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The only evidence I can find for a birth of Jacob circa 1800 is steering me to Wilts?

Hi All

Need some help looking for Jacob Romain/Roman/Romaine abt1799. He would be my GGG Grandfather.

He is listed as my GG Grandmother's father on her wedding cert.

My GG Grandmother was Phoebe Romaine circa 1829 and she married Woolf Harris in 1848. I have the necessary photo's and documentation to prove this, but struggling to go back any further? I don't seem to have any records of a Jacob with a daughter called Phoebe either?

My research is leading me to believe that Jacob would've  been born around 1799 and came from Urchfront or Devizes, Wiltshire.

So, I'm wondering if anyone can through some colour on this for me . . . . Please!

Samuel Harris my Grand Uncle died in 1943, not 1946. Henry Harris my Great Grandfather died in 1906 not in 1939.
Information taken from my own family tree.

Well I think you might have it now.

In 1881, Reuben Isaacs 1872 Aldgate is with parents Woolf and Priscilla in St Bodolph Aldgate.

In 1891, Kate Isaacs 1883 London City is with parents Woolf and Priscilla in St Bodolph Aldgate.

She wasn't born yet in 1881, and he had flown by 1891, so they don't appear together in a census.

Just for you to eyeball them:

1881

Woolf Isaacs    31
Priscilla Isaacs    31
Reuben Isaacs    9
Philip Isaacs    7
Miriam Leah Isaacs    5
Rebecca Pearl Isaacs    4
Maria Isaacs    
Lousa Lucas    22

1891

Woolf Isaacs    40
Precila Isaacs    40
Philip Isaacs    17
Minnie L Isaacs    15
Rebecca P Isaacs    13
Maria Isaacs    11
Kate Isaacs    8
Samuel Isaacs    6
Sophia Isaacs    1 8/12

Anything else that confirms this is the right family for your Reuben?

There was such overlapping and repetition of names among these clans, it can't be certain that these were the Reuben and Kate in question, without some certificates -- like Kate's marriage to Samuel Harris, 1903, to confirm that her father was Woolf, and preferably birth certificates for both Kate and Reuben.

So your Reuben was the brother of Kate Isaacs, the mother of Wooly and wife of Samuel Harris, the son or nephew of David Harris. Making your Reuben the uncle of Wooly, and Wooly the first cousin of the recipient of the gift from David Haris.

Maybe.

And Reuben's father wasn't Samuel. Or else we've chased a few geese!

Oh, this should do it:
1881 - 10 Exchange Buildings
1891 - North Block
(Unless you were just getting the info from censuses like me!)

Well done Janey

Interesting thread this, seeing as you are all talking about my relatives! Hope you don't mind me corroborating and adding a bit of colour to it?

Colonel Sir David Harris is my Great Grand Uncle. Samuel Harris is my Grand Uncle. Samuel did indeed marry Katie Isaacs 1903. They're eldest boy was called Woolf, born 1907. It is likely that Woolf was named after his Great Grandfather Woolf who died in 1905.
I've never heard him being referred to as "Wooly", so I will ask other members of the family if they have heard of this before.
I'm of the opinion that Woolf left for Australia Abt 1927, although I have traced him living in 38 South Block, Artizans St, Houndsditch, London, 1933.

Reuben Isaacs, would indeed be Woolf's uncle.

The "Barratt" that is mentioned in an earlier post, is Barnett Harris, my Grand Uncle, who was born in Kimberely, South Africa, 1874, the son of Henry Harris and Fanny Fonseca, my Great Grandparents.
Barnett married Alice Phillips and they had one child, a daughter called Phoebe, b1898. She was more than likely named after her Great Grandmother, Phoebe Romaine, who was married to Woolf Harris 1826-1905 and not to be confused with the one you refer to as "Wooly" !!!

I believe the parents of Katie Isaacs 1883-1928 are Woolf Isaacs and Priscilla Lyons.

Regards