Lazarus: A history of the Lazarus Family of Plymouth &
Exeter
Henry Nathan of Canada and London, England
Descendants of Henry Nathan Sr.
Generation One
1. Henry1
Nathan Sr1
was born circa 1810; died aged 64 years.2
He died on 18 Feb 1874 at Maida
Vale,92, London, England.3
He and his son, Henry Nathan, were
included in the Victoria Fort Brick Project: The Fort Victoria Brick Project
was an undertaking of the Greater Victoria Civic Archives Society, which
sought to commemorate early Victoria pioneers and settlers by outlining
the boundaries of the original fort with a double row of bricks, each engraved
with the name of a pioneer.
From the list of names of those included:
Nathan, Henry- Henry Nathan was the first member of Parliament for Victoria
in 1871. 2411
Nathan, Henry Jr. 2524.
4
Before 1873, Henry Nathan Sr. lived
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.5
Between 1873 and 18 Feb 1874, Henry Nathan Sr. lived at
Maida Vale,92, London, England.6
Children of Henry1 Nathan Sr. include:
2 i. Hon. Henry2
Nathan79
was a Member of the House of Commons of British Columbia in
1872, the first Jewish Member of Parliament in Canada.10,11"Among those who have the title of an "Honorable" for life in consequence
of being a member of the Legislative Council of British Columbia at the
time of the union with Canada is HENRY NATHAN" in 1873.13 He was elected Junior Grand Warden of the Grand Lodge of British Columbia.8 He and Henry Nathan Sr. were included in the
Victoria Fort Brick Project; The Fort Victoria Brick Project was an undertaking
of the Greater Victoria Civic Archives Society, which sought to commemorate
early Victoria pioneers and settlers by outlining the boundaries of the
original fort with a double row of bricks, each engraved with the name
of a pioneer.
From the list of names of those included:
Nathan, Henry Henry Nathan was the first member of Parliament
for Victoria in 1871. 2411
Nathan, Henry Jr. 2524.
Between 1871 and 1873, Hon. Henry Nathan lived in
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.12 [n.b. The dates given above for Henry Nathan's election as Member of
Parliament vary; not knowing whish is correct, I have left them as I found
them.
As noted in the entry for Henry Nathan Sr., the information above from
the Victoria Fort Brick Project indicate that it was the father who was
the Member of Parliametn, not the son, as indicated in The Jjewish Victorian.]
3 ii. Alfred Nathan;14
married Mrs. Alfred Nathan, daughter of Joseph
Michaels;15
died 20 Oct 1876 at Aix-la-Chapelle; "of apoplexy."
Between 1873 and 1876, Alfred Nathan and Mrs.
Alfred Nathan lived at Frederick
St.,45, Birmingham, England.16
Endnotes
1.
Doreen Berger, compiler, The Jewish Victorian, Genealogical Information
from the Jewish Newspapers 1871-1880 (Robert Boyd Publications, 1999), p.433. Hereinafter cited as
TJV.
2.
Ibid.
3.
Ibid.
4.
Victoria Fort Brick Project of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, online
http://www.city.victoria.bc.ca/archives/archives_refbrk_n-o.shtml. Hereinafter
cited as Victoria Fort Brick Project.
5.
Doreen Berger, TJV, p. 433.
6.
Ibid.
7.
Ibid., p.433.
8.
The Grand Lodge of British Columbia, online http://freemasonry.bcy.ca/textfiles/bcgrand.html.
Hereinafter cited as Grand Lodge of B.C.
9.
Victoria Fort Brick Project, online http://www.city.victoria.bc.ca/archives/archives_refbrk_n-o.shtml.
10.
Doreen Berger,
TJV.
11.
Grand Lodge of B.C., online http://freemasonry.bcy.ca/textfiles/bcgrand.html.
12.
Doreen Berger,
TJV.
13.
Ibid.
14.
Ibid., p.433.
15.
Doreen Berger,
TJV.
16.
Ibid.
