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Herbert ABRAHAMS

Herbert ABRAHAMS

Male 1919 - 2002  (83 years)


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  • Name Herbert ABRAHAMS 
    Nickname Bert Wells or Herbert Wells 
    Birth 9 Jan 1919  Whitechapel, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Census 29 Sep 1939  Stepney, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    UK National Register 1939
    UK National Register 1939
    20 Winthrop Street, Stepney, London (building since demolished).
    1. Marks Abrahams, Male, b. 27 Aug 1883, Married, Bartender (refreshments)
    2. Henrietta S Abrahams, Female, b. 13 Mar 1884, Married, Unpaid domestic duties
    3. Herbert Abrahams, Male, b. 9 Jan 1919, Single, Dispatch Clerk.
    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 Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Mar 1949 (Age 65 years) 
    Mother Henrietta Sarah WELLS,   b. 13 Mar 1884, Bethnal Green, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 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  [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]
    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  [7
    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
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 9 Jan 1919 - Whitechapel, Middlesex, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 29 Sep 1939 - Stepney, Middlesex, England Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    Bert Abrahams
    Bert Abrahams

  • Sources 
    1. [S18] GRO index (UK), 217; Line Number: 6; Volume: 1C.

    2. [S106] National Register - UK. 1939.

    3. [S47] Lindsay Block.

    4. [S100] Franck 2014 family tree.

    5. [S11] David H Thrale, 2004.

    6. [S28] Marriage certificate.

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