One of the daughters Nathan Meyer and Miriam (Solomon) Samuel, Eliza, married 5 May, 1836, Michael Henry, of London, son of Judah Lowy (otherwise Levi Abraham), whose sons (except Israel) called themselves Henry.
The first member of the Henry family was Levi Judah Abraham or, as he was originally called, Judah Löwy, who was born in 1752. He was a son of Abraham Loew of Frankfurt-on-Main and came to England at the age of twenty, i.e. 1772. Until 1777 he lived with his maternal uncle, Isaac “Alleker” Alexander (1729 – 1810), a merchant and ship-owner of Portsmouth. He was not only the owner of a ship but also a Rabbi. In 1787, Isaac Alexander married Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Henry and Zipporah Moses of Dover and they took up their residence in Ramsgate. See Wikipedia entry HERE which says he lived 1722 – 1802.
[Note on the Alexander family: Isaac Alexander was the brother of Alice Alexander the mother of Levi Abraham. Their father was Rabbi Alexander Jesaya of Regensburg.]
Levi Abraham is first mentioned in the rate books of 1788 as Levi Abrahams and as living in the West End (of Ramsgate), afterwards called High Street (in Ramsgate), where he had a tailor’s shop first at No. 63 and later No. 70.
In 1835, the local commissioners gave him permission ‘to dig a cellar to his house in Gilling Place, not to extend beyond the foot pavement’. He attained the great age of 95. Lady Montefiore visited him and made sympathetic reference to him in her ‘Notes from a Journal’. She appreciated it highly that he obliged them by turning out on a cold November morning in 1838, when Sir Moses, previous to his departure for Palestine, was anxious to say his prayers with a Minyan.
Levi Abraham was a member of the Canterbury congregation and was buried in that city in 1847, his wife having predeceased him in 1811. His house in Ramsgate was the intellectual and social centre of Ramsgate Jewry before the arrival of Sir Moses. He had eight children. His six sons all changed their surname to Henry, except one, Israel Abraham, his successor in business. (information from ‘Think and Thank’ by the Rev. D. A. Jessurun Cardozo, published in Oxford in 1933.) (Copy in Jeffrey Maynard collection)
The Henry family consisted of (for our purposes):
- Abraham Henry, married 1816 Emma Lyon the poetess (1788-1870), daughter of Rev. Solomon Lyon of Cambridge and his wife Rachel, daughter of Barnet Hart of Ely. They had a son Michael Henry who was the editor of the Jewish Chronicle. He caught fire in the offices of the Chronicle and died three days later.
- Michael Henry who married Eliza Samuel the daughter of Nathan Mayer and Miriam (Solomon) Samuel. They had four daughters:
1. Miriam Eliza who married David Lindo. He was the son of Elias Lindo and Susan Lyon. Elias was the son of David Abarbanel and Sarah (de Mattos Mocatta) Lindo. Susan Lyon was the daughter of Solomon and Rachel (Hart) Lyon and she was the sister Emma Lyon.
2. Rebecca who married David Lindo Henry on 17 August 1881 in London. David was the son of Edward Henry. Rebecca was a writer of sorts whose pen name was Re Henry (see below).
3. Elizabeth Augusta who married Henry Aguilar. They had one daughter, Inez Frances. Henry Aguilar was the brother of the author Grace Aguilar. Inez Frances was born on February 22, 1880 and she appears to have lived in Brighton, East Sussex. She died on May 10, 1976, in Hove, Sussex.
4. Frances Amelia who married Morris Joseph. No children. - Edward Henry (1794 – 1863) who married Sarah Lindo. Their son David married Michael Henry’s daughter Rebecca. Sarah Lindo the daughter of David Abarbanel and Sarah de Mattos (Mocatta) Lindo.
Sarah (de Mattos Mocatta) Lindo’s sister Rachel Lumbroso de Mattos Mocatta married Joseph Elias Montefiore and was the mother of Moses Montefiore.
Rebecca Henry was the wife of David Lindo Henry and the daughter of Michael and Eliza (Samuel) Henry. Eliza Samuel was the daughter of Nathan Meyer and Miriam (Solomon) Samuel. Rebecca wrote several children’s books using the pen name Re Henry. Her sister Amelia Frances married Morris Joseph who is mentioned at the end of the following article.
The Jewish Chronicle November 13 1874
On Sunday last, a special service was held in the synagogue of the Old Congregation of Liverpool, in aid of the Liverpool Hebrew Philanthropic Society. This society was established in 1811 and is the oldest Jewish charity in Liverpool—perhaps among the oldest in the provinces. The service consisted of the usual afternoon prayer preceded by Psalm 102 and followed by Psalms 29 and 100. The minister, the Rev. Morris Joseph preached, taking his text from Psalm 41, v. 1. He said the text was somewhat hackneyed, but he placed a new construction on it and he strongly urged the establishment of industrial homes for the poor. We shall revert to the question shortly, for the key-note struck by the minister is in accordance with our constant advocacy of the principle of helping the poor to help themselves—the burden of the Jewish Chronicle for many years, even before the Jewish Board of Guardians and the Charity Organization Society took up the refrain. Strange to say, the charity was founded at a meeting held 63 years ago in the house of the late Mr. Nathan Samuel of Liverpool, the grandfather of Mr. Morris Joseph.
[Actually the grandfather of Mrs Frances Amelia (Henry) Joseph]
The Jewish Chronicle 1 November 1871
MARRIAGES.
On the 30th nst, by the Rev. the Chief Rabbi, assisted by the Rev. H. Wasserzug, the Rev, MORRIS JOSEPH, to FRANCES AMELIA, third daughter of MICHAEL HENRY Esq., of Effingham House, Highbury New Park. No cards.
The Jewish Chronicle 2 June 1876
Ethel’s New Papa, &c. By RE-HENRY. (Ward, Lock and Tyler).
We are much pleased with these stories. They are just such as intelligent children will delight in. There is in them the true ring of little children’s mirth and innocent prattle. Upon the whole we prefer Ethel’s New Pappa to a “Summer’s Holiday.” Not because there is any difference in them in style, but because the first has a special object which the second has not. A special object in which the interest of a story always culminates, generally has a particular attraction for the reader. The writer is evidently fond of children and a keen observer of their habits, and her production will, no doubt, be welcome in nurseries, especially in Jewish ones, for which it is frequently not an easy task to obtain stories free from cant and religious horrors which haunt the youthful readers and fill their minds with nonsensical notions about the most mysterious and sacred objects. The author, too, has apparently a keen sense of humour, which occasionally finds expression in both stories. The description of a children’s party (page 19), to which their several dolls are invited, is capitally written, and is evidently a sketch drawn from nature. We trust we shall soon meet her again m the path she has chosen.
Miss RE HENRY recently sent a copy of her story book for children, “Ethel s New Papa,” to H.R.H. the Princess of Wales. Her Royal Highness has graciously acknowledged the volume, and has conveyed her thanks for it to the authoress. Jewish Chronicle September 8, 1876
The Jewish Chronicle 7 February 1879
TOWN AND TABLE TALK
A VERY successful Reading was given by Mr. Ashe Payne, Head Master of the Stepney Jewish Schools, at the St. Peter’s School-room, Hoxton Square, on Tuesday evening, 28th ult. His programme included a new piece, “Pat” by Miss Re Henry, the rough pathos of which was peculiarly suited to Mr. Payne’s elocutionary abilities.
The Jewish Chronicle 3 September 1897
Dramatic and Musical Notes
The very successful performances of “Under the Red Robe,” given at the Grand Theatre, Islington, during the present week, have been preceded by a graceful little lever de rideau, somewhat misnamed a comedy in one act, from the pen of Re Henry. “Norah” is the story of a pretty young village girl married to a big, rough, good-hearted workman some years older than herself. A disturbing element in the happy home is a young fellow whom Joe, and his mother before him, have befriended and. brought up as one of the family. family. Philip is in love with Norah, and though the young wife is really indifferent to him she is very anxious to keep the knowledge of his passion from her husband. At last she begs him to be manly and go away but when simple honest, Joe finds the lad starting, forth, not guessing the reason of his departure, he begs Norah to bid him stay and is deeply incensed with her because she will only say “Philip, go.” In his anger he utters harsh words that sting her tender heart and she runs out of the home and to the water-side in her despair, where she is overtaken and rescued by Philip. Philip brings her back, and then, ashamed of his own treachery, confesses the whole story to Joe. The husband at first recoils from him, but finally, at Norah’s persuasion, extends a hand of forgiveness who goes away to work out his own redemption. There is an agreeably healthy tone about the little play, and it is pleasantly free from pessimism, while there are many touches of pathos. Skillfully played by Miss Winifred Fraser, Mr. Frank MacVicars and Mr. Fred Emery, it was received on the first night with very hearty commendation by the large audience at the Grand Theatre.
The Jewish Chronicle 8 July 1898
Books and Bookmen: “Tales and Teachings from the Bible.”
The foregoing is not the only pleasant announcement that may be made this week. Mrs. Morris Joseph and her sister Re Henry, are writing a book for young children under the title which heads this paragraph. The book will be illustrated and will be made as attractive as possible both inside and out. The purpose of the book is to make Jewish children love the Bible, and also to endear to them the religion which the Bible teaches. The book will contain nothing contentious, but will aim at being an ethical help to all Jewish children, whether they belong to families called liberal or conservative. It is no doubt easier to aspire to produce such a book than to produce it. But there are few who could hope for success with the same confidence as the two ladies who have undertaken it. They may rely on a cordial and sympathetic welcome to their work when it appears. The dearth of such books is grievous.
[Actually published in 1900 as Tales and Teachings from the Pentateuch]
The Jewish Chronicle 4 May 1900
A New Book for Children: Tales and Teachings from the Pentateuch.
Greenberg and Co., 1900.
By Mrs. MORRIS JOSEPH and RE HENRY
This bright and charming little volume is the result of the combined efforts of two talented sisters who have joined hands to meet the needs of the young. There are so few books which appeal to Jewish children, and the qualifications of mind and style necessary for the production of such works are so rarely met with, that one is at once predisposed to regard “Tales and Teachings from the Pentateuch ” with sympathy and favour. The contents happily confirm one’s approval. The division of labour between Mrs. Joseph and Mrs. Re Henry is such that Mrs. Joseph supplies the prose, and Mrs. Henry the poetry. While the prose is sometimes poetical, the poetry is never prosaic. In “Tales from the Pentateuch” there is a successful attempt to inspire youthful readers with an enthusiasm for Bible history, and a desire in time to come to study the Bible for themselves.
“But until the time comes when our young friends can ponder the Scriptures for themselves, we earnestly hope that our Tales and Teaching may be useful to them by imbuing them with reverence and affection for the Bible, with love and obedience towards Him whose word it contains, and with respect, for the religion it teaches, and the Race whose story it tells.” (p., vii )
The stories are well told, and will be read with unalloyed delight by old and young alike. By addressing the Preface to “parents and teachers,” the authoresses seemingly imply that although children as a rule will be able to understand the book without assistance from their elders, the work is primarily intended for use in class under the guidance of a teacher, or for reading at home under the supervision of parents.
At first sight it would appear that there had been a waste of energy in including Bible stories from Genesis, ground already covered by Mrs. Nathaniel Cohen’s admirable “Infant Bible Reader,” but on closer examination “Tales and Teachings from the Pentateuch” are found suitably to supplement Mrs. Cohen’s little book, carrying on the narrative to the Death of Moses, and leading the child on by progressive stages to a more advanced style. The value of the Joseph-Henry work is heightened by the brisk critical estimates of the Biblical characters whose life-stories are told and by the accompanying moral lessons.
Of course, strictly speaking, the notes on the Festivals come under the heading of “Teaching from the Pentateuch,” but it may be doubted whether they would not have found a more appropriate place in a text-book on religion. A similar criticism might be applied to the little chapters on “The Dietary Laws,” “Judaism a Religion of Love,” “The Shemang and the Mezuzah,” and the exposition of the “Two Great Precepts,’! ” Ye shall be holy, for I, the Lord your God am holy” (Leviticus, xix, 2), and ” Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself” (Ibid, xix., 18). Mrs. Joseph and Mrs. Henry may have strong reasons to urge in favour of the course they have adopted, and their work is so satisfactory on the whole that one feels some hesitation in labouring an objection on a matter about which opinions may well differ. The work closes with a pretty poem on the verse, “Speak unto the Children of Israel, that they go forward,” the last lines of which run as follows:
We will go forward, we will lead the way,
Till all humanity shall own our sway.
Our flag be holiness, and Love our sword.
Our watchword Glory, Glory to the Lord.
