Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Kenneth Jack Watts Foinquinos and his wife Joyce
This is Samuel-Henry Foinquinos' grandson. Samuel-Henry (born in 1863) was one of Leon and Sophia's sons, the others were Chas, George and Alfred who were cotton dealers, wine merchants and merchant commissioners and lived in the area of Liverpool and Southport. Samuel-Henry married Louise Pemberton Rayland, lived in Rugby and died in Leicester in 1923. He was a Leather and Hide merchant and also a lithographer. He is the father of Harold Jack Watts (1878-1921), Herbert Watts who died in Arras (1897- 1917) and Arthur Watts (1900-1923). He also had two daughters, Phyllis Mary (1893-1916) and Dorothy Elizabeth (1894-1919).
Kenneth Foinquinos was born in 1921. He is Harold Jack Watts and Bessie Althea Wright 's son. He also had a son, John Foinquinos, who changed his name to John Alkin when he started working as an actor in films and for the BBC TV series. I'll write more about John Alkin later. Kenneth died in 2003 and his wife Joyce Wyatt in 2004. I think he was the last one to use the name Foinquinos in England.
Kenneth Foinquinos was born in 1921. He is Harold Jack Watts and Bessie Althea Wright 's son. He also had a son, John Foinquinos, who changed his name to John Alkin when he started working as an actor in films and for the BBC TV series. I'll write more about John Alkin later. Kenneth died in 2003 and his wife Joyce Wyatt in 2004. I think he was the last one to use the name Foinquinos in England.
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Messod and Hana's daughters
Le registre de Gibraltar note que toutes les filles de Messod et Hana, a part Rayna, restent celibataires. Batseba meurt a 60 ans en 1893, Luna a 76 ans en 1906, un an après, Rachel a 65 ans. La plus agee est Esther, qui meurt en 1930 a l’age de 82 ans. Elle semble avoir vecu avec Leon quand elle allait a l’ecole a Liverpool, d’apres le census de 1861.
The Gibraltar registers indicates that Messod and Hanna's daughters, except Rayna, stayed singles. Batseba died a 60 in 1893, Luna at 76 in 1906, one year later, Rachel at 65. The oldest is Esther, who died in 1930 at 82. She seemed to have lived with Leon when she went to school in Liverpool, according to the 1861 census.
Il semble aussi que David Foinquinos, ne en 1842, reste celibataire, et meurt en 1911 a l’age de 68 ans.
It seems also that David Foinquinos, born in 1843, stays single and died in 1911 at 68.
Toutes les filles celibataires et David semblent avoir continue a vivre ensemble sous le meme toit.
All the single daughters and David seem to have lived together in the same house.
Quant a Rayna nee en 1836, elle se marie avec un Elias Benaim en 1865. Les Benaim comme beaucoup de juifs de Gibraltar avaient de la famille a Tanger. On sait seulement qu'elle a eu deux enfants, Esther et Samuel, et qu'elle meurt en 1911, a l'age de 75 ans, a Gibraltar. Simone FM va essayer de retrouver une copie de sa Ketouba dans sa montagne de documents.
As for Rayna born in 1836, she married Elias Benaim in 1865. The Benaim as many jews from Gibraltar had family in Tangier. We only know that she had two children, Esther and Samuel, and she died in 1911 at 75 in Gibraltar. Simone FM will try to find a copy of her Ketouba in her pile of documents.
Tous ces deces sont enregistres a Gibraltar ou ils doivent donc etre tous enterres. La famille de Gibraltar et celle de Tanger etaient proches et se visitaient d'apres Simone FM. Notre oncle Albert, de Kfar Saba, a parle a Simone d’une Hermana Luna qui aurait vecu avec sa famille a Tanger dans les annees 1900.
All these deaths are recorded in Gibraltar where they must be all buried. The family in Gibraltar and the one in Tangiers were close and visited each other according to Simone FM. Our uncle Albert, of Kfar Saba, talked to Simone of a Sister Luna who lived with the family in Tangier in the 1900's.
The Gibraltar registers indicates that Messod and Hanna's daughters, except Rayna, stayed singles. Batseba died a 60 in 1893, Luna at 76 in 1906, one year later, Rachel at 65. The oldest is Esther, who died in 1930 at 82. She seemed to have lived with Leon when she went to school in Liverpool, according to the 1861 census.
Il semble aussi que David Foinquinos, ne en 1842, reste celibataire, et meurt en 1911 a l’age de 68 ans.
It seems also that David Foinquinos, born in 1843, stays single and died in 1911 at 68.
Toutes les filles celibataires et David semblent avoir continue a vivre ensemble sous le meme toit.
All the single daughters and David seem to have lived together in the same house.
Quant a Rayna nee en 1836, elle se marie avec un Elias Benaim en 1865. Les Benaim comme beaucoup de juifs de Gibraltar avaient de la famille a Tanger. On sait seulement qu'elle a eu deux enfants, Esther et Samuel, et qu'elle meurt en 1911, a l'age de 75 ans, a Gibraltar. Simone FM va essayer de retrouver une copie de sa Ketouba dans sa montagne de documents.
As for Rayna born in 1836, she married Elias Benaim in 1865. The Benaim as many jews from Gibraltar had family in Tangier. We only know that she had two children, Esther and Samuel, and she died in 1911 at 75 in Gibraltar. Simone FM will try to find a copy of her Ketouba in her pile of documents.
Tous ces deces sont enregistres a Gibraltar ou ils doivent donc etre tous enterres. La famille de Gibraltar et celle de Tanger etaient proches et se visitaient d'apres Simone FM. Notre oncle Albert, de Kfar Saba, a parle a Simone d’une Hermana Luna qui aurait vecu avec sa famille a Tanger dans les annees 1900.
All these deaths are recorded in Gibraltar where they must be all buried. The family in Gibraltar and the one in Tangiers were close and visited each other according to Simone FM. Our uncle Albert, of Kfar Saba, talked to Simone of a Sister Luna who lived with the family in Tangier in the 1900's.
Moses Foinquinos, Messod's last son
Il est ne en 1854. Deux ans apres, son pere Messod meurt. Il se marie avec Simi Busaglo. Il a, lui aussi, un fils Messod, ne en 1880 qui meurt un an après, et deux filles Hannah Foinquinos en 1881 et Freha (Alegria) en 1883. Moses meurt a 29 ans en 1884 et sa fille Hannah meurt a 13 ans.
He was born in 1854. Two years after, his father Messod dies. He married Simi Busaglo and they had three children together. The first was a son named Messod, born in 1881, who died one year after, then two daughters Hannah Foinquinos in 1881 and Freha (Alegria) in 1883. Moses died at 29 in 1884 and his daughter Hannah died at 13 in 1895.
Ils doivent etre enterres a Gibraltar car les deces sont enregistres dans les registres de cette ville. All of them must be buried in Gibraltar as the deaths are recorded in this city registers.
C’est encore le cas d’un Foinquinos male qui meurt jeune. On ne sait pas ce que deviennent sa femme Simi Busaglo ou sa fille Freha Foinquinos.
This is one more Foinquinos male who died young. We do not know the whereabouts of his wife or daughter Freha Foinquinos.
He was born in 1854. Two years after, his father Messod dies. He married Simi Busaglo and they had three children together. The first was a son named Messod, born in 1881, who died one year after, then two daughters Hannah Foinquinos in 1881 and Freha (Alegria) in 1883. Moses died at 29 in 1884 and his daughter Hannah died at 13 in 1895.
Ils doivent etre enterres a Gibraltar car les deces sont enregistres dans les registres de cette ville. All of them must be buried in Gibraltar as the deaths are recorded in this city registers.
C’est encore le cas d’un Foinquinos male qui meurt jeune. On ne sait pas ce que deviennent sa femme Simi Busaglo ou sa fille Freha Foinquinos.
This is one more Foinquinos male who died young. We do not know the whereabouts of his wife or daughter Freha Foinquinos.
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Voyages de George et Mildred F
George est le fils de Leon et Sophia, son fils est George Harold et sa femme s'appelait Mildred.
George is Leon and Sophia's son, his son is George Harold married with Mildred.
Cette liste atteste de leurs nombreux voyages entre Liverpool, Madere et le Bresil. Peut etre ont ils une ligne qui est restee la bas. Peut etre ils visitaient la famille installee au Bresil.
This list shows the numerous trips from Liverpool to Madeira and to Brazil. Maybe they started a branch of the family there. Maybe they visited the branch living in Brazil.
Chas F a New York
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Herbert Watts Foinquinos
Census 1861, Leon and his household
Hilda Kennedy Roberts
Emily & Percy
Chas, Edith and Marjorie
Cecil Leon Roberts, son of Emily F.
He was Leon and Sophia's grandson, son of Emily. He was born in Liverpool in 1895. He first served as a fighter pilot in the First World War. After being made prisoner of war, he went back to England to become a professional dancer, and changed his name to Robert Sielle from his initials C.L. to avoid confusion with another dancer by the name of Roberts.
He and his wife, Annette Mills, Sir John Mill's sister, were called the "English Astaires". They were credited for introducing the Charleston to London after they had seen it danced in New York. They later divorced and he married Marguerite Milton.
Around 1930, he became a famous framemaker for the Tate Gallery, the National Gallery and the Imperial Museum and also from his own account for Buckingham Palace and the White House. He replaced some JW Turner frames and worked for many artists among them David Hockney. Eliot Hodgkin made a painting called "Robert Sielle's file" of a file of delivery notes suspended from a hook on a wall (1963). His talent was to experiment with new materials, and design frames that flowed with the paintings he was asked to frame. He was the first to replace gold standard frames with silver ones at the National Gallery. He wrote articles on the art of framing for various art magazines and continued framing till the end of his life in 1983 .
Alfred Foinquinos
Monday, February 18, 2008
The Foinquinos from England, #1
In January I was very busy with my work but I kept receiving emails from Carole Bendrihem and Simone FM from Haifa. Both had found documents on the english branch of our family. As with the other Foinquinos of Brazil and Peru, this line is not the simplest to follow as they also travelled and lived in different cities among them Tangiers, Gibraltar, Liverpool, New York and Brazil.
In England as opposed to Morrocco, the birth, marriage, death and census certificates are well kept and they are easily available to the public, or by internet. Carole B became an expert at finding information and Simone FM who had tons of documents, kept for years in boxes, started taking them out, putting them in order, scanning them and sending them by email. An avalanche of documents for me to look at and put on the blog later on.
All the discussion on the Foinquinos from England started a few months ago when I had found an article on Elizabeth Mary Simpson on the internet. This article mentioned that this lady, a famous english genealogist, had gone to Gibraltar to register under the surname Foinquinos. I asked Simone FM if she knew her. She told me that in fact she used to visit her at her cottage in Nottingham, a small city 3 hours from London.
