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     George Arthur Sutton was born on 29 June 1885 at Chobham, Surrey, England; and his birth was recorded at Chertsey record office in the September quarter 1885.^1,2,3 He was the son of George Sutton and Sarah Esther Gains.¹ George Arthur Sutton was baptized on 26 July 1885 at St Lawrence, Chobham, Surrey, England.³ He appeared on the census of 5 April 1891 at Chobham, Surrey, England, as Son, age 5, birthplace Chobham, Surrey.¹ He appeared on the census of 31 March 1901 at Chobham, Surrey, England, as Son, age 15, birthplace Chobham, Surrey.⁴ He appeared on the census of 2 April 1911 at Chobham, Surrey, England, as Arthur Sutton, age 25, birthplace Chobham, Surrey.⁵ He married Mildred Medhurst on 24 June 1914 at St Lawrence, Chobham, Surrey, England; and their marriage was recorded at Chertsey record office in the June quarter 1914.^6,7 George Arthur Sutton died on 12 January 1941 at Burrow Hill Post Office, Chobham, Surrey, England, at age 55; and his death was recorded at Surrey North Western Registration office in the March quarter 1941 at age 55.^8,9

     Owen Sutton was born on 15 October 1889 at Chobham, Surrey, England; and his birth was recorded at Chertsey record office in the December quarter 1889.^1,2,3 He was the son of George Sutton and Sarah Esther Gains.¹ Owen Sutton was baptized on 24 November 1889 at St Lawrence, Chobham, Surrey, England.³ He appeared on the census of 5 April 1891 at Chobham, Surrey, England, as Son, age 1, birthplace Chobham, Surrey.¹ He appeared on the census of 31 March 1901 at Chobham, Surrey, England, as Son, age 11, birthplace Chobham, Surrey.⁴ He appeared on the census of 2 April 1911 at Chobham, Surrey, England, as son, age 21, birthplace Chobham, Surrey.⁵ He married Jessie Baigent in 1918 at Surrey, England; and their marriage was recorded at Chertsey registration office in the December quarter 1918.⁶ Owen Sutton died in 1942; and his death was recorded at Surrey North Western Registration office in the June quarter 1942 at age 52.⁷

     Wilfred Sutton was born on 15 April 1892 at Chobham, Surrey, England; and his birth was recorded at Chertsey record office in the June quarter 1892.^1,2,3 He was the son of George Sutton and Sarah Esther Gains.¹ Wilfred Sutton appeared on the census of 31 March 1901 at Chobham, Surrey, England, as Son, age 8, birthplace Chobham, Surrey.¹ He appeared on the census of 2 April 1911 at Chobham, Surrey, England, as son, age 18, birthplace Chobham, Surrey.⁴ He married Gertrude May Purdie on 4 April 1925 at St Peter, Hersham, Surrey, England.⁵ Wilfred Sutton married Ethel Annie Strainge in 1930 at Surrey, England.⁶

      Her married name was Morton.² Evelyn Catherine Molly Stevens was born in 1921 at Surrey, England; and her birth was recorded at Chertsey record office in the March quarter 1921.¹ She was the daughter of Percy William Stevens and May Soan.¹ Evelyn Catherine Molly Stevens married Eric W Morton in 1941 at Surrey, England; and their marriage was recorded at Surrey N W registration office in the March quarter 1941.²

      Her married name was Alston.² Hannah Sutton was baptized on 8 September 1844 at St Lawrence Parish Church, Chobham, Surrey, England.¹ She was the daughter of Stephen Sutton and Hannah Slyfield.¹ Hannah Sutton appeared on the census of 7 April 1861 at Richmond Upon Thames, Surrey, England, as Servant, age 18, birthplace Chobham, Surrey.³ She married Arthur Alston in 1871; and their marriage was recorded at St. Georges Hanove Square record offcie in the September quarter 1871.² Hannah Sutton appeared on the census of 3 April 1881 at Westminster, London, England, as Wife, age 36, birthplace Chobham, Surrey.⁴ She appeared on the census of 5 April 1891 at Westminster, London, England, as wife, age 47, birthplace Chobham, Surrey, England.⁵ She appeared on the census of 2 April 1911 at 8 Brewer Street, Victoria, Buckingham Palace Road, London, England, as head, age 66, birthplace Chobham, Surrey, England.⁶ She died in 1917 at London, England; and her death was recorded at Chelsea registration office in the September quarter 1917.⁷

     Mary Ann Sutton was baptized on 19 February 1843 at St Lawrence Parish Church, Chobham, Surrey, England.¹ She was the daughter of Stephen Sutton and Hannah Slyfield.¹ Mary Ann Sutton died before 15 March 1853; and her death was recorded at Chertsey record office in the March quarter 1853.² She was buried on 15 March 1853 at St Lawrence, Chobham, Surrey, England.³

      Her married name was Sutton.¹ Sarah Esther Gains was born in 1849 at Richmond Upon Thames, Surrey, England; and her birth was recorded at Richmond registration office in the March quarter 1849.^1,3 She married George Sutton, son of Stephen Sutton and Hannah Slyfield, in 1877; and their marriage was recorded at St. Georges Hanove Square record offcie in the JUne quarter 1877.^1,2 Sarah Esther Gains appeared on the census of 3 April 1881 at Chobham, Surrey, England, as Wife, age 28, birthplace Richmond, Surrey.¹ She appeared on the census of 5 April 1891 at Chobham, Surrey, England, as Wife, age 39, birthplace Richmond, Surrey.⁴ She appeared on the census of 31 March 1901 at Chobham, Surrey, England, as Esther Sutton, wife, age 49, birthplace Richmond, Surrey.⁵ She appeared on the census of 2 April 1911 at Chobham, Surrey, England, as Ester Sutton, age 59, birthplace Richmond, Surrey.⁶ She died in 1937 at Surrey, England; and her death was recorded at Surrey N E registration office in the December quarter 1937.⁷

      Holdsworth Leveson George also went by the name of Doc George.^4,2 He was born in 1887 at Victoria, Australia.^1,5,6 He was the son of Henry Lewis George and Josephine Holdsworth.^1,3 Holdsworth Leveson George was a Bank Manager circa 1907.⁷ He was an elector on the Australian Electoral Roll1909 and 1914 and he was a Clerk of 45 Odessa Street, St Kilda, Balaclava, Victoria, Australia.⁸

He married Jessie Irene Robinson on 27 September 1915 at Holy Trinity, Balaclava, Victoria, Australia.^9,10,11 Holdsworth Leveson George and Jessie Irene Robinson had an announcement of their marriage printed in The Argus (Melbourne, Victoria) which recorded they were married by Rev. F. G. Masters. The Groom was described as 'the only son of Mrs George, of "Norwood", Odessa Street, St Kilda, and the late Mr H.L. George'. The Bride was described as 'the only daughter of Mrs Robinson, of "Nivana", Milton Street, St Kilda, and the late Mr G.W. Robinson. At home, "Khandallah", 245 Brighton Road, St Kilda, Thursday and Friday afternoons and evenings 21st and 22nd inst.' on 16 October 1915.¹⁰ Holdsworth Leveson George was an elector on the Australian Electoral Roll as Holdsworth Leveson George and he was a Bank Clerk in 1919 at Orontes, Harwood Street, South Elsternwick, Henty, Victoria, Australia.¹² He was an elector on the Australian Electoral Roll as Holdsworth Leveson George and he was a Bank Accountant in 1924 at 17 Swanston Street, Bellarine, Corio, Victoria, Australia.¹³ He was an elector on the Australian Electoral Roll in 1931 and 1936 and he was Manager at Union Bank, Casterton, Wannon, Victoria, Australia.¹⁴ He was described as a Bank Manager of Horsham on 2 June 1943.¹⁵

He was described as 'Holdsworth (Doc)' and of 'Union Bank, Horsham' on 4 August 1943.² He married Jean Elizabeth Kumnick on 26 February 1944 at St John, Horsham, Victoria, Australia, after an announcement was published on 23rd February 1944 in The Argus (Melbourne, Victoria) giving the time of the service at the Church of England Church as 1 p.m.^7,16

Holdsworth Leveson George died on 24 September 1954 at Bentleigh, Victoria, Australia; where his death was recorded in that year. His Probate described his occupation as Gentleman of Moorabbin.^17,18,19 He was the subject of an obituary in The Argus (Melbourne) 'George:- On September 24 Holdsworth Leveson (Doc), of No. 12 Howell street, Moorabbin, dearly loved husband of Jean Elizabeth and loved father of Leveson, Joan, Russell and Peter, fond father-in-law of Shirley and dear grandpa of Judith and Elizabeth (Late of Warracknabeal, Horsham and Casterton).Together with ''George:-On September 24 Holdsworth Leveson (Doc) dearly beloved brother of May and Doris (Mrs Hart) and brother-in-law of Fred.' on 25 September 1954.²⁰

      Lennox Leveson George was also known as Leveson George.³ He was born on 15 February 1917 at Armadale, Victoria, Australia.^4,5 He was the son of Holdsworth Leveson George and Jessie Irene Robinson.¹ Lennox Leveson George lived in 1942 at Union Bank, Swan Hill, Wimmera, Victoria, Australia; when he was a Bank Clerk.⁶ He was described during WWII as 'Leveson (A.I.F.)' and in the WWII Nominal Roll as Serial number VX104992. He enlisted in the Australian Army on 11 July 1942 at Tamworth, Victoria, giving Holdsworth George as his next-of-kin. He was discharged on 29th June 1944 from his posting 17 Machine Gun Regiment, rank Sergeant.^7,4 He married Ellen Shirley Johnson in 1947 at East Murchison, Western Australia, Australia.^8,9 Lennox Leveson George and Ellen Shirley Johnson lived in 1949 at 14A Acland Street, Isaacs, St Kilda, Victoria, Australia.¹⁰ Lennox Leveson George was listed in the 'Law List This Day' item in The Age regarding the trial of Ernest Nicholson Watts on 18 January 1965.¹¹ He died on 24 January 1985 at Victoria, Australia, at age 67; where his death was recorded in that year.^12,8 He was buried at Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Springvale, Victoria, Australia.¹³

     Reginald Walter Crabb was born on 5 August 1905 at London, England; and his birth was recorded at Greenwich Registration office in the September quarter 1905.^1,2,3 He was the son of Walter Richard Crabb and Sophie Dimond.¹ Reginald Walter Crabb died in November 1995 at Kent, England, at age 90; and his death was recorded at Bromley Registration office in November 1995.³

     John A Cottenden was born circa 1906. He married Ivy Elizabeth Hiley, daughter of Achilles William Hiley and Hannah Charlotte Smith, in 1928; and their marriage was recorded at Greenwich Registration district in the December quarter 1928.¹

     Wilfred A Garrod was born on 13 November 1908.² He married Daisy Lilian Hiley, daughter of Achilles William Hiley and Hannah Charlotte Smith, in 1932; and their marriage was recorded at Deptford Registration district in the September quarter 1932.¹ Wilfred A Garrod died in 1971 at London, England; and his death was recorded at Bexley registration office in the December quarter 1971.²

     Albert James Mant was born on 28 August 1911; and his birth was recorded at West Ham registration office in the December quarter 1911.^2,3 He married Alice Margaret Dow, daughter of Frederick William Dow and Alice Amelia Hiley, in 1937 at Essex, England; and their marriage was recorded at West Ham Registration district in the June quarter 1937.¹

     Christine Joyce Wagstaff was born on 24 December 1921 at Shropshire, England; and her birth was recorded at Banbury Registration office in the March quarter 1922.^1,2 She was the daughter of Edgar William Wagstaff and Blanch Eva Bowerman.¹

      Her married name was Charles.¹ Elizabeth Mary Hyland was born circa 1879 at Surrey, England.³ She married Arthur Edward Charles, son of Edward Charles and Elizabeth Ann Daborn, on 26 August 1907 at St Luke, Kingston Upon Thames, Surrey, England; and their marriage was recorded at Kingston Registration office in the September quarter 1907.^1,4 Elizabeth Mary Hyland appeared on the census of 2 April 1911 at Tenby, 10 Staunton Road, Kingston Upon Thames, Surrey, England, as wife, age 32, birthplace Cobham, Surrey, England.³

     Albert C E Stuart was born circa 1924. He married Ida Joyce Hiley, daughter of Arthur Alfred Hiley and Ida Florence Ambrose, in 1943; and their marriage was recorded at Epping Registration district in the September quarter 1943.¹

     Winifred Ida Charles was born on 10 December 1909 at Surrey, England; and her birth was recorded at Kingston Registration office in the March quarter 1910.^1,2,3 She was the daughter of Albert William Charles and Sarah Ann Lawrie.¹ Winifred Ida Charles was baptized on 27 March 1910 at St Luke, Kingston Upon Thames, Surrey, England.³ She appeared on the census of 2 April 1911 at 23 Woodside Road, Kingston Upon Thames, Surrey, England, as daughter, age 1.¹

     Hart Jones was born in 1766 at Aldgate, London, England.^5,6 He was the son of Moses Abraham Jones and Hannah Hamilberg.⁴ Hart Jones married Rachel Miriam Abraham circa 1790.⁷ Hart Jones as eldest son took over his father's Silversmiths business, which now advertised as Silversmiths and Watch and Clock Makers in 1811 at King's Lynn, Norfolk, England.⁸ He was advertising as a Silversmiths, Jewellers, Watch and Clock Makers between 1822 and 1845 at High Street, King's Lynn [Lynn Regis], Norfolk, England.^9,7 He was listed in Robson's Commercial Directory of Norfolk Bedfordshire Buckinghamshire Cambridgeshire Huntingdonshire Suffolk Oxfordshire 1839 as follows:

'Norfolk, Lynn Regis
Jones Hart, 10 High st, Watchmaker & Silversmith'

and for the same year in Pigot's Directory of Norfolk in the categories of 'Silversmiths and Jewellers' and 'Watch and Clockmakers.^10,11'

He was 'the leader of the Jewish community of sailors, silversmiths, pawnbrokers, shoemakers, servants and dealers, which had declined to no more than seven families by 1842, and had apparently disappeared by 1851.^4,12' He appeared on the census of 6 June 1841 at High Street, King's Lynn, Norfolk, England, as age 75, Silversmith, and he was not born in Norfolk.^7,13 He was an Officer of King's Lynn Synagogue and as such acquired ownership of Millfleet Burial Ground, Stonegate Street, King's Lynn, Norfolk in 1842.⁷ He appeared on the census of 30 March 1851 at 220 High Street, King's Lynn, Norfolk, England, as Head, widowed, age 88, birthplace Aldgate, Middlesex, and he was a Jeweller. Also in the Household were his daughter Maria and Servant Martha Taylor, unmarried, age 20, born Ely Isle of Littlefort.¹⁴ He died on 7 June 1852 at King's Lynn, Norfolk, England; and his death was registered in the June quarter 1852 at Norfolk Registration district.^15,16,17,18 He was the subject of an obituary in the Norfolk News as Jeweller of the High Street on 12 June 1852.¹⁹

      Moses Abraham Jones was also known as Moses Abraham Groomsfelt Abraham ben Isaiah.⁶ He was born in 1729 at Netherlands/Germany.^6,7,8 He was the son of Isaiah Groomsfelt.⁵ Moses Abraham Jones was Cameron Hawke-Smith in his paper 'The Jones Dental Dynasty' wrote:

'A tiny cemetery, enclosed in a mouldering redbrick wall, lies next to Millfleet, a busy ring road in King's Lynn. It contains a dozen or so gravestones of the small, early-nineteenth century Jewish community in that port. Amongst these is the grave of Abraham ben Isaiah, otherwise known as Moses Abraham Groomsfelt, or Jones, a silversmith, 1729 to 1811. This man was, true to his biblical namesake, the founder of a vast family, having six children, Aaron, Hart, David, Betsy, Isaiah and Rachel, at least thirty-five grandchildren and fifty-three great grandchildren. More remarkably, he was the forefather of a dynasty of dentists. One of his sons, Isaiah Jones, became a dentist (first recorded in 1805), when it is thought there were no more than twenty dentists operating in the whole country outside London. Eight of his grandsons became dentists, and five granddaughters married dentists. At least twelve of his great grandsons became dentists and the lines continued through to the fifth generation, with the last known Jones still in practice in the 1950s. On the present knowledge, twenty-eight direct descendants were dentists, and at least a further ten were connected by marriage. Members of the family spread very early on to most parts of England, including London, Kent, Southampton, Exeter, Cambridge, Lincolnshire, Chester, Liverpool, Hereford, Cheltenham and Shrewsbury. They were connected by marriage and partnerships with, amongst others, the Levasons, Alexes and Moselys, who were also extensive Jewish dental families.¹'

He married Hannah Hamilberg, daughter of Aaron Hamilberg, circa 1755.^1,9 Moses Abraham Jones was 'a founder of the King's Lynn synagogue.¹⁰' He was a Silversmith circa 1790 at High Street, King's Lynn, Norfolk, England.¹¹ He died on 17 April 1811; 'possibly King's, Norfolk, England.^1,12,13,14' He was buried at King's Lynn, Norfolk, England.^15,13

      Her married name was Jones.¹ Hannah Hamilberg was born in 1739 at Netherlands; and 'seems to have had a more privileged background [than her husband] and was said to have had a connection with Godefroi, the first Jewish Dutch Minister of Justice.^3,2,4' She was the daughter of Aaron Hamilberg.² Hannah Hamilberg married Moses Abraham Jones, son of Isaiah Groomsfelt, circa 1755.^1,5 Hannah Hamilberg died on 19 February 1814.^6,7 She was buried after 19 February 1814 at King's Lynn, Norfolk, England.⁸

     Isaiah Groomsfelt was born circa 1705 at Netherlands.^3,4,5 He Dr Anthony Joseph of the Society of Genealogists writes 'The Dutch family of Groomsfeld assumed the surname of Jones when Isiah Groomsfeld, arriving in Great Yarmouth, saw the name over a shop, and thought it more pronounceable than his own.⁶'

      Isaiah Jones was also known as Isiah b. Moshe Abraham Jones.^3,4,5 He was born circa 1772 at Lynn, Norfolk, England.¹ He was the son of Moses Abraham Jones and Hannah Hamilberg.¹ Isaiah Jones 'became a dentist (first recorded in 1805), when it is thought there were no more than twenty dentists operating in the whole country outside London.^1,6,7' He married Esther Davis, daughter of Henry Davis, on 8 October 1821; and Esther was 'a widow from Shropshire.^1,2,8'

Isaiah Jones was according to Brown, 'Isaiah Jones included Yarmouth almost as frequently as King's Lynn on his dental circuit, as he was able to lodge there with another of his brothers, David, at least until David Jones moved to Liverpool in 1825' before 1825.⁹ He was advertising his Dental practice in 1830 at St Giles, Broad Street, Norwich, Norfolk, England.^10,11,12 He was 'Isaiah and his son Samuel Aaron, were active members of the Norwich synagogue'. 'Responsibility for paying the rates on the building passed in 1830 to Isaiah Jones.^13,14' He was in a table of specimen fees charged by provincial dentists in the 1840s, Christine Hillman gives the following figures for Isaiah Jones:

     'Gold filling 5s 0d. Single artificial tooth 10s 0d. Set of artificial teeth £5 +.¹⁵'

He appeared on the census of 6 June 1841 at Trinity Square, Newington, Surrey, England, as Isiah Jones, male, age 61, not born in the county and occupation 'Ind' (Independent).¹⁶ He was said to have spent his retirement with his son Edward Abraham Jones in 1851 at 129 The Strand, Strand, Westminster, London, England.^1,17 He appeared on the census of 30 May 1851 at 129 Strand, Savoy, London, England, as Isaih Jones, Head, married, age 75, birthplace Lynn, Norfolk, and he was a Retired Dentist. Other family members in the Household were his Son Edward, who was a Dentist and his Wife Esther. Servant Ann Collett from Gloucestershire, who was 20, completed the household.¹⁸

He died on 16 March 1858 at London, England; and his death was recorded at Kensington Registration district in the March quarter 1858.^19,20,4 He was buried on 18 March 1858 at Brompton Cemetery, Fulham Road, London, England.^21,22 His estate was probated on 20 April 1858; and the National Probate Calendar says he was late of 129 Strand and he died 16 March 1858 at Connaught Terrace Hyde Park. Probate was given to Esther Jones widow and relict of Connaught Terrace and Edward Abraham Jones of 129 Strand Dentist the son being the executors. A transcript, kindly provided by Barbara Brown, reads:

'This is the last will and testament of me Isaiah Jones of 127 Strand London I will and bequeath all my household furniture plate linen etc unto my dear beloved son Edward Abraham with the express wish and direction that my dear beloved wife shall have the full use and benefit during her lifetime and I further bequeath the whole of my personal property that may be in my house or at my bankers and debts due to me at the time of my decease my just debts being first paid unto my aforesaid dear beloved son Edward Abraham upon trust to be invested in some or one of the public funds as soon as collected for the sole use and benefit of my dear beloved wife that the Interest arising therefrom be paid to her during her lifetime the capital to remain whole and entire during that time and at her demise I direct that the aforesaid capital whatsoever there may be shall be disposed as follows namely I will and bequeath half thereof unto my aforesaid dear beloved son Edward Abraham and the remaining half to be equally divided between my dear beloved sons in law Isaac Aaron and Samuel Aaron and appoint as my Executors of the execution of this my last will and testament my dear beloved wife and my dear beloved aforesaid son Edward Abraham hereby revoking all former wills by me made at any time heretofore dated this twenty sixth day of November one thousand eight hundred and forty six
'signed Isaiah Jones
'Witness Emma Jacobs 35 Surrey Street Strand
'Elizabeth Prichard 129 Strand.^23,24'

      Aaron Jones was also known as Aharon Jones.⁴ He was born in 1769 at England.^1,3 He was the son of Moses Abraham Jones and Hannah Hamilberg.^1,3 Aaron Jones married Nancy Benjamin, daughter of Asher Benjamin, on 12 September 1792 at London, England; and their marriage was recorded in The Great Synagogue Marriage register and transcribed by Angela Shire as:

'Groom's Surname/Forename/Hebrew Transliteration: Jones Aaron. Aharon s. of Abraham

Bride's Surname/Forename/Hebrew Transliteration: Benjamin Ann. Yentel d. of Hirsh Mulhausen*

Comments JHSEMVI App. 'Hirsh b. Benjamin' Apparent siblings appear in later GS Marriages.^2,5,6'

     David Jones was born circa 1775 at Yarmouth, Norfolk, England.^1,3,4 He was the son of Moses Abraham Jones and Hannah Hamilberg.¹ David Jones 'had a family of ten children surviving to adulthood, many of whom married into well known Jewish families in various parts of England.⁵' He married Leah Micholls, daughter of Henry Micholls and Grenendla (Rachael) Mapthali, circa 1800 at 26 Great George Street, Liverpool, Lancashire, England.^1,6,7 David Jones was a watchmaker - it is believed a single watch bearing his name on the face survives - or retailer in 1805 at Yarmouth, Norfolk, England.¹ He was later to become 'a successful and reputable optician' in Liverpool, Lancashire, England.¹

According to Sellick 'Robert Davidson Telford was an assistant to Jones, and made advertised visits [to Whitehaven] in 1842, 1860 and 1861. The middle name Davison suggests a possible Jewish origin [footnote 64]. Telford claimed in 1861 that this was his "Twenty Second Annual Visit To Whitehaven And Neighbourhood". Possibly on earliest visits he had accompanied David Jones. A "D. Jones, mechanical and practical optician", visited Workington in January 1837, for one week [footnote 65], and could possibly have been [Joseph] Levason's father-in-law.^8,9' According to Brown, 'Isaiah Jones included Yarmouth almost as frequently as King's Lynn on his dental circuit, as he was able to lodge there with another of his brothers, David, at least until David Jones moved to Liverpool in 1825.¹⁰' He was discussed in The Hebrew Community of Cheltenham where Torode says:

'It will be quite noticeable that the Jones family was also prolific in its supply of daughters as spouses for those with Cheltenham connections - Catherine Jones married Lewis Levason: Rebecca Jones married Joseph Levason and Belinda Jones married Montague Alex.

'Perhaps it was Lewis Levason's settling in Cheltenham with Catherine that prompted Montague and his wife to follow suit, and later on Hannah who married Abraham Myer.

'The Jones family originally named Groomsfeldt came from Holland. Moses Abraham Jones was living in Kings Lynn between 1729 and 1811. He married Dinah [sic?] and their son David married Leah at 26 Great George Street, Liverpool about 1800. They had two sons and eight daughters of whom five eventually settled in the Cheltenham area - Belinda, Rebecca, Catherine, Hannah, and Ann who married Nathaniel Nelson.¹¹'

He and Leah Micholls lived on 14 June 1826 at Pool Lane, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, according to the Liverpool Old Hebrew Congregation Marriage Register for their daughter Catherine.¹²

Sellick argues that 'The Crawcours and D. Jones of Liverpool, already mentioned, came from East Anglia and the presence of both in West Cumberland suggests a camaraderie of the itinerants, who would exchange information about trade amongst themselves. This camaraderie is supported by the presence of Cheltenham in the round of many itinerants, such as Abraham Solomons, Messrs Rosenberg, Mier, J. Levason and L. Levason, the latter two becoming residents'.¹³

David Jones lived in 1834 at Richmond Row, Liverpool, Lancashire, England.¹⁴ He was recorded as having an address in Whitehaven, Cumberland, England, according to the Liverpool Old Hebrew Congregation Marriage Register for his daughter Rebecca, but he was thought to be purely staying there with relatives for the wedding on 26 March 1836.¹²

He appeared on the census of 6 June 1841 at Great George Street, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, as Optician, age 65, and he was not born in the county.³ He lived in 1842 at 26 Great George Street, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, and he was an Optician.^15,16,17 He witnessed the marriage of Abraham Albert Myer and Hannah Jones on 27 August 1845 at 11 Bridge Street, Hereford, Herefordshire, England; According to Alex Jacob:

'At the time of their marriage Hannah's sister Rebecca and her husband Joseph were living in Hereford thus making an intimate family group in that city. The witnesses to the marriage were Joseph Levason and David Jones and the officiating Minister was Isaac Pulver'.

The following announcement appeared in the Liverpool Mercury '...at Hereford, Mr Myer, of that city, [married] to Hannah, sixth daughter of the late Mr David Jones, St John's-hill, Shrewsbury. Also Mr Drielsma, of this town, [married] to Sarah, seventh daughter of the above.^{1,18,19,20,21,22}'

David Jones died after 27 August 1845.^23,19,24

      Her married name was Lazarus.³ Betsy Jones was born circa 1774 at England.¹ She was the daughter of Moses Abraham Jones and Hannah Hamilberg.¹ Betsy Jones married Asher HaLevi Lazarus circa 1800.³

      Her married name was Alex.¹ Rachael Jones was born in 1780; in 'Foreign Parts.^1,3,4' She was the daughter of Moses Abraham Jones and Hannah Hamilberg.¹ Rachael Jones married Solomon Alex circa 1797.^1,5 Rachael Jones appeared on the census of 6 June 1841 at 11 Finsbury Place, Finsbury, London, England, as age 60, birthplace not in Middlesex.⁶ She died on 23 June 1849 at Brussels, Brabant, Belgium; and this was announced as 'in her 76th year' in The Times of 3 July 1849 'after a few days illness, at the residence of her son, Mr J. Alex [Isaiah Alex], Brussels...relict of the late Solomon Alex, of Finsbury Pavement.^7,3,8,9 ' She was buried at Brussels, Brabant, Belgium.³ She was the subject of an obituary /death notice published in The Cheltenham Chronicle at the 'residence her son, in Brussels in the 70th year of her age, Rachel, relict of the late Mr. Alex, of London, and mother of Mr. Montague Alex, of this town' on 5 July 1849.¹⁰ She left a will on 28 August 1849; proved on 28 August 1849 as 'Rachael Alex, Widow of Arundel Street Coventry Street Middlesex.¹¹'

      James Isaiah Jones was also known as James Isiah Jones.^3,4 James Isaiah Jones was also known as Isaiah Jones.⁵ He was born circa 1798; in Norfolk [Note: Cameron Hawke-Smith writes 'The sources vary on the father of James Isaiah and others, as between Hart and Isaiah'].^6,7 He was the son of Hart Jones and Rachel Miriam Abraham.^1,2 James Isaiah Jones was 'a successful Optician in Norwich and London' circa 1820.¹ He married Julia Levander circa 1822.² James Isaiah Jones was listed in Pigot's 1839 Directory of Norfolk as follows:

     'Lynn Regis &c. Opticians Jones James, 13 Buckingham terr.⁸'

He appeared on the census of 6 June 1841 at South Lynn, King's Lynn, Norfolk, England, as Jas. Jones, age 40, born in the county, and he was an Optician.⁹ He was listed in Norwich in Hunt & Co's Directory of East Norfolk & parts of Suffolk, 1850 under Opitcians as:

     'Jones James, Wensum street.¹⁰'     

He died on 29 September 1866 at London, England; and his death as James Isiah Jones was recorded in the September quarter 1866 at Mile End Registration district, at age 70.^11,4 He was the subject of an obituary /Death notice published in The Jewish Chronicle of 5 October 1866:

'On 29th September, at 7 Bedford-square, Commercial-road, East, in his 71st year, after long and severe sufferings, borne with pious resignation, James Isaiah Jones, late of Norwich, deeply lamented by his bereaved wife, family and a large circle of friends. May his soul rest in peace!¹²'

      Solomon Alex was also known as Solomon Cohen Alex.^3,4 Solomon Alex was also known as Pinchas Zelig HaCohen.⁵ Solomon Alex was also known as Selig HaKohen Alex.^6,7 He was born in 1771 at Netherlands/Germany.^8,9 He married Rachael Jones, daughter of Moses Abraham Jones and Hannah Hamilberg, circa 1797.^1,10 Solomon Alex was a Dentist, possibly in Bath, who started as a corn-cutter or foot surgeon circa 1799.¹ He was listed in The Post Office London Directory, 1841 as follows:

     'Dentists: Alex Solomon, 11 Finsbury place'.
     
He is also recorded at '21 Jewry Street, Aldgate.^11,12'

He appeared on the census of 6 June 1841 at 11 Finsbury Place, Finsbury, London, England, as age 70, birthplace Foreign Parts and he was a Dentist. The other members of the Alex family were Rachel, Sophia and Hannah.¹³ He died on 14 July 1845 at London, England; and his death was registered as Solomon Cohen Alex at Whitechapel Registration district in the September quarter 1845.^4,3 He was buried at Brady Street Cemetery, Whitechapel, London, England; and his monument has a plaque over the original headstone and has been described as 'Solomon Alex who departed this life 14th July 1845. The original stone has aged 76 years and also Cohen hands/blessing at the top.^3,14'

     John Jones was born circa 1797 at King's Lynn, Norfolk, England; Note: Cameron Hawke-Smith says with reference to John Jones as son of Hart Jones 'His paternity is based on professional relations with Alfred Jones; his place of birth King's Lynn; and the naming of his son Frederick Hart. He could as easily have been the[ son of Isaiah, brother of Hart Jones, by an earlier (unrecorded) marriage since it is almost certainly Isaiah who is the 'Mr Jones, Sen.' who advertises as dentist in Cambridge in 1818. Whilst much of CJJ [The Jones Family Tree, complied by Charles Joseph Jones 1891] ... corresponds well with other sources, this is one of the less complete areas of the pedigree.^2,3' He was the son of Hart Jones and Rachel Miriam Abraham.¹ John Jones married Mary Ann Watson on 19 May 1818 at St James, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England.^1,4 John Jones was a Dentist who advertised his Dental practice in Bury St Edmunds and settled in 4 Jesus Lane, Cambridge in 1823.^1,5 He and Mary Ann Watson lived between 26 December 1827 and 15 November 1834 at Jesus Lane, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England.⁶ John Jones was recorded over many years as dentist to Revd. Joseph Romilly, a Fellow of Trinity College Cambridge. When John was involved in an affray outside his premises at 4 Jesus Lane, Cambridge, with two undergraduates in the middle of the night of 9 December 1833, what resulted, according to Romilly's diaries and University records, was the University's Vice-Chancellor's court suspending one student 'sine die' and reprimanding the other in front of the Senate. Cameron Hawke-Smith argues in his article that the accusation made by the undergraduates was that John was not married to his wife was false but what John may have been more sensitive to, like many in his position, was the fear of revelation of his real Jewish origins.......In Cambridge there were very few Jews and no synagogue. The university did not admit Jews until 1854. John Jones seems to have supported a number of Jewish causes in later life, but whilst he may have thought of himself as a Jew to his dying day the secret of their Jewish origins was successfully kept by (or kept from) his descendants until the present time.³'

He was reported as follows: 'Although Jones had a sufficient clientele to maintain his business in Cambridge he still travelled in the long vacation (which in those days left Cambridge rather deserted) in search of custom. An advertisement of June 17th 1835 placed jointly with his partner, Alfred Jones of 64 Grosvenor Street, London, shows that they were on the west coast of Ireland that summer looking for business amongst the land-owning classes. The advertisement is headed by a list of clients that include the 'Princess Augusta and the Duchess of Gloucester; his Majesty Louis Philippe the First, and the Royal Family of France; her Serene Highness Princess Esterhazy, Prince Nicolas, the Princesses Rosa and Mary, etc, etc, etc...' on 17 June 1835.³ He lived in 1838; 'at one of the best addresses in town, between King's College and the Bull Hotel.¹' He was advertising his Dental practice in Cambridge. Cameron Hawke-Smith writes 'John Jones had done sufficiently well to move to a new address, 63 Trumpington Street. This was a small elegant house designed by Wilkins between his gothic screen of King's College and the fashionable Bull Hotel. Romilly was amused to hear at dinner that it was called 'The Calf'. It was built in 1829 and the print by Rawle conveniently ignores the ancient, irregular cluster of structures known as the Cory Buildings that were only finally acquired and demolished by King's College in 1870. The house was demolished in the 1960s and replaced by a modern building adjacent to the present King's Lane. It was obviously an extremely good address for a dentist wanting to exploit the markets of both the university and town and the wealthy visitors staying at the Bull Hotel. It may also have been ideal for clients not wishing to be seen, since they could slip in and out through the passageway behind the Cory Buildings' in 1839.^5,3 He appeared on the census of 6 June 1841 at Trumpington Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, as C J Jones, age 45 with Wife Mary Ann and family.⁷

He was mentioned in his son, Frederick Hart Jones's 1847 Dental apprenticeship debenture:

'Frederick Hart Jones '(a Minor) of his own free will and by and with the consent and approbation of his Father John Jones of the Borough of Cambridge in the County of Cambridge Surgeon-Dentist doth put himself Apprentice to Robert Ransom of the said Borough of Cambridge Surgeon and Apothecary to learn his Art with him'.⁸ He was made 'dentist in ordinary to Queen Victoria and Prince Albert' from their July 1847 visit to Cambridge and his Royal Warrant was delivered to 64 Grosvenor Street, London, the address of Alfred Jones [c1801-1882].

'Jones was very prompt to use Ether as an anaesthetic, though Romilly scorned to avail himself of it. In early 1847 when it had only been in use anywhere in the world for a matter of a few months Romilly reports that Jones had used it a few times. 'but never without the presence or at least the written consent of the person's medical adviser'. Jones was also a quick operator. Romilly's sister had a wax model taken of her gums and just four days later Jones had produced her new set of teeth, the charge being 25gns.

'For Romilly, as for other patients, it was the quality of the work that mattered, not whether the dentist had had an academic training. Romilly, who was a fastidious man, stayed with Jones throughout his life even though he complained about his work from time to time and especially his charges. A charge of 25 gns for a new set of teeth for his sister in 1840 was described as 'outrageous', but this appears to have been about the going rate at the time. It was equivalent to one year's wages for an agricultural labourer, but a large part of the cost was the gold, taken directly from sovereigns.

'Another entry worth quoting in full: 'Dosia has had her horrid black teeth filed down and two new false ones put in: she must have been an ass enough to dress like a lady and not like a cook for that thief of a Mr Jones has charged her 50s!' We may feel that this says something in Jones's favour, that he would moderate his prices for those not as wealthy as Romilly. There is an implication that Jones may have been unscrupulous at times. Romily went to him once with a sore cheek and was assured it was nothing to do with his teeth, but not before Jones had earned himself a guinea by finding a tooth to stop. Nevertheless, Romilly records with some satisfaction on another occasion that his sister had saved herself paying Jones one shilling out of two guineas because she hadn't had the cash on her!^9,3,10'

He 'acquired land from the Manor of Chesterton just outside Cambridge in 1848 and built a house, Ely Villa, Milton Road, though still practising from 63 Trumpington Street, where some of his children lived' in 1848.¹¹ He was he was advertising his Dental practice in Cambridge between 1850 and 1855.⁵ He appeared on the census of 30 March 1851 at Ely Road, Chesterton, Cambridgeshire, England, as Head, married, age 54, birthplace Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, with Wife Mary Ann and Daughter Elizabeth.¹² He was Widowed on 19 October 1854.¹³ He married Sarah Aveling on 27 October 1857 at Chepping Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England; and she was single and age 47; he was age 58 and widowed.¹⁴ John Jones appeared on the census of 7 April 1861 at Milton Road, Chesterton, Cambridgeshire, England, as Head, married, age 62, birthplace Wisbeach, Cambridgeshire, and he was a Surgeon Dentist. He was living with his Wife Sarah and Daughters Sarah and Elizabeth. A Domestic Servant completed the household.¹⁵ He and Alfred Abraham Jones were executor for the Will of Alfred Slade Granger (husband of Mary Ann Jones) on 12 June 1865.¹⁶ John Jones appeared on the census of 2 April 1871 at Ely Villa, Milton Road, Chesterton, Cambridgeshire, England, as Head, married, age 72, birthplace Kings Lynn, Norfolk, and he was a Dentist, living with his wife Sarah, daughters Elizabeth and Ellen, and a General Servant.¹⁷

He died on 20 January 1878 at Chesterton, Cambridgeshire, England; and his death was registered at age 80 in the March quarter 1878 at Chesterton Registration district.^18,19 He was buried on 26 January 1878 at Mill Road Cemetery, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England; and as 'the burial register shows that John Jones was buried in this parish it is reasonable to suppose that he is also buried here [with his Wife and third daughter] and his inscription likely to be on the north side of the monument.
The monument to his children is located behind this tomb.²⁰' His estate was probated; and The 1878 National Probate Calendar reads:

'Jones John. Personal estate under £10,000. 11 March 1878. The Will with a Codicil of John Jones late of Chesterton in the County of Cambridge Surgeon-Dentist who died 28 January 1878 at Chesterton was proved at the Principal Registry by Frederick Hart Jones and Alfred Jones of Cambridge in the County of Cambridge Gentlemen the Sons and William Aveling Gray of Ipswich in the County of Suffolk Accountant the Executors'.^21,19

     James Levander was born circa 1800 at Westminster, London, England.^1,3 He married Julia Jones, daughter of Hart Jones and Rachel Miriam Abraham, on 17 February 1825; and they had a 'Son in Norwich, Norfolk.^1,4' James Levander was listed in The Congregational Ledger of Exeter Synagogue commencing September 1827 as 'Levender [Mr Levander Dentist, Lavender].⁵'

He was advertising as a Dentist in 1830 at 23 Southernhay Place, Exeter, Devon, England.⁶ He For an account of his conversion to Christianity for the sake of his son's education see 'Levander of Exeter' in the Susser Archive.^7,8 He was a Dentist who 'advertised for an apprentice' on 17 December 1835.⁹ He appeared on the census of 6 June 1841 at 11 Bicton Place, Littleham, Devon, England, as age 40, not born in the county, and he was a Surgeon ...¹⁰ He was listed in Exter in 'History, Gazetteer & Directory of Devon, 1850' as follows:

     'Levander James, 2 Crescent row'

in 1850.^11,12 He appeared on the census of 30 March 1851 at 2 Crescent Row, Exeter, Devon, England, as Head, married, age 50, birthplace Westminster, Middlesex, and he was a Surgeon Dentist.¹³ He was listed in 'Slater's Directory of Berkshire, Cornwall, Devon Dorset Gloucestershire Hampshire Somerset Wiltshire Wales, 1852-53' as follows:

     'Devonshire. Exeter. Dentists: Levander James, 2 Crescent row, Southernhay st'


between 1852 and 1853.¹⁴ He was The following notice was appeared in the 'London Gazette Issue 21707 published on the 4 May 1855':

     'In the Matter of the Petition of James Levander, of No. 1, Upper Southernhay, Saint Sidwell, in the county of the city of Exeter, previously of No. 23, Southernhay, Saint David, in the county of the city of Exeter, and formerly of No. 2, Crescent-row East, Southernhay, Saint Sidwell, in the county of the city of Exeter, Surgeon Dentist.
     NOTICE is hereby given, that John Tyrrell, Esq., Judge of the County Court of Devonshire, at Exeter, acting in the matter of this Petition, will proceed to make a Final Order thereon, at the said Court, on the 22nd day of May instant, at ten o'clock in the forenoon precisely, unless cause be then and there shown to the contrary.'

on 4 May 1855.¹⁵ He was a Dentist in 1856-1857 and known to be advertising his practice. He was listed in 'Exeter Pocket Journal & Almanac, 1856' as follows:

     'Surgeon Dentists in Exeter: Levander James, 4 High street'

between 1856 and 1857 at Exeter, Devon, England.^16,17,18 He died before 17 October 1857 at Hampshire, England; 'at age 57' and his death was recorded at Portsea Registration district in the December quarter 1857.^19,20,21 He was buried on 17 October 1857 at Trowbridge Cemetery, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England.²² He left a will; 'Apparently no Will [was] proved' after his death.²³

      Her married name was Levander. Julia Jones was born circa 1803 at Westminster, London, England; according to the 1851 Census, and at Kings Lynn, Norfolk, according to the 1861 Census.^3,4,5,1 She was the daughter of Hart Jones and Rachel Miriam Abraham.¹ Julia Jones married James Levander on 17 February 1825; and they had a 'Son in Norwich, Norfolk.^1,5' Julia Jones appeared on the census of 6 June 1841 at 11 Bicton Place, Littleham, Devon, England, as age 40 and she was not born in the county.⁶ She appeared on the census of 30 March 1851 at 2 Crescent Row, Exeter, Devon, England, as Dentist's Wife, age 48, birthplace Westminster, Middlesex.⁷ She appeared on the census of 7 April 1861 at Grammar School, 38 Newport Street, Devizes, Wiltshire, England, as Julia Lavander, Widowed, age 57, birthplace Kings Lynn, Norfolk. Her Son Henry Charles Levander was Head of Household and Head Master of the Grammar School.³

She died on 17 March 1865 at 2 Osborne Place, Winchester, Hampshire, England; and her death was registered in the March quarter 1865 at Winchester Registration district.^8,9,10 She was buried at Winchester Cemetery, Winchester, Hampshire, England; and a copy of the Burial Certificate dated 20 April 1865 gives her age as 61.¹¹ Her estate was probated on 26 March 1865; and the National Probate Register for 1865 contains the following entry: 'Letters of Administration of the personal estate and effects of Julia Levander late of 2 Osborn-place Winchester in the County of Southampton Widow deceased...were granted at the Principal Registry to Henry Charles Levander of 111 Manor-road Clapham in the County of Surrey Assistant Master of the Grammar School Clapham aforesaid Son of the said Deceased he having first been sworn.¹⁰'

      Her married name was Jones.⁵ Leah Micholls was born circa 1779 at England; and the family was 'Norfolk-based.^5,6' She was the daughter of Henry Micholls and Grenendla (Rachael) Mapthali.^3,4 Leah Micholls married David Jones, son of Moses Abraham Jones and Hannah Hamilberg, circa 1800 at 26 Great George Street, Liverpool, Lancashire, England.^5,7,8 Leah Micholls and David Jones lived on 14 June 1826 at Pool Lane, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, according to the Liverpool Old Hebrew Congregation Marriage Register for their daughter Catherine.⁹

Leah Micholls died on 24 July 1827; ' In about 1827, shortly after her last child was born, Leah had a mastectomy, performed without anasthetic, by the surgeon Sir Astley Cooper at the house of her brother Edward Micholls in Park Crescent, Langham Place, London but she died soon afterwards at the age of 47'. Her death was recorded in the Liverpool Old Hebrew Congregation Death Register where she was 'of Pool Lane.^10,6,11'

      Kate Jones was also known as Catherine.^3,4,5,6 Her married name was Levason.¹ She was born on 28 March 1801 at East Dereham, Norfolk, England.^1,7,8,9,10 She was the daughter of David Jones and Leah Micholls.^1,2 Kate Jones married Dr Lewis Levason, son of Samuel Levason and Kate Abraham, on 14 June 1826 at Old Hebrew Congregation, Seel Street Synagogue, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, and their marriage was recorded in Liverpool Old Hebrew Congregation Marriage Register.^1,3,5,6 Kate Jones appeared on the census of 6 June 1841 at Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, as Catherine Sevason, age 40, birthplace not in Gloucestershire, in 'Nor'[folk].⁴ She appeared on the census of 30 March 1851 at 16 Clarence Place, Clerkenwell, London, England, as Wife, age 50, birthplace East Dereham, Norfolk, and she 'attends to Family.¹¹' She appeared on the census of 7 April 1861 at 97 Upper Stanhope Street, Toxteth Park, Lancashire, England, as Wife, transcribed as Kate Levison, married, age 60, birthplace Dereham, Norfolk, and there was no Head of household. Written in the Occupation column was 'Lodging House Husband at Sea'. She was living with her Daughter Victoria. A House Servant completed the household.¹² She lived in 1870 at 14 Brainerd Street, The Brook, Liverpool, Lancashire, England.¹³ She appeared on the census of 2 April 1871 at 27 Darwin Road, West Derby, Lancashire, England, as Wife, married, age 70, birthplace East Dareham, Norfolk. She was living with her daughter Victoria and they comprised all the occupants of the household.⁸

She died on 23 April 1873 at 14 Brainerd Street, The Brook, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, at age 72; and her death was registered at age 72 in the June quarter 1873 at West Derby Registration district. The following announcement was published:

     'Death 23.4.1873 at 14 Brainerd Street, The Brook, Liverpool, beloved wife of Lewis Levason, aged 72. Deeply lamented by her sorrowing husband and family'

followed a week later by a notice which said 'Lewis Levason, Mrs S Schonstadt and Miss Victoria Levason thanks for condolences for their lamented wife and mother. Liverpool, 1st May, 1873.^{14,7,15,16,17}'

She was the subject of an obituary in The Jewish Chronicle.¹³

     Dr Lewis Levason was born in 1800 at Colchester, Essex, England.^1,4,5 He was the son of Samuel Levason and Kate Abraham.³ Dr Lewis Levason was a Dentist of Chester, Leamington and Aylesbury between 1825 and 1850.¹ He married Kate Jones, daughter of David Jones and Leah Micholls, on 14 June 1826 at Old Hebrew Congregation, Seel Street Synagogue, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, and their marriage was recorded in Liverpool Old Hebrew Congregation Marriage Register.^1,6,7,8 Dr Lewis Levason was advertising his Dental practice in Chester and Leamington. He was listed by Hillam as belonging to one of the 'Dental Families Established in the Provinces before 1855' as follows:

'Levason, Lewis Chester/Leamington [Directory entries] 1828-1853'

One of his advertisments in Pigot's Trade Directory has been transcribed as follows:

'Name: LEVASON, Lewis
Location of Event: Chester, CHS, ENG
Date: 1830
Directory: Pigots. Page: 20 '

between 1828 and 1853.^9,10,11,12 He and Grenville David Jones appeared in The London Gazette published on the 3 July 1829 in the following item:

     'NOTICE is hereby given, that the Partnership heretofore subsisting and carried on between and by us the undersigned, Lewis Levason and Grenville Jones, of the City of Chester, Surgeon Dentists, under the firm of Levason and Jones, was this day dissolved by mutual consent : As witness our hands this 27th day of June 1829. Lewis Levason. Grenville Jones.¹³'

Dr Lewis Levason and Dr Joseph Levason were brothers and Surgeon Dentists who initially worked in partnership according to The London Gazette Issue 18800 published on 3 May 1831 which contained the following item:

     'The Partnership between us the undersigned of Gower Street, Bedford Square, Surgeon Dentists, has this day been dissolved by mutual consent:— 29th April 1831. J. L. Levason. Lewis Levason.¹⁴'

Dr Lewis Levason lived in 1837 at 2 Painswick Lawn, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England; where he was, according to Torode, 'very much a part of the Cheltenham Community.⁶'

He was advertising in New Guide to the Royal Leamington Spa, the Neighbouring Towns and Surrounding Country as 'Dale and Levason, Messrs. Dentists, 4 Lower parade'
in 1839.¹⁵ 'The London Gazette Issue 19791 published on the 19 November 1839' contained the following parnership dissolution item:

     ' NOTICE is hereby given, that the Partnership heretofore subsisting between us the undersigned, Lewis Levason and George Frederick Baker, and carried on at Llanassa, in the county of Flint, underthe name, style, or firm of Levason and Baker, has been this day dissolved by mutual consent: As witness our hands this 19th day of November 1839. Lewis Levason. George Frederick Baker.¹⁶'

He was 'The London Gazette Issue 19876 published on the 21 July 1841' contained the following parnership dissolution item:

     ' NOTICE is hereby given, that the Partnership lately subsisting between us the undersigned, Henry Dale and Lewis Levason, heretofore practising as Surgeon Dentists, at Leamington-priors, in the county of Warwick, under the firm of Dale and Levason, has been dissolved by mutual consent.—Witness our hands this 17th day of June 1840. Henry Dale and Lewis Levason'


on 17 June 1840.¹⁷ He was 'The London Gazette Issue 19876 published on the 21 July 1840' contained the following partnership dissolution item:

     ' NOTICE is hereby given, that the Partnership lately subsisting between us, Henry Dale and Lewis Levason, heretofore practising as Surgeon Dentists, at Leamington-priors, in the county of Warwick, under the firm of Dale and Levason, has been dissolved by mutual consent.—Witness our hands this 17th day of June 1840. Henry Dale. Lewis Levason'

on 21 July 1840.¹⁸ He appeared on the census of 6 June 1841 at Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, as Lewis Sevason, age 40. Other members of the household were Catherine 40, Leah 15, George 15, Henrietta 7 and Rosetta 3.¹⁹ He was 'The London Gazette Issue 19988 published on the 15 June 1841' contained the following item:

     ''NOTICE is hereby given, that we the undersigned, Lewis Levason, Montague Alex, and Joseph Levason, carrying on the profession or business, in copartnership, of Surgeon Dentists, in the city and county of Hereford, in the city and county of Worcester, at Gloucester, Cheltenham, Stroud, and Cirencester, in the county of Gloucester, at Whitehaven, Cockermouth, and Workington, in the county of Cumberland, at Kendall, in the county of Westmoreland, and at Ulverstone, in Lancashire, have this day mutually dissolved the said copartnership, but so far only as regards the said Lewis Levason, who retires from all the above-mentioned concerns. All debts and credits of the said partnership will be paid and received, respectively, by the continuing partners: As witness our hands this 5th day of June 1841. Lewis Levason. Montague Alex. Joseph Levason.²⁰'


He lived between 1842 and 1845 at Painswick Lawn, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England; and he was listed on the Electoral Register as having a freehold property.²¹ He was mentioned in a Notice to Correspondents in The Jewish Chronicle as 'Surgeon Dentist, Yarmouth' between 24 December 1847 and 14 January 1848.^22,23,24 He appeared on the census of 30 March 1851 at 16 Claremont Place, Clerkenwell, London, England, as Head, married, age 51, birthplace Colchester, Essex, and he was a 'Dentist/unfortunately without Occupation'. Kate, his Wife, attended to the family and his Daughters Henrietta and Rosetta were Bead Workers. The household also contained a Maid of all work and an Errand boy.⁴ He was in practice in London between 1852 and 1853.²⁵ New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 contain the following entry:

'Name: Lewis Levason. Arrival Date: 2 May 1853. Estimated birth year: abt 1800. Age: 53. Gender: Female. Port of Departure: Liverpool, England. Destination: England. Place of Origin: England. Ship Name: Baltic. Port of Arrival: New York.²⁶' He was listed in The Jewish Chronicle as 'Lewis Levason (late pupil of Mr Alfred Mellon), 15 Lower Belgrave-place, Pimlico, S.W.' between 28 May 1858 and 4 June 1858.²⁷ The following account of 'Personal Struggles' appeared in 'Jewish Voices of the California Gold Rush: A Documentary History, 1849-1880':

'A dentist originally from England, Dr. Lewis Levason, arrived in Nevada City in 1860 at age sixty-six. An editorial in the 'Nevada Democrat' noted that Dr. Levason "speaks every sort of language and that he knows how to fit the mouth to pronounce equally well the liquid Italian and the convulsive Chinese*. [*Norton B Stern, 'A Dentist in a Gold Rush Town' Western States Jewish History Quarterly 19:2 (1987): 134-5]. After four years in Nevada City he planned to retire in San Francisco, but bad investments forced him to resume his dental practice'.

Below this paragph is a transcript of an advertisement which tells that on the advice of his friends Dr Levason 'intends residing permanently in Nevada City' and can be visited in his office 'upstairs over Block & Co's store, corner of Pine and Com. Sts., Nevada City, Cal'.²⁸


He appeared on the census of 7 April 1861 'as husband at sea.²⁹' He appeared on the census of 2 April 1871 at 17 Promenade Villas, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, as Louis Levason, Brother-in-law of Mr 'Uerts' Karo [#10418], married, age 70, birthplace Colchester, Essex, and the was recorded as 'Doctor.³⁰' He recorded on a list of "Foreign Born Voters of California 1872" as 'Levason, Lewis ... age 71 in 1866 ... native of England ... Rec. No. 32609.³¹' He was described as a Surgeon Dentist on his daughter Rosetta's Marriage Certificate on 26 November 1873.³² He wrote a will on 4 June 1875 in which he mentions 'my property in California.³³' He died on 10 February 1876 at 117 Crown Street, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, and his death was registered at age 76 in the March quarter 1876 at West Derby Registration district. The following notice was published:

     'Death 10.2.1876 at his residence 117 Crown Street, Liverpool, beloved father of Mrs S Schonstadt, 105A Grove Street and Mrs E.S. Myer of Byron Street. Deeply lamented.^{34,25,35,36,5}'

His estate was probated; and recorded on 3 March 1876 of the Will and Codicil as 'under £200' and 'proved at Liverpool by Horatio Jones of Castle-street Shrewsbury in the County of Salop Sigismund Schonstadt of 3 Cable-street Liverpool Merchant and Rosetta Sarah Blamire (Wife of Thomas Blamire) of 105A Grove-street Liverpool the Daughter the Executors'.

The following notice appeared in The London Gazette Issue 24551 published on the 12 February 1878:

     'LEWIS LEVASON, Deceased. Pennant to the Statute 22nd and 23rd Victoria, chapter 35, intituled'' An Act to further amend the Law of Property, and to relieve Trustees." NOTICE is hereby given, that all creditors and other persons having any claims or demands upon or against the estate of Lewis Levason, formerly of 88, Sutton-street, Tulbrook, and late of 117, Crown-street, Liverpool, in the county of Lancaster (who died on the 10th day of February, 1876, and whose will was duly proved by the executors therein named, in Her Majesty's High Court of Justice, Probate, Divorce, and Admiralty Division, at the District Registry at Liverpool, on the 3rd day of March, 1876), are hereby required to send, in writing, the particulars of their claims or demands to us, the undersigned, on or before the 1st day of March next. And notice is hereby also given, that at the expiration of the last-mentioned day the said executors will be at liberty to distribute the assets of the said Lewis Levason, or any part thereof, amongst the parties entitled thereto, having regard to the claims of which the said executors have then had notice; and that the said executors will, not be liable for the assets, or any part thereof, so distributed to any person of whose claim they have not had notice at the time of such distribution.—Dated this 8th day of February, 1878.
     WRIGHT, STOCKLEY, and BECKET, 17, Water-street, Liverpool, Solicitors for the said Executors.^25,37,38,39'

     Arthur Grenville Levason LDS was born on 10 April 1836 at Whitehaven, Cumberland, England.^4,1,5,6,7,8 He was the son of Dr Joseph Levason and Rebecca Hamilberg Jones.^2,3 Arthur Grenville Levason LDS appeared on the census of 6 June 1841 at Sherborne Place, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, as Arthur Levason, age 5 and he was not born in the county.³ He appeared on the census of 30 March 1851 at Wye Bridge Street, Hereford, Herefordshire, England, (Transcribed as Sevason) as Son of 'Head of Family Abroad', age 14, birthplace Whitehaven, Cumberland, and he was 'Pupil to his father Surgeon Dentist.²'

He was listed in Post Office Directory of Herefordshire, 1856 as follows: 'Hereford City. Gentry. Levason Arthur Grenville, esq. Bridge street' and 'Hereford City. Levason Arthur Grenville, surgeon dentist, Bridge street.⁹'

He was executor for his Father and The National Probate Calendar of 1950 reads 'Levason William of 37 Hamilton-road Dollis Hill London N.W.10...Administration London 5 December to Montague Alex Levason dentist.' on 22 July 1858.¹⁰ He was baptized on 18 January 1860; at age 23 and a transcript reads:

'LEVASON, Arthur     Christening
     Gender:     Male
     Christening Date:     18 Jan 1860     Recorded in:     Hereford, Herefordshire, England
               Collection:     St Nicholas
     Father:     Joseph LEVASON
     Mother:     Rebekah.¹¹'

He married Mary Anne Robertson on 27 December 1860 at Holy Trinity, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England; and their marriage, by Lience, was recorded in the December quarter 1861 at Cheltenham Registration district. Both were of Full Age and he was a Surgeon Dentist as were both their fathers. He was a Bachelor of St. Nicholas, Hereford, and she was a Spinster of Grosvenor Street, Cheltenham.^{4,12,13,14,15,16} Arthur Grenville Levason LDS and Mary Anne Robertson had a Marriage announcement published in The Hereford Journal on 2 January 1861.¹⁷ Arthur Grenville Levason LDS and Mary Anne Robertson had their marriage announced in the Cheltenham Looker-On: 'December 27th, Trinity Church, Cheltenham, by the Rev. M. J. Bickersteth, Arthur G. Levason, Esq., of Hereford, to Mary Anne, second daughter of the late J. J. Robertson, Esq., Surgeon- Dentist, Dublin' on 12 January 1861.¹⁸ Arthur Grenville Levason LDS appeared on the census of 7 April 1861 at Widemarsh Common, Holmer, Herefordshire, England, as Head, married, age 25, birthplace Whitehaven, Cumberland, and he was a Surgeon Dentist. He was living with his Wife Mary Ann and his Nephew, Charles Granville Robertson, Visitor, age 4, birthplace Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. Also in the household was a 'House Servant.¹³'

He appeared on the census of 2 April 1871 at 12 Bridge Street, Hereford, Herefordshire, England, as Head, married, age 34, birthplace Whitehaven, Cumberland, and he was a Dentist. He was living with his Wife Mary Annie, Sons Peyton and Charles, and Daughters Edith, Sarah Bertha Mary and Isabella. Also in the household were three General Domestic Servants.¹⁹ He lived between 1876 and 1877 at 12 Bridge Street, Hereford, Herefordshire, England.²⁰ He 'Acquired the LDS' and was 'listed as a Dentist' in 1878 at Hereford, Herefordshire, England.¹ He was listed in The Dentists Register as 'Levason, Arthur Grenville: 12 Bridge street, Hereford: 1878, Sept. 11: Lic. Den. Surg. R. Coll. Surg, Irel., 1878.²¹' He appeared on the census of 3 April 1881 at Bridge Street, Hereford, Herefordshire, England, as Head, married, age 44, birthplace Whitehaven, Cumberland, and he was a Dental Surgeon. The full entry reads:

'Dwelling:     Bridge St
     Census Place:     Hereford St Nicholas, Hereford, England
     Source:     FHL Film 1341625 PRO Ref RG11 Piece 2595 Folio 38 Page 8
     Marr     Age     Sex     Birthplace
Arthur G. LEVASON     M     44      M     Whitehaven, Cumberland, England
     Rel:     Head
     Occ:     Dental Surgeon
Marianne LEVASON     M     44      F     Dublin, Ireland
     Rel:     Wife
Payton G. LEVASON     U     19      M     Holmer, Hereford, England
     Rel:     Son
     Occ:     Registerd Dental Student
Edith B. LEVASON     U     16      F     Hereford, England
     Rel:     Daur
     Occ:     Scholar
Charles W.A. LEVASON     U     13      M     Hereford, England
     Rel:     Son
     Occ:     Scholar
Bertha M.S. LEVASON     U     12      F     Hereford, England
     Rel:     Daur
     Occ:     Scholar
Isabella ((M)) LEVASON ((KNOTT))     U     10      F     Hereford, England
     Rel:     Daur
     Occ:     Scholar
William M. KNOTT     U     14      M     London Islington, London, Middlesex, England
     Rel:     Nephew
     Occ:     Dental Student
Isabella J. KNOTT     M     40      F     Dublin, Ireland
     Rel:     Visitor
     Occ:     No Occupation
John R. KNOTT     U     5      M     London, London, Middlesex, England
     Rel:     Visitor
Elizabeth MORRIS     U     20      F     Hereford, England
     Rel:     Servant
     Occ:     Cook (Dom)
Eliza PILLOW     U     16      F     Much Marcle, Hereford, England
     Rel:     Servant
     Occ:     Nurse (Dom)
Eliza HANDLEY     U     15      F     St Martins, Hereford, England
     Rel:     Servant
     Occ:     Housemaid (Dom).⁴'

He was listed in Jakeman & Carver's Directory of Herefordshire, 1890 as follows:

'Hereford Public Buildings, Institutions, Offices etc. Hereford and District Working Boys' Home and Certified Industrial School, Bath street: Arthur G Levason, Esq., Chairman and Hon. Secretary'

'Hereford Public Buildings, Institutions, Offices etc St Martin's Home, Blackmarstone: Arthur G Levason Esq., and P Levason Esq., Hon Dental Surgeons'
     
'Hereford Alphabetical Directory: Levason, Arthur G 12 Bridge street'

'Hereford Alphabetical Directory: Levason, Arthur G, L.D.S.I., dental surgeon, 12 Bridge street

'Herford Trades Directory. Dentists: Levason, Arthur, G, 12 Bridge street.²²'

He appeared on the census of 5 April 1891 at 12 Bridge Street, Hereford, Herefordshire, England, as Head, married, age 54, birthplace Whitehaven, Cumberland, and he was an employer and a Dental Surgeon. He was living with his Wife Marianne and Daughters Bertha M. S. and Isobella K Levason. A Cook and a Page completed the household.^23,24 He was reported in The Times at a 'Conference on Reformatory Schools'. It was the 'sixth conference of the National Association of Certified Industrial and Reformatory Schools' held at 'the offices of the School Board at Thames Embankment', London. He read a paper on 'Extension of Control in Industrial Schools' and was described as 'Mr. A.G. Levason, hon. secretary of the Herefordshire and District Certified Industrial School'. on 12 July 1894.²⁵ He was listed in Kelly's Directory of Herefordshire & Shropshire, 1895. [Part 1: Herefordshire]' as follows:

     'Hereford
     Levason Arthur Grenville L.S.D.I., dental surgeon, 12 Bridge street'

     'Court Directory
     Levason Arthur G, 12 Bridge street, Hereford.²⁶'

He appeared in the Hereford Times in an article titled 'Some Hereford Public Men' as 'Founder and Chief Director of The Hereford Working Boys' Home, Citizen and Philanthropist' on 3 June 1899.²⁷ He appeared on the census of 31 March 1901 at 12 Bridge Street, Hereford, Herefordshire, England, as Head, widower, age 61, born Whitehouse, Cumberland, and he was a Dental Surgeon. He was living with his Daughters Blanche, Bertha and Isobel, and his Sister-in-law Emma Robertson. A Housemaid and Cook completed the household.²⁸

He married Henrietta Elizabeth Baker in 1902 at Herefordshire, England; and their marriage was registered in the June quarter 1902 at Hereford Registration district.²⁹

Arthur Grenville Levason LDS and Peyton Grenville Levason LDS were listed in The Dental Annual & Diretory 1903/4 as follows:

'Levason, Arthur Grenville L.D.S.I., 12 Bridge Street.
Levason, Peyton Grenville L.D.S.Eng., 12 Bridge Street.³⁰'


Arthur Grenville Levason LDS and Peyton Grenville Levason LDS were listed in Kelly's Directory of Hertfordshire 1905 at 12 Bridge Street.³¹ Arthur Grenville Levason LDS and Peyton Grenville Levason LDS were listed in the Hereford Phone Book as A. & P. Levason, Dental Surgeons at 12 Bridge Street, Hereford, Herefordshire, England.³² Arthur Grenville Levason LDS appeared on the census of 2 April 1911 at Sunnyside, Aylestone Hill, Hereford, Herefordshire, England, as Son in Law, age 70, present marriage 8 completed years with no children, birthplace Whitehaven, Cumberland, and he was a Dental Surgeon. The household also contained Henrietta E Moore, Head, age 70, his second Wife, a Cook and a Housemaid.³³ He was recorded in Kelly's Directory of Herefordshire, 1913 as follows:

     'The Hereford and District Working Boys' Home and Certified Industrial School, Bath street, Hereford, was established in 1874 by a committee of gentlemen called together by Arthur G Levason esq. of Hereford, who is chairman, and with Mr Peyton G. Levason, joint hon. secretary; the work was commenced in a small house in Commercial road, opened by the Lord Bishop of the diocese on April 29 of that year: the present building in Bathe street, holding 125 boys, is now (1913) full and maintains a full average yearly number; the foundation stone was laid by Mrs Atlay, June 14th 1876 and the premises were opened 1 Feb. 1877, and a wing, consisting of an infirmary, workshops and schoolroom, was added, the foundation stone being laid by Mrs. A. G. Levason, Aug 9th 1886; there is an assembly room called the "Meadows" Memorial, Mrs Meadows, of Aylestone hill, having presented the sum of £1,000 to the Home in 1895. The objects of the institution are to receive orphans and other voluntary cases of boys from 9 to 14 years of age in a state of destitution, or growing up uncared for, under evil influences; they are clothed, fed, taught and employment is afterwards found for them; the school is certified as an industrial school, and the boys, when not engaged in other duties, are employed in farming, gardening, shoe making, cutting firewood, basket making and cane working; Mr & Mrs Edwin Horth, superintendent and matron.'