There need be little doubt that children will be attracted by the freshness of treatment in “Tales and Teachings from the Pentateuch,” and even adults will not lose by more than glancing at its contents.
The Jewish Chronicle 11 May 1900
“TALES AND TEACHINGS FROM THE PENTATEUCH”
SIR, — Will you allow me to correct, a mistake made in your very kind review of our little book. It is stated that I wrote all the prose part, and my sister Re Henry, only contributed the poems, whereas the fact is that while the poetry is exclusively from my sister’s pen, she has collaborated with me in writing the prose, and that without her co-operation the book could not have produced.
Yours obediently,
FRANCES A. JOSEPH
Frances Amelia (Henry) Joseph was the daughter of Michael and Eliza (Samuel) Henry. She was the granddaughter of Nathan Meyer and Miriam (Solomon) Samuel and the great granddaughter of Moses and Harriet (Israel) Samuel. She married Rabbi Morris Joseph. She was the sister of Rebecca [Re] Henry. She died on 4 June 1914 and a very extensive obituary on her appeared in the Jewish Chronicle.
The Jewish Chronicle 12 June 1914
THE LATE MRS. MORRIS JOSEPH: THE FUNERAL
The great respect in which Mrs. Joseph was held was fully evidenced on Sunday by the numerous floral tributes and by the large gathering which assembled both at 11, Gloucester Terrace, and at the Golders Green Cemetery, where the funeral took place.
The Rev Morris Joseph was chief mourner. The other relatives who attended comprised:
Messrs: D. Lindo Henry, Richard H. Lindo, Edward A. Joseph, Wilfred Joseph, Reggie Lindo, Joseph Myers, Nathan Joseph, Louis Joseph, A. J. Hassan, Nathan Levi, Frank Hassan, Henri Vorrzanger, Laurence Joseph, Morris Joseph, David Cohen, Albert Cohen, George M. Fay, Stanley J. Fay, Louis Jacobs, and David Abraham.
Others present included : The chief Rabbi, the Haham, Rabbi Professor Dr Gollancz, the Revs. Dr. J. Abelson, Danglow, Dr Van Praagh, E. Levine, S. Levy, I. Samuel and J. F. Stern, Sir Edward D. Stern, Messrs. D.L. Alexander, K.C., Daniel Angel, R. Beddington, S. N. Carvalho, Henry I. Coburn. Louis Davis, Franklin, R. Gubbay, Bethel B. Halford, B. L. Q. Henriques, H. S. Q. Henriques, Percy L. Isaac, Lawrance Jacob, Michael Levy, J. M. Lissack, H. G. Lousada, Claude Lousada, Julian Lousada, Ernest D. Lowy, Lionel Lowy, Frank I. Lyons, Laurie Magnus. D. Marks, Gerald Mere, Julius Meyer, B. Mocatta, Edgar Mocatta, Herbert L. Mocatta, Horace Mocatta, Charles Leslie Montefiore, Claude G. Montefiore, Leonard G. Montefiore, Alexander Morley, Arthur R. Moro, Joseph A. Myer, Louis H. Nathan, Maurice Nissim, Cecil Nissim, Leo H. Rosenheim, Edgar H. Samuel, Horatio M. Schloss, Oswald J. Simon, James H. Solomon, Meyer A. Spielmann, Philip Stein, Leonard Stem, Felix Waley, P. S. Waley, Ernest L. Walford, Henry H. Walford, Howard G. Walford, and A. H. Sidney Woolf, Mr. Selim Solomon, the Secretary of the West London Synagogue, was unable to attend.
The Burial Service was read by the Revs. Isidore Harris and Vivian G. Simmons. Before beginning the service, Mr. HARRIS delivered the following:
ADDRESS
He said: This mortuary chapel has been the scene of many memorable gatherings of sad-eyed mourners. Hither have come all sorts and conditions of bereaved persons to consign the mortal remains of their nearest and dearest to mother earth. But never, in all the seventeen years they have stood, have these walls witnessed such poignant, such widespread grief as that which is the occasion of our assembling here today. For she whom we are following to her last resting place was no ordinary woman. She was—and I am but telling you what your presence here in these unusual numbers testifies — a woman of uncommon achievement, a wife of rare virtuousness whose God-fearing and God-serving life set an example of well-doing to our community that will live in its appreciative memory for many years. One is prone on such occasions, when the emotions are deeply stirred, to employ the language of exaggeration. It would not be easy, it would not be possible, I think, to exaggerate the qualities of heart and mind that gave Frances Amelia Joseph.
A FOREMOST PLACE AMONG THE WOMEN OF ISRAEL.
For in every relation of life, and in every one of the manifold activities that crowded her strenuous career she excelled —— “Many daughters have-done virtuously, but thou excellest them all.” Already as a young girl she evinced her readiness to labour for the community in connection with the newly-established Jewish schools at Stepney, which she visited every Sunday morning, and in connection also with the girls schools of the Spanish and Portuguese Congregation, of which she became Honorary Secretary. One of the earliest Synagogue Classes in the metropolis, if not the very earliest, was founded by her in the north of London. The Liverpool Hebrew Board of Guardians was yet another foundation due to her initiative. Previously, her own home was Liverpool’s only Board of Guardians. Nearly thirty years ago she started the first Jewish labour bureau in the East End. She was the first to point out to the community the need of a home in which Jewish incurables could be tended. Her work for that institution, and her deeply sympathetic interest in the welfare of its inmates were continuous from the hour of its establishment. These are facts in her early life which are not so generally known as her later labours in connection with our own synagogue. But of her special relation to the synagogue to which she was attached for nearly twenty-one years, I do not propose to speak to-day. A more appropriate opportunity will present itself next Sabbath, in the sacred building which her devout presence invested with an added sanctity. Here and now let me only say that it is possible for any woman to attain to.
