Solomon family explained

Samuel Moss Solomon (c. 1769 – 13 May 1842) was an early Jewish settler in Australia, amongst whose descendants many achieved a degree of notability. The relationship between these descendants is complicated by three factors: the duplication of names, not only within a family line but across lines; the number of intra-family marriages; and marriages to people with the same surname but not closely related. This list is not exhaustive but includes most family members likely to be found in Wikipedia and Australian newspapers.

History

Samuel Moss Solomon had a business in London manufacturing pencils, though reports of him being an inventor or even a major manufacturer are unsupportable. He married Elizabeth Moses (c. 1772–c. 1814) and had four sons: Moss Samuel, Emanuel, Vaiben and Phillip, and four daughters: Susan, Hannah, Sarah and Esther. After the death of Elizabeth he married Esther Davis (31 December 1774 – 13 July 1875), with whom he had another two children, Isaac and Elizabeth "Betsy". Their home was at 30 Wentworth Street, Spitalfields, London.

Two sons, Vaiben and Emanuel, fell foul of the law, and were transported to Sydney in 1818 on the Lady Castlereagh as convicts. Fifteen years later Samuel Moss Solomon and his wife Esther and many of their family emigrated to Australia in the Enchantress, arriving in Sydney on 24 April 1833. Sons Moss Samuel Solomon and Isaac Solomon emigrated, also several children of Susan Benjamin, née Solomon, and later Susan herself. Hannah (1801 – 1 September 1849), Sarah (1806 – 14 March 1893) and Phillip (1806 – September 1876) were married and remained in England.

Samuel Moss Solomon died in Sydney in 1842. Ten years after the death of her husband, Esther moved to the home of her son Isaac in Adelaide, where she died some 23 years later.

Family

Samuel Moss Solomon (c. 1769 – 13 May 1842 in Sydney) married Elizabeth Moses (c. 1772–c. 1814). She was the mother of Moss Samuel (1796 – 3? 4? February 1849), Susan (1799 – 14 June 1885), Emanuel (1800 – 3 October 1873), Hannah (1801 – 1 September 1849), Vaiben (1802 – 21 June 1860), Phillip (1806 – September 1876), Sarah (c. 1808 – 14 March 1893), and Esther (1809 – 3 December 1869).

He married again, to Esther Davis (31 December 1774 – 13 July 1875), with whom he had another two children: Isaac (5 April 1816 – 27 July 1901) and Elizabeth "Betsy" (14 June 1821 – 9 February 1898). He is reported as emigrating to Sydney with daughters Hannah and Elizabeth in April 1833.[1] Ten years after the death of her husband, Esther moved to the home of her son Isaac in Adelaide, where she died some 23 years later.

Moss Samuel

Moss Samuel Solomon (1796 – 3? 4? February 1849) married Elizabeth "Betsy" Myers or Meyers (c. 1799–c. 1825). Second marriage to Leah Myers (1807 – 4 January 1871 in Adelaide) c. 1830

Around 1907 Solomon moved to Subiaco, Western Australia, with a home "Braemar" at Hammersley Road. He was foundation member and first secretary of Kitchener Park Bowls Club, struck off legal rolls for dishonest conduct, returned to Adelaide? c. February 1914, then in Sydney as managing clerk for lawyer Harris?, E. R. Abigail, A. J. McLachlan & Co., later McLachlan, Westgarth & Co. Elizabeth Barnard was a daughter of racing official Simeon Barnard.

Similarity of their names led to ill-feeling between himself and Judah Moss Solomon BA LLB (1857–1925), who adopted the surname Solomon-Senior (see below).

Susan

Susan Solomon (1799 – 14 June 1885) married Moses (or Moss) Benjamin (c. 1797 – 24 April 1876), lived in Tavistock Street, Adelaide from 1869 to 1876 at least. Susan died at the home of son-in-law Isaac Asher, North Adelaide. Their family included:

Emanuel

Emanuel Solomon MLC (1800 – 3 October 1873) married fellow convict Mary Ann Wilson on 6 November 1826.[16] On 12 April 1844 he married Cecilia "Celia" Adelaide Smith (– 24 July 1852) who died in Sydney; that same year he married a third time, to Catherine Abrahams (1819 – 2 July 1901). Their children included:

Hannah

Hannah Solomon (1801–) married Benjamin Samuel Cohen (1791–1858); they never left England. She has been reported as emigrating to Sydney with her father in April 1833.[1] Their children include:

Vaiben

Vaiben Solomon (1798? 1802? – 21 June 1860) was transported for larceny to Sydney 1818, married Mary "Sarah" Smith (c. 1809 – 18 May 1879) in 1826. Vaiben and his family are listed in the subscriptions to the building of Sydney's first Synagogue (see the Circular to the Members of the Faith of Israel, 1839, in which Vaiben Solomon is listed on the committee for the building of a New Synagogue, built in 1844 in York Street). Among their children were:

Vaiben and sons David V. Solomon (1828 – 14 June 1909[33]), Abraham V. Solomon (1832 – 26 May 1894[34]) and Saul V. Solomon JP (1834–1911[35]) were from before 1856 in partnership as V. Solomon and Sons, graziers at Horningsea Park, near Liverpool. Vaiben withdrew from the partnership in April 1857. His sons continued as D., A. & S. Solomon;[36] they left the district in 1872. During his life Vaiben accumulated a considerable portfolio of properties.[37]

Philip

Philip Solomon (1806 – September 1876) about whom little is known. It is likely he married and was father of Selina Sarah Solomon (7 September 1850 – 26 November 1891), later Phillips

Sarah

Sarah Solomon (c. 1808 – 14 March 1893) married Michael Joshua (1806 – 9 January 1887). They arrived in Sydney in December 1839.[1] He was a dealer of Hindley Street, lived in Brighton, South Australia at least 1845–1853, later Melbourne, died in Cooktown, Queensland. They had four daughters and two sons.

Esther

Esther Solomon (1809 – 4 December 1869) married Israel Myers (c. 1806 – 17 August 1894). She may have arrived in Hobart in January 1833.[1] Their children include:

Isaac

Isaac Solomon (5 April 1816? 1818? – 27 July 1901) arrived in Sydney in 1833, married Isabella Solomon (17 September 1820 – 1 December 1863), daughter of his half-brother Moss Samuel Solomon, at the Bridge Street Synagogue, Sydney, on 15 June 1842. Later had home "Elizabeth Villa" on Kent Terrace, Norwood, South Australia. He had an import business in Adelaide in partnership (dissolved December 1857) with nephew Judah Moss Solomon (1818–1880) at the London end.

Elizabeth

Elizabeth "Betsy" Solomon (14 June 1821 – 9 February 1898) married Michael Cashmore (7 March 1815 – 17 October 1886) in Sydney on 9 December 1840, survived wreck of the steamship PS Clonmel on 2 January 1841,[45] to become the first Jewish settlers of Victoria.[46] They lived at "Cashmore's Corner", 1 Elizabeth Street[47] then Albert Park, Victoria. His sisters Esther Cashmore and Leah Cashmore married Crawcour boys, eldest Susan Cashmore married a Benjamin.

Bibliography

Jenny Cowan, (2016) Meet our Ancestors — Solomon and Associated Families: Volume 1 not as yet accessed

