from New York to Australia, tracking the Isaacs

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Permalink Reply by Judi Zimmer on July 19, 2009 at 7:15pm

Jo,

I'd start with the 1850 and 1860 US census. You can access them on ancestry.com without joining, I believe. Try spelling his name both Lewis and Louis. There's no way to know if his parents were US-born until you backtrack.You list 4 different people as Lewis' parents: Abraham Benjamin, Benjamin, Frances and Rachel. Best thing is to start with what you: Lewis Isaacs, born 1850 in NY. I believe ancestry.com also has an Australian companion site and you can check on the Australian connection there.

Permalink Reply by Jo Kotylak on July 19, 2009 at 7:52pm

I'm sorry I was in such a hurry to put stuff on I misspoke.

Lewis' parents were Abraham Benjamin Isaacs and Frances Levi.

Lewis' GRANDparents were Benjamin Isaacs and his wife Rebecca Rodregres and

Frances' father Rueben Levy.

Sorry for the error

Permalink Reply by Schelly Talalay Dardashti on July 19, 2009 at 10:02pm

Hi, Jo

Just noticed that Lewis' grandmother was Rebecca Rodregres (Rodrigez, etc.), which leads me to suspect the Isaacs et all may have been Sephardic. The Spanish Portuguese synagogue (Bevis Marks) has extensive archives and it might be worth a look, At home I have the Bevis Marks books as well as Great Synagogue Marriage registers, but I won't be back home until August 15 to check them.
Schelly

Permalink Reply by John Newmark on July 19, 2009 at 7:40pm

In the US 1850 census on Ancestry.com there is an Abraham and Frances Isaacs in New York with children Benjamin (age 3 - born in Ohio), Reuben (age 2-born in NY) and Louis (age 6 months-born in NY). The date of the census was in August. According to the census, Abraham was born in 1825 in England, and Frances was born in 1827 in England.

Permalink Reply by Jo Kotylak on July 19, 2009 at 7:54pm

Wow this is SO helpful thank you. As I've said I'm just starting Jewish family research, I didn't know Jewish people had a religious name like frank son of frank etc, or that there were 3 casts of Jewish family groups. But, I'm learning. I'll try and chase the family LEAVING England and ENTERING Australia. Thanks so much for the quick help

Permalink Reply by Jo Kotylak on July 20, 2009 at 8:17pm

Couldn't find them entering Australia, tried several different databases. Will try England

Permalink Reply by Schelly Talalay Dardashti on July 19, 2009 at 9:57pm

Thanks, John, for helping Jo. I just back from dinner, so didn't get a chance to do more.

Schelly

Permalink Reply by Jo Kotylak on July 20, 2009 at 5:26pm

Just double checked my facts Abraham Benjamin Isaacs and Francis Levi had as far as I know 4 sons , Lewis, George, Phillip and Louis? Daughters Sarah Rebecca and Rachel. Am attaching a copy of his will that I found, that I thought you might find interesting, and perhaps see things in that I dont. Kind Regards Jo

Permalink Reply by Jo Kotylak on July 20, 2009 at 8:16pm

I couldn't upload Abraham's will, tried twice, don't understand

Permalink Reply by Schelly Talalay Dardashti on July 19, 2009 at 9:56pm

Hi, Jo.

Very nice to meet you. I've done posts on Australian Jewish resources on Tracing the Tribe http://tracingthetribe.blogspot.com and if you go there and put Australia in the search box, things should pop up re books and archives and other resources.

Let me know if that helps.

Schelly

Permalink Reply by Jo Kotylak on July 20, 2009 at 5:04pm

So far from that I've found this http://jewishnews.net.au/category/community/roots/ the Australian Jewish Newspaper online. It has a "roots" section, where people from all over the world seem to have posted a search for a person. Just thought you might be interested. I'm finding tracing the tribe very fascinating though, and am getting very sidetracked!