SHE REALISED THE HIGHEST IDEAL OF A MINISTER’S HELPMEET
No words of mine can adequately describe what an inspiration she was to her husband in every one of his life-tasks. She never tired of labouring with him and for him, of labouring, too, in public and in private, for the good of others. How many people she helped, how many lives she brightened, how many young men and women she set upon the right path are things which cannot be enumerated. They are known only to God, who will assuredly recompense her in another state for all the good that her hands wrought on earth—that state of the soul in the hereafter which to her was not merely a strong faith but an absolute conviction. I am but paying the feeblest tribute to her gracious personality when I assert that it exercised an elevating and purifying influence on all who came in contact with it. To be in her presence, to engage in intercourse with her, was to feel oneself in touch with a soul that reflected the image of its Creator. The goodness that shone forth from her countenance was a veritable illumination of that divine image. Such was the woman whose loss we have to deplore. What that loss must signify to her stricken husband, who shared her beneficent labours to the full, and the sunshine of whose life is now extinguished, I dare not trust myself to say—more than that a marriage of perfect felicity has iron its course, an ideal union, of two great hearts has been, to the outward senses, disrupted. At this sad time, we tender to our senior minister some measure of that loving sympathy which he is ever ready to extend to us in our tribulations and misfortunes. And we pray that Divine love may send him comfort and healing and strengthen his hands in the work for God and man that lies before him. Amen.
SOME TRIBUTES
BY THE REV. A. A. GREEN. The Rev. A. A. Green, the President, prior to delivering his Presidential Address at the Conference of Ministers, on Monday, said: Before we proceed to the formal business which is upon our agenda paper, I am sure that I shall be voicing .the sentiments of all here present, if I say a word in reference to the lamented death of Mrs. Morris Joseph: The Rev. Morris Joseph occupies such a unique position in the ministry and in the community that anything affecting him so nearly would be certain to receive the sympathetic attention of all of us here assembled. There is no man whom we respect more than we do Morris Joseph. We respect him for his integrity of character, for his sincerity of purpose, for the purity of his work, the loftiness of his religious teaching, and the very many qualities which raise him in the regard of all those who know him and place him before us ministers, I think I may say, as typical of the very best in our calling. He has received a very severe blow in the death of his wife, who for her own sake was a woman whom we all regarded with the utmost feeling of reverence. Mrs. Joseph was singularly gifted. She was a woman of high ideals, great literary gifts, grace of thought, charm of manner, reality of enthusiasm, and she had, above all, a wonderful faculty, given to very few, of being able to translate her prayerful feelings into the very choicest of language. Every good, work in the community will miss her, and we can only hope of our friend Mr. Joseph that his own religion will come to his rescue in the time of his trial, and that like the Prophet Ezekiel, whose heroic conduct on the occasion of the death of his wife stands as a classic record how a religious man ought to feel in a moment of great affliction, we trust he will be able soon to go on with his work, and that he may say: ‘My wife died in the evening, and in the morning I did as the Lord had commanded me.” Mr. Green concluded by moving that a letter of condolence be sent to Mr. Joseph, and the Conference rose as an expression of its sympathy.
BY MR. CLAUDE G. MONTEFIORE.
Preaching at the Liberal Synagogue last Sabbath, Mr. Claude G. Montefiore said: Before I begin my sermon to-day I must briefly allude to the heavy loss which has befallen our sister congregation, the West London Synagogue, in the death of Mrs. Morris Joseph. Mrs. Joseph was a woman of rare spiritual gifts, who devoted herself and all her powers to helping others and doing good. It was indeed true of her that the law of loving kindness was upon her tongue. It was, if I may say so, the guiding star of all her life. But she not only spent herself unselfishly in deeds of kindness. She was a woman of deep religious feeling, of profound spirituality, njjed with ardent love for Judaism and its cause. Her piety and her goodness were an harmonious whole. Each helped the other. It was my privilege to have been for some years closely associated with her in the Children’s Services which she and I inaugurated in the West London Synagogue. She had a special gift for talking to children, though she never talked down to them. I did not hear her very often, for when I was present she preferred me to do the talking. But whenever she did allow me to hear her, I was deeply impressed with the simplicity, the earnestness, the vividness, the unaffected piety and fervour of her words. The children could feel that she intensely meant all she said, and so her words went home. When she spoke of God and His love for us, and of our love for Him and for our fellows, one realised that she not only spoke of these things, but that she lived them. She was justified in speaking of God, for He was to her not merely an article of faith, but an experience. She was justified in speaking of our love for Him and for our fellows, for she truly loved Him, and in that love His human creatures as well. She continued these services to the end; and I am sure that there must be many who are, and will be, the better and the stronger for what they have heard from her lips, and felt from her gentle and loving influence. To the congregation, and to her sorrowing and lonely husband, into whose sore grief we hardly dare to intrude but of whom we all think most gently and tenderly we can but offer our warmest sympathy. Of her they mourn it may indeed be said, “The souls of the righteous are in the hand of God; they are in peace; their hope is full of immortality.”
FROM MR. LIONEL D. WALFORD.
I would like to add a small tribute of respect to the memory of my old friend, the late Mrs. Morris Joseph. A truly good woman, always wishing to alleviate the lot of those whose lives were not as happy as her own. My lamented wife found in her ever a warm coadjutor in all her endeavours to assist the sad and suffering. Mrs. Joseph leaves behind her that which neither riches nor honour, both so evanescent can buy – a revered and cherished memory.
The Rev. Vivian G. Simmons made the following reference to Mrs. Joseph in the course of his sermon at the Berkeley Street Synagogue last Sabbath :-
Such a one was Frances Joseph, the ministress of our congregation. And now she is dead. My friends what am I to say? We have had many losses of late, but this is the most terrible, the most heartrending of all. I cannot trust myself to speak of her now as I would wish. Our grief is too fresh, our sense of the irreparable void too great. And when we think of him, her husband, who was beloved and revered by her as never husband by wife since the world began, we must feel that silence and tears are more fitting than any eulogy. We all loved her—that I know full well. For my part, I can but say that for many years past she has been my ideal of the perfect woman, the perfect wife, the perfect friend. I have known none like her. What she was to you, what you have lost, you will not fully understand for many a day to come. Do you realise that she lived for you? You were always in her thoughts, and she loved you and worked for you and prayed for you, night and day, for more than twenty years, with an enthusiasm and a devotion which is indescribable. The whole of her full and gentle life is a sermon to us. She asked no reward for it all; only this she, might have asked, and this let us give that her example may be our guide and inspiration, that her saintly character may leave its permanent impress on us all. As for him who is sitting in the awful darkness of desolation, if we would show him true sympathy, let us resolve to imitate, if we can, her perfect faith, her abounding goodness, her loyal and constant devotion to the synagogue, which was her only child, and which she loved so dearly.
Prior to commencing his sermon at the Princes Road Synagogue [Liverpool] on Saturday, the Rev. S. Friedeberg referred to the death of Mrs. Morris Joseph, wife of a former minister of the congregation.
Though many years had passed since she left their city, there were still many in the congregation, he said, who cherished the memory of her personal charm and her heart-whole efforts in the work of the community. They hoped it would be some comfort to the bereaved husband to know that their thoughts were with him that day, and that they deeply sympathised with him and his congregation in the great loss they had sustained.
The deepest sympathy of the whole community has gone out to the Rev. Morris Joseph in the poignant affliction which he has suffered by the death of the helpmeet to whom he had been joined for forty-two years. If anything could add to the sorrow of the snapping of such a bond it would surely be the circumstances of painful suddenness in which the poor lady passed away. Mrs. Joseph was in many ways an exceptional woman, able, cultured, and possessed of abundant common sense. But she was exceptional, too, as a minister’s wife, a position demanding for its full accomplishment qualities of heart and mind of a rare order. These Mrs. Joseph was endowed with to the full, and exercised without stint. She was an earnest and zealous communal worker, never tiring in her public duties, and a kindly and generous creature who befriended the friendless and aided the helpless with tact and discretion. As the Rev. Isidore Harris said of her, in the eloquent and touching address which he delivered on Sunday at her funeral, “In every relation of life and in every one of the manifold activities that crowded her strenuous career she excelled.” We express the fervent hope that the senior minister of the West London Synagogue may find some comfort in his grief in the evidences tendered him that it is being sincerely shared by all who knew Mrs. Joseph. May the Almighty bring to him the consolation of His abiding love and strengthen him to continue the good work of his ministry, in which she whom he is mourning ever evinced such loving pride. Jewish World.
A memorial sermon will be preached at Berkeley Street to-morrow by the Rev. Isidore Harris, who will also deliver the Confirmation address on Sunday.
Out of respect for the memory of Mrs. Joseph, the annual meeting of the West London Synagogue Association, which was to have taken place on Sunday, is postponed.
FRANCES AMELIA (HENRY) JOSEPH: PROBTATE
The Jewish Chronicle 19 February 1915
The late Mrs Morris Joseph
The tombstone of the late Mrs. Morris Joseph, which has been erected in her memory by the congregation of the West London Synagogue of British Jews, was consecrated last Sunday at the Golder’s Green cemetery. The Rev. ISIDORE HARRIS, who officiated, spoke a few words at the graveside. He said — Few weeks elapse at this fast-growing cemetery which do not witness some concourse of mourners assembled to pay the last public tribute of respect to their beloved. Like the Patriarch at Bethlehem, they set up a pillar to mark the spot where some wife or husband, parent or child, brother or sister, sleeps the last sleep; and in accord with Jewish custom they desire, to give an added touch of consecration to this symbol of their affections by a solemn service of prayer. But the present occasion on which we have gathered to perform such a ceremony of consecration at the graveside of Frances Amelia Joseph, differs from ordinary occasions, in as much as the monument which marks the place of her burial has been erected by a congregation in loving appreciation of her services to that congregation over a period of more than twenty years. As we stand here this afternoon before this beautiful memorial of her life-work, our thoughts naturally travel back to the past. We think of what she did and was. Our memory pictures her as a woman who never tired of doing good and encouraging others to do good. Already from her girlhood she was conscious of a strong impulse in this direction. And that impulse received its full satisfaction later on, when she merged her existence in that of her husband whose vocation was a call to self sacrifice and noble living. Thus we see her, as a minister’s wife, constantly engaged in teaching the young, giving them the fruits of her own piety, enriching them with the blessing of her personal example. We see her occupied in diverse works of mercy, caring for the poor and the dependent, tending the sick and the incurable, bringing comfort to the aged and the sorrow-stricken, and interesting young and old in her beneficent activity. Our sages tell us that the righteous do not need any memorial, because their good works are their most enduring memorial. That is perfectly true. Still some outward monument of a great life , such that as that upon which we are gazing at this moment, cannot but serve a useful purpose. It not merely satisfies personal sentiment, but becomes an inspiration to goodness. As long as that inscription endures it will speak to those who look upon it of a life nobly lived for the benefit of others, and in thus speaking it will exhort them to live such a life. May we and the generations who shall come after us feel the force of this exhortation, and so realize the truth of the scriptural teaching that “the memory of the righteous is a blessing’.
Below the obituary of Frances Amelia (Henry) Joseph’s sister Rebecca Henry.
The Jewish Chronicle 8 June 1928
OBITUARY: MRS. DAVID LINDO HENRY.
The death occurred, on Monday last, of Mrs. David Lindo Henry. Better known as Re Henry, her nom-de -plume, she was an author of considerable attainments. She wrote stories for children, a great deal of verse, largely of a religious character, and a few plays. She was also joint author with her sister, the late Mrs. Morris Joseph, of “Tales and Teachings from the Pentateuch” which has been for some time out of print. She was the cousin of Michael Henry, the gifted writer and ardent communal worker, Editor of The Jewish Chronicle many years ago, and shared his strong attachment to Judaism, his love for Britain, and his educational zeal.
Below, Rebecca Henry’s probate record:
From The Jewish Chronicle
Miss Emma Lyon, (the aunt of David Lindo who married Miriam Eliza Samuel) was an accomplished poetess, and those who had the privilege of knowing her personally are aware that she was as estimable and kind-hearted as she was intellectual and well educated. This lady was the first Jewish Englishwoman who was ah authoress. She received an unusually good education for her days; her father’s position and connections at the University of Cambridge affording her exceptional advantages of this nature. Miss Emma Lyon published a volume of poems in 1812, which proved highly successful, and met with a very favourable reception from the reviewers of the period. After her marriage with Mr. Abraham Henry, this lady continued to write occasional poems which were recited at public institutions, such as Jews’ Hospital, Jews Free School, Society of Friends for Foreigners in Distress Etc.
More on Emma Lyon (compiled from various sources):
Emma Lyon (1788–1870) was an English Jewish poet associated with the Romantic movement. She was the eldest daughter of Rev. Solomon Lyon, a Hebrew tutor at the University of Cambridge, and Rachel Hart, daughter of Barnet Hart of Ely. Rev. Solomon Lyon established England’s first Jewish boarding school in Cambridge, where Emma received a broad liberal education.
