Name |
Herbert ABRAHAMS |
Nickname |
Bert Wells or Herbert Wells |
Birth |
9 Jan 1919 |
Whitechapel, Middlesex, England [1] |
Gender |
Male |
Census |
29 Sep 1939 |
Stepney, Middlesex, England |
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UK National Register 1939 20 Winthrop Street, Stepney, London (building since demolished).- Marks Abrahams, Male, b. 27 Aug 1883, Married, Bartender (refreshments)
- Henrietta S Abrahams, Female, b. 13 Mar 1884, Married, Unpaid domestic duties
- Herbert Abrahams, Male, b. 9 Jan 1919, Single, Dispatch Clerk.
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Occupation |
29 Sep 1939 [2] |
Dispatch Clerk |
Alias |
Aft 1939 |
Herbert adopted his mother's maiden name - and became Herbert Wells - during his British military service and throughout his post-war life to reduce the risk of antisemitic persecution. |
Military Service |
1943 |
Royal Engineers. Service number 14546437. |
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. [3] |
Death |
1 Aug 2002 [4] |
Person ID |
I384 |
UK Thrale family |
Last Modified |
1 Nov 2024 |
Father |
Marks ABRAHAMS, b. 17 Aug 1883, 39 Fashion Street, Spitalfields, Middlesex, England d. 6 Mar 1949 (Age 65 years) |
Mother |
Henrietta Sarah WELLS, b. 13 Mar 1884, Bethnal Green, Middlesex, England d. 21 Dec 1979, Poplar and Bethnal Green, Middlesex, England (Age 95 years) |
Marriage |
23 Dec 1902 |
Holborn, Middlesex, England [6] |
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. [5]
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Marriage certificate
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Alt. Marriage |
9 Feb 1904 |
Jewish marriage |
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Marriage Authorisation of Chief Rabbi UK Binyamin Yacob ben Yuhuda Hersch Lieb |
Residence |
23 Dec 1902-1904 |
20 Cyprus Street, Clerkenwell, Middlesex, England [7] |
Family ID |
F184 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |