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Husband: | Henry Abrahams (c. 1795-1865) | |
Wife: | Ann Barnett (c. 1808-1881) | |
Children: | Mark Henry Abrahams (c. 1832-1879) | |
Marriage | 25 Nov 1829 | Great Synagogue, St James Dukes Place, City of London |
Name: | Henry Abrahams | |
Sex: | Male | |
Father: | Yechiel Michael Abrahams (c. 1760- ) | |
Mother: | - | |
Birth | c. 1795 | Rosemary Lane, Middlesex |
Occupation | 1846 (age 50-51) | Printer & publisher, 25 Houndsditch (London PO Dir, 1846) |
Occupation | 18 Sep 1846 (age 50-51) | Hebrew bookseller, printer & publisher, 25 Houndsditch (JC, 18.9.1846) |
Census | 1851 (age 55-56) | Printer, 2 Hanover Court, Houndsditch, St Botolph Aldgate |
Census | 1861 (age 65-66) | Printer & publisher, 35 St Mary Axe, London |
Death | 20 Nov 1865 (age 69-70) | 35 St Mary Axe, London |
Name: | Ann Barnett | |
Sex: | Female | |
Father: | Mordecai Barnett ( - ) | |
Mother: | - | |
Birth | c. 1808 | Great Alie Street, Goodmans Fields, Middlesex |
Occupation | 1867 (age 58-59) | Ann Abrahams & Son (successors to the late Henry Abrahams), Jewish Chronicle 4.10.1867 and others |
Census | 1871 (age 62-63) | Printer & publisher, 35 St Mary Axe, St Andrew Undershaft, London (widow) |
Will | 30 Dec 1879 (age 70-71) | Date of will (see notes) |
Census | 1881 (age 72-73) | Bookseller, 53 St Mary Axe, St Andrew Undershaft (widow) |
Death | 13 Apr 1881 (age 72-73) | 53 St Mary Axe, London |
Name: | Mark Henry Abrahams | |
Sex: | Male | |
Spouse: | Esther Victoria Rogers (1839-1891) | |
Birth | c. 1832 | White Lion Street, Whitechapel, London |
Census | 1851 (age 18-19) | Printer, living with parents |
Census | 1861 (age 28-29) | Compositor, living with parents |
Occupation | 4 Mar 1862 (age 29-30) | Printer, 35 St Mary Axe (on marriage cert., recorded as "Mordecai") |
Occupation | 1865 (age 32-33) | Printer, 19 Calvert St, Shoreditch (on daughter Kate's birth cert.) |
Census | 1871 (age 38-39) | Printer, 27 Henage Street, Spitalfields |
Residence | 9 Jul 1879 (age 46-47) | 53 St Mary Axe, City of London (on daughter Kate's indenture cert.) |
Death | 24 Sep 1879 (age 46-47) | 53 St Mary Axe, London |
Printer & publisher, 53 St Mary Axe, St Andrew Undershaft (1881 census)
Ann Abrahams & Sons, London, Printer & Publisher:-
- Daily,Sabbath, Festival and Occasionnl Prayers (London, 1874)
- Daily, Sabbath and occasional prayers according to the custom of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews (London, 1876)
- The Festival Prayers, according to the Ritual of the German and Polish Jews (London, 1882)
Publishing address (1882): 61 Commercial Street, London E.
ABRAHAMS Ann, 22 October 1881. The Will of Ann Abrahams late of 53 St. Mary Axe in the City of London Widow who died 13 April 1881 at St. Mary Axe was proved at the Principal Registry by Barnett Henry Abrahams of 149 Camberwell Road Camberwell in the County of Surrey Fancy Warehouseman the Son and Henry Philip Cohen of 85 Warwick Road Maida Hill in the County of Middlesex Commission Agent the Executors. Personal Estate £256 19s. 3d.
Will of Ann Abrahams of 53 St Mary Axe, City of London, 30 Dec 1879
Household furniture, linen, plate, pictures and china remain for the benefit and use of my dear children namely Hannah, Rebecca, Isaac and Michael Abrahams; the pianoforte shall be the property of my daughter Rebecca and my wearing apparel shall be fairly distributed between my aforesaid daughters; I desire that the printing and publishing shall be carried on as heretofore under the style of Ann Abrahams and Son by my son Philip and my daughter Hannah under the supervision of my executors; twenty five shillings per week to be paid out of the business to my granddaughter Annie daughter of my late son and partner Mark Abrahams in accordance with his will that my son Philip shall then receive one half of the profits and my daughter Hannah the remaining half towards the support of herself her sister Rebecca her two brothers Isaac and Michael Abrahams; it is also my desire that my son Ralph shall keep books and enter accounts of all business transactions of goods sold and money disbursed and shall render such accounts to my executors whenever requested; all printed stock stereotyped plates type and plant to be the property of Philip and Hannah Abrahams in the same proportions as the profits and for the purpose of carrying on the business, and if my executors consider at any time that the business cannot be carried on successively and they find it necessary to sell the said stock plant type fixtures etc., the money arising from the sale shall be equally divided between my five children Philip Hannah Rebecca Isaac and Michael and my granddaughter Annie in lieu of the twenty five shillings weekly; I desire that neither of my children shall have recourse to a court of law to settle any dispute the might arise but that they shall consult my executors with the view of settling the same and their decision shall be final; should my daughter Hannah marry her interest in the business shall be given to her sister Rebecca, and in the event of both marrying the interest shall be equally divided between my sons Isaac and Michael; I nominate my son Mr. Barnett Henry Abrahams of No. 149 Camberwell Road and Mr. Henry Philip Cohen of No. 18 Elgin Road St Peters Park Paddington execs.
Witnesses: E Behrens, 78 Sutherland Sq, Walworth Road, T Boyce, 100 Sidney Street, Mile End
Proved at London, 22 Oct 1881, to execs.
Personel Estate Gross £256 19s. 3d., Net £12 9s. 3d.