A happy coincidence, as it seems to happen often in genealogy preceeded this meeting. When Simone FM lived in England in the 70's, she travelled to Tangier and paid a visit to the jewish community center to ask if they had any information on the F and the staff told her that in fact two ladies from England had also inquired about the family. Intrigued, Simone FM as soon as she was back in London, looked thru the phone books and found a few Foinquinos that she called.
A few weeks later, Elizabeth Simpson called her and they met and became friends. They exchanged their information, Simone FM learned about the english line and Elizabeth about all the other ones. Julie, Elizabeth's sister, showed her the places where the family lived in Liverpool, Messod's house, the patriarch, Chas' imposing mansion in Southport, and also the first jewish temple founded in part by the Foinquinos that was transformed as a theatre later on.
The english branch starts with Messod Foinquinos. He was born in 1798 in Tangiers, he was the son of Yehuda and Luna Foinquinos. In light of his date of birth, we suppose that he might be of the generation of the parents of our great grand parents (my father was born around 1925, the grand parents would have been born around 1880-1890, the great grand parents around 1840-1850, so between 1800-1820 for the parents of our great grand parents). On the Ketouba of my grand father, Moses Foinquinos, it is mentioned that his grand father was Messod.
Our genealogy can be very confusing at times with the same first names repeating over several generations. We find many Messod (or Fortunato in Brazil,Peru) or Leon/Yehuda or Albert/Abraham. Also in Morocco, the lack of official documents is frustrating.
Simone FM also found the mention of a Yehuda and Messod, signers of the Haskama, a document separating the jewish community of Tangiers from the one in Tetuan-Gibraltar in 1798. We think that Yehuda and Messod would have been born between 1750-1770 and maybe that Yehuda is the father of Messod from Gibraltar. This Messod will follow the tradition of naming his first son after his father, Leon/Yehuda and his first daughter after his mom Luna.
Messod is listed as a Merchant in Gibraltar, where he marries Hana Benabou, born in Gibraltar, in 1828. They have 10 children. The first one is Leon/Yehuda born in 1830. He is followed by Luna in 1831, Batseba Betsy in 1833, Abraham in 1835, Sarah Reyna in 1836, Isaac James in 1838, Rachel in 1840, David in 1842, Esther in 1848 and Moses in 1854.
Leon is listed in Liverpool as a Wine merchant, Glass and ceramics merchant, freight forwarder with Brazil and own a lithography shop. He is the inventor of the envelopes for which he request a patent in 1867. He founds a jewish temple with other jews of Liverpool, and owns a mansion that still exists today. He married Sophia Watts and had many children, one of them is Emily, who is the grand mother of Elizabeth Simpson, the genealogist from Nottingham, Simone FM's friend.
(continued on The Foinquinos from England #2)
In England as opposed to Morrocco, the birth, marriage, death and census certificates are well kept and they are easily available to the public, or by internet. Carole B became an expert at finding information and Simone FM who had tons of documents, kept for years in boxes, started taking them out, putting them in order, scanning them and sending them by email. An avalanche of documents for me to look at and put on the blog later on.
All the discussion on the Foinquinos from England started a few months ago when I had found an article on Elizabeth Mary Simpson on the internet. This article mentioned that this lady, a famous english genealogist, had gone to Gibraltar to register under the surname Foinquinos. I asked Simone FM if she knew her. She told me that in fact she used to visit her at her cottage in Nottingham, a small city 3 hours from London.
A happy coincidence, as it seems to happen often in genealogy preceeded this meeting. When Simone FM lived in England in the 70's, she travelled to Tangier and paid a visit to the jewish community center to ask if they had any information on the F and the staff told her that in fact two ladies from England had also inquired about the family. Intrigued, Simone FM as soon as she was back in London, looked thru the phone books and found a few Foinquinos that she called.
A few weeks later, Elizabeth Simpson called her and they met and became friends. They exchanged their information, Simone FM learned about the english line and Elizabeth about all the other ones. Julie, Elizabeth's sister, showed her the places where the family lived in Liverpool, Messod's house, the patriarch, Chas' imposing mansion in Southport, and also the first jewish temple founded in part by the Foinquinos that was transformed as a theatre later on.
The english branch starts with Messod Foinquinos. He was born in 1798 in Tangiers, he was the son of Yehuda and Luna Foinquinos. In light of his date of birth, we suppose that he might be of the generation of the parents of our great grand parents (my father was born around 1925, the grand parents would have been born around 1880-1890, the great grand parents around 1840-1850, so between 1800-1820 for the parents of our great grand parents). On the Ketouba of my grand father, Moses Foinquinos, it is mentioned that his grand father was Messod.
Our genealogy can be very confusing at times with the same first names repeating over several generations. We find many Messod (or Fortunato in Brazil,Peru) or Leon/Yehuda or Albert/Abraham. Also in Morocco, the lack of official documents is frustrating.
Simone FM also found the mention of a Yehuda and Messod, signers of the Haskama, a document separating the jewish community of Tangiers from the one in Tetuan-Gibraltar in 1798. We think that Yehuda and Messod would have been born between 1750-1770 and maybe that Yehuda is the father of Messod from Gibraltar. This Messod will follow the tradition of naming his first son after his father, Leon/Yehuda and his first daughter after his mom Luna.
Messod is listed as a Merchant in Gibraltar, where he marries Hana Benabou, born in Gibraltar, in 1828. They have 10 children. The first one is Leon/Yehuda born in 1830. He is followed by Luna in 1831, Batseba Betsy in 1833, Abraham in 1835, Sarah Reyna in 1836, Isaac James in 1838, Rachel in 1840, David in 1842, Esther in 1848 and Moses in 1854.
Leon is listed in Liverpool as a Wine merchant, Glass and ceramics merchant, freight forwarder with Brazil and own a lithography shop. He is the inventor of the envelopes for which he request a patent in 1867. He founds a jewish temple with other jews of Liverpool, and owns a mansion that still exists today. He married Sophia Watts and had many children, one of them is Emily, who is the grand mother of Elizabeth Simpson, the genealogist from Nottingham, Simone FM's friend.
(continued on The Foinquinos from England #2)
Friday, February 15, 2008
The Foinquinos from England #2
Last time, I talked about Messod and Hana Benabou from Gibraltar, and their children. It seems that only Leon (Judah) and his brother Isaac moved to England, all the other ones stayed in Gibraltar or went back to Tangier.
Isaac seemed to be the manager of the lithography shop Leon opened in Liverpool that employed 10 people in 1862. He got married that year with Elizabeth Maddocks and changed his surname to Francis James, dropping the Foinquinos surname. He had 3 daughters, Emilie, Amy and Florence Dale James. After that, it is hard to follow his descendants among all the other James in England and elsewhere.
I will therefore concentrate my efforts on Leon/Judah's descendants from Liverpool. He is Messod and Hana's first son and he is the best known thru the archives found. He is born in 1830 in Gibraltar and leaves for England where he settles in Liverpool and get married at 22 with Sophia Watts. Like his father, he will have 10 children. Four die the same year of their birth (the first two Hana Clementine in 1854, Julia 1856-1857, then Florence in 1864 and Frederick in 1866). The other children are:
Charles Meshod also known as Chas, (1857-1916) is listed as Merchant Commissioner in 1889. He married Edith Annie Smith and dies in Southport. His name is in the archives of Ellis Island, when he visited the United States and arrived in New York in 1890. He only had one daughter, Marjorie Foinquinos, who died in 1997 single.
Georges (1859-1941) married Lydia Kenney. He had a son George Harold that we found visiting Brazil with his wife Mildred, and also a daughter Dorothee Foinquinos who married Harry Elstone.
Emily (1861-1944), marries Richard Marshall Roberts. She is Elizabeth Simpson 's grand mother , Elizabeth as you recall was the english genealogist of the english family.
Samuel Henry (1863-1891) marries Louise Pemberton. His son, Herbert Watts Foinquinos, took the family name of his grand mother, Sophie Watts. We find his name in the Arras Memorial archives, as a Lance Corporal in the english infantery. He is listed under the Memorial Plaque Names #10 in Arras. He died during the first World War, on May 24. 1917. Marechal Haig, commander of the british army, launched a massive attack between April and May 1917 in the Pas-de-Calais to break the german blockade, although it is not successful, it weakens the german army. Thousand of deaths on both sides are the result, and numerous memorials commemorate this battle in Arras.
Leon et Sophia last 2 children are his son Alfred (1867- ? ), not much is known about him, and Ettie Louise (1870-1940) who stayed single. Carole Bendrihem et Simone FM de Haifa are still searching their archives, so it is possible that we might know more soon.
In conclusion, they are children that we can easily follow and other not. As it is almost the norm with the Foinquinos who are always mobile, each settles according to his wishes, luck or where love takes him. Many change names and religion. They take a new name when they convert or take the name of their mother or grand mother, Sophie Watts.
As for Leon, Messod son, he continued living in Liverpool where he founded with other jews of the city, the first jewish temple, he owned a lithography shop, is listed as Merchant Commissioner and established numerous import export and freight transport companies. He also applied for a patent on enveloppes in 1867 and died at 50 from apoplexia. According to the death certificate,his son George was present.
To judge from the wedding certificates found, many of Leon sisters, daughter, grand daughters stayed singles. As Simone FM was reminding me, girls received dowries before getting married, which might not have been the simplest thing as in this case they were many . We also noticed that many of the Foinquinos males die young leaving widows and children behind them.
Isaac seemed to be the manager of the lithography shop Leon opened in Liverpool that employed 10 people in 1862. He got married that year with Elizabeth Maddocks and changed his surname to Francis James, dropping the Foinquinos surname. He had 3 daughters, Emilie, Amy and Florence Dale James. After that, it is hard to follow his descendants among all the other James in England and elsewhere.
I will therefore concentrate my efforts on Leon/Judah's descendants from Liverpool. He is Messod and Hana's first son and he is the best known thru the archives found. He is born in 1830 in Gibraltar and leaves for England where he settles in Liverpool and get married at 22 with Sophia Watts. Like his father, he will have 10 children. Four die the same year of their birth (the first two Hana Clementine in 1854, Julia 1856-1857, then Florence in 1864 and Frederick in 1866). The other children are:
Charles Meshod also known as Chas, (1857-1916) is listed as Merchant Commissioner in 1889. He married Edith Annie Smith and dies in Southport. His name is in the archives of Ellis Island, when he visited the United States and arrived in New York in 1890. He only had one daughter, Marjorie Foinquinos, who died in 1997 single.
