Grzimish family: Jewellers Aldgate & Islington

[Tom Piper]

Justin,

That's fascinating, and when I looked on the 1851 census I found that Esther's father was indeed

Arie Lieb Barnett, born 1798 in Prussia, Rabbi of the St James Place Synagogue, so that must be the Great Synagogue you were talking about above.

All the siblings of Esther, like English families, had the forenames repeated, so there is an Adelaide a Baron, and of course an Abraham, but also a Louisa and a Jane. That Pleszew looks a fun place to visit, from a website of the town in Poland. My wife says that maybe we are related to the President of the United States!!

Abraham and Esther were born in Prussia, but the others were born in London, that was Louisa aged 14, so 1837 or so. Now where do I go from there to discover arrival dates in GB from say Poland/Prussia, perhaps Rootschat Poland would help maybe, this  is all very new stuff altogether.

Tom

[liverpool annie]

Hi Tom !

Sometime when you have nothing to do ....  ... you may find this interesting !! at least it will give you some background !

http://www.thorngent.eclipse.co.uk/roth/index.htm

I found this site when I was looking for my Jewish officer from the Boer War ... his family were very involved with the Great Synagogue !

Annie 

[JustinL]

Tom,

I'm in a bit of rush.

Aryeh Leib Barnett was born in Krotoschin in 1798. He was the son of Rabbi Issacher Baier.

You can read more on  the web.

Quite an illustrious ancestry!

Justin

[Tom Piper]

Justin and Annie,

Thank you both for all this great reading.

I have just located a relation to Abraham Barnett in Australia, originally in New Zealand, maybe part of the original group who went to NZ from the synagogue as he is mentioned on the 1841 census but not in the 1851.

Tom

[Tom Piper]

No that's not right Abraham is there in 1851, in London, at the Great Synagogue, but not there in 1861.

Tom

[Judy 4152]

26 Sept 2009   From an Aussie descendant - the surname was changed to  Grimish and there is a wealth of information available on Australian free sites  Judy 4152

[Tom Piper]

Thanks Judy

Tom

[hd]

Hello Tom, i am an Australian connection to your Philip and Esther, their son Samuel married Jane(Emily)phillips and lived in Brisbane Australia.My Grandmother was Clara Grimish(name change) Samuel and Janes daughter.If i can be of any help on the Australian side let me know as there are a few family members who have alot of info. I was intered in Philip grzimish as i have been able to find alot on Esther and her family. Do you know Philip's parents name or much on his life in London..

[prlee]

My great grandparents were Bertha Grzymisch and John Walter Lee.  They had a son as well as a daughter, my grandfather Alfred Lee who spent a good deal of time in the British Army in places like Khartoum in the Sudan campaign and South Africa during the Boer war.  I inherited a pair of oil paintings of Phillip and Esther done when they were in there mid thirties (by my guess).