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Herbert Abrahams (Bert)

Herbert Abrahams (Bert)

Male 1919 - 2002  (~ 83 years)


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  • Name Herbert Abrahams 
    Nickname Bert 
    Birth Jan-Mar 1919  Whitechapel, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Note Bertie Abrahams is said to have:
    * used the name Bertie Wells to hide he was a Jew;
    * been incarcerated in a Nazi concentration camp;
    * had the top of his finger removed by the Nazi SS;
    * survived because he got appendicitis and was hospitalised.  [2
    Death 1 Aug 2002  [3
    Person ID I384  UK Thrale family
    Last Modified 12 Jan 2024 

    Father Marks Abrahams,   b. 17 Aug 1883, 39 Fashion Street, Spitalfields, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt Mar 1948 (Age 64 years) 
    Mother Henrietta Sarah Wells,   b. 13 Mar 1884, Bethnal Green, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Dec 1979, Poplar and Bethnal Green, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 95 years) 
    Marriage 23 Dec 1902  Holborn, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Agency: Holborn Registry Office 
    • A Jane Wells was a witness to the marriage of Henrietta on 23 Dec 1902. If verbal family accounts that Sarah was disowned by her family for marrying a Jew, are true, then witness Jane is more likely to have been a sister than a mother. [4]
    Marriage certificate
    Marriage certificate
    Alt. Marriage 9 Feb 1904 
    Jewish marriage 
    Marriage Authorisation of Chief Rabbi UK
    Marriage Authorisation of Chief Rabbi UK
    Binyamin Yacob ben Yuhuda Hersch Lieb
    Residence 23 Dec 1902-1904  20 Cyprus Street, Clerkenwell, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Census 2 Apr 1911  31 Fashion Street, Spitalfields, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    UK census 1911
    31 Fashion Street, Spitalfields, London
    Residence 1939  20 Winthrop Street, Whitechapel, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F184  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Joan   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Children 
     1. Barbara Abrahams
     2. Clive Abrahams
    Photos
    Herbert and Joan Abrahams in Blackpool
    Herbert and Joan Abrahams in Blackpool
    Family ID F190  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Oct 2017 

  • Event Map
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  • Photos
    Bert Abrahams
    Bert Abrahams

  • Sources 
    1. [S18] GRO index (UK), (http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Governmentcitizensandrights/Registeringlifeevents/Familyhistoryandresearch/DG_175464), 217; Line Number: 6; Volume: 1C.

    2. [S47] Lindsay Block.

    3. [S100] Franck 2014 family tree.

    4. [S11] David H Thrale, 2004.

    5. [S28] Marriage certificate.

    6. [S28] Marriage certificate, 23 Dec 1902.