In 1812, to support her family after her father’s blindness, Emma published Miscellaneous Poems, one of the earliest collections by a Jewish woman in English. The volume, dedicated to Princess Charlotte of Wales, garnered support from prominent figures, including the Prince Regent and the Duke of Kent. Some poems were set to music by Isaac Nathan and performed by tenor John Braham.
Emma married merchant Abraham Henry in 1816 and had several children, including Michael Henry, who became editor of The Jewish Chronicle. She continued writing occasional poems for public institutions, though none of her manuscripts are known to have survived. Emma Lyon passed away in London on December 30, 1870, at the age of 82.
The Jewish Chronicle 6 November 1908
DEATH
JOSEPH. — On the 23rd of October, 1908, at Buscot Lodge, Warwick-avenue, W., Esther, widow of Isaac Aron Joseph, in her 72nd year.
[Esther Joseph was Esther Lindo Henry (1837 – 1908), the widow of Isaac Aron Joseph. Esther was the daughter of Edward Henry and Sarah Lindo. Her son Edward Aaron Joseph (1867 – 1946) married his second cousin Elsie Augusta Lindo (1863 – 1942). Elsie was the daughter of Miriam Eliza Henry (1837 – 1902) and David Lindo. Miriam was the daughter of Michael Henry (Edward’s brother) and Eliza Samuel (1811 – 1882) Eliza was the daughter of Nathan Meyer Samuel (1775 – 1835) and Miriam Solomon.]
Elsie Augusta Lindo and Edward Aron Joseph had a son Wilfrid who was killed in action in 1917:
The Jewish Chronicle April 25, 1930
A DISTINGUISHED TEACHER: THE OBITUARY OF MORRIS JOSEPH
“We record with much regret the death, which occurred late on Thursday evening in lost week, of the Rev. Morris Joseph, Emeritus Minister of the West London (Reform) Synagogue. He was in his eighty-second year, and had been until very recently in full possession to a remarkable degree of his natural powers. A month or two ago, however, he underwent a serious Operation from the effects of which he never completely recovered.
Morris Joseph was born on May 28th, 1848. He was a son of the Rev. David Joseph, Minister of the Maiden Lane Synagogue, which was eventually absorbed by the Western Synagogue. The deceased was educated at the Westminster Jews’ Free School, at Jews’ College School and at Jews’ College of which he was one of the earliest pupils. He referred to the late Dr. Friedlander, Principal of the College at a College Staff Dinner in l906 in the following terms :—
“I owe to him whatever little love of learning I possess; I owe to him my reverence for sacred things; I owe to him the high conception I have formed of the Minister’s office.”
Mr. Joseph entered the Ministry when he was barely of age, being appointed Minister and Secretary of the North London Synagogue at its establishment in 1868, thus becoming a colleague of the late Rev. H. Wasserzug. In 1874 Mr. Joseph was appointed Minister to the Old Hebrew Congregation, Liverpool, and entered into office immediately after the opening of the Synagogue in Prince’s Road. He remained in Liverpool until ill health compelled him to seek leave of absence. Mr. Joseph’s indisposition proving protracted, he resigned in August, 1881. For nine years he remained in semi-retirement, and during this period he was a regular writer in THE JEWISH CHRONICLE, to which from time to time he was a valued contributor. In 1890 he initiated a series of Sabbath afternoon services at the West Hampstead Town Hall. A movement had already been on foot for establishing a Synagogue in the district and many of those interested in the project were anxious that its services should be on more advanced lines than those of the ordinary orthodox synagogue.
Mr. Joseph’s services, which were choral and were accompanied by instrumental music, proved a great success, no little part of which was due to the earnestness of the preacher, and the high quality of his pulpit addresses. The Hampstead Synagogue movement gathered great impetus from these services which proved the need for permanent spiritual provision in the neighborhood and Mr. Joseph was invited to become the first Minister of the Congregation, when it was decided it should be a constituent of the United Synagogue. The Chief Rabbi, Dr. Hermann Adler, refused however to sanction the appointment. The inhibition was stated to be on three grounds. Mr. Joseph had countenanced the use of instrumental music at Sabbath services, he had publicly expressed disbelief in the future survival of sacrifices, and he had published views at variance with traditional Judaism. The Chief Rabbi, in a letter to the Hampstead Synagogue authorities reporting an interview he had had with Mr. Joseph, said:- “Mr. Joseph when questioned by me … stated that he could not conscientiously read any prayers in which supplementation for the restoration of the sacrificial rite. I also deemed it advisable to offered him the opportunity of explaining the religious views which he had embodied in various sermons which had been publish in The Jewish Chronicle. The explanations that he offered proved that I had been correct in my summation that his opinions are not in accord with the teaching of traditional Judaism”
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the letter concludes: to withhold my sanction of the appointment of Mr. Joseph as Minister of the Hampstead Synagogue,”
Mr. Joseph accepted this decision. “It is with a sense of relief,’ he wrote in THE JEWISH CHRONICLE “that I find myself free from the in my anxiety to preach what my conscience should declare to be true and right, might easily have proved to be galling shackles.”
“I would have no one,” he added “cast a stone at the kind and learned man who had passed upon me this sentence of minor excommunication. The Chief Rabbi is but an administrator of a system, and so long as the Community acquiesces in the existence of that system, it is only the Community that is really responsible for procedure whose logical effect would be to exclude from the pulpits of English Synagogues some of the most gifted and renowned of Continental Rabbis – men who have a world-wide reputation as authorities on Judaism.”
Mr. Joseph was not left long without a pulpit. The failing health of the veteran Professor D. W. Marks, Senior Minister of the West London (Reform) Synagogue, necessitated the appointment of an assistant. The Rev. Isidore Harris, who had succeeded Mr. Joseph at North London, had been appointed Junior Minister at Upper Berkeley Street and Mr. Joseph was invited to become Delegate Senior Minister. When the appointment was submitted to the seat holders there were not wanting those who regarded Mr. Joseph’s views as too advanced even for that synagogue. The proposal to elect Mr. Joseph was, however carried by a large majority. In accordance with the practice of the Synagogue appointment was made for one year in the first instance. Mr. Joseph preached an eloquent inaugural sermon in which he emphasized the principle of unity. “I would help you,” he said, “to make union your watchword which shall bind you together for all good and gracious and holy works, and which, ever-passing the limits of the congregation, shall knit you faster into the life of the Community.” That principal Mr. Joseph consistently pursued, and it was largely owing to his teaching that the members of the Synagogue have taken an active part in communal affairs. His probationary year established him firmly in the affections of the congregation, and on the death of Professor Marks he was made Senior Minister, a post which he filled with great distinction till his retirement in 1922 when he was made Emeritus Minister for life, his full salary being attached to the position.