     'Hereford, Bridge street. King street to Wye bridge. East side. 12 Levason, Arthur Grenville, L.D.S.I. dental surgeon'
     
     'Hereford Commercial. Levason, Arthur Grenville, L.D.S.I. dental surgeon, 12 Bridge st.³⁴'

He was Godfather to 'Frank Noel Grenville Horth' (1884-1980) [believed to be related to Mr & Mrs Edwind Horth, Superintendent and Matron of Hereford and District Working Boys' Home] to whom he gave a 'Fine Hallmarked Silver Travelling Communion Set Chalice' which was described on a 2009 auction website as '...consisting of a gilt lined hallmarked silver Chalice, a hallmarked silver patten and hallmarked silver mounted glass wine vessel. The chalice and patten have hallmarks for Birmingham 1913/14, the wine flask for 1911/12. All three pieces have the same engraved IHS and were made by George Unite, one of the leading silver smiths of the time. The Chalice has an engraved dedication"Frank Noel Grenville Horth, from his Godfather Arthur Grenville Levason of Hereford, Trinity Sunday, 1914" . The chalice stands 7.8cm tall, the patten is 6.7cm in diameter...^{35,36,37,38,39}'

He died on 24 February 1917 at Herefordshire, England, at age 80; and his death was registered in the March quarter 1917 at Hereford Registration district at age 80.^40,41 He left a will; which was proved 11 June 1917 at Hereford. The following notice appeared in The London Gazette Issue 31391 published on the 6 June 1919:

     'ARTHUR GRENVILLE LEVASON, Deceased.
     Pursuant to the Statute 22nd and 23rd Vic., cap.35.
     THE creditors and all other persons having claims or demands against the estate of Arthur Grenville Levason, late of the city of Hereford, Dental Surgeon, deceased (who died on the 24th day of February,1917, and whose will was, on the 11th day of June, 1917, proved in the District Registry at Hereford of the Probate Division by Henrietta Elizabeth Levason, Peyton Grenville Levason, and Herbert James Harris, all of the city of Hereford, the executors thereof), are, on or before the 1st day of August next, to send particulars of their debts or claims to the undersigned, the Solicitors for the executors, after which date such executors will distribute the assets of the deceased among the persons entitled thereto, having regard to the claims only of which they shall then have had notice.— Dated this 3rd day of June. 1919. HUMFRYS and SYMONDS, Hereford, Solicitors 051 for the Executors.^40,42'
     

      Her married name was Levason.^2,1,3 Her married name was Marianne.^2,4 Mary Anne Robertson was born circa 1837 at Dublin, Co Dublin, Ireland; and according to the notice of her marriage she was the 'second daughter of the late J[oshua] J[ordon] Robertson, Esq., surgeon dentist, Ireland.^2,5,6' She married Arthur Grenville Levason LDS, son of Dr Joseph Levason and Rebecca Hamilberg Jones, on 27 December 1860 at Holy Trinity, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England; and their marriage, by Lience, was recorded in the December quarter 1861 at Cheltenham Registration district. Both were of Full Age and he was a Surgeon Dentist as were both their fathers. He was a Bachelor of St. Nicholas, Hereford, and she was a Spinster of Grosvenor Street, Cheltenham.^2,1,3,5,7,6 Mary Anne Robertson and Arthur Grenville Levason LDS had a Marriage announcement published in The Hereford Journal on 2 January 1861.⁸ Mary Anne Robertson and Arthur Grenville Levason LDS had their marriage announced in the Cheltenham Looker-On: 'December 27th, Trinity Church, Cheltenham, by the Rev. M. J. Bickersteth, Arthur G. Levason, Esq., of Hereford, to Mary Anne, second daughter of the late J. J. Robertson, Esq., Surgeon- Dentist, Dublin' on 12 January 1861.⁹ Mary Anne Robertson appeared on the census of 7 April 1861 at Widemarsh Common, Holmer, Herefordshire, England, as Mary Ann Levason, Wife, age 28, birthplace Ireland.³ She appeared on the census of 2 April 1871 at 12 Bridge Street, Hereford, Herefordshire, England, as Mary Annie Levason, Wife, age 38, birthplace Dublin.¹⁰ She appeared on the census of 3 April 1881 at Bridge Street, Hereford, Herefordshire, England, as Marianne Levason, Wife, age 44, birthplace Dublin, Ireland.² She was mentioned, with reference to 9 August 1886, in Kelly's Directory of Herefordshire, 1913 as follows:

     'The Hereford and District Working Boys' Home and Certified Industrial School, Bath street, Hereford, was established in 1874 by a committee of gentlemen called together by Arthur G Levason esq. of Hereford, who is chairman, and with Mr Peyton G. Levason, joint hon. secretary; the work was commenced in a small house in Commercial road, opened by the Lord Bishop of the diocese on April 29 of that year: the present building in Bathe street, holding 125 boys, is now (1913) full and maintains a full average yearly number; the foundation stone was laid by Mrs Atlay, June 14th 1876 and the premises were opened 1 Feb. 1877, and a wing, consisting of an infirmary, workshops and schoolroom, was added, the foundation stone being laid by Mrs. A. G. Levason, Aug 9th 1886; there is an assembly room called the "Meadows" Memorial, Mrs Meadows, of Aylestone hill, having presented the sum of £1,000 to the Home in 1895. The objects of the institution are to receive orphans and other voluntary cases of boys from 9 to 14 years of age in a state of destitution, or growing up uncared for, under evil influences; they are clothed, fed, taught and employment is afterwards found for them; the school is certified as an industrial school, and the boys, when not engaged in other duties, are employed in farming, gardening, shoe making, cutting firewood, basket making and cane working; Mr & Mrs Edwin Horth, superintendent and matron.¹¹'

She appeared on the census of 5 April 1891 at 12 Bridge Street, Hereford, Herefordshire, England, as Wife, age 57, birthplace Dublin, Ireland.¹² She died in 1899 at Herefordshire, England; and her death was registered in the December quarter 1899 at Hereford Registration district at age 67.^13,14

      Peyton Grenville Levason LDS was also known as Payton Levason.³ He was born on 3 December 1861 at Widemarsh, Hereford, Herefordshire, England; and his birth was recorded at Hereford Registration district in the March quarter 1862.^4,5 He was the son of Arthur Grenville Levason LDS and Mary Anne Robertson.³ Peyton Grenville Levason LDS had a Birth 'of a son' notice published in The Hereford Times on 11 December 1861.⁴ He was baptized on 3 February 1862 at St Nicholas, Hereford, Herefordshire, England; and a transcript reads:

'LEVASON, Peyton Grenville     Christening
     Gender:     Male
     Christening Date:     3 Feb 1862     Recorded in: Hereford, Herefordshire, England
               Collection:     St Nicholas
     Father:     Arthur Grenville LEVASON
     Mother:     Mary Anne.^6,7'

He appeared on the census of 2 April 1871 at 12 Bridge Street, Hereford, Herefordshire, England, as Son, age 9, birthplace Holmer, Herefordshire.⁸ He was listed in The Dentists Register as 'Levason, Peyton Grenville: Coll. Preceptors Jan. 1876: 1878, Dec. 30: A. G. Levason's, Hereford, May 7, 1877.⁹' He appeared on the census of 3 April 1881 at Bridge Street, Hereford, Herefordshire, England, as Son, age 19, birthplace Holmer, Herefordshire, and he was a 'Registered Dental Student.³' He was listed in 'The British Medical Journal' Medical News, Royal College of Surgeons of England, as one of the 'gentlemen having undergone the necessary examinations, [who] were admitted Licentiates of Dental Surgery at a meeting of the Board on the 29th ultimo' on 1 November 1884.¹⁰ He married Elizabeth With, daughter of George Henry With F.R.A.S., F.C.S. and Lavinia Baker, in 1888 at Hereford, Herefordshire, England; and their marriage was registered in the June quarter 1888 at Hereford Registration district.^11,1 Peyton Grenville Levason LDS was listed in Jakeman & Carver's Directory of Herefordshire, 1890 as follows:

     'Hereford Public Buildings, Institutions, Offices etc
     St Martin's Home, Blackmarstone
     Arthur G Levason Esq., and P Levason Esq.,
     Hon Dental Surgeons'

     'Hereford Alphabetical Directory
     Levason, Payton, 7 Bridge street'
     
     'Hereford Alphabetical Directory
     Levason, Payton, L.D.S.E., dental surgeon,
     12 Bridge street'
     
     'Hereford Trades Directory. Dentists
     Levason, Payton, 12, Bridge street.¹²'

He appeared on the census of 5 April 1891 at 7 Bridge Street, Hereford, Herefordshire, England, as Head, married, age 29, birthplace Hereford, and he was an Employer and 'L.D.S. Registered Dental Surgeon'. He was living with his Wife Elizabeth, Daughter Gladys, and Father-in-law George Henry With.¹³ He was listed in Kelly's Directory of Herefordshire & Shropshire, 1895. [Part 1: Herefordshire] as follows:

     'Hereford
     Levason Payton Grenville L.S.D.Eng. dental surgeon, 12 Bridge street'

     'Court Directory
     Levason Payton Grenville, Wallington House, Ross road, Hereford.¹⁴'

He appeared on the census of 31 March 1901 at 89 Ross Road, Parish of St Martin, Hereford, Herefordshire, England, as Head, married, age 39, born Hereford, Herefordshire, and he was an Employer and Dental Surgeon. He was living with his Wife Elizabeth, Daughters Gladys and Iris, Sons Desmond and Cecil, and his Father-in-law George With. Also in the household was two Domestic Servants: Mother's Help and Cook.¹⁵ He appeared in an atricle in the Worcestershire Chronicle ''Hereford Drowning Case...inquest relative to the death of George Henry With, aged 51 years, whose body was found! in the River Wye. Mr. Payton G. Levason, Ross road, said he identified the body that of his brother-in-law, George Henry With, son of Mr. G. H. With, pro- Herefordian...' This was also reported in the Tamworth Herald
on 31 May 1902.¹⁶ He and Arthur Grenville Levason LDS were listed in The Dental Annual & Diretory 1903/4 as follows:

'Levason, Arthur Grenville L.D.S.I., 12 Bridge Street.
Levason, Peyton Grenville L.D.S.Eng., 12 Bridge Street.¹⁷'


Peyton Grenville Levason LDS and Arthur Grenville Levason LDS were listed in Kelly's Directory of Hertfordshire 1905 at 12 Bridge Street.¹⁸ Peyton Grenville Levason LDS and Arthur Grenville Levason LDS were listed in the Hereford Phone Book as A. & P. Levason, Dental Surgeons at 12 Bridge Street, Hereford, Herefordshire, England.¹⁹ Peyton Grenville Levason LDS appeared on the census of 2 April 1911 at 12 Bridge Street, Hereford, Herefordshire, England, as Head, age 49, married in 1888, birthplace Hereford, and he was a Dental Surgeon. The household also contained his Wife, Elizabeth, Son Cecil, Daughters Gladys, Iris and Pearl, and a Cook and Household domestic.²⁰ He was given in Kelly's Directory of Herefordshire, 1913 as follows:

     'The Hereford and District Working Boys' Home and Certified Industrial School, Bath street, Hereford, was established in 1874 by a committee of gentlemen called together by Arthur G Levason esq. of Hereford, who is chairman, and with Mr Peyton G. Levason, joint hon. secretary; the work was commenced in a small house in Commercial road, opened by the Lord Bishop of the diocese on April 29 of that year: the present building in Bathe street, holding 125 boys, is now (1913) full and maintains a full average yearly number; the foundation stone was laid by Mrs Atlay, June 14th 1876 and the premises were opened 1 Feb. 1877, and a wing, consisting of an infirmary, workshops and schoolroom, was added, the foundation stone being laid by Mrs. A. G. Levason, Aug 9th 1886; there is an assembly room called the "Meadows" Memorial, Mrs Meadows, of Aylestone hill, having presented the sum of £1,000 to the Home in 1895. The objects of the institution are to receive orphans and other voluntary cases of boys from 9 to 14 years of age in a state of destitution, or growing up uncared for, under evil influences; they are clothed, fed, taught and employment is afterwards found for them; the school is certified as an industrial school, and the boys, when not engaged in other duties, are employed in farming, gardening, shoe making, cutting firewood, basket making and cane working; Mr & Mrs Edwin Horth, superintendent and matron.'

     'Hereford, Bridge street.
     King street to Wye bridge
     East side
     12 Levason, Peyton Grenville, L.D.S.Eng. dental surgeon'

     'Hereford Commercial
     Levason, Peyton Grenville, L.D.S.Eng. dental surgeon.^21,22'

He was listed in Kellys Directory Of Herefordshire and Shropshire 1917 as 'Levason P Grenville L.D.S. Eng. Wallington house, Ross road, Hereford.²³'

He and Elizabeth With lived circa 27 March 1917 at Wallington House, Hereford, Herefordshire, England; in the Great War during the time their son Desmond Levason was killed.²⁴ Peyton Grenville Levason LDS lived in 1919 at Hereford, Herefordshire, England; and he was a Dentist.²⁵ He was executor to his father whose will was proved 11 June 1917. The following notice appeared in 'The London Gazette Issue 31391 published on the 6 June 1919':

     'ARTHUR GRENVILLE LEVASON, Deceased. Pursuant to the Statute 22nd and 23rd Vic., cap.35. THE creditors and all other persons having claims or demands against the estate of Arthur Grenville Levason, late of the city of Hereford, Dental Surgeon, deceased (who died on the 24th day of February,1917, and whose will was, on the 11th day of June, 1917, proved in the District Registry at Hereford of the Probate Division by Henrietta Elizabeth Levason, Peyton Grenville Levason, and Herbert James Harris, all of the city of Hereford, the executors thereof), are, on or before the 1st day of August next, to send particulars of their debts or claims to the undersigned, the Solicitors for the executors, after which date such executors will distribute the assets of the deceased among the persons entitled thereto, having regard to the claims only of which they shall then have had notice.— Dated this 3rd day of June. 1919. ''HUMFRYS and SYMONDS, Hereford, Solicitors 051 for the Executors.²⁶'
     
He was listed in The Medical Directory as L.D.S. R.C.S. Eng. 1884; (Middlx & Roy. Dent. Hosp.); Hon. Dent. Surg. Heref. Gen. Hosp., Herefordsh. Working Boys' Home, St Vincent de Paul's Rom. Cath. Schs., Bullingham, St Martin's Home for Penitents, & Kingston Cott. Hosp.' This entry also includes his telephone number: '1222'
in 1920 at 9 King Street, Hereford, Herefordshire, England.² He was a 'Dentist into the 1920s' at 9 King Street, Hereford, Herefordshire, England.^27,28 He lived between 1920 and 1928 at Wallington House, Hereford, Herefordshire, England.²⁹ He was listed in the Dental Surgeons Directory in 1925.^30,31 He died on 11 January 1928 at Queen Mary's Hospital, Stratford, Essex, England, at age 66; and his death was recorded at West Ham Registration district in the March quarter 1928, at age 66.^32,33 His estate was probated on 17 March 1928; and the National Probate Register for 1928 contains the following entry: 'Levason Peyton Grenville of Wallington House Ross-road Hereford... to Elizabeth Levason widow.³³'

     Edith Blanche Levason was born in 1864 at Holmer, Hereford, Herefordshire, England; and her birth was recorded in the December quarter 1864 at Hereford Registration district.^1,2,3,4 She was the daughter of Arthur Grenville Levason LDS and Mary Anne Robertson.¹ Edith Blanche Levason appeared on the census of 2 April 1871 at 12 Bridge Street, Hereford, Herefordshire, England, as Daughter, age 6, birthplace Holmer, Hereford.⁴ She appeared on the census of 3 April 1881 at Bridge Street, Hereford, Herefordshire, England, as Daughter, age 16, birthplace Hereford, Herefordshire, and she was a Scholar.¹ She appeared on the census of 5 April 1891 at 19 Kildare Gardens, Paddington, London, England, as Visitor, age 26, birthplace Hereford, Herfordshire. Others in the household were: Philip Ritchie (Head), age 39,Bank Clerk, Jane B Ritchie (Sister), age 45, Constance E Ritchie (Sister), age 24, Ellen Knowles (Servant), age 23, and Helen D Burbery (Servant), age 20.⁵ She appeared on the census of 31 March 1901 at 12 Bridge Street, Hereford, Herefordshire, England, as Blanche Levason, Daughter, single, age 34, birthplace Hereford, Herefordshire.⁶ She died before 7 August 1942 at Warwickshire, England; and her death as Edith B. Levason was recorded at Warwick Registration district in the September quarter 1942.

A notice was placed in The Leamington Spa Courier: '...eldest daughter of the late Arthur Grenville Levason, Dental Surgeon, Hereford. In her 78th year. Funeral...^7,8' She was the subject of an obituary by way of a notice placed in the Leamington Spa Courier : 'The funeral of Miss Edith Blanche Levason, whose death was announced in our last issue, took place on Saturday. A service in All Saints’ Cemetery Chapel was conducted by the Rev. R. F. Morgan, of Holy Trinity Church. The mourners...' on 14 August 1942.⁹

     Charles William Arthur Levason was born on 6 May 1867 at 12 Bridge Street, Hereford, Herefordshire, England; and his birth was recorded at Hereford Registration district in the June quarter 1867.^3,4 He was the son of Arthur Grenville Levason LDS and Mary Anne Robertson.¹ Charles William Arthur Levason had a Birth 'of a son' notice published in The Hereford Times on 11 May 1867.³ He was baptized on 17 August 1867 at St Nicholas, Hereford, Herefordshire, England; and a transcript reads:

'LEVASON, Charles William Arthur     Christening
     Gender:     Male
     Christening Date:     17 Aug 1867     Recorded in:     Hereford, Herefordshire, England
               Collection:     St Nicholas
     Father:     Arthur LEVASON
     Mother:     Mary Anne.^1,5,6'

He appeared on the census of 2 April 1871 at 12 Bridge Street, Hereford, Herefordshire, England, as Son, age 3, birthplace Holmer, Hereford.⁷ He appeared on the census of 3 April 1881 at Bridge Street, Hereford, Herefordshire, England, as Son, age 13, birthplace Hereford, Herefordshire, and he was a Scholar.¹ He appeared on the census of 5 April 1891 at 9 Priory Terrace, Leamington, Warwickshire, England, as Lodger, single, age 24, birthplace (Town), Hereford, and he appears to be 'Resident patient of the above' - John N H Ellerson 'Registered General Medical' [?], Head, age 37. A visitor and a servant completed the household.⁸ He died in 1892 at Hereford, Herefordshire, England; and his death was recorded at age 25 in the September quarter 1892 at Hereford Registration district.⁹

      Mary Bertha Sarah Levason was also known as Sarah Bertha Mary Levason.² She was born on 16 January 1869 at Holmer, Herefordshire, England; and her birth was registered in the March quarter 1869 at Hereford and Dore Registration district.^5,3,6 She was the daughter of Arthur Grenville Levason LDS and Mary Anne Robertson.⁴ Mary Bertha Sarah Levason was baptized on 27 March 1870 at St Nicholas, Hereford, Herefordshire, England; and a transcript reads:

'LEVASON, Sarah Bertha Mary     Christening
     Gender:     Female
     Christening Date:     27 Mar 1870     Recorded in:     Hereford, Herefordshire, England
               Collection:     St Nicholas
     Father:     Arthur Grenville LEVASON
     Mother:     Mary Anne.^4,7'

She appeared on the census of 2 April 1871 at 12 Bridge Street, Hereford, Herefordshire, England, as Mary B Levason, age 2, birthplace Holmer, Herefordshire.⁵ She appeared on the census of 3 April 1881 at Bridge Street, Hereford, Herefordshire, England, as Daughter, age 12, birthplace Hereford, Herefordshire, and she was a Scholar.⁴ She appeared on the census of 5 April 1891 at 12 Bridge Street, Hereford, Herefordshire, England, as Bertha M S Levason, Daughter, single, age 22, birthplace Hereford.⁸ She appeared on the census of 31 March 1901 at 12 Bridge Street, Hereford, Herefordshire, England, as Bertha Levason, Daughter, single, age 31, birthplace Hereford, Herefordshire.⁹ She lived on 29 September 1939 at Warwickshire, England; where she appeared on the 1939 Register in the Royal Leamington Spa area.⁶ She died on 15 June 1949 at Warwickshire, England, at age 80; and her death was recorded at Warwick Registration district in the June quarter 1949.^10,11 Her estate was probated; and The National Probate Calendar of 1949 records she was 'of 24 Avenue-road Leamington Spa spinster...Probate London 8 August to Gladys Bessie Grenville Levason spinster.¹¹'

     Henry Micholls Jones was born on 29 November 1802 at Market Dereham, Norfolk, England.^3,4,5,6,7,8 He was the son of David Jones and Leah Micholls.¹ Henry Micholls Jones married Brinah L Levy circa 1825 at England.⁹ Henry Micholls Jones was advertising his Dental practice in Exeter, Chester and Shrewsbury between 1827 and 1851.^10,11 He was a Dentist.^1,12 He was 'a dentist with lucrative practices in Cheshire, Shrewsbury and Lancashire' in 1841.¹³ He appeared on the census of 6 June 1841 at Nicholas Street, St Martin, Chester, Cheshire, England, as age 30, not born in the county and he was a Surgeon Dentist.¹⁴ He appeared on the census of 30 March 1851 at Mardol Head, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, as Henry N Jones, Head, married, age 48, birthplace East Dereham, Norfolk, and he was a Surgeon Dentist. He was living with his Wife Brinah, Son Emanuel, and Daughters Leah, Frances, Ellen and Emily. A Domestic Servant completed the household.¹⁵

He appeared on the census of 7 April 1861 at 1 Nelson Street, Swansea, Glamorganshire, Wales, as Head, married, age 58, birthplace 'Market Durham, Norfolk', and he was a 'Surgeon Dentist MCDE'. He was living with his Wife Brinah and Daughters Frances and Emily. Also in the household was a General Domestic Servant.¹⁶

He was listed in Swansea in 'Webster & Co.'s Directory of Bristol & Glamorganshire, 1865' as follows:

     'Jones Hy. M., surgeon dentist, 1 Nelson pl.¹⁷'

He was listed in Swansea in 'Slater's Directory of Glostershire, Herefordshire, Monmouthshire, Shropshire & Wales, 1868' as follows:

     'Dentists. Jones Henry M, 19 Northampton pl.¹⁸'


He appeared on the census of 2 April 1871 at 19 Northampton Place, Swansea, Glamorganshire, Wales, as Head, married, age 68, birthplace Market Dereham, Norfolk, and he was a Surgeon Dentist. He was living with his Wife Brinah and Daughter Frances. Also in the household was a Domestic Servant.^6,19

He was 'known to be in practice', but this was 'not necessarily the end' of his career in 1875.²⁰ He was probably the 'Jones' listed in Swansea in 'Mercer & Crocker's General , Topographical and Historical Directory for the Counties of Monmouthshire, Herefordshire, Gloucestershire, and the Principal Towns of Glamorganshire and Radnorshire 1876' as follows:

     'Jones & Son, dentists, Northumberland pl.²¹'

He appeared on the census of 3 April 1881 at 45 St Helens Road, Swansea, Glamorganshire, Wales, as Father [of Frances E Jones, Head], widowed, age 79, birthplace Norfolk, and by this time he had retired. The full entry reads:

'Dwelling:     45 St Helens Road
     Census Place:     Swansea Town, Glamorgan, Wales
     Source:     FHL Film 1342292 PRO Ref RG11 Piece 5362 Folio 35 Page 2
     Marr     Age     Sex     Birthplace
Frances E. JONES     U     49      F     St Martins, Cheshire, England
     Rel:     Head
     Occ:     Governess SCHM
Henry M. JONES     W     79      M     Norfolk, England
     Rel:     Father
     Occ:     Retired Dentist
Emily B. JONES     U     42      M     Chester, Cheshire, England
     Rel:     Sister
     Occ:     Fancy Repository
Matilda COHEN     U     78      F     Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales
     Rel:     Boarder
     Occ:     Annuitant
Mary THOMAS     U     22      F     Ferryside, Carmarthen, Wales
     Rel:     Servant
     Occ:     General Servant
William H. TORTON     M     43      M     Dartmouth, Devon, England
     Rel:     Lodger
     Occ:     Brewery Manager.³'

He died on 25 January 1886 at Glamorgan, Glamorganshire, Wales, at age 83; and his death was registered in the March quarter 1886 at Swansea Registration district. 'Apparently no Will [was] proved' after his death.^22,7,8,20

      Her married name was Jones.⁴ Brinah L Levy was born circa 1804 at Exeter, Devon, England.^5,6 She had a sister Charlotte Levy, who brought a Breach of Promise against Grenville David Jones circa 1825.⁷ She married Henry Micholls Jones, son of David Jones and Leah Micholls, circa 1825 at England.⁴ Brinah L Levy appeared on the census of 6 June 1841 at Nicholas Street, St Martin, Chester, Cheshire, England, as age 37 and not born in the county.⁸ She appeared on the census of 30 March 1851 at Mardol Head, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, as Wife, age 46, birthplace St John's, Exeter, Devon.⁹ She appeared on the census of 7 April 1861 at 1 Nelson Street, Swansea, Glamorganshire, Wales, as Wife, age 56, birthplace Exeter, Devon.³ She appeared on the census of 2 April 1871 at 19 Northampton Place, Swansea, Glamorganshire, Wales, as Wife, age 66, birthplace Exeter, Devonshire.⁶ She died on 21 December 1876 at Gloucester House, Swansea, Glamorganshire, Wales; and the announcement read as follows:

'Brinah Jones
Death 21.12.1876 at her residence Gloucester House, Swansea, of bronchitis, beloved wife of H.M. Jones, aged 72. Her end was peace.²'

     Grenville David Jones was born on 14 December 1804 at England.^1,4,5,6 He was the son of David Jones and Leah Micholls.¹ Grenville David Jones appears, according to Sarah Phelps, 'to be the first person in the family to have the name Grenville. He never married although a Breach of Promise was brought against him by Charlotte Levy (sister of Brinah Levy who married his brother Henry) which cost him £100. He had originally trained as a Doctor at St Bartholomews in London and gained an appointment as a ship’s doctor, but his mother had recently undergone a mastectomy and she was so distressed about him travelling abroad, he gave up the appointment and took up dentistry, seeing it as a quicker road to success (perhaps as a result of seeing how other members of the family were faring). His younger sister Hannah Hamilberg Jones kept house for him until he died aged 40. She then married Abraham Myer.⁷'

He and Dr Lewis Levason appeared in The London Gazette published on the 3 July 1829 in the following item:

     'NOTICE is hereby given, that the Partnership heretofore subsisting and carried on between and by us the undersigned, Lewis Levason and Grenville Jones, of the City of Chester, Surgeon Dentists, under the firm of Levason and Jones, was this day dissolved by mutual consent : As witness our hands this 27th day of June 1829. Lewis Levason. Grenville Jones.⁸'

Grenville David Jones was advertising his Dental practice in trade directories as follows:

     '1834 Dentist Whitefriars, Chester
     1840 Dentist Mardol Head, Shrewsbury
     1841 Dentist Mardol Head, Shrewsbury
     1842 Surgeon Dentist 3 Upper Parade, Leamington
     1842 Surgeon Dentist Mardol Head, Shrewsbury
     1844 Surgeon Dentist St John's Hill, Shrewsbury'

at Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England.⁹ He was a dentist and according to Sellick in Whitehaven and its Jews 1774-1850: ‘[Joseph] Levason’s dental practice suffered an upheaval in August 1835, when his work was divided between Whitehaven and Chester, about one hundred miles apart. (footnote 121) Rebecca Levason’s brother, Grenville Jones, surgeon-dentist of 22 White Friars, Chester, decided to employ Joseph Levason to run his practice. Again, the sea route between Liverpool and Whitehaven would facilitate a speedier journey to Chester, rather then road. The crisis passed by December 1835, since Levason was back “home” at 7 Scotch Street, Whitehaven, and advertised only this address. (footnote 122)

in August 1835.¹⁰ He appeared on the census of 6 June 1841 at Mardol Head, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, as age 36, not born in the county, and he was a Surgeon Dentist.¹¹ He died before 19 October 1844 at Shropshire, England; and his occupation was Dentist in Shrewsbury [also 'late of Chester'] which was reported in the Jewish Chronicle's first issue, Friday 1 November 1844. His death was recorded at Shewsbury Registration district in the September quarter 1844 and he died a bachelor.^{1,12,4,13,14,15,16,6,17} He was the subject of an obituary published in the Carlisle Journal:- '... Mr. Grenville Jones, aged 40 years, brother of Mr. Horatio Jones, surgeon- dentist, of Whitehaven, and late of the firm of Levason and Jones, dentists, Shrewsbury. ...' on 19 October 1844.¹⁷

      Anne Jones was also known as Genendl bat David.³ Her married name was Nelson.¹ She was born on 27 September 1806 at East Dereham, Norfolk, England.^1,4,5,6,7,8 She was the daughter of David Jones and Leah Micholls.^1,2 According to Sellick an Ann Jones was present at the birth of Lewis Edward Levason on 27 December 1837 and she is 'probably' Rebecca Levason's 'unmarried sister.⁹' Anne Jones married Nathaniel Nelson on 13 June 1838 at 72 Great George Street, Newington, Liverpool, Lancashire, England; and their marriage was recorded in the June quarter 1838 at Liverpool Registration District. Their marriage also appears in Liverpool Old Hebrew Congregation Marriage Register.^{1,4,10,11,12,13,14,15,16} Anne Jones appeared on the census of 30 March 1851 at 13 Mount Pleasant, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, as Wife, age 43, birthplace East Dereham, Norfolk.⁵ She died on 22 January 1855 at Mount Pleasant, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, at age 48; and her death was recorded at Liverpool Registration district in the March quarter 1855, aged 47.^17,18 She was buried on 23 January 1855 at Deane Road Cemetery, Liverpool, Lancashire, England.¹⁷

      Nathaniel Nelson was also known as Nathan Nelson.^3,4 He was born circa 1794 at Liverpool, Lancashire, England.^5,1,6 He was the son of Joseph Nelson, traveller.⁴ He was 'a Dentist in Liverpool and the son of a travelling stationer' circa 1830.^7,8 He married Anne Jones, daughter of David Jones and Leah Micholls, on 13 June 1838 at 72 Great George Street, Newington, Liverpool, Lancashire, England; and their marriage was recorded in the June quarter 1838 at Liverpool Registration District. Their marriage also appears in Liverpool Old Hebrew Congregation Marriage Register.^{7,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16} As Sellick in Whitehaven and its Jews 1774-1850 says he was 'later of Nelson and Nathayne' after 13 June 1838.¹⁷ Nathaniel Nelson lived after 27 September 1843 at Newington, Liverpool, Lancashire, England.⁴ He appeared on the census of 30 March 1851 at 13 Mount Pleasant, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, as Head, married, age 50, birthplace Liverpool, Lancashire, and he was a Dentist. He was living with his Wife Ann and Daughter Rose. An Irish General Servant completed the household.¹⁸ He was listed in 'Gore's Directory of Liverpool and its Environs, 1853' under Dentists at 13 Mount Pleasant in 1853.¹⁹ He appeared on the census of 7 April 1861 at 42 Oxford Street, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, as Head, married, age 68, birthplace Liverpool, Lancashire, and he was a Dentist. Also in the household were three Boarders and two House Servants.⁵ He died on 3 May 1865 at 42 Oxford Street, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, and his death was recorded as Nathan Nelson, Dentist, in the June quarter 1865 at Liverpool Registration district at age 71.^3,4 He was buried on 5 May 1865 at Deane Road Cemetery, Liverpool, Lancashire, England.⁴

      Her married name was Levason.¹ Rebecca Hamilberg Jones was born on 4 March 1812 at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England.^1,4,5,6,7,8 She was the daughter of David Jones and Leah Micholls.^1,3 Rebecca Hamilberg Jones married Dr Joseph Levason, son of Samuel Levason and Kate Abraham, on 26 March 1834 at Old Hebrew Congregation, Seel Street Synagogue, Liverpool, Lancashire, England; and their marriage was recorded in Liverpool Old Hebrew Congregation Marriage Register; an announcement was published in the Liverpool Mercury eight days afterwards, he was a Surgeon dentist of Whitehaven and she was the fourth daughter of David Jones of Liverpool.^{1,4,9,10,11,12,13,8}

Rebecca Hamilberg Jones appeared on the census of 6 June 1841 at Sherborne Place, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, as age 25 and she was not born in the county.¹⁴ She and Dr Joseph Levason lived on 27 August 1845 at Hereford, Herefordshire, England; as this was at the time of Rebecca's sister Hannah's marriage to Abraham Myer, Tirade describes this as making an intimate family group in the city.¹⁵

Rebecca Hamilberg Jones appeared on the census of 30 March 1851 at Wye Bridge Street, Hereford, Herefordshire, England, (Transcribed as Sevason) and her husband was recorded as 'Head of Family Abroad.¹⁶'

She appeared in The Lunacy Patients Admission Register at this Institution on 27 November 1860 at All Stretton, Shropshire, England.¹⁷ She died on 21 September 1862 at Shropshire, England, at age 50; and her death was recorded at Church Stretton Registration district in the September quarter 1862.^9,18,8 She was buried at Cheltenham Cemetery, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England.¹⁹ She was the subject of an obituary /death notice was published in The Hereford Journal on 27 September 1862.²⁰ Her estate was probated; and the National Probate Register for 1963 contains the following entry:

'Letters of Administration of the estate and personal effects of Rebecca Hamilburg Levason late of Church Stretton in the County of Salap Widow deceased...were granted at Shrewsbury to Arthur Grenville Levason of the City of Hereford Surgeon Dentist the Son of the said Deceased he having been first sworn.²¹'

     Dr Joseph Levason was born in 1812 at Essex, England; possibly in Colchester.^1,3,4 He was the son of Samuel Levason and Kate Abraham.² Dr Joseph Levason and Dr Lewis Levason were brothers and Surgeon Dentists who initially worked in partnership according to The London Gazette Issue 18800 published on 3 May 1831 which contained the following item:

     'The Partnership between us the undersigned of Gower Street, Bedford Square, Surgeon Dentists, has this day been dissolved by mutual consent:— 29th April 1831. J. L. Levason. Lewis Levason.⁵'

Dr Joseph Levason was moved on and was described by Sellick in Whitehaven and its Jews 1774-1850 as Whitehaven's dentist and the town's 'second documented Jewish resident. He came from Gower Street, Bedford Square, London, although he was connected with Liverpool Jewry. He was a "surgical and mechanical dentist, having been requested to attend in the neighbourhood", and stayed at the Gold Lion, Whitehaven, in May 1833'.

Sellick continues: 'Levason advertised his "PERMANENT RESIDENCE" as rented apartments in Whitehaven, his use of capitals stressed the unusual decision to become the resident dentist. This decision was reaffirmed a week later on 4 June 1833. In spite of his permanent residence, the peripatetic nature of his profession caused Levason to take many trips away from Whitehaven, and within a month of his arrival here, he visited the Isle of Man. After his return, he stated that his "protracted absence from Whitehaven" was due to "a necessary visit to London to solve problems about his late residence there". He did emphasise in a footnote to his usual advertisement on 15 October 1833 that Whitehaven was now his permanent residence.

'He regularly visited the main towns of Cumberland and Westmorland, Cockermouth, Maryport, Wigton and Kendal. The continual stream of advertisements he had in the local press revealed his life and times almost like a diary. For instance, 11 March 1834, he "purposes leaving Whitehaven on Wednesday the 19th, instant, and will return on the 29th". The reason is obvious, when the following marriage entry in Liverpool's Old Hebrew Congregation records is read:-

'A.M.5594. 26 March 1834. Joseph Levason/parents: Samuel & Kate Levason/abode: Whitehaven/to Rebecca Jones/parents: David and Leah Jones/D.W. Marks, Secretary'.

'By 1 April 1834, Levason made public his recent marriage and his change of address to 17 Howgill Street, Whitehaven. In early February 1835 his address changed to 7 Scotch Street, and this was his final private home in Whitehaven. It was here that on 27 December 1837 Rebecca Levason gave birth to their first child, Lewis.⁶ Torode says Joseph seems to have been Whitehaven's second resident Jew and his connections with the Liverpool Jewry arose from his marriage into the Jones family. His wife Rebecca was sister of his brother Lewis' wife.⁷'

He married Rebecca Hamilberg Jones, daughter of David Jones and Leah Micholls, on 26 March 1834 at Old Hebrew Congregation, Seel Street Synagogue, Liverpool, Lancashire, England; and their marriage was recorded in Liverpool Old Hebrew Congregation Marriage Register; an announcement was published in the Liverpool Mercury eight days afterwards, he was a Surgeon dentist of Whitehaven and she was the fourth daughter of David Jones of Liverpool.^{1,8,7,9,10,11,12,13}

Dr Joseph Levason was , according to Sellick in Whitehaven and its Jews 1774-1850, 'accused of exorbitant charges (footnote 117). He insisted his charges were moderate, the same as all professional dentists. This “caution” was advertised until mid-October 1834. However, on Tuesday, 5 May 1835, Levason made a conciliatory statement. “In consequence of the advice of his friends, Mr L. has reduced his charge for the extraction of teeth (at his own residence) to two shillings and sixpence” (footnote 118). This reduction was advertised during May, June and July 1835 (footnote 119).

‘In November 1837, the mud slinging was renewed with people maligning his character by spreading rumours of his high charges. He published a comprehensive list of his prices for filling, extracting, etc., (an advertisement of this kind I have not observed before or since) and he made no reduction this time (footnote 120). His association with the area continued long after this unpleasantness.

‘Levason’s dental practice suffered an upheaval in August 1835, when his work was divided between Whitehaven and Chester, about one hundred miles apart. (footnote 121) Rebecca Levason’s brother, Grenville Jones, surgeon-dentist of 22 White Friars, Chester, decided to employ Joseph Levason to run his practice. Again, the sea route between Liverpool and Whitehaven would facilitate a speedier journey to Chester, rather then road. The crisis passed by December 1835, since Levason was back “home” at 7 Scotch Street, Whitehaven, and advertised only this address. (footnote 122)

‘Joseph Levason’s permanent residence ceased sometime in the summer of 1838 since on 7^th August this year he advertised that he “may be consulted at 17 Scotch Street, ten doors above his late residence, where he will remain fourteen days from the present date”. (footnote 123) This address was Mrs Pennment’s lodging house. He claimed that “owing to circumstances over which he had not control”, his visits to Whitehaven would be every six weeks when he would “remain fourteen days at a time”. He had been a permanent resident of Whitehaven for nearly five and a half years.

‘We do not know the reason for Levason’s discontinuing his residence in Whitehaven, but his service to Whitehaven and the other towns of Cumberland and Westmorland was maintained well into the future although on an itinerant not a residential basis. Whitehaven was still used as his base, his address being Mrs Penniment’s lodging house.

‘His advertisements were greatly reduced, but were still consistent, and marked out changes in his career. Newspaper readers were informed that his Liverpool address (he moved back to Liverpool) was 6 Duncan Street, Great Grange Street, corner of Leverson Street. (footnote 124) Then, on 3 December 1839, he first advertised himself as being “of the firm of Levason and Alex, 90 High Street, Cheltenham’. (footnote 125) He explained that he had entered into partnership with Mr Montague Alex, and due to increased pressure of business, Whitehaven would now receive visits only three or four times a year.

‘By October 1841, Levason had changed his address, and “the firm of Levason, Alex, & Co.” was at 18 Promenade Villas and 21 Rodney Street, Cheltenham, an expansion that heralded the final farewell to Whitehaven. (footnote 127)

‘The break came on 16 July 1844, when he “begs to inform the Gentry and Inhabitants of Whitehaven and its Vicinity, that during this, his LAST VISIT, he intends remaining at Mrs Penniment’s …for fourteen days”. (footnote 128) He gave his most grateful and sincere thanks for the patronage his clients had given his during an association with Whitehaven for twelve years, and recommended as his successor his brother-in-law, Mr Horatio Jones, “who will in future make Whitehaven his permanent residence”, Levason assured everyone that Jones was “eminently qualified to give the utmost satisfaction in every branch of the dental profession”.

‘Levason was the first dentist who unequivocally said that Whitehaven had become his permanent residence. (footnote 129) There were later resident dentists, but up to Levason’s arrival no contemporary or proceeding dentist made such a declaration. If there was another dentist, almost certainly he would not remain silent, whilst Levason advertised constantly.

‘It is interesting to note that Montague Alex married Belinda Jones, 1837 (footnote 130) Lewis Levason, Joseph’s brother, married Catherine Jones, 1826. (footnote 131) Nathaniel Nelson (late of Nelson and Nathayne) married Ann Jones, 1838, (footnote 132) all at Liverpool. All these ladies were sisters of Rebecca Levason, (footnote 133) and Montague Alex (footnote 134) and Nathaniel Nelson were both dentists. (footnote 135)

‘Horatio Jones had already been in West Cumberland, perhaps as part of a contingency plan, three years before he became Levason’s successor. In an advertisement, 16 October 1841, Levason apologised for not attending in Cockermouth, but he had “made arrangements with his brother-in-law Mr Horatio Jones, who will be in attendance there from Monday morning next, the 18^th, ins and, until Saturday evening 23^rd”. (footnote 136) Jones subsequently visited Workington and Maryport, becoming familiar with Levason’s itinerary. (footnote 137)

‘In August 1844, Jones advertised himself as “resident dentist, 17 South Street Whitehaven…brother-in-law and successor to Mr. J. Levason (footnote 138) His residence was Mrs Penniment’s lodging house, and his practice went well, until 28 September 1844, when he was compelled by “important business” to go to the South of England. (footnote 139)

‘This unexpected absence is explained by the fact that the first death advertised in the Jewish Chronicle, on Friday 1 November 1844, was that of Grenville Jones of Shrewsbury. Grenville was the brother of Horatio Jones. (footnote 140)

'Horatio Jones’s next advertisement in the Whitehaven press was June 1845, when he described himself “surgeon-dentist, 3 St John’s Hill, Shrewsbury, late of 17 Scotch Street, Whitehaven”. (footnote 141) He may have moved to Shrewsbury to take over his brother’s practice. Our second resident Jewish dentist thus ceased residence. He visited Whitehaven every three months or so, from 1845 (footnote 142) to May 1850, after which he advertised no longer. (footnote 143) Throughout this period, his residence was given as the Shrewsbury address above'.¹⁴

Sellick argues that 'The Crawcours and D. Jones of Liverpool, already mentioned, came from East Anglia and the presence of both in West Cumberland suggests a camaraderie of the itinerants, who would exchange information about trade amongst themselves. This camaraderie is supported by the presence of Cheltenham in the round of many itinerants, such as Abraham Solomons, Messrs Rosenberg, Mier, J. Levason and L. Levason, the latter two becoming residents'.¹⁵

He was listed by Hillam as belonging to one of the 'Dental Families Established in the Provinces before 1855' as follows:

'Levason, Joseph Cheltenham/Hereford [Directory entries] 1839-52
Levason, Lewis Chester/Leamington [Directory entries] 1828-1853.¹⁶'

According to Torode: 'It would seem that the whole of the Levason family, Lewis, Joseph, Sarah Bella and Sarah moved to Cheltenham' and from then on Joseph was described as 'a Dentist of Hereford.^1,17'

He appeared on the census of 6 June 1841 at Sherborne Place, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, as age 25, he was not born in the county, and he was a Surgeon Dentist. His household contained his Wife Rebecca, Arthur 5, Lewis 3, Leah 1 and Montague three months.¹⁸

He was in The London Gazette Issue 19988 published on the 15 June 1841 which contained the following item:

     ''NOTICE is hereby given, that we the undersigned, Lewis Levason, Montague Alex, and Joseph Levason, carrying on the profession or business, in copartnership, of Surgeon Dentists, in the city and county of Hereford, in the city and county of Worcester, at Gloucester, Cheltenham, Stroud, and Cirencester, in the county of Gloucester, at Whitehaven, Cockermouth, and Workington, in the county of Cumberland, at Kendall, in the county of Westmoreland, and at Ulverstone, in Lancashire, have this day mutually dissolved the said copartnership, but so far only as regards the said Lewis Levason, who retires from all the above-mentioned concerns. All debts and credits of the said partnership will be paid and received, respectively, by the continuing partners: As witness our hands this 5th day of June 1841. Lewis Levason. Montague Alex. Joseph Levason.¹⁹'

He was was listed as 'Levason Joseph, and Alex Montague, surgeon dentists, 21 Rodney terrace' in Harper's Cheltenham Directory & Guide in 1844.²⁰ He is discussed as Montague Alex's partner in dental practice by Torode who says:

'Joseph had formerly been a dentist in practice in Whitehaven, Cumberland and the Cumberland Pacquet of 16 July 1844 announced Mr Levason's final visit to Whitehaven after an association of twelve years. He recommended as his successor his brother in law Horatio Jones. At this time, Joseph was living in Hereford...

'In 1834 Joseph had been accused of exorbitant charges for dental treatment and he issued a public caution against the inhabitants of Whitehaven and moved to Liverpool. For some time in 1835 he had helped to run his brother in law's practice in Chester, this brother in law being Grenville Jones. By 1841 Joseph had moved to Cheltenham and entered partnership with Montague Alex. From 1839 he had subscribed to the Cheltenham Synagogue but withdrew from active support in 1843...

'In addition to Lewis Edward, born in 1837, Joseph and Rebecca raised Leah, two other children and then Walter Emmanuel who died by drowning in the river Wye on the 17th January 1852 aged 9. John David died aged 5 weeks in 1849 and Horatio Jones died on the 21st February 1850 aged 5 months - a very sad family indeed...^2,21'

He was in the following notice which was published in The London Gazette Issue 20373 published on the 13 August 1844:

     'Cheltenham, Aug. 12th, 1844. WE, the undersigned, Montague Alex and Joseph Levason, Surgeon Dentists, of Cheltenham, in the county of Gloucester, having carried on the business or profession of Surgeon Dentists, in the counties of Gloucester and Hereford, by virtue and under a deed of Copartnership, bearing date the 1st day of August 1839, which said deed has been determined and ended by lapse of time; this is, therefore, to give notice, that the said copartnership is thereby dissolved accordingly: As witness our hands this 12th day of August 1844. Montague Alex. Joseph Levason.²²'

He and Rebecca Hamilberg Jones lived on 27 August 1845 at Hereford, Herefordshire, England; as this was at the time of Rebecca's sister Hannah's marriage to Abraham Myer, Tirade describes this as making an intimate family group in the city.²³

Dr Joseph Levason witnessed the marriage of Abraham Albert Myer and Hannah Jones on 27 August 1845 at 11 Bridge Street, Hereford, Herefordshire, England; According to Alex Jacob:

'At the time of their marriage Hannah's sister Rebecca and her husband Joseph were living in Hereford thus making an intimate family group in that city. The witnesses to the marriage were Joseph Levason and David Jones and the officiating Minister was Isaac Pulver'.

The following announcement appeared in the Liverpool Mercury '...at Hereford, Mr Myer, of that city, [married] to Hannah, sixth daughter of the late Mr David Jones, St John's-hill, Shrewsbury. Also Mr Drielsma, of this town, [married] to Sarah, seventh daughter of the above.^{1,24,23,25,26,27}'

Dr Joseph Levason was mentioned as Joseph Levason of Hereford in The Jewish Chronicle between 8 November 1850 and 3 October 1851.^28,29 He appeared on the census of 30 March 1851 at Wye Bridge Street, Hereford, Herefordshire, England, (Transcribed as Sevason) as 'Head of Family Abroad'. His wife and his children Arthur, Leah, Montague, Walter and Ann were at home, with a Cook and Housemaid.³⁰

He died on 29 December 1853 at Hereford, Herefordshire, England; and his death was registered in the March quarter 1854 at Hereford and Dore Registration district.^7,31,3,32 He was buried at Cheltenham Cemetery, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England.^7,33 He was the subject of an obituary in the Hereford Times on 31 December 1853 which commences as follows:- 'Mr. Levason.—lt is with unfeigned regret that we record in our obituary this week the death of this highly respected citizen, who died on Wednesday night, after the ... '. Also in the Hereford Journal on 4 January 1854 which commences as follows:- 'The Late Mr. Levason — With very sincere regret, which are sure is shared [by] all who knew him, we have to record the death of our highly respected fellow citizen Mr. [Levason]...' Plus 7 January 1854 in the Silurian, Cardiff, Merthyr, and Brecon Mercury, and South Wales General...^34,35,36 His estate was probated on 29 March 1854; with Administration granted to his Executors 'Montague Alex' and 'Abraham Albert Myer', according to 'entries taken from the Hereford Diocese Probate Act Books 1700-1858 and Hereford Deanery Probate Act Books 1660-1858' and indexed by Herefordshire Council.³⁷ His estate was probated on 22 July 1858; and the National Probate Calendar for 1858 records he was 'of the parish of St Nicholas in the City of Hereford Dentist' and 'Letters of Administration of the personal estate and effects of Joseph Levason' were granted at Hereford 'to Arthur Grenville Levason of the said Parish Surgeon Dentist Son of the said Deceased having been first sworn. The Letters of Administration granted by Consistory Court of the Deanary of Hereford March 1854 having ceased and expired.³²'

     Horatio Micholls Jones LDS was born on 5 June 1823 at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England.^{5,6,7,8,9,10,11} He was the son of David Jones and Leah Micholls.^2,4 Horatio Micholls Jones LDS appeared on the census of 6 June 1841 at Great George Street, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, as age 15, not born in the county, and he was a 'Dentist.¹²' According to Sellick in Whitehaven and its Jews 1774-1850 the Joseph Levason who advertised on 16 July 1844 that 'he “begs to inform the Gentry and Inhabitants of Whitehaven and its Vicinity, that during this, his LAST VISIT, he intends remaining at Mrs Penniment’s …for fourteen days”. (footnote 128) He gave his most grateful and sincere thanks for the patronage his clients had given his during an association with Whitehaven for twelve years, and recommended as his successor his brother-in-law, Mr Horatio Jones, “who will in future make Whitehaven his permanent residence”, Levason assured everyone that Jones was “eminently qualified to give the utmost satisfaction in every branch of the dental profession”.

Sellick continues: 'Horatio Jones had already been in West Cumberland, perhaps as part of a contingency plan, three years before he became Levason’s successor. In an advertisement, 16 October 1841, Levason apologised for not attending in Cockermouth, but he had “made arrangements with his brother-in-law Mr Horatio Jones, who will be in attendance there from Monday morning next, the 18^th, ins and, until Saturday evening 23^rd”. (footnote 136) Jones subsequently visited Workington and Maryport, becoming familiar with Levason’s itinerary. (footnote 137)

‘In August 1844, Jones advertised himself as “resident dentist, 17 South Street Whitehaven…brother-in-law and successor to Mr. J. Levason (footnote 138) His residence was Mrs Penniment’s lodging house, and his practice went well, until 28 September 1844, when he was compelled by “important business” to go to the South of England. (footnote 139)

‘This unexpected absence is explained by the fact that the first death advertised in the Jewish Chronicle, on Friday 1 November 1844, was that of Grenville Jones of Shrewsbury Grenville was the brother of Horatio Jones. (footnote 140).¹³

Sellick continues in Whitehaven and its Jews 1774-1850: 'Horatio Jones’s next advertisement in the Whitehaven press was June 1845, when he described himself “surgeon-dentist, 3 St John’s Hill, Shrewsbury, late of 17 Scotch Street, Whitehaven”. (footnote 141) He may have moved to Shrewsbury to take over his brother’s practice. Our second resident Jewish dentist thus ceased residence. He visited Whitehaven every three months or so, from 1845 (footnote 142) to May 1850, after which he advertised no longer. (footnote 143) Throughout this period, his residence was given as the Shrewsbury address above.¹⁴'

He was advertising his Dental practice in Shrewsbury 1850-1851, for example inThe History, Gazetteer & Directory of Shropshire, 1851 as Horatio Jones at St John's Hill, Shrewsbury between 1850 and 1851.^15,16 He appeared on the census of 30 March 1851 at St Johns Hill, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, as Head, unmarried, age 28, birthplace Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, and he was a Surgeon Dentist. He was living with his Sister Julia. Two House Servants completed the household.¹⁷ He married Leah Levason, daughter of Dr Lewis Levason and Kate Jones, on 20 December 1853 at Strasbourg, Alsace, France; or perhaps elsewhere abroad. Leah and Horatio were uncle and niece; such marriages 'though very rare', were 'permitted under Jewish Law.^18,19,20,21'' Horatio Micholls Jones LDS was a Member of The College of Dentists in 1857.⁷ He appeared on the census of 7 April 1861 at St Johns Hill, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, as Head, married, age 37, birthplace Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, and he was a Dentist. He was living with his Wife Leah, Sons Grenville and Geo. Walter, and Daughters Annie Kate and Alice. Also in the household was three Domestic Servants: Cook, Housemaid and Nurse Maid.²²

He was executor of his sister's estate and was recorded in The 1862 National Probate Calendar in the following entry: ''The Will of Julia Jones late of the town of Shrewsbury in the County of Salop Spinster deceased who died 5 August 1862 at Shrewsbury aforesaid was proved at Shrewbury by the oath of Horatio Micholls Jones of Shrewsbury aforesaid Dentist the Brother one of the Executors' on 20 September 1862.²³ He was listed with a great many others in a 'Copy of Bankers' Returns, made in pursuance of the Act 7th and 8th Victoria, cap.32. Name of firm. National Provincial Bank of England. Persons of whom the company consists. Name, Residence, Occupation...Jones, Horatio Micholls, St John's-hill, Shrewsbury, dentist...', which was published in the Hampshire Telegraph and Sussex Chronicle (Portsmouth, England) 20 February 1864 and the North Wales Chronicle (Bangor, Wales), three years later on 20 February 1864.^24,25 He lived between 27 February 1864 and 28 February 1880 at St Johns Hill, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England; and his occupation was 'Dentist'.²⁶

He married Isabella Solomon on 2 November 1870 at 24 Belsize Road, St John's Wood, London, England; and their marriage was registered in the December quarter 1870 at London City Registration district.^{5,27,19,28,29} Horatio Micholls Jones LDS and Isabella Solomon are quoted as having 'no issue.¹⁹' Horatio Micholls Jones LDS appeared on the census of 2 April 1871 at St Johns Hill, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, as Head, age 47, birthplace Yarmouth, Norfolk, and he was a 'Dentist. Employing 1 man'. He was living with his Wife Isabella, Daughters Alice and Annie, and Son Granville. Also in the household was two General Domestic Servants. He advertised as Horatio Jones in 'Cassey & Company's Directory of Shropshire' of 1871 as Dentist at this address.^30,31

He was executor of his Father-in-law, Lewis Levason's will on 3 March 1876.^32,33 He was the person who 'trained Michael Edwards (Liverpool) 1874-77' and was known to be in practice as a Dentist and had an entry in the first 'Dentists Register' in 1879.⁷ He was advertising in the Dentists section in 'Slater's Royal National Commercial Directory of North & South Wales, Monmouthshire, Shropshire, and the Cities of Bristol and Chester...' as:

     'Jones Horatio' at Broad st' in Ludlow and at '25 Castle st' in Shrewsbury

in 1880.³⁴ He was listed in the Supplement to the London Gazette as Dentist of St John's hill, Shrewsbury, Dentist, in connection with National Provincial Bank of England on 25 February 1880.³⁵ He appeared on the census of 3 April 1881 at Castle Street, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, as Head, married age 57, birthplace Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, and he was a Dental Surgeon. The full entry reads:

'Dwelling:     Castle St
     Census Place:     Shrewsbury St Mary, Shropshire, England
     Source:     FHL Film 1341636 PRO Ref RG11 Piece 2649 Folio 12 Page 17
     Marr     Age     Sex     Birthplace
Horatio JONES     M     57      M     Gt Yarmouth
     Rel:     Head
     Occ:     Dental Surgeon
Isabella JONES     M     52      F     Tower Hamletts, Middlesex, England
     Rel:     Wife
     Occ:     Dental Surgeon Wife
Grenville JONES     U     26      M     Shrewsbury
     Rel:     Son
     Occ:     Dental Surgeon Licentiate C Of Surgeons Ireland
Alice JONES     U     21      F     Shrewsbury
     Rel:     Daughter
Emma WILDE     U     25      F     Shrewsbury
     Rel:     Servant
     Occ:     Housemaid
Eliza JAMES U     25      F     Culmington, Shropshire, England
     Rel:     Servant
     Occ:     Cook.⁵'

He was listed in The UK & Ireland, Medical Directory of 1890 as a Licentiate in Dental Surgery 'L.D.S.R.C.S. Irel. 1882.' at 25 Castle Street, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England.³⁶ He advertised as 'surgeon-dentist' in 'Kelly's Directory of Shropshire, 1891' at '53 Broad st' Ludlow and '25 Castle st' Shrewsbury.³⁷
He appeared on the census of 5 April 1891 at 25 Castle Street, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, as Head, age 67, birthplace Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, and he was 'Neither Employer nor Employed' as a 'Dentist LDS..' He was living with his Wife Isabella. The household contained two Domestic Servants: Cook and Housemaid.³⁸

He was listed at Ludlow in Kelly's Directory of Herefordshire & Shropshire, 1895. [Part 2: Shropshire]' as: 'Jones Horatio, surgeon-dentist, 53 Broad street.³⁹'

He was listed in The UK & Ireland, Medical Directory of 1895 as a Licentiate in Dental Surgery 'L.D.S.R.C.S.I. 1882.' at 25 Castle Street, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England.⁴⁰ He was listed in The UK & Ireland, Medical Directory of 1900 as a Licentiate in Dental Surgery 'L.D.S.R.C.I. 1882.' at 25 Castle Street, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England.⁴¹ He appeared on the census of 31 March 1901 at Hampstead, London, England, as Head, married, age 77, birthplace Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, and he was a Retired Dentist.⁴² He died on 28 November 1902 at Hampstead, London, England, at age 79; and his death at age 79, indexed as Horatio Michael Jones, was registered in the December quarter 1902 at Hampstead Registration district.^19,43,44,11 He was buried at Willesden Cemetery, Willesden, Middlesex, England.^45,46 His estate was probated; and The 1903 National Probate Calendar records:

'Jones Henry Micholls of 91 Sumatra-road Mill-lane Middlesex died 28 November 1902 Probate London 19 January to Alice Jones spinster.⁴⁷' He was the subject of an obituary and notice in the Jewish Chronicle 30 January 1903:

'Horatio Michells Jones of 91 Sumatra Road, Mill Lane, died on 28^th November 1902, leaving property to the value of £731. Miss Alice Jones, the daughter, is the acting executrix, power being reserved of making a like grant to Mrs Isabella Jones, the widow.

'OBITUARY
Mr Horatio Jones, who died in London last week, was for over 50 years, a dentist in large practice in Shrewsbury, where the principle persons in the county were among his clientele. He was kindly, courteous and hospitable to a high degree. His father, David Jones was a son of Hannah Hamilburg and thus connected, as is understood, with Godefrei, the Dutch Minister of Justice. His mother was born Leah Micholls, a member of a well-known family. Mr Jones was born in Gt Yarmouth, but his parents soon after removed to Liverpool. He married secondly a daughter of the late Mr Maurice Solomon of London and Edmonton, who survives him. By his first wife he leaves descendents.⁴⁸'

      Her married name was Jones. Leah Levason was born on 14 November 1827 at Chester, Cheshire, England; and her birth was announced in the North Wales Chronicle (Bangor, Wales), the following day as: 'On the 14th inst. at Chester, the Lady of Mr Levason, dentist, of a daughter.^3,4,5,6' She was the daughter of Dr Lewis Levason and Kate Jones.^1,2 Leah Levason appeared on the census of 6 June 1841 at Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, as Leah Sevason, age 15, not born in the county, but in 'Che'[shire].⁷ She appeared on the census of 30 March 1851 at 3 John Street, Marylebone, London, England, as Sister of George and Victoria Levason, age 23, birthplace Chester, Cheshire, and she was a ' Lady.⁸' She married Horatio Micholls Jones LDS, son of David Jones and Leah Micholls, on 20 December 1853 at Strasbourg, Alsace, France; or perhaps elsewhere abroad. Leah and Horatio were uncle and niece; such marriages 'though very rare', were 'permitted under Jewish Law.^9,10,11,12'' Leah Levason appeared on the census of 7 April 1861 at St Johns Hill, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, as Wife, age 33, birthplace Chester.⁴ She died in 1868 at Shropshire, England; and her death at age 40 was registered in the March quarter 1868 at Shrewsbury Registration district.¹³

     Grenville Horatio Jones LDS was born on 29 October 1854 at Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England; and his birth was registered in the December quarter 1854 at Shrewsbury Registration district.^1,5,6,7,8 He was the son of Horatio Micholls Jones LDS and Leah Levason.¹ Grenville Horatio Jones LDS appeared on the census of 7 April 1861 at St Johns Hill, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, as Son, age 6, birthplace Shrewsbury, Shorpshire, and he was a Scholar.⁹ He appeared on the census of 2 April 1871 at St Johns Hill, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, as Son, age 16, birthplace Shrewsbury.¹⁰ He was mentioned in the Codicil to his Grandfather Lewis Levason's Will originally written on 4 June 1875.¹¹ He appeared on the census of 3 April 1881 at Castle Street, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, as Son, age 26, unmarried, birthplace Shrewsbury, Shropshire, and he was a 'Dental Surgeon Licentiate C[ollege] of Surgeons Ireland'.¹

He lived circa 1888 at Limestreet, Liverpool, Lancashire, England.⁶ He married Kate Crawford Drielsma, daughter of Moses (Maurice-Morris) Jonas Drielsma and Sarah Jones, on 3 October 1889 at Liverpool Register Office/Registrar Attended, Liverpool, Lancashire, England; and their marriage was registered in the December quarter 1889 at Liverpool Registration district.^12,13,14,15 Grenville Horatio Jones LDS was listed in The Medical Directory , at '25 Castle Street, Shrewsbury and 3A High Streeet Wrexham as L.D.S.R.C.S. Irel. 1881; Dent. Surg.Whitchurch and Ruabon Cott. Hosps.' in 1890.¹⁶ He was listed in The UK & Ireland, Medical Directory as a Licentiate in Dental Surgery 'L.D.S.R.C.S.I. 1881; (Dent. Hosp. Lond.); Mem. Brit. Dent. Assoc; Dent. Surg. Whitchurch and Ruabon Hosps.' in 1895.¹⁷ He was listed in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, in Kelly's Directory of Herefordshire & Shropshire, 1895. [Part 2: Shropshire] as follows: 'Private Residents. Jones Grenville Horatio, Severn Bank' 'Jones Grenville Horatio, dentist, 25 Castle street'and in Whitchurch, Shropshire: 'Cottage Hospital & Dispensary, Brownlow street.... Grenville Horatio Jones L.D.S.R.C.S.I. dental surgeon.¹⁸'

He was listed in The Medical Directory, as 'L.D.S.R.C.S. Irel. 1881; (Dent. Hosp. Lond.); Dent. Surg. Whitchurch and Ruabon Cott. Hosps.' in 1900 at 25 Castle Street, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England.¹⁹ He appeared on the census of 31 March 1901 at 21 Castle Street, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, as Head, married, age 46, born Shrewsbury, Shropshire, and he was a Dental Surgeon. He was living with his Wife Kate, Son Horatio and Daughter Marjorie. Two Domestic Servants completed the household.²⁰ He was listed in The Medical Directory, as 'L.D.S.R.C.S. Irel. 1881; (Dent. Hosp. Lond.); Dent. Surg. Whitchurch and Ruabon Cott. Hosps. and Atcham Rd. of Guardians.' in 1905 at 21 Castle Street, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England.²¹ He was listed in The Medical Directory, as 'L.D.S.R.C.S. Irel. 1881; (Roy. Dent. Hosp. Lond.); late Dent. Surg. Whitchurch Cott. Hosp. (25 yrs), Atcham Union, Shrewsbury (11 yrs), and Ruabon Cott. Hosp.' in 1910 at 94 Conway Street, Birkenhead, Cheshire, England.^2,22 He was listed in Kelly's Directory of Cheshire, 1911 in Birkenhead as follows: 'Jones Grenville Horatio, dental surg.' at 94 Conway street.²³

He appeared on the census of 2 April 1911 at 94 Conway Street, Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, as Head, age 56, birthplace Shrewsbury, and he was a Dental Surgeon working on his own account at home; the household also contained his Wife, two children and a General Servant.²⁴ He was listed in Kelly's Directory of Cheshire, 1914 in Birkenhead as follows:

     'Jones Grenville Horatio, L.D.S.Irel. dental surgeon, 94 Conway street.²⁵'

He was listed in The Medical Directory, as 'L.D.S.R.C.S. Irel. 1881; (Roy. Dent. Hosp. Lond.); late Dent. Surg. Whitchurch Cott. Hosp. (25 yrs), Atcham Union, Shrewsbury (11 yrs), and Ruabon Cott. Hosp.' in 1915 at 94 Conway Street, Birkenhead, Cheshire, England.²⁶ He was listed in The Medical Directory, as 'L.D.S.R.C.S. Irel. 1881; (Roy. Dent. Hosp. Lond.); late Dent. Surg. Whitchurch Cott. Hosp. (25 yrs), Atcham Union, Shrewsbury (11 yrs), and Ruabon Cott. Hosp.' in 1920 at 94 Conway Street, Birkenhead, Cheshire, England.²⁷ He was described as a dentist on his son Horatio Drielsma's marriage register on 6 October 1920.²⁸ He was listed in the Dental Surgeons Directory in 1925.²⁹ He died in 1931 at Cheshire, England; and his death was recorded at Birkenhead Registration district in the June quarter 1931.³⁰