Joel family explained

The Joel family of England was headed by three brothers, Jack, Woolf and Solomon, who made a fortune in diamond and gold mining in South Africa. Their father was Joel Joel (1836–1893) and their mother Catherine "Kate" Joel née Isaacs (1840–1917), a sister of Barnett Isaacs, later known as Barney Barnato.

As well as being prominent Randlords, several of the Joel family became widely known in thoroughbred horse racing as owner/breeders of numerous winners of British Classic Races.

The Joel brothers

• Jack Barnato Joel (1862–1940), mining magnate, Chairman of Johannesburg Consolidated Investment Company Ltd (from 1931), Thoroughbred racehorse owner/breeder married to Olive Coulson Sopwith (d. 1937), daughter of Thomas Sopwith.
• Woolf Barnato Joel (1863–1898), South African mining magnate
• Solomon Barnato Joel (1865–1931), mining, brewing and railway magnate

Other Joels

Other prominent members of the Joel family include:

• Stanhope Henry Joel (1903–1973), businessman, Thoroughbred racehorse owner/breeder
• Dudley Joel (1904–1941), businessman, politician, World War II naval officer

Other relations

• Barney Barnato
• Joel Woolf Barnato, son of Barney Barnato
  • Diana Barnato Walker

Family tree

Joel Joel (1836/1837 - 7 Apr 1893), son of Isaac Joel (c1800-1847) and Rebecca Solomon (c1800-1842). Joel Joel married Catherine Isaacs (1840, Spitalfields - 8 Nov 1917). She was the daughter of Isaac Isaacs and Leah Harris

1. Jack Barnato Joel (29 Sep 1862 - 13 Nov 1940) x Edith Richards (3 children) xx Olive Coulson Sopwith (1876-1937)^[1]
   1. Harry "Jim" Joel (1894 – 23 March 1992), businessman, philanthropist, Thoroughbred racehorse owner/breeder
   2. May b.1892 d.10 Feb 1971
   3. Kathleen
2. Woolf Joel (22 Nov 1863-14 March 1898) (shot dead in Johannesburg office by blackmailer Baron Kurt von Veltheim whose real name was Karl Frederic Moritz Kurtze, and was born at Allhausen, Brunswick, on 4 December 1857)
   1. Geoffrey (10 March 1896 London - 22 March 1957 Johannesburg) x Edith - maiden name unknown.^[2]
3. Solomon Barnato Joel (23 May 1865 - 22 May 1931) married Ellen "Nellie" Ridley (1867-14 August 1919) (5 children) xx Phoebe Carlow
   1. Doris Irene Kathleen b. 1898 d. 14 August 1919 x Arthur Walter
   2. Woolf 26 April 1892 d.13 November 1923, named after Uncle Woolf Joel
   3. Stanhope Henry b.8 February 1903 at 2 Gt. Stanhope St, Mayfair x Gladys MacFadden
      1. Solna, married Harry Thomson Jones
      2. Dana
      3. Thalia
   4. Dudley Jack Barnato (26 April 1904 - 26 May 1941) (drowned at sea) - Conservative Party Member of Parliament x Esme Ritchie
   5. Eileen Daphne Solvia (20 March 1907 - 30 Jan 1974) x John Rogerson

See also

• Joel Stakes
• Sol Joel Park
• Diana Barnato Walker

External links

• Joel Family Tree

Notes and References

1. Web site: Jack Barnato Joel (1862-1940) . 2011-02-06 . 31 January 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190131093454/http://www.horseracinghistory.co.uk/hrho/action/viewDocument?id=942 . dead .
2. Edith is shown on the National Archives of the UK, in the UK Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960. Both Geoffrey and Edith arrived in Southampton, England, on the Athalone Castle ship on the 21 May 1954.