2. Francis2
Lyon (Moses1Lyon(s))
was born in 1752; "of
Plymouth", Devon, England. He married Sara
(Fanny) Lazarus, daughter of Samuel (Mark) Lazarus,
before 1790.
He died in 1837; he was buried in Plymouth and his tombsotne inscription
(A72) reads:
An old man Avigdor ben Moses Isaac, died with hoary head ... [Reverse] Francis Lyon died 23 Shevat 5597 [= 28 January 1837]
aged
85 years.1
He may be the Francis Lyon who was apprenticed to John Lakeman of Exeter,
clock and watchmaker, for 48 GBS in 1767 in Exeter,
Devon, England.2
He was a watchmaker in 1823.3
As of 1823, Francis Lyon lived in Pike
Street, Plymouth, Devon, England.4
Children of Francis2 Lyon and Sara (Fanny) Lazarus
were as follows:
4 i. Phoebe3
Lyon; born circa 1798 ( this year would fit the birth pattern, filling
the space between the births of Fanny in 1794 and Matilda in 1801, though
this leaves her marrying at a rather mature age (38)); married Solomon
Wolfe (chazan of Bath from 1816 to 1866) 1836.5
Circa 1837, after her husband's death, Sara
(Fanny) Lazarus returned to Bath to live with Phoebe .7
+ 5 ii. Solomon Lyon(s), born
1790 in Bideford,
Devon, England; married Mrs. Fanny (S.) Lyon; married Rose
Solomon.
6 iii. Judah Lyon; born 1792
in Bideford,
Devon, England; married Mrs.
Fanny (J.) Lyon.8
Bernard Susser mistakenly identified two different tombstones (Plymouth
as being those of this Judah Lyon. They are:
B74 Judah Lyon (Judah ben Avigdor)9
died 12 May 1852;
B18 Jacob was a perfect man, upright in his flock/ He turned from wickedness,
faithfulness was his love/ He departed from evil, his way was good/ The
portion of Jacob is his inheritance/ A lion, with clean hands.J.
P. Lyon died 23 Yiar [sic] 5612 [= 12 May 1852].
(The Hebrew name, Jacob Pesach ben Aryeh, is indicated by the first
word of the first line. The first letter on each of the next three lines
gives the name Pesach, and the first two words on the fifth line say that
he was ben Aryeh. In spite of his first name he was known as Judah P. Lyon
(1794 1852), born Bideford, married Fanny, (born Swansea 1803). 11 He was a watchmaker and jeweller in 1851.13
As of 1851, Judah Lyon and Mrs. Fanny (J.) Lyon
lived at Judah
& Fanny Lyons, Union St, 7, Plymouth, Devon, England.14
He and Mrs. Fanny (J.) Lyon appeared on the census
of 1851.15
7 iv. Fanny Lyon; born 1796 in Bideford,
Devon, England; died circa Jan 1873 in Plymouth,
Devon, England.16
She appeared on the census of 1851 in the household of Judah Lyon and Mrs.
Fanny (J.) Lyon.17
She was Straw Bonnet Maker between 1851 and 1861.18,19
She and Mrs. Fanny (J.) Lyon appeared on the census
of 1861.20
+ 8 v. Matilda Lyon, born 1801
inBideford, Devon,
England; married Lippa (Lyon) Lazarus.
Next to Sarah Lyon's grave, B41, is another numbered
B41a for Abraham, died 12 Mar 1806 21
; was this another of their children ?
3. Joseph S.2 Lyon(s) (Moses1)
was a general dealer in 1857 in Paignton,
Devon, England.21
As of 19 Aug 1857, Joseph S. Lyon(s) and Sarah Lyon(s)
lived at
Bishop's Place, 4, Paignton, Devon, England.22
He was dealer in 1872.23
10 ii. Sarah Lyon(s); born between
1831 and 1836; Dr. Susser's notes suggest he couldn't read the age accurately;25
married (Sol.
?) Lazarus Solomon, son of Lazarus Solomon, 19 Aug
1857 in Bishop
Place, 4, Paignton, Devon, England; witnesses were Alexander Alexander
and (W. ?) Woolf.26
As of 19 Aug 1857 Sarah Lyon(s) and Joseph S.
Lyon(s) lived at Bishop's
Place, 4, Paignton, Devon, England.27
Generation Three 5. Solomon3
Lyon(s) (Francis2Lyon,
Moses1Lyon(s))
was born in 1790 in Bideford,
Devon, England. He married Mrs.
Fanny (S.) Lyon.28
He married Rose
Solomon, daughter of Moses (ben Jacob?) Solomon,
circa 1833 ( between the death of Fanny, and the birth the next child.)
He died on 17 Aug 1838: 'Appearing to be conscious in his last moments
of the aweful change he piously departed this life for a happier state
declaring the Unity of the Creator, having lived a firm adherent to the
Jewish faith. The general gloom which his death has caused is a proof that
he was equally beloved by Christian and Jewish friends' (Plymouth and
Stonehouse Gazette 25 August 1838).29
He was a pen and quill manufacturer in Plymouth from before 1822 until
1823.30,31
As of 1823, Solomon Lyon(s) lived at
Pyke Street, Plymouth, Devon, England.32
He was bankrupt as a goldsmith he was bankrupt in 1831 (TFP 5 May 1831)
in 1831.33
He was widowed on 28 Aug 1832 in Plymouth,
Devon, England.34
He was probably Solomon Lyon, silversmith in Buckwell Street in 1836 (this
would fit with him being a goldsmith in 1832).35 Children of Solomon3 Lyon(s) and Mrs. Fanny (S.)
Lyon were as follows:
11 i. Jane Eliza4
Lyon;37
born 1825;38
died 1890.39
12 ii. Judah S. Lyon;40,41
born circa 1827 in Plymouth
?, England; "late of Plymouth"; died aged 53 in 1880;42
born circa 1828 in Plymouth,
Devon, England;43
died 27 Feb 1880 in Alexander
Road.,53 Kilburn, London, England.44
He appeared on the census of 1851 in the household of Judah Lyon and Mrs.
Fanny (J.) Lyon.45
He was a wholesale traveller in 1851.46
Judah Lyon (younger) was probably the son of Fanny Lyon (listed as a "friend"
in the census) and Solomon Lyon, brother of the elder Judah Lyon in 1851.
Children of Solomon3 Lyon(s) and Rose Solomon were as
follows:
13 i. Eliza (Latsa)4
Lyon;47,48
born circa 1834 in Plymouth,
Devon, England.49,50
She appeared listed as an assistant on the census of 1861 in the household
of Bella and Marks Levy,
pawn in Union
St., 38, Plymouth, Devon, England.52
(This is probably the same Eliza Lyon, as Marks and Bella Levy would be
her sister- in-law's parents.)
14 ii. Luisa Lyon(s);53
born 12 Aug 1834 in Plymouth,
Devon, England.54
+ 15 iii. Juliet Lyon, born
circa 1836; married Isaac Ahronsberg.
17 v. Miriam bas Isaac Lyon(s);59
born 12 Mar 1837.60
As of 1878, Miriam bas Isaac Lyon(s) lived at Southsea,
England.62
As of 1880, Miriam bas Isaac Lyon(s) lived at
Southampton Row,66, London, England.63
+ 18 vi. Solomon Lyon, born
1838; married Mrs. Sophia Lyon; married Caroline
Levy.
8. Matilda3
Lyon (Francis2, Moses1Lyon(s))
was born in 1801 in Bideford,
Devon, England. Her Hebrew name was Minklas bas Avigdor. She married Lippa
(Lyon) Lazarus, son of Moses Lazarus and Nancy
Lazarus, in 1822.
She appeared on the census of 1841 at Frankfort
St., Plymouth, Devon, England, in which she was listed as a general
dealer, and as Head of the household (perhaps Lippa was away ?).
The marriage of Rose
Solomon and Adolphus Goldschmidt on 4 Feb 1846
at Frankfort
St., 27, Plymouth, Devon, England, was held at the home of Matilda
Lyon.
Matilda was widowed on 8 Aug 1849 atPlymouth,
Devon, England.
She appeared on the census of 1851 at Frankfort
St. 27, Plymouth, Devon, England; she was listed as a haberdasher, and
two dressmakers were apparently lodging or visiting with her (Juliana Marks
and Hannah Lyons, neice*; could these latter two have been working for
her ? )Susser says " In the 1851 census a number of Jewesses style themselves
as assistants to their husbands, and it is therefore only natural that
widows continued their husband's businesses". He gives Mathilda Lazarus
as an example of the latter, however, Lippa Lyon was an optician, and she
was already described as a general dealer on the 1841 census, prior to
her husband's death in 1851.
Between 1860 and 1861, Matilda Lyon was living
with Samuel Joyful Lazarus and Nancy Lazarus at
at Bury
Street, 17, St. Mary Axe, London, England. and appeared on the census of
1861 at this address .She lived on 24 Jan 1873 at Burton
Crescent, 12, WC, London, England.(The Jewish Victorian)
* Hannah Lyons' parents have not been identified.
Children of Matilda3 Lyon and Lippa (Lyon) Lazarus
can be see in the Descendancy of Moses and Nancy Lazarus.
Generation Four
15. Juliet4
Lyon (Solomon3Lyon(s),
Francis2Lyon,
Moses1Lyon(s))108
was born circa 1836.109
She married Isaac
Ahronsberg, son of Hyam Ahronsberg, on 12 Sep 1860
in New Synagogue,
London, England; "according to the rites and ceremonies of the Polish Jews."110 Between 1860 and 1861, Juliet Lyon may have
been living with Samuel Joyful Lazarus and Nancy
Lazarus at Bury
Street, 17, St. Mary Axe, London, England: their home was given as her
residence at the time of her marriage.111,112,113
In 1978 Juliet Lyon lived atJuliet
(Lyon) Ahronsberg, Palmerston Road, Southsea, England.115
Children of Juliet4 Lyon and Isaac Ahronsberg all
born in Portsmouth, England,
were as follows:
18. Solomon4
Lyon (Solomon3Lyon(s),
Francis2Lyon,
Moses1Lyon(s))140
was born in 1838;( n.b. his father, Solomon, died earlier the same year).141
He married Mrs.
Sophia Lyon before 1874.142
He married Caroline
Levy, daughter of Mark(e)(s) Levy and Bella
Woolf, on 29 Aug 1876 in The
Crescent,14, Plymouth, Devon, England.143,144 Between 1874 and 1880, Solomon Lyon lived at Frederick
St.,30, Birmingham, England.146
He was widowed on 4 Nov 1874 atFrederick
St.,30, Birmingham, England.147,148
He was a jeweller in 1876. He was a merchant in 1880.149
He and Caroline Levy appeared on the census of
3 Apr 1881 in Birmingham,
Warwickshire, England.150
Children of Solomon4 Lyon and Caroline Levy were as
follows:
43 i. Ethel5
Lyon; born 12 Jun 1877 in Frederick
St.,30, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England.151,152
She appeared on the census of 3 Apr 1881 in the household of Caroline
Levy andSolomon Lyon in Birmingham,
Warwickshire, England.153
44 ii. Rose Lyon; born 19 Sep
1878 in Frederick
St.,30, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England.154,155
She appeared on the census of 3 Apr 1881 in the household of Caroline
Levy andSolomon Lyon in Birmingham,
Warwickshire, England.156
45 iii. Dora Lyon;157
born 14 Jan 1880 in Frederick
St., 30, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England.158,159
She appeared on the census of 3 Apr 1881 in the household of Caroline
Levy andSolomon Lyon in Birmingham,
Warwickshire, England.160
Endnotes
1. Bernard Susser Tombstone
Inscriptions from the Cemetary on Plymouth Hoe A72. Hereinafter cited
as
PTI.
2. Bernard Susser,
The
Jews of South-West England; The Rise and Decline of Their Medieval and
Modern Communities (n.p.: Univ. of Exeter Press, 1993), p. 94. Hereinafter
cited as The Jews of South-West England.
3.1823 Tourist's Companion.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~terryw/index.htm#plymouth_directories;
4. Ibid.
5. Bernard Susser,
The Jews of South-West England, p. 57; p. 361(Index).
6. Ibid., p. 57.
7. Ibid.
8. Judah Lyons, 1851
census.
9. PTI,
B74.
10. Ibid., B18.
11. Ibid., B 18
and B 74.
12. Ibid., B41;
B41a Abraham ben ... died and buried 22 Adar 5566 [= 12 March 1806].
13. 1851 census
14. Ibid.
15. Ibid.
16. Doreen Berger,
compiler, The Jewish Victorian, Genealogical Information from the Jewish
Newspapers 1871-1880 ( Robert Boyd Publications, 1999), p. 307 see
Matilda Lazarus. Hereinafter cited as TJV.
17. 1851census
18. Ibid.
19. 1861 census
20. Ibid.
21. PTI,
B41a.
22. PTI.
23. "Plymouth (Synagogue)
Marriage Register"
24. Ibid., #7.
25. Ibid.
26. Richard Pearlman,
"Lyon\Ahronsberg\Albury Family Tree", Aug. 2000 (Beech Avenue, Radlett,
Herts, England). Hereinafter cited as "Lyon\Ahronsberg Family Tree".
27. Plymouth Marriage
Register
28. Ibid.
29. Ibid., #7.
30., PTI,
O8 My wife Feigela bat Mordecai, wife of Isaac ben Avigdor, died on
account of the plague, Tuesday, 2nd day of Rosh Hodesh Elul 5592 [=
28 August 1832].
[Reverse] Fanny, wife of S. Lyon.
(First wife of Solomon Lyon. She was a straw hat maker in Pyke Street
in 1822.)
31. Ibid., A23 Isaac
ben Avigdor he lived 41 years, died Friday 26 Av 5598 [= 17 August
1838].
[Reverse] To the memory of Solomon Lyon. [A long and now barely
legible piece of poetry].
(Married Rose after his first wife Fanny died of cholera, 1832.
32. Ibid., A23.
33. Ibid., biographical
notes to tombstone inscriptions.
34. 1823 Tourist's
Companion.
35. Ibid.
36. Bernard Susser,
PTI; biographical notes added to tombstone inscription.
37. Ibid., # O8.
38. Thomas's
Plymouth Director 1836.
39. Ibid.
40. Richard Pearlman,
"Lyon\Ahronsberg Family Tree".
41. Ibid.
42. Ibid.
43. 1851 census
44. Doreen Berger,
TJV.
45. Ibid., p. 362.
46. 1851 census
47. Doreen Berger,
TJV.
48. 1851 census
49. Ibid.
50. Richard Pearlman,
"Lyon\Ahronsberg Family Tree".
51. Markes Levy,
1861census
52. Ibid.
53. Richard Pearlman,
"Lyon\Ahronsberg Family Tree".
54. 1861 census
55. Ibid.
56. Susser
Archives, Plymouth Births #18,
57. Ibid.
58. Ibid.,
59. Richard Pearlman,
"Lyon\Ahronsberg Family Tree".
60. Plymouth Births,
Susser Archives.
61. Ibid.
62. Ibid., a first
name is not included.
63. Plymouth Births,
Susser Archives.