Georges (1859-1941) married Lydia Kenney. He had a son George Harold that we found visiting Brazil with his wife Mildred, and also a daughter Dorothee Foinquinos who married Harry Elstone.
Emily (1861-1944), marries Richard Marshall Roberts. She is Elizabeth Simpson 's grand mother , Elizabeth as you recall was the english genealogist of the english family.
Samuel Henry (1863-1891) marries Louise Pemberton. His son, Herbert Watts Foinquinos, took the family name of his grand mother, Sophie Watts. We find his name in the Arras Memorial archives, as a Lance Corporal in the english infantery. He is listed under the Memorial Plaque Names #10 in Arras. He died during the first World War, on May 24. 1917. Marechal Haig, commander of the british army, launched a massive attack between April and May 1917 in the Pas-de-Calais to break the german blockade, although it is not successful, it weakens the german army. Thousand of deaths on both sides are the result, and numerous memorials commemorate this battle in Arras.
Leon et Sophia last 2 children are his son Alfred (1867- ? ), not much is known about him, and Ettie Louise (1870-1940) who stayed single. Carole Bendrihem et Simone FM de Haifa are still searching their archives, so it is possible that we might know more soon.
In conclusion, they are children that we can easily follow and other not. As it is almost the norm with the Foinquinos who are always mobile, each settles according to his wishes, luck or where love takes him. Many change names and religion. They take a new name when they convert or take the name of their mother or grand mother, Sophie Watts.
As for Leon, Messod son, he continued living in Liverpool where he founded with other jews of the city, the first jewish temple, he owned a lithography shop, is listed as Merchant Commissioner and established numerous import export and freight transport companies. He also applied for a patent on enveloppes in 1867 and died at 50 from apoplexia. According to the death certificate,his son George was present.
To judge from the wedding certificates found, many of Leon sisters, daughter, grand daughters stayed singles. As Simone FM was reminding me, girls received dowries before getting married, which might not have been the simplest thing as in this case they were many . We also noticed that many of the Foinquinos males die young leaving widows and children behind them.
Les Foinquinos anglais, suite
La derniere fois, j’ai parle des enfants de Messod et Hana Benabou de Gibraltar.
Il semble que seulement Leon et son frere Isaac se soient installes en Angleterre, les autres restent a Gibraltar, ou retournent a Tanger.
Isaac semble avoir ete le manager de la maison de lithographie de Leon a Liverpool qui emploie une dizaine d’employes en 1862. Il se marrie cette annee la avec Elizabeth Maddocks et change son nom en Francis James, laissant tomber le nom Foinquinos. Il a 3 filles, Emilie, Amy et Florence Dale James. Apres ca, on perd sa trace parmi tous les autres James d’Angleterre et d’ailleurs.
Je vais donc me concentrer sur la lignee de Leon/Judah de Liverpool, le fils aine, puisque c’est lui qu’on connait le mieux a travers les archives. Il est ne en 1830 a Gibraltar et part s’etablir en Angleterre, ou il s’installe a Liverpool et se marrie a 22 ans avec Sophia Watts. Comme son pere, il aura dix enfants dont quatre meurent en bas age (les 2 premieres Hana Clementine en 1854, Julia 1856-1857 puis Florence en1864 et Frederick en 1866). Les autres enfants sont:
Charles Meshod aussi connu sous le nom de Chas, (1857 –1916) est liste comme Merchant Commissioner en 1889 . Il se mariera avec Edith Annie Smith et decede a Southport. On retrouve son nom dans les archives d’Ellis Island quand il visite les Etats Unis et arrive a New York en 1896. Il n’aura qu’une fille, prenommee Marjorie Foinquinos, qui mourra en 1997.
Georges (1859-1941) se marie avec Lydia Kenney. Il aura un fils George Harold qu’on retrouve en visite au Bresil avec sa femme Mildred, et aussi une fille Dorothee Foinquinos qui se mariera avec Harry Elstone.
Emily (1861-1944), se marie avec Richard Marshall Roberts. C’est la grand mere d’Elizabeth Simpson, la genealogiste anglaise.
Samuel Henry (1863-1891) epousera Louise Pemberton. Son fils Herbert Watts Foinquinos, prendra le nom de famille de sa grand mere, Sophie Watts. On retrouve sa trace dans les annales du Memorial d’Arras, comme Lance Caporal dans l’infanterie anglaise. Il est liste dans les noms du Memorial sous la plaque #10 a Arras. Il serait mort pendant la 1ere guerre mondiale, le 24 Mai 1917. Le Marechal Haig, qui commandait les forces britanniques, lanca une offensive massive en Avril et Mai 1917 dans le Pas de Calais pour casser le front allemand qui n’aboutit pas a ses fins, mais affaiblit les forces allemandes. Des millliers de morts des deux cotes en resulteront, d’ou les nombreuses plaques commemoratives a Arras.
Les 2 derniers enfants de Leon et Sophia sont Alfred (1867- ? ), dont on ne sait pas grand chose a cette date et Ettie Louise (1870-1940) qui restera celibataire. Carole Bendrihem et Simone FM de Haifa sont en train de fouiller leurs archives, donc il est possible qu’on en saura plus bientot.
