr 1926, West Hampstead, London, England; : 21y; Address: 52 Greencroft Gardens
• Passenger List: 27 Jul 1935, Southampton, Hampshire, England; : 30y
• Miscellaneous: 6 Aug 1935, Niagara Falls, Canada; : 30y

Notes:

Passenger List:
Home address given as:
9 Dene Mansions, Dennington Park Rd, Hampstead
Outbound to Cape Town

Passenger List:
SS Dunluce Castle
Southampton, Hampshire
Appears to be unaccompanied

Passenger List:
SS Georgic
Outbound to New York
Home address: 39 Belsize Park, London NW3

Miscellaneous:
Admission document.
This ties in with the passenger list leaving Sounthampton 10 days earlier.
Gives her age, place of Birth, father's name and address.
She is employed by the Womens League of Health and Fitness as a Fitness Instructor.
She speaks English and Dutch.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: BR 1029b
• Reference Number: BR-J
• Census: 19 Jun 1921, Hampstead, London, England; : 8y 6m; Address: 4 Parsifal Road
• Obituary: 7 Jul 1988; : 75y

Notes:

Census:
Relation to Head of House: Son
School: Whole Time
As Basil


Obituary:
Daily Telegraph

Albert married Pamela B LESSING between Apr 1939 and Jun 1939 in Hampstead, London, England, and was divorced in 1950. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Albert married Josephine Walmsley DANE between Oct 1953 and Dec 1953 in Marylebone, London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Albert married Coral Cynthia FINEMAN, CBE between Jan 1962 and Mar 1962 in Paddington, London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: BR 1731a
• Reference Number: BR-J
• Census: 19 Jun 1921, Hampstead, London, England; : 7y 4m; Address: 4 Parsifal Road
• Census: 29 Sep 1939, Camden Town, London, England; : 25y; Address: 27 Marlborough Mansions
• Probate: 23 May 1961, Chelsea, London, England; Address: 72 Elm Park Road

Notes:

Date of birth may be 02 Feb 1914
He married Jane WILLINGTON in 1944. He died on 6 May 1961 in Glyfada, near Athens. - Haven't been able to confirm either.


Possibly went to in Hamilton, Bermuda in1949 - see passenger list for SS Veendam
There is a Henry Samuel and wife Jane, both aged 35
UK address: 97 Mortimer Street, London W1
He is a surveyor

Chicago Tribune May 8 1961
http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1961/05/08/page/55/article/greeks-probe-death-of-rich-briton-in-sea#text


GREEKS PROBE DEATH OF RICH BRITON IN SEA Howard Samuel Began with $500
ATHENS, May 7 [Reuters]- Athens police today opened an investigation into the death of a British millionaire body was washed ashore on a nearby beach yesterday.

Howard Samuel, 47, a real estate tycoon, arrived here Friday night, registered at the Grande Bretagne hotel, and went to Glyfada beach 12 miles south of Athens for a swim yesterday morning. Lifeguards recovered his body a few hours later.

The British consulate sealed his hotel room after police re- ported his death. A post mor- tem was scheduled for tomor- row.

The coroner said the possi- bility that Samuel died of a heart attack could not be ex- cluded. The sea at the point where his body was found is shallow.

Despite his wealth, Samuel was a Socialist. He was a friend of the late Aneurln Bev- an, Labor party leader, and a director of the Socialist week- ly Tribune.

Samuel left school at 16, and became a surveyor s clerk. He started in the realty business with a capital of $500. Later he and his brother, Basil, formed their own realty f i r m a n d amassed a fortune.

In 1944, he married Jane Lane, an artist whose work has been exhibited in London and New York City. They have two children, Nigel, 15, and Nicola, 10. Their marriage was dis- solved in 1958 but they re-mar- ried four months later.

Samuel and his brother in 1959 launched a s u c- cessful company, Great Port- land Estates Ltd., taking over their already extensive London interests.

They sold $3,864,000 worth of Great Portland shares and their remaining shares were es- timated to be worth $11,200,000, The company s tenants include the British Broadcasting corpo- ration a n d London's central electricity authority.

Census:
Relation to Head of House: Son
School: Whole Time


Census:
Born: 02/02/1914
Surveyor

Probate:
Probate to widow, Jane Willington Samuel and Basil Samuel, company director
Effects ?3,848,222 6s 5d

Died:
Home address: 72 Elm Park Road, Chelsea, London

Howard married Jane Willington LANE on 26 Oct 1944 in Westminster, London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: BR 1728a
• Reference Number: BR-J
• Census: 19 Jun 1921, Hampstead, London, England; : 1y 6m; Address: 4 Parsifal Road
• Census: 29 Sep 1939, Camden Town, London, England; : 19y; Address: 27 Marlborough Mansions

Notes:

Census:
Relation to Head of House: Daughter


Census:
Born: 28/12/1919
Student

Iris married Joel David SPECULAND between Jan 1948 and Mar 1948 in Hendon, Middlesex, England. Joel was born on 19 Sep 1912 in Glasgow, Scotland; died between Jan 2001 and Mar 2001 in Salford, Lancashire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Peggy Harris
• Reference Number: J 0636a

Marguerite married John D GOLDHILL between Oct 1952 and Dec 1952 in Hampstead, London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: J 0281a