David Lovat

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David Lovat

Residence 164 Battlefield Road, Glasgow (1943); 9 Woodbank Crescent, Clarkston (1947–1950)[1][2][3]
Spouse(s) Sadie (Sarah) Lovat (née Taylor); very probably m. 1938, Pollok[2][4]
Children Bernice Lipton (born Bernice Levstein, 1939; died 2019)[5][6]; Mervyn Lovat (born 1947)[2][7]; Orry Lovat (born 1950)[8][9]
Glasgow Maccabi Association "First Patrons List", Jewish Echo, 14 April 1950, naming Mr D. Lovat among the patrons.

David Lovat was a Glasgow man who appears in Jewish Echo notices of 1943 to 1950 as "Mr D. Lovat", the father of Mervyn Lovat (born 1947) and Orry Lovat (born 1950). He was very probably David Lovat, formerly Levstein, who married Sarah ("Sadie") Taylor at Pollok in 1938.[1][4][2] In 1950 he was listed among the first patrons of the Glasgow Maccabi Association.[10]

Family

A New Year greeting in the Jewish Echo of 29 September 1943 read: "LOVAT.—Mr and Mrs D. Lovat (Levstein) and Daughter, 164 Battlefield Rd., wish parents, relatives and friends a happy and peaceful New Year".[1] The "(Levstein)" after the name suggests that the family had previously used the surname Levstein. The ScotlandsPeople marriages index records the marriage of David Levstein and Sarah Taylor at Pollok, Glasgow, in 1938,[4] and the births index records a Bernice Levstein born at Hillhead in 1939,[5] the only Levstein birth indexed with the mother's maiden name Taylor.[5] As Bernice Lovat she married Derek Lipton in Busby in 1964,[11] and she died in Eastwood and Mearns in 2019, aged 79, with her mother's maiden name indexed as Taylor.[6]

In 1947 the Jewish Echo announced the birth at Redlands on 12 October of a son to Mr and Mrs D. Lovat (née Sadie Taylor), 9 Woodbank Crescent, Clarkston, a "Brother for Bernice",[2] and in August 1950 the birth on 31 July of a son to Mr and Mrs D. Lovat of the same address.[8] These match the only Lovat births registered in Scotland in those years, Mervyn Maurice Lovat (1947) and Orry Isaac Lovat (1950), both registered in Hillhead.[7][9][12]

Sadie Lovat was very probably a daughter of Isaac Taylor, who died on 29 September 1942: Mr and Mrs D. Lovat were among those placing in memoriam notices for him in 1943, 1949 and 1950, the latter two with Mrs A. Taylor, also of 9 Woodbank Crescent, whom the 1949 notice indicates was his widow.[13][14][15] In March 1947 Mr and Mrs D. Lovat and daughter were listed among the mourners in death notices for Louis Levstein.[16]

The notices name him only as D. Lovat. The ScotlandsPeople deaths index has two entries for a David Lovat: one who died in 1999 aged 85 in Eastwood and Mearns (mother's maiden name Catsif) and one who died in 1978 aged 57 in Glasgow, Martha Street (mother's maiden name McCue). Neither has been confirmed as the father of Mervyn and Orry.[17]

Timeline

  • 1938 – David Levstein and Sarah Taylor marry at Pollok.[4]
  • 1939 – Birth of Bernice Levstein, registered at Hillhead.[5]
  • 29 September 1943 – "Mr and Mrs D. Lovat (Levstein) and Daughter, 164 Battlefield Rd." send New Year greetings in the Jewish Echo.[1]
  • 13 October 1943 – Mr and Mrs D. Lovat and Daughter, 164 Battlefield Road, join an in memoriam notice for Isaac Taylor.[13]
  • 28 March 1947 – Listed among the mourners in death notices for Louis Levstein.[16]
  • 12 October 1947 – Birth of a son (Mervyn) to Mr and Mrs D. Lovat, 9 Woodbank Crescent, Clarkston.[2]
  • 14 October 1949 – Mr and Mrs D. Lovat and family join an in memoriam notice for Isaac Taylor.[14]
  • 14 April 1950 – Mr D. Lovat is listed among the first patrons of the Glasgow Maccabi Association in its "First Patrons List" advertisement in the Jewish Echo; his name is followed by that of a Mr S. Levstein.[10]
  • 31 July 1950 – Birth of a son (Orry) to Mr and Mrs D. Lovat.[8]
  • 8 September 1950 – Mr and Mrs D. Lovat and family, 9 Woodbank Crescent, send New Year greetings to "their dear mother, brothers and sisters".[3]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Jewish Echo, 29 September 1943, p. 4, "New Year Greetings": "LOVAT.—Mr and Mrs D. Lovat (Levstein) and Daughter, 164 Battlefield Rd., wish parents, relatives and friends a happy and peaceful New Year..."
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Jewish Echo, 17 October 1947, Births: "LOVAT.—To Mr and Mrs D. Lovat (nee Sadie Taylor), 9 Woodbank Crescent Clarkston, at Redlands, on 12th October, 1947, a son. Brother for Bernice."
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Jewish Echo, 8 September 1950, New Year greetings: "LOVAT.—Mr and Mrs D. Lovat and family, 9 Woodbank Crescent, Clarkston, wish their dear mother, brothers and sisters, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, their families, relatives and friends a happy and prosperous New Year and well over the Fast."
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Statutory marriages index, Pollok, 1938, 644/18/238 (ScotlandsPeople): David Levstein and Sarah Taylor.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Statutory births index, Hillhead, 1939, 644/13/917 (ScotlandsPeople): Bernice Levstein.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 ScotlandsPeople, Statutory Registers index, deaths, 2019: Bernice Lovat, also indexed as Lipton, age 79, mother's maiden name Taylor, registration district Eastwood and Mearns, ref. 650/767, accessed 29 October 2026.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 ScotlandsPeople, Statutory Registers index, births, 1947: Mervyn Maurice Lovat, registration district Hillhead (Glasgow), ref. 644/13/1612, accessed 29 October 2026.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Jewish Echo, 4 August 1950, Births: "LOVAT.—On Monday, 31st July, to Mr and Mrs D. Lovat, 9 Woodbank Crescent, Clarkston, a son."
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 ScotlandsPeople, Statutory Registers index, births: Orry Isaac Lovat, 1950, registration district Hillhead (Glasgow), ref. 644/13/924, accessed 29 October 2026.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Jewish Echo, 14 April 1950, Glasgow Maccabi Association advertisement, "First Patrons List".
  11. ↑ ScotlandsPeople, Statutory Registers index, marriages, 1964: Bernice Lovat and Derek Lipton, registration district Busby, ref. 571/1/37, accessed 29 October 2026.
  12. ↑ ScotlandsPeople statutory registers indexes, searched for the surname Lovat, accessed 29 October 2026: Mervyn Maurice (1947) and Orry Isaac (1950) are the only Lovat births registered in Scotland in those years.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Jewish Echo, 13 October 1943, p. 6, in memoriam notice for Isaac Taylor, who "passed away 29th September, 1942 (18th Tishri, 5703)", from "his wife, mother and family", 164 Battlefield Road, and listing "Mr. and Mrs. D. Lovat and Daughter, 164 Battlefield Road".
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 Jewish Echo, 14 October 1949, "Births, Marriages, etc.", in memoriam notice: "TAYLOR.—In loving memory of our dear husband and our dear father, Isaac Taylor, who passed away on 18th Tishri, 5703 (29th September, 1942)", from "Mrs A. Taylor, 9 Woodbank Crescent. Mr and Mrs D. Lovat and family, 9 Woodbank Crescent", followed by Mr and Mrs A. Taylor, 140 Battlefield Road; Mr and Mrs H. Taylor, 90 Holeburn Road; Mr and Mrs L. Taylor, 453 Victoria Road; Mr and Mrs N. Taylor, 20 Melford Avenue; and others.
  15. ↑ Jewish Echo, 29 September 1950 (the page header is dated 22 September 1950), Personal Announcements, in memoriam notice for Isaac Taylor, who died on 29 September 1942, listing Mrs A. Taylor, 9 Woodbank Crescent, and "Mr and Mrs D. Lovat and family, 9 Woodbank Crescent".
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 Jewish Echo, 28 March 1947, death notices for Louis Levstein, listing "Mr and Mrs D. Lovat and daughter" among the mourners.
  17. ↑ ScotlandsPeople statutory deaths index, David Lovat: died 1999, aged 85, Eastwood and Mearns, ref. 650/408, mother's maiden name Catsif; died 1978, aged 57, Glasgow (Martha Street), ref. 607/12, mother's maiden name McCue; accessed 29 October 2026.
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