En conclusion, il y a des enfants dont on peut suivre la trace et d’autres non. Comme il est presque normal chez les Foinquinos ou la bougeotte est legendaire, chacun s’installe selon ses souhaits ou bien ou la fortune et l’amour l’entraine. Beaucoup changent de noms et de religion, et acquierent un nouveau nom de bapteme. Ils prennent aussi le nom de leur mere ou grand mere, Sophie Watts.
Quant a Leon, le fils de Messod, il continua a vivre a Liverpool ou il fonda avec d’autres juifs de la ville la premiere synaguogue, avait une maison de lithographie, et est liste comme Merchant Commissioner et possede de nombreuses companies d’import export et de transport de fret. Il deposa aussi un brevet d’enveloppes en 1867 et mourrut en 1880, a 50 ans, d’une apoplexie.
A en juger par les dossiers de mariage retrouves, certaines des soeurs et filles de Leon, resteront celibataires. Comme Simone FM me le rappelait, les filles recevaient une dot pour pouvoir se marrier, ce qui ne devait pas etre une mince affaire vu que dans le cas de Messod, elles etaient nombreuses. On constate aussi que beaucoup des Foinquinos males meurent souvent jeunes laissant des veuves et enfants derriere eux.
Il semble que seulement Leon et son frere Isaac se soient installes en Angleterre, les autres restent a Gibraltar, ou retournent a Tanger.
Isaac semble avoir ete le manager de la maison de lithographie de Leon a Liverpool qui emploie une dizaine d’employes en 1862. Il se marrie cette annee la avec Elizabeth Maddocks et change son nom en Francis James, laissant tomber le nom Foinquinos. Il a 3 filles, Emilie, Amy et Florence Dale James. Apres ca, on perd sa trace parmi tous les autres James d’Angleterre et d’ailleurs.
Je vais donc me concentrer sur la lignee de Leon/Judah de Liverpool, le fils aine, puisque c’est lui qu’on connait le mieux a travers les archives. Il est ne en 1830 a Gibraltar et part s’etablir en Angleterre, ou il s’installe a Liverpool et se marrie a 22 ans avec Sophia Watts. Comme son pere, il aura dix enfants dont quatre meurent en bas age (les 2 premieres Hana Clementine en 1854, Julia 1856-1857 puis Florence en1864 et Frederick en 1866). Les autres enfants sont:
Charles Meshod aussi connu sous le nom de Chas, (1857 –1916) est liste comme Merchant Commissioner en 1889 . Il se mariera avec Edith Annie Smith et decede a Southport. On retrouve son nom dans les archives d’Ellis Island quand il visite les Etats Unis et arrive a New York en 1896. Il n’aura qu’une fille, prenommee Marjorie Foinquinos, qui mourra en 1997.
Georges (1859-1941) se marie avec Lydia Kenney. Il aura un fils George Harold qu’on retrouve en visite au Bresil avec sa femme Mildred, et aussi une fille Dorothee Foinquinos qui se mariera avec Harry Elstone.
Emily (1861-1944), se marie avec Richard Marshall Roberts. C’est la grand mere d’Elizabeth Simpson, la genealogiste anglaise.
Samuel Henry (1863-1891) epousera Louise Pemberton. Son fils Herbert Watts Foinquinos, prendra le nom de famille de sa grand mere, Sophie Watts. On retrouve sa trace dans les annales du Memorial d’Arras, comme Lance Caporal dans l’infanterie anglaise. Il est liste dans les noms du Memorial sous la plaque #10 a Arras. Il serait mort pendant la 1ere guerre mondiale, le 24 Mai 1917. Le Marechal Haig, qui commandait les forces britanniques, lanca une offensive massive en Avril et Mai 1917 dans le Pas de Calais pour casser le front allemand qui n’aboutit pas a ses fins, mais affaiblit les forces allemandes. Des millliers de morts des deux cotes en resulteront, d’ou les nombreuses plaques commemoratives a Arras.
Les 2 derniers enfants de Leon et Sophia sont Alfred (1867- ? ), dont on ne sait pas grand chose a cette date et Ettie Louise (1870-1940) qui restera celibataire. Carole Bendrihem et Simone FM de Haifa sont en train de fouiller leurs archives, donc il est possible qu’on en saura plus bientot.
En conclusion, il y a des enfants dont on peut suivre la trace et d’autres non. Comme il est presque normal chez les Foinquinos ou la bougeotte est legendaire, chacun s’installe selon ses souhaits ou bien ou la fortune et l’amour l’entraine. Beaucoup changent de noms et de religion, et acquierent un nouveau nom de bapteme. Ils prennent aussi le nom de leur mere ou grand mere, Sophie Watts.
Quant a Leon, le fils de Messod, il continua a vivre a Liverpool ou il fonda avec d’autres juifs de la ville la premiere synaguogue, avait une maison de lithographie, et est liste comme Merchant Commissioner et possede de nombreuses companies d’import export et de transport de fret. Il deposa aussi un brevet d’enveloppes en 1867 et mourrut en 1880, a 50 ans, d’une apoplexie.
A en juger par les dossiers de mariage retrouves, certaines des soeurs et filles de Leon, resteront celibataires. Comme Simone FM me le rappelait, les filles recevaient une dot pour pouvoir se marrier, ce qui ne devait pas etre une mince affaire vu que dans le cas de Messod, elles etaient nombreuses. On constate aussi que beaucoup des Foinquinos males meurent souvent jeunes laissant des veuves et enfants derriere eux.
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Maricler Foinquinos
I found Maricler Foinquinos thru Facebook and I contacted her by email. I told her about the blog and she was so surprised by all the stories and pictures we posted and to see her family pictures on the blog. She is from Caracas and she is Isaac Foinquinos daughter.
The line in Venezuela starts with Alberto/Abraham Foinquinos, born in Tanger who emigrated to Venezuela . His father was Isaac Foinquinos (Simone from Haifa grand father), the translator for the Kaiser, and his mom was Clara Pinto Foinquinos. Alberto married Sety Bendahan and had 3 sons, Isaac (Maricler's father), Jacobo and Jaime and a daughter Carlita.
Maricler has two brothers Alberto and Carlos. Carlos lives in Texas, Maricler and Alberto live in Caracas.
Welcome Maricler to the family and the blog!
The line in Venezuela starts with Alberto/Abraham Foinquinos, born in Tanger who emigrated to Venezuela . His father was Isaac Foinquinos (Simone from Haifa grand father), the translator for the Kaiser, and his mom was Clara Pinto Foinquinos. Alberto married Sety Bendahan and had 3 sons, Isaac (Maricler's father), Jacobo and Jaime and a daughter Carlita.
Maricler has two brothers Alberto and Carlos. Carlos lives in Texas, Maricler and Alberto live in Caracas.
Welcome Maricler to the family and the blog!
Les Foinquinos d'Angleterre
Tout le mois de Janvier, occupee avec la fin d’annee a fermer et le debut d’annee a ouvrir et tous les rapports dus le 31 Janvier, je recevais les echanges par emails entre Simone Foinquinos Melo de Haifa et Carole Bendrihem. Toutes les deux avaient retrouve des documents de la ligne anglaise et comme avec les autres Foinquinos du Bresil et du Peru, cette ligne n’est pas des plus simples, car eux aussi voyagaient entre Tanger, Gibraltar, Liverpool, New York et le Bresil si on en croit les documents d’entrée de port retrouves.
Mais en Angleterre, a l’oppose du Maroc , des registres publics de naissance, de marriage et de deces et de recensement ont ete etablis et sont mis a la disposition du public, gratuitement et sur l’internet, et Carole B s’en est donnee a coeur joie de piocher dans ces archives. Pour sa part, Simone FM avait aussi des montagnes de documents, gardes dans des boites depuis des annees et elle s’est mise a les sortir, les trier, les scanner et a nous les envoyer par email. S’ensuivit une avalanche de documents, pour moi a regarder et a trier, quand j’aurais plus de temps.
Toute la discussion sur les Foinquinos d’Angleterre avait commence il y a quelques mois quand j’avais trouve un article sur Elizabeth Simpson sur l’internet. C’etait un hommage posthume pour cette dame, une genealogiste hors pair, qui serait allee a Gibraltar s’enregistrer sous le nom Foinquinos. J’ai demande a Simone FM si elle la connaissait et elle m’a dit qu’elle la visitait souvent a son cottage de Nottingham, une petite ville a 3 heures de train de Londres.
Un heureux hasard comme il en existe beaucoup en genealogie avait precede cette rencontre. Quand Simone FM vivait en Angleterre ds les annees 70, elle etait allee en visite a Tanger et s’etait rendue au centre communautaire juif pour demander s’ils avaient des informations sur les Foinquinos. On lui a dit que deux dames d’Angleterre etaient aussi venues demander des informations sur la famille. Intriguee, Simone FM des son retour a Londres se mit a chercher dans tous les bottins et trouva quelques Foinquinos qu’elle appela.
Quelques semaines plus tard, Elizabeth Simpson lui telephona et elle se rencontrerent et de la commenca leur amitie et la recherche de Simone FM de la branche anglaise. Pour sa part, Elizabeth Simpson ne savait rien des autres lignes Foinquinos et Simone se fit un plaisir de l’informer.
La soeur d’Elizabeth, Julie, lui fit visiter les endroits ou les aieux avaient vecu a Liverpool, la maison de Messod, le patriache, la mansion imposante de Chas a Southport, son petit fils, et aussi une synaguogue fondee en partie par les Foinquinos qui est devenue ensuite un theatre.
La branche anglaise commence donc par Messod Foinquinos. Il est ne en 1798 a Tanger, fils de Yehuda et Luna Foinquinos. Vu la date de naissance, je suppose qu’ il serait de la generation des parents de nos arrieres grand parents. Mon pere est ne vers 1925, les grands parents seraient nes vers 1880-1890, les arrieres gd parents vers 1840-1850, donc entre 1800-1820 pour les parents de nos arrieres gd parents. Dans la Ketouba de notre grand pere Moses Foinquinos, il y a la mention d’un Messod qui serait son grand pere. Entre parentheses avec tous les Messod (Fortunato) et les Yehuda-Leons, et le manque de documents d’etat civil au Maroc, il y a de quoi en perdre son latin.
Simone FM a aussi trouve mention d’un Yehuda et Messod signataires de la Haskama, separation de la communaute juive de Tanger et de celle de Tetuan-Gibraltar en 1775. On peut donc supposer que ceux ci seraient nes entre 1740-1750 et Yehuda serait le pere du Messod qui devient anglais par la suite.