Notes and References

  1. E. S. Richards The Fall and Rise of the Brothers Solomon read before the Australian Jewish Historical Society 11 June 1974, pub. in Vol VIII Part II of the Society's magazine, Sydney 1975. Details in this paper that are contradicted by contemporary Family Notices are discounted, specifically that Michael Cashmore was the first mayor of Melbourne (he was the city's first Jewish councillor); that Elizabeth migrated with her father in 1833 (she married Cashmore in England, emigrated with him on Clonmel). It also asserted that Isaac arrived in 1838 and married his step-brother's daughter. This was discounted on the information that he married Isabella Spyer in 1835, however it does appear that Isaac married Isabella, the daughter of his half-brother Moss Samuel at the Sydney synagogue in 1842. The surname "Spyer" has been attached by some genealogists to Isabella. If she were an adopted daughter that would remove the consanguinity problem
  2. Web site: Lord Mayors and Mayors of the City of Adelaide . adelaidecitycouncil.com.au . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130130191335/http://www.adelaidecitycouncil.com/assets/acc/Council/docs/acc%20lord%20mayor%20and%20mayor%20list.pdf . 30 January 2013 .
  3. News: Death of Mr. M. J. Solomon . . South Australia . 13 February 1933 . 23 June 2017 . 11 . National Library of Australia.
  4. News: The Late Mrs. M. J. Solomon . . Adelaide . 27 October 1894 . 10 January 2016 . 6 . National Library of Australia.
  5. Web site: The Australian Boer War Memorial: Trooper Walter Samuel Solomon. 4 August 2020.
  6. Web site: 4717 Solomon, Walter Samuel. National Archives of Australia . 4 August 2020.
  7. News: Australian Military Forces . . 105 . Australia . 19 June 1947 . 4 August 2020 . 1633 . National Library of Australia.
  8. News: Well-known Citizen . . South Australia . 18 September 1922 . 9 April 2020 . 1 . Trove .
  9. News: Narrow Escape from Drowning . . South Australia . 15 March 1886 . 22 April 2020 . 2 . Trove .
  10. Web site: Jews in South Australia, 1836–1936 : an historical outline. Hirsch Munz. 3 July 2017.
  11. News: An Obsceme Print . . South Australia . 12 June 1907 . 20 April 2020 . 10 . Trove .
  12. News: A Plucky South Australian Girl . . Adelaide . 23 April 1894 . 29 December 2015 . 4 . National Library of Australia.
  13. They were notoriously robbed at gunpoint in their own home in 1954; the two culprits were given six years' jail and a whipping.
  14. News: Personal . . 23,370 . Victoria, Australia . 29 June 1921 . 29 June 2023 . 8 . National Library of Australia.
  15. Obituary: Alva Benjamin . Elsevier . British Homoeopathic Journal . April 1975 . 64 . 2 . 124 . 10.1016/S0007-0785(75)80060-3 . 68042373 . 4 August 2020.
  16. Eric Richards, 'Solomon, Emanuel (1800–1873)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/solomon-emanuel-4623/text7613, published first in hardcopy 1976, accessed online 6 January 2016.
  17. News: Law and Criminal Courts . . XIX . 2863 . South Australia . 30 November 1855 . 8 August 2024 . 3 . National Library of Australia.
  18. Web site: Brown's Mart: Our History. Brown's Mart Arts Ltd. . 4 May 2020 .
  19. News: Construction of a Will . . Adelaide . 27 August 1908 . 18 January 2016 . 1 . National Library of Australia.
  20. News: South Australia. . . WA . 27 September 1913 . 27 December 2015 . 3 . National Library of Australia.
  21. News: Off the Rolls . . Perth . 4 May 1914 . 27 December 2015 . 3 Edition: Third . National Library of Australia.
  22. News: Wedding . . LXII . 3,330 . Adelaide . 29 July 1905 . 24 October 2016 . 28 . National Library of Australia.
  23. News: News and Views . . Sydney . 19 January 1917 . 19 January 2016 . 9 . National Library of Australia.
  24. News: Family Notices . . IV . 1194 . South Australia . 19 May 1862 . 18 January 2018 . 2 . National Library of Australia. a double wedding at the Adelaide Synagogue, but not (as stated in notice) of sisters
  25. News: News and Views . . 27 . 25 . New South Wales, Australia . 22 December 1922 . 21 August 2024 . 9 . National Library of Australia.
  26. News: Family Notices . . 28,267 . New South Wales, Australia . 9 August 1928 . 21 August 2024 . 10 . National Library of Australia.
  27. News: Family Notices . . 31,423 . New South Wales, Australia . 17 September 1938 . 21 August 2024 . 10 . National Library of Australia.
  28. News: Family Notices . . 35,379 . New South Wales, Australia . 14 May 1951 . 9 August 2024 . 12 . National Library of Australia.
  29. News: £80,000 Estate . . 18,196 . Queensland, Australia . 1 April 1931 . 21 August 2024 . 12 . National Library of Australia.
  30. News: "A Matter of Money" May and December . . NSW . 10 December 1907 . 12 January 2016 . 4 . National Library of Australia.
  31. News: Slept With Dog & Hid Hoard In Boot . . 2150 . New South Wales, Australia . 22 March 1931 . 21 August 2024 . 13 . National Library of Australia.
  32. News: £80,000 Estate . . 18,196 . Queensland, Australia . 1 April 1931 . 21 August 2024 . 12 . National Library of Australia.
  33. News: News and Views . . 13 . 50 . New South Wales, Australia . 18 June 1909 . 21 August 2024 . 8 . National Library of Australia.
  34. News: Family Notices . . 17,531 . New South Wales, Australia . 28 May 1894 . 21 August 2024 . 1 . National Library of Australia.
  35. News: Family Notices . . 9938 . New South Wales, Australia . 4 April 1911 . 21 August 2024 . 6 . National Library of Australia.
  36. News: Advertising. . . 14 April 1857 . 15 January 2016 . 1 . National Library of Australia.
  37. News: Mercantile and Money Article . . 4 May 1872 . 15 January 2016 . 5 . National Library of Australia.
  38. Web site: Saul Joshua (1842–1918). Obituaries Australia. 12 February 2024.
  39. News: Personal . . XLV . 12567 . South Australia . 1 August 1911 . 3 August 2020 . 4 . National Library of Australia.
  40. News: Death Of Mr. Herbert Solomon,. . . Adelaide . 30 October 1947 . 27 December 2015 . 3 . National Library of Australia.
  41. News: Soldier Discharged . . 18 February 1916 . 1 January 2016 . 8 . National Library of Australia.
  42. Web site: The Moving picture world. 1907.
  43. News: Family Notices . . 25,850 . New South Wales, Australia . 10 November 1920 . 29 June 2023 . 12 . National Library of Australia.
  44. News: Death of Edgar Solomon . . South Australia . 1 November 1945 . 4 August 2020 . 7 . National Library of Australia.
  45. News: Wreck of the Clonmel Steam Ship . . Tas. . 18 January 1841 . 10 January 2016 . 2 . National Library of Australia.
  46. News: Cashmore—Lester Wedding At Synagogue. . . Melbourne . 13 October 1937 . 11 January 2016 . 9 . National Library of Australia.
  47. News: Blind Bookmaker Dead . . Sydney . 31 July 1931 . 10 January 2016 . 2 . National Library of Australia.
  48. News: Family Notices . . Victoria, Australia . 10 February 1898 . 4 May 2020 . 1 . Trove .
  49. News: Items of News . . Victoria, Australia . 10 April 1901 . 4 May 2020 . 2 . Trove .