Woolfson family

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Not to be confused with the similarly spelled Wolfson family


The Woolfson family in Scotland has been a major player in the Caledonian Cousinhood of Zionism for more than 100 years at least until the early 2000s.

Many key names in the Caledonian Cousinhood including from the Goldberg family, Wolfson family, Woolfson family, Levinson family/Livingston family, Golombok family, Furst family, Sragowitz family, Gerber family and many others; from the Jewish Echo, 11 January 1929.[1]

A family written overview:

There were three Wolfzon brothers and a sister who arrived to start a new life in Scotland between the years 1886 to 1891. They later called themselves Woolfson. They were all born in Zagare, in Lithuania which at that time was in Russia. Zagare is located in north of Lithuania close to the border with Latvia. Here are some details about them:-
Jacob Woolfson arrived in Glasgow 1886. He was aged 17 on arrival and was single. He worked as a Tailor’s Machinist. He married Annie Boob and had eight children.
Louis (who spelled his name Wolifson) arrived in Glasgow three years later in 1889. He was aged 29 and was single. He worked as a Master Tailor. He married Jeanie Glen and had two sons. Jeanie died shortly after giving birth to their second son who also did not survive. He then married Fannie Sklair and had a further five children.
Moses Woolfson together with his wife and his six children arrived in Glasgow in 1891. He was aged 44 on arrival and was married to Pesha Leah (Bessie) Tankel aged 38. Moses was a dealer in Drapery and Jewellery. Their six children who accompanied them in 1891 were:-
Yetta aged 16, Tella aged 14, Philip aged 12, Barnet aged 10, William aged 8, and Nathan aged 1. Joseph, their youngest son, was born in Glasgow in 1892.
Nessie Woolfson[2] aged about 26, also arrived in Glasgow around this time. Did she arrive together with her husband Harris Bloch[3] or were they married in Glasgow? Harris worked as a Spirit Merchant. We would like to learn more about Nessie.
Another sister, Yakhkha Freda Wolfzon who was born in 1856 in Zagare, married Shmuel Montoriski and stayed in Lithuania. They had five children who later emigrated from Lithuania. Here are some details about them:-
Hanetta Montoriski, aged about 23, arrived in Pontypridd in Wales in about 1900. She married Jacob Cogan. We believe they had a son. We would like to gain more information about her.
Isack Montoriski changed his name to Morris. He arrived in Wales in about 1900 aged 19. He then moved to Cape Colony in South Africa then to Australia in 1904. He became a revered rabbi. He married Rosie Falk and had five children. Rosie died young and he remarried Rachel Grinblatt and had a further two children.
Israel Montoriski changed his name to Morrison. He arrived in Glasgow in about 1900 aged 15. He was described as a labourer, a tailor presser and an iron driller. He married Leah Hodge and had six children.
John Joseph Montoriski changed his name to Morrison. He arrived in London aged 13. He married Annie Weitzman (later White) and had six children. He was a fishmonger.
Fanny Montoriski, the youngest child was born in Skoudas in Lithuania in 1893. She arrived in Pontypridd in Wales and then moved to Glasgow. In 1916 she moved to New York to join her husband Lazarus Lomonsow. They had two 2 children.[4]

A further family account with additional detail:

We have documentation that shows that my family lived in Zagare for about 100 years from about 1785 until about 1890, when they left Zagare for Glasgow. Almost certainly they lived in Zagare for about 400 years (from about 1500) but no specific records exist to prove this. My three times great grandfather was called Wolf, which is probably why my surname is Wolfzon (Woolfson) because in about 1804 the Russian authorities required all citizens to have a surname, which they had not previously had. We know that Wolf had two sons, Leyb Fayvush Wolfzon, born in 1803 and Israel Wolfzon who was born 17 years later in about 1820. They were both born in Zagare. Almost certainly there were more siblings than the two brothers but we have been unable to trace these. Leyb Fayvush married Chaya Leah Wolfzon and they had a son in 1839 called Shaia Wolfzon, also born in Zagare. Israel, my great-great grandfather married Etta Wolfzon (nee Jakobson). He was a watchmaker. They had 5 children that we know of. Their names and birth dates were:
Apart from Yakkha, the 3 brothers and one sister left Zagare and settled in Glasgow between 1885 & 1890. Moses was the last of his siblings to leave in 1890. Yakkha married Shmuel Montoriski, who was a dyer in Zagare. The family later moved from Zagare to Skuodas. Their 5 children later emigrated to the UK, USA and Australia. Service in the Russian army of 25 years became compulsory and this was the main reason why my family left. They always referred to Zagare as their home, Der Heim, in an affectionate way.
Jacob, the youngest child, was the first to migrate to Glasgow, followed by Louis and Nessie. Moses, my great grandfather, was the last to migrate to Glasgow with his wife and his six children.
Moses married Pesha Leah Woolfson (nee Tankel) in Zagare on 21 October 1872. 6 of their 7 children were born in Zagare (the 7th was born in Glasgow in 1892). Israel Philip Woolfson was my grandfather. The names and birth details and age on arrival in Glasgow were:
For Moses and Pesha Lea, it must have been a difficult decision to leave Zagare for Glasgow with their small children (the youngest, Nathan, was 3 months old) although it was clearly helpful to have his two brothers and his sister already settled in Glasgow. The three brothers started off their new life in Scotland working as tailors. Moses and Jacob were highly religious and Judaism played an important part of their lives. Not listed here are the most prominent of our relatives, namely three sisters, daughters of Leyb Jakobson, called Etta, Leah and Sarah. This brought together the Wolfzon, Gerber, and Tankel and Sussman families originating from Zagare, Siaulenai and Riga.[6]

Family

Glasgow

List of family members

Name Date of birth and death Descendant of Leyb Jakobson Descendant of Joseph Tankel Descendant of Yosef W. Gerber Zionist activist
Abe Arnold Woolfson (1911 - 1991) Y Y Y
Archibald Woolfson (1902 - 1984) Y
Barnie Woolfson (1881 - 1959) Y Y
Clarice Lillian Woolfson (1915 - 2004) Y Y
David Woolfson (1908 - 2005) Y Y Y
Eddie Woolfson (1903 - 1982) Y Y Y Y
Eric Louis Woolfson (1917 - 1937) Y Y
Eric Norman Woolfson (1945 - 2009) Y Y
Ettie Ethel Jacobs (nee Woolfson) (1901 - 1982) Y Y Y Y
Eva Steen (nee Woolfson) (1914 - 2001) Y Y Y Y