Messod est enregistre comme Merchant, donc commercant-negociant, a Gibraltar ou il se marrie en 1828 avec Hana Benabou, nee a Gibraltar. Ils ont ensemble une dizaine d’enfants. Le premier est bien sur Leon-Yehuda, ne en 1830, il porte le prenom du pere de Messod vu les traditions sepharades. Il est suivi de Luna en 1831, Batseba Betsy en 1833, Abraham 1835, Sarah-Reyna 1836, Isaac James 1838, Rachel 1840, David 1842, Esther 1848 et Moses 1854.
Par la suite, la famille vivra a Liverpool.
Leon est enregistre a Liverpool et prospere comme marchand de vins, de porcelaine et de verre, transporteur de fret avec le Bresil entre autres et comme lithographe. Il est l’inventeur des envelopes qu’il brevette vers 1867. Il a une papeterie, il fonde une synaguogue avec d’autres juifs de la ville et a une mansion qu’on peut encore voir a Liverpool. Il se marie et a de nombreux enfants dont sa fille Emily qui serait donc la grand mere d’Elizabeth Simpson, la genealogiste de Nottingham, amie de Simone FM.
(A suivre……)
Mais en Angleterre, a l’oppose du Maroc , des registres publics de naissance, de marriage et de deces et de recensement ont ete etablis et sont mis a la disposition du public, gratuitement et sur l’internet, et Carole B s’en est donnee a coeur joie de piocher dans ces archives. Pour sa part, Simone FM avait aussi des montagnes de documents, gardes dans des boites depuis des annees et elle s’est mise a les sortir, les trier, les scanner et a nous les envoyer par email. S’ensuivit une avalanche de documents, pour moi a regarder et a trier, quand j’aurais plus de temps.
Toute la discussion sur les Foinquinos d’Angleterre avait commence il y a quelques mois quand j’avais trouve un article sur Elizabeth Simpson sur l’internet. C’etait un hommage posthume pour cette dame, une genealogiste hors pair, qui serait allee a Gibraltar s’enregistrer sous le nom Foinquinos. J’ai demande a Simone FM si elle la connaissait et elle m’a dit qu’elle la visitait souvent a son cottage de Nottingham, une petite ville a 3 heures de train de Londres.
Un heureux hasard comme il en existe beaucoup en genealogie avait precede cette rencontre. Quand Simone FM vivait en Angleterre ds les annees 70, elle etait allee en visite a Tanger et s’etait rendue au centre communautaire juif pour demander s’ils avaient des informations sur les Foinquinos. On lui a dit que deux dames d’Angleterre etaient aussi venues demander des informations sur la famille. Intriguee, Simone FM des son retour a Londres se mit a chercher dans tous les bottins et trouva quelques Foinquinos qu’elle appela.
Quelques semaines plus tard, Elizabeth Simpson lui telephona et elle se rencontrerent et de la commenca leur amitie et la recherche de Simone FM de la branche anglaise. Pour sa part, Elizabeth Simpson ne savait rien des autres lignes Foinquinos et Simone se fit un plaisir de l’informer.
La soeur d’Elizabeth, Julie, lui fit visiter les endroits ou les aieux avaient vecu a Liverpool, la maison de Messod, le patriache, la mansion imposante de Chas a Southport, son petit fils, et aussi une synaguogue fondee en partie par les Foinquinos qui est devenue ensuite un theatre.
La branche anglaise commence donc par Messod Foinquinos. Il est ne en 1798 a Tanger, fils de Yehuda et Luna Foinquinos. Vu la date de naissance, je suppose qu’ il serait de la generation des parents de nos arrieres grand parents. Mon pere est ne vers 1925, les grands parents seraient nes vers 1880-1890, les arrieres gd parents vers 1840-1850, donc entre 1800-1820 pour les parents de nos arrieres gd parents. Dans la Ketouba de notre grand pere Moses Foinquinos, il y a la mention d’un Messod qui serait son grand pere. Entre parentheses avec tous les Messod (Fortunato) et les Yehuda-Leons, et le manque de documents d’etat civil au Maroc, il y a de quoi en perdre son latin.
Simone FM a aussi trouve mention d’un Yehuda et Messod signataires de la Haskama, separation de la communaute juive de Tanger et de celle de Tetuan-Gibraltar en 1775. On peut donc supposer que ceux ci seraient nes entre 1740-1750 et Yehuda serait le pere du Messod qui devient anglais par la suite.
Messod est enregistre comme Merchant, donc commercant-negociant, a Gibraltar ou il se marrie en 1828 avec Hana Benabou, nee a Gibraltar. Ils ont ensemble une dizaine d’enfants. Le premier est bien sur Leon-Yehuda, ne en 1830, il porte le prenom du pere de Messod vu les traditions sepharades. Il est suivi de Luna en 1831, Batseba Betsy en 1833, Abraham 1835, Sarah-Reyna 1836, Isaac James 1838, Rachel 1840, David 1842, Esther 1848 et Moses 1854.
Par la suite, la famille vivra a Liverpool.
Leon est enregistre a Liverpool et prospere comme marchand de vins, de porcelaine et de verre, transporteur de fret avec le Bresil entre autres et comme lithographe. Il est l’inventeur des envelopes qu’il brevette vers 1867. Il a une papeterie, il fonde une synaguogue avec d’autres juifs de la ville et a une mansion qu’on peut encore voir a Liverpool. Il se marie et a de nombreux enfants dont sa fille Emily qui serait donc la grand mere d’Elizabeth Simpson, la genealogiste de Nottingham, amie de Simone FM.
(A suivre……)
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