Hello everybody,
Each time I blink, there are more additions to this thread. Great stuff.
Welcome on board David.
In answers to your questions David.
1) Abigail's Hebrew name as inscribed on her gravestone in Swansea was Beyla, not Golda as written in Solomon's will. Jacob Mosely was Ya'acov son of Eliezer in Hebrew.
I established yesterday that Haya's husband was Levy Phillips, who died on 21 Oct 1837 at Great Russell Street, Bloomsbury. The entry in the death register notes that he was the son-in-law of Zelig the hazan. His full Hebrew name Yehuda Leib son of Uri ha-Levi (the Levite).
The name Leib is Yiddish for "lion" and is the description given by the Biblical Jacob to his son Judah (Yehuda). More often than not, Hebrew records will record an individual as Yehuda known as Leib. Levy/Levi was frequently adopted as a secular name, particularly in Germany, e.g. Levi Strauss. The reasons for this remain obscure, although I have my own theory. During the course of the 19th century, Louis/Lewis became fashionable.
3) Hendala is a mystery to me. Henrietta's marriage to Moses Cohen is recorded in the marriage register of the Hambro synagogue. Her name appears as Caroline / Golda daughter of Mordecai. This may simply have been a mistake on the part of the person who made the entry. Her gravestone from 1868 would probably clarify the matter. However, Henrietta was frequently the English name used for the Hebrew/Yiddish name Hendala/Hendela.
4) Your question about avunculate marriages (a new term to me, I confess) is an interesting one. There are at least two cases in my own Jewish ancestry. I can put the question to the forum on JewishGen.
Only yesterday, I discovered that Joseph Phillips had previously been married to Frances Friedeberg, i.e. Esther's sister. Frances died or was buried on 6 Sep 1834. Her address was Merthyr Tydfil !!
The Friedebergs were a large family.
Justin
