Edith Mary GILL

William married Emily Hannah LEVIN on 14 Sep 1881 in Parish Church, South Hackney, Middlesex, London, England, UK. Emily (daughter of Adolphus LEVIN and Mary Ann CHAMPNESS) was born on 27 Mar 1857 in Shoreditch, London, England, UK; died in Jan 1936 in 4 Dunedin Rd, Leyton, Essex, England, UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1871, Sewardstone Rd, East, Bethnal Green, London, England, UK

Notes:

Birth:
GRO birth entry: 1857 birth in the sub-district of St Leonard's, Middlesex:
No 68, 27 Mar 1857 at 9 Edwards Place, Emily Hannah, girl, father Adlolphus Levin, working jeweller, mother Mary Ann Levin formerly Champness.

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Notes:

Married:
1881 marriage solmenzied as the parish church in the parish of South Hackney in the county of Middlesex. No 125, September 14 1881, William Gill, full age, bachelor, watch maker of 89 St Thomas Rd, son of John Gill, watch maker and Emily Hannah Levin, of full aged, spinster, of 17 St Thomas Rd, dau of Adolph Levin, jeweller. Witnesses: Robert John Rayner and Julia Simon

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Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1851, 1 Union Buildings, Mile End Old Town, The Tower Hamlets, London, England, UK
• Occupation: 1851; Jeweller
• Occupation: 1854; Jeweller
• Occupation: 1859; Jeweller

Notes:

Tracing Adolphus Levin through the public record unearths a picture of a complex and interesting man.

There is no record yet found to establish when he arrived in England from Germany and he is first found on the 1851 census aged 58 at 1 Union Buildings, Tower Hamlets, London. He is a working jeweller by trade.

He is presumed to have a Jewish heritage based on his name and the fact that he was a jeweller in an area that included a number of Jewish jewellery shops in 19th century London.

The following transcript for the 1851 census requires some explanation which follows below.

1851 census for 1 Union Buildings, Mile End Old Town, The Tower Hamlets, London, England, UK:

RG number: HO107 Piece: 1553 Folio: 314 Page: 35

LEVIN, Adolphus Head Married M 58 1793 Working Jeweller Germany

*LEVIN, Mary Ann Wife Married F 38 1813 Laundress Feltham Middlesex

#LEVIN, Thomas Son M 13 1838 Scholar Shoreditch Middlesex

#LEVIN, Amelia Daughter F 9 1842 Scholar Bethnal Green Middlesex

LEVIN, Julia Daughter F 7 1844 Scholar St Lukes Middlesex

LEVIN, Mary Ann Daughter F 3 1848 Shoreditch Middlesex

LEVIN, Adolphus J Son M 0 (11 MOS) 1851 Stepney Middlesex

*Mary Ann Champness was previously married to Christopher Harper with whom she had Thomas and Amelia, so either the two children assumed the Levin surname or they were adopted. No record yet to confirm that.

As well, it seems that Adolphus and Mary Ann were living together while the other children, Julia, Mary and Adolphus junior were born. Another daughter, Emily, was born about 1857 as well.

The reasons for above assumptions are because in 1859, Adolphus (aged 66) married Mary Ann Harper (aged 46) in St Phillip's Church, Bethnal Green.

As well, Adolphus took the step to be baptised around the same time which indicates a momentous change in his worldview. The fact that he abandoned his Jewish heritage and embraced both a baptism and marriage in a Christian church suggests that he was born again. The transcript of his baptism follows:

Baptisms in the church of St. John, Bethnal Green, in the county of Middlesex in the Year 1859. No 3381, May 22nd 1859. Adolphus born 13 March 1793, son of Adolphus and Golda Levin, of Posen, Germany, Jeweller.

What transpired in the family thereafter is a little unclear because Adolphus senior is not again found on the census until 1881, about three weeks before he died. While his first name is impossible to decipher on the census entry (it has been transcribed as Matthew - and he may have embraced a new Christian name), the address of 5 Pritchards Rd, Bethnal Green, Middlesex, England, matches his burial record.

Interestingly, Adolphus is not with his wife on the 1871 but she is found in Sewardstone Rd, East, Bethnal Green, London, staying with her daughter Julia (from first marriage) along with two of her children Adolphus junior and Emily. Her first name is given as Margaretta which could be enumerator error.

However, the following transcription from Adolphus's death certificate gives Mary Ann as witness:

1881 death in registation district of Bethnal Green in the sub-district of Hackney Road, Middlesex No 164, 15th April 1881 at 5 Pritchards Row, Adolphus Levin, male, aged 88 years, working jeweller, cause, infirmities of age as certfied by E. Moore. Witness: the mark of Mary Ann Levin, widow of deceased present at death.

Details of burial are:

Buried 20 Apr 1881 Manor Park Cemetery, Sebert Rd, London, England, UK Burial No. 32793, Apr 20, Levin, Adophus, aged 88 years, of 5 Pritchards Row, Hackney. Where buried: Sq 157 Gr 90, Minister G.B.Goulding. Date of death cert, 19 April.

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Census:
1851 census for 1 Union Buildings, Mile End Old Town, The Tower Hamlets, London, England, UK:
RG number: HO107 Piece: 1553 Folio: 314 Page: 35
LEVIN, Adolphus Head Married M 58 1793 Working Jeweller Germany
*LEVIN, Mary Ann Wife Married F 38 1813 Laundress Feltham Middlesex
#LEVIN, Thomas Son M 13 1838 Scholar Shoreditch Middlesex
#LEVIN, Amelia Daughter F 9 1842 Scholar Bethnal Green Middlesex
LEVIN, Julia Daughter F 7 1844 Scholar St Lukes Middlesex
LEVIN, Mary Ann Daughter F 3 1848 Shoreditch Middlesex
LEVIN, Adolphus J Son M 0 (11 MOS) 1851 Stepney Middlesex
*Mary Ann Champness was previously married to Christopher Harper with whom she had Thomas and Amelia. Appears to have cohabited with Adolphus LEVIN before they actually married in 1859.
#Children of Mary Ann Champness and first husband Christopher Harper. Both appear to have assumed LEVIN surname

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Died:
1881 death in registation district of Bethnal Green in the sub-district of Hackney Road, Middlesex
No 164, 15th April 1881 at 5 Pritchards Row, Adolphus Levin, male, aged 88 years, working jeweller, cause, infirmities of age as certfied by E. Moore. Witness: the mark of Mary Ann Levin, widow of deceased present at death

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Buried:
Burial No. 32793, Apr 20, Levin, Adophus, aged 88 years, of 5 Pritchards Row, Hackney. Where buried: Sq 157 Gr 90, Minister G.B.Goulding. Date of death cert, 19 April.

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Adolphus married Mary Ann CHAMPNESS on 28 Mar 1859 in St Phillip's Church, Bethnal Green, London, Middlesex, England, UK. Mary was born on 12 Sep 1812 in Fulham, Middlesex, England, UK; died on 7 Sep 1892 in Bethnal Green, London, England, UK; was buried on 10 Sep 1892 in Manor Park Cemetery, Sebert Rd, London, England, UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1851, 1 Union Buildings, Mile End Old Town, The Tower Hamlets, London, England, UK
• Census: 1871, Sewardstone Rd, East, Bethnal Green, London, England, UK

Notes:

Mary Ann was first married to Christopher Harper. He appears to have died about 1842. On 1871 census, with daughter Julia (from first marriage) and two of her children (Adolphus and Emily) from second marriage to Adolphus Levin. First name written as Margaretta and husband Adolphus not with her on census night.

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Birth:
England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Indexes

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Census:
In household headed by James Carr who was married to Julia Harper/Levin, daughter of Mary Ann Champness and Christopher Harper.

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Died:
Burial record

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Buried:
No 119566, 10 Sep 1892, Levin Mary Ann, 79 years, of 3 Marian Street, Hackney Road, buried 131, 6, ministers: J.P.Gray & J.W.Oliver. Date of death 7 Sep.

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Notes:

Married:
1859 marriage solemnized at St Philip's Church, Parish of Bethnal Green, Middlesex:
No 11, March 28th, Adolphus Levin aged 66, widower, working jeweller of Teal Street, father Adolphus Levin, working jeweller and Mary Ann Harper, aged 47, widow, of 9 King Street, father James Champness, gardener. Witnesses: John Costin and Phebe Sears.

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