Henry Block

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• Alias: Henry's Hebrew name (shem ha-kodesh) was "Nechamia Binyamin Yaakov Hacohen"
• Occupation: Luton, Bedfordshire, England; Milliner (see Michael Bloch); : City Millners
• Religion: Soho, Middlesex, England; Member of West End Great Synagogue, 21 Dean Street
• Census: 2 Apr 1911, Fieldgate Mansions, Romford Street, Stepney, Middlesex, England; Benjamin born Russia. Married for 9 years. Cap maker. Rebecca 32, Samuel 8, Henry 6, Michal 4, Rosa 2.; : 33; Address:
  162 Fieldgate Mansions
• Residence: 1924, Whitechapel, Middlesex, England; 154 Fieldgate Mansions, Romford Street
• Residence: Abt 1928-2 Aug 1931, Whitechapel, Middlesex, England; 163 Romford Street
• Residence: Abt 1934, Fieldgate Mansions, Romford Street, Stepney, Middlesex, England ; Address:
  94 Fieldgate Mansions
• Residence: Abt 1938, Berkhampstead, Hertfordshire, England; 39 Ellesmere Road, Berkhamstead, Hertfordshire
• Military Service: 1943 - Dec 1944; Private, Royal Army Medical Corps, 98th GRV HOS
• Note: Dec 1944
• Residence: 25 May 1945, Willesden, Middlesex, England; 3 Avenue Mansions, Park Avenue

Notes:

Henry had a habit of always pulling his trousers up when he stood-up, and would always cut his sandwiches at work with his work shears!

Buried:
Plot W349

Henry married Leah Abrahams (Lily) on 2 Aug 1931 in Great Synagogue, 262 Commercial Road, Stepney, England. Leah (daughter of Marks Abrahams and Henrietta Sarah Wells) was born on 25 Apr 1904 in Hoxton, Middlesex, England; died on 5 Aug 1984 in Dunstable, Bedfordshire, England; was buried on 7 Aug 1984 in Western Cemetery, Bullscross Ride, Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Rodney Martin Block was born on 18 Sep 1933; died on 10 Jan 1936; was buried on 23 Mar 1936.
2. Shirley Helen Block was born on 11 Jan 1937 in Mile End, Stepney, Middlesex, England; died on 27 Sep 2000 in Kensington, Middlesex, England; was cremated on 04 Oct 2000 in Golders Green, Middlesex, England.
3. Lindsay Janette Block

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• Occupation: Furrier Cutter
• Immigration: Abt 1894; Came to England aged 14. Ruth Bunker says that he was part of a wider Jewish family that left during the Russian pogroms and got onto whatever boats they could. This resulted in family members ending up in different countries. Some certainly ended up in the USA.
• Census: 31 Mar 1901, 62 Greenfield Street, Mile End, Stepney, Middlesex, England; Recorded as Jacob Bloch; : 21
• Residence: 31 Mar 1901-16 Dec 1902, Stepney, Middlesex, England; 62 Greenfield Street (now called Greenfield Road)
• Occupation: 16 Dec 1902-6 Jun 1905; Cap maker
• Residence: 6 Jun 1905, Whitechapel, Middlesex, England; 30 Fieldgate Street
• Census: 2 Apr 1911, Fieldgate Mansions, Romford Street, Stepney, Middlesex, England ; Benjamin born Russia. Married for 9 years. Cap maker. Rebecca 32, Samuel 8, Henry 6, Michal 4, Rosa 2.; : 33; Address:
  162 Fieldgate Mansions

Benjamin married Rebecca Klatzow/Klotzor on 16 Dec 1902 in Jews Synagogue (The Great Synagogue), Leeds, Yorkshire, England. Rebecca (daughter of Joseph Klatzow and Leine) was born between 16 Dec 1880 and 15 Dec 1881 in Saint Petersburg, Sankt-Peterburg, Russia; died in Jul-Sep 1940 in Stepney, Middlesex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Immigration: Came to England aged 14
• Census: 31 Mar 1901, 180 Brady Street Dwellings, Whitechapel, Middlesex, England; Unmarried daughter, tailoress, worker, Russia; : 20
• Residence: 16 Dec 1902, 180 Brady Street Dwellings, Whitechapel, Middlesex, England
• Census: 2 Apr 1911, Fieldgate Mansions, Romford Street, Stepney, Middlesex, England; Benjamin born Russia. Married for 9 years. Cap maker. Rebecca 32, Samuel 8, Henry 6, Michal 4, Rosa 2.; : 33; Address:
  162 Fieldgate Mansions

Notes:

Possible alternative spellings: Klatzov (Russian spelling) Klatzow (Polish spelling)

Notes:

Married:
Married at Ashville House, Camp Road, Leeds. Jewish ceremony at Jews Synagogue (The Great Synagogue), Belgrave Street, Leeds. Marriage authorisation gives surname as Klotzor.

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• Census: 31 Mar 1901, 62 Greenfield Street, Mile End, Stepney, Middlesex, England; : 57
• Occupation: 31 Mar 1901-16 Dec 1902; Cap maker Ohab (own account)

Notes:

It is said in the family that ordinarily Jews were not allowed to live in Saint Petersburg without special consent. In Lewis's cases this was granted because he made a great invention. Unfortunately it is not known what that invention was.

Lewis married Jane. Jane was born about 1844 in Russia; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Census: 31 Mar 1901, 62 Greenfield Street, Mile End, Stepney, Middlesex, England; : 21

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• Occupation: 16 Dec 1902; General dealer

Joseph married LeineSaint Petersburg, Sankt-Peterburg, Russia. Leine was born in 1852 in Russia; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Census: 31 Mar 1901, 180 Brady Street Dwellings, Whitechapel, Middlesex, England; Head of household / married; : 48