On the occasion of his eightieth birthday in 1928 Mr. Joseph was the recipient of a large number of congratulatory messages conveying sentiments of profound respect and esteem. Those from the Senior Warden and Committee of the Liverpool Old Hebrew Congregation, and from the Preachers Conference and Union. From the Council of his Congregation, in association with his colleague the Rev. Vivian G. Simmons, he received the gift of an old silver tray. (dated 1782) and a pair of old silver sugar tongs. The then Senior Warden (Mr. Julian G. Lousada) accompanied the gift with a personal letter, in which he said: –
“In the absence of the Chairman of the Council abroad I am writing in the name of the whole Council and Mr. Simmons to wish you many happy returns. We feel we cannot allow such an interesting event to pass without an expression of (what in legal phraseology I may call) our natural love and affection, which in your case are no mere formal words. We ask you to accept these little souvenirs and we hope you will use them for many years to come, and that, when you do, they will recall to you our friendship and regard for you. Your intimate association with our Synagogue, extending over many years, is a source of great pride and pleasure to us all. and we realize how much the Synagogue ad its members owe to your devotion, your learning and your kindness.”
Mr. Joseph was a forceful and lucid preacher. He was no orator in the ordinary sense. It was the brilliance of his matter and his polished style, his appeal to reason as well as to sentiment that specially attracted. His sermons were literary gems and invariably were a means of true eduation to is hearers. He acted as teacher of Homilies at Jews College from 1891- 1893, resigning on his appointment to the West London Synagogue.
Two volumes of Mr. Joseph’s sermons were published: “The Ideal in Judaism” (1906) and The of Judaism” (1907). Mr Joseph’s magnus opus was his “Judaism as Creed and Life” which was first published in 1903, has reached its third edition and is recognised as a Jewish classic. A comprehensive survey of the teachings of Judaism, its rites and ceremonies, the work has firmly established itself. Its beautiful clear presentation of Jewish doctrine, it» poetic appreciation of Jewish ceremonial, have combined to make the book the finest exposition of Judaism that has appeared in the English language
Mr. Joseph, in spite of his early conflict with ecclesiastical authority, was greatly imbued with Jewish tradition, and was of a conservative cast of mind. Among his other writings were lectures on the Prayer Book, articles in the JEWISH QUARTERLY REVEIW and Hastings’ Encyclopedia of Religion. He translated the introduction to the Rokeach a mediaeval ethical work.
Before his departure for Liverpool Mr. Joseph had been an active worker on the committee of the Stepney Jewish Schools, but in later years he confined himself mainly to the work of his own congregation. He helped to found the West London Synagogue Association, and acted for many years as Superintendent of the Congregational Religion Classes. He was an ardent pacifist and was founder and Chairman of the Jewish Peace Society, he was also a member of the Executive Committee of the League of Religions. He served on the Council of the Metropolitan Hospital Sunday Fund, and was a member of the Jewish Deputation to the King on his accession. He read a paper at the Ministers Conference in 1911 on the International Peace Movement.
Toward the close of his active Ministerial career Mr. Joseph incurred some criticism for his action in taking part in the obsequies of Miss Matilda Levy, an aunt of Lord Burnham, who was buried in a Christian cemetery. But looking back upon it, that incident may well have arisen from the detestation the deceased felt for anything that might appear to savour of the intolerant. It has to be said of his long life that he served his Community well, held high the banner of Judaism, and by his devotion to the things of the spirit proved true to the spiritual traditions of his faith.
The deceased married in 1872 Frances, daughter of the late Mr Michael Henry, a West Indian merchant. She pre-deceased her husband in June 1914. There was no issue of the marriage.
The Funeral.
The funeral was on Wednesday morning. A prayer was recited by the Rev. H. F. Reinhart before the cortege left the Synagogue in Berkeley Street. The Service at the Cemetery was conducted by the Rev. Reinhart and the Rev. J. F. Stern; Mr. Frank Hassan, a nephew of Mr. Morris Joseph, also took part in the ceremony. The Rev, Vivian. O. Simmons delivered the Memorial Address, in the course of which he said that Morris Joseph was almost a father to him for nearly thirty years. He taught them the dignity of human life and he embodied it in his own personality and in his attitude towards men. His whole philosophy was a strenuous resistance to the pessimism which sought to weigh man down by its belief in the futility of the earthly life. Though personally a veritable ascetic, he constantly insisted upon the satisfaction of those divine gifts which made men what they called human. He pleaded always for a manly attitude towards the problems of life, towards the mysteries of faith, towards suffering and misfortune.
‘As a consequence,’ said Mr. Simmons, “he brought before a generation so much in need of it a strong belief in the greatness of Judaism. With a terse emphasis characteristic of his finest utterances, he once said that the suffering Messiah of the ages was the Jew himself. He looked upon our faith as no mere survival. He believed with all his might that our people would still prove themselves worthy to be the priests of mankind; His sense of shame and indignation at the disreputable and unworthy Jew was even greater than that gentleness which was his normal outlook upon his fellows. And he spoke often, with the insight of a prophet, of the golden future in which the Jew was destined to play a lofty part through those two greatest of Jewish ideals—the pursuit of righteousness and of peace.
But above all, he transfigured for many of us, the old common of our secular and especially of our religious lives. Fired with the spirit of the greatest Rabbis of old, he tore aside for us the of habit and use, of materialism and mechanical observance which he knew were always in danger of enshrouding realities, and revealed for us afresh the spirit which he saw behind them all. He invested our familiar ceremonial and the atmosphere of the Synagogue with an almost rediscovered holiness. He endeared to us much that might have become obsolete and lifeless, by showing us, especially in his great book on Judaism, its beauty and its consecrating power. His veneration for the Jewish view of life was so great that in the days when but few members of our sacred calling had sufficient vision and courage, he was never afraid when West met East, when new conditions demanded changes and the sacrifices required to meet them. The spirit in him was so pure and so alive that he knew those things were instinct with the spirit would triumph in the end. He taught us all this and more. But he taught not only in noble language and inspired utterances, but by a living and a loving example as well. His standards were so lofty, his expectations were so great that their imitation was often the despair of us lesser men.
It is true that the voice which spoke to us, and the hand that wrote, are now for ever still. But though no uttered tributes could be adequate of such a man, we may at least pay homage to his memory, when we express our conviction that this many-sided example is as immortal as the soul which animated it. For the friend and the pastor and the teacher we have lost, our gratitude and our consolation shall be greater than our grief. There are many like myself who feel his passing as the wanderer feels who is deprived of his trusty guide. Nevertheless, in the handful of precious books he has left us, in the vivid memories of his presence, in the inspiration of his teaching, guide, he will remain for us till we each in turn lay down the pilgrim’s staff. If we are poorer by his death, we are immeasurably richer for his life. May God help us who mourn him to carry out his dearest wishes: that we might gain the power and the will to hand on his teaching, by holding to his and our ideals, to the generations to come.
Among those who attended the funeral were the following:
– Mr. Louis Joseph -(brother),- Mr. A. I. Hassan (brother-in-law), & F. I. Hassan (nephew), Mr. David Cohen (nephew), Mrs. A. Barnett (niece) and the Rev. A. Barnett, Mrs. N. Joseph (sister-in-law); the Chief Rabbi of the British Empire, Dr. J. H. Hertz, Dayan Dr. Asher Feldman, B.A., Professor A. Buchler, Haham Dr. Gaster, Dayan H. Lazarus, M.A, Dayan Gollop, B.A., the Rev. Ephraim Levine, M.A., the Rev. J.F.Stern; Rabbi Dr. Israel Mattuck, Mr. S. Moses, M.A., Mr. Robert Lyon, Mr, B. M. Woolf (Secretary of the Berkeley Street Synagogue), Mr. Leonard G. Montefiore, O.B.E., Dr. A. M. Friedeberger, Mr. M. Marks, Mr. Henry Van den Berg, Mr. Leon Samuel, B.A. Mr. David Phillips, the Rev. H. I. Price, Mr. F. R. Waley (representing Mr. Philip S. Waley, the Chairman of the Council of the Synagogue, who was unavoidably prevented from attending). Mr. Albert Alexander Nimmo, Mr. W. A. Elkin, Mr. Neville Laski, K.C., Rabbi M. Ginsberg, M.A., the Rev. M. Zeffertt, B.A., the Rev. John Harris, Mr. Laurie Magnus, M.A., Mr. Basil L. Q Henrique, J.P (Warden of the Bernhard Baron St. George’s Jewish Settlement, of which the late Rev. Morris Joseph was the Vice-President), Sir Samuel Instone, Miss L. Mocatta, Mr: M. Klar, Mr. Claude Lousada, Mr. Edgar H. Samuel, Dr. II. Simonis, Rabbi A. Mishcon, Mr. W. Lyon, Mr. Sydney J. Loeb, Mr. S. Henochsberg, the Rev. N. Goldston, Mr. Levay Lawrence, Captain Cyril Goldsmid, Mr. R. N. Carvalho (representing Mr. S. M. Carvalho), Mr. George Yates, the Rev. I. Livingstone (representing the Conference of Anglo-Jewish Preachers and the Union of Anglo-Jewish Preachers), Mr. Paul Goodman, the Rev. David Bueno de Mesquita, B.A., Mr. A. N. Levy, Dr. Walter Walsh (who was associated with the Rev. Morris Joseph in the Society for the League of Religions and also in the Committee of the League of Nations Union).
The Memorial Service.
A Memorial Service was held at the Berkeley Street Synagogue in the evening. It was conducted by the Rev. Vivian Simmons, and the Rev. H. Reinhart delivered the address, in the course of which he said: First we think of Morris Joseph as the lifelong seeker of the ideal in Judaism. He was a scholar in the finest sense of the word. He loved to learn; and the beginning of his wisdom was the fear of the Lord. With no mean equipment he applied his power to the fertile
fields of Jewish lore; and the fruit that he produced was rich and fragrant. Israel itself was an ideal to him, a warm and precious burden. He had faith in Israel, even though he saw perhaps more keenly than most others of his generation, the shortcomings of the Chosen People. To aspire loftily and to live vigorously he held to be in a special sense the commanding privilege of the Jew; and to the Jewish aspiration and performance his own life was dedicated. This Synagogue and the movement in Judaism, of which it is the symbol, were to him a special ideal. For him, Reform was the “vanguard” of Judaism; he held that here we fight not only “for the King, but in the King’s body-guard.” And in the pursuit of his ideal, it was his steadfast purpose (as ha stated in his induction sermon in this pulpit thirty-seven years ago) “never to minimise the differences that separate Reform.” Yet he was no mere partisan. He shunned contention; and he sought the positive and constructive aspects of Reform. For him. Reform was not relaxation; but affirmation, pledge, summons, challenge. “Progress,” he felt, should be ” our watchword”; but our path could be justified in his eyes only in so far as it helped us, to become more religious, more God-fearing, nobler, purer than other Jews. So it was that servant and champion of Reform himself, he yet won the respect and admiration of those whose views differed most widely from his own. But his ideal embraced more than the House of Israel, There was nothing narrow about Morris Joseph. The glory of Judaism for him lay largely in its humanitarianism and its worship of the God Who is the Father of all men. He was a
lover of peace, a worker for peace, and even a fighter for peace. Joseph has done more for the Jewish pulpit than any other. English-speaking Rabbi. And also, besides his labours, through the printed word and in the pulpit, he taught by his Ministry to the children. We honour and revere and cherish his memorial. His life is an achievement in which we can rejoice, a prayer to which we can say Amen. Even at the end, his eagerness for performance did not forsake him. So now, while we pray that the God of eternity with Whom there is no fretting, may shelter and protect him, that angels may receive him in peace for evermore; so also do we ask that the God of Creation fulfil in him the promise that the life of our master implies, to go on through the ages for further progress, for further blessing, for in this sense “the wise have no rest, neither in this world nor in the world to come, for it is said “They go from strength to strength until they appear before God in Zion.”
Miriam Eliza Henry who married David Lindo had the following children:
<lI> Frederick Newton Lindo 1861–1933
Frederick V Lindo 1862–
Algernon Henry Lindo 1862–1926
Elsa Augusta Lindo 1863–1942
Eliza Alice Lindo 1864–
Frank Lindo 1866–1933
Marion May Ernestine Lindo 1868–1948
George Maurice Lindo 1868–1868
Richard Henry Lindo 1871–1933
Helena Frances Lindo 1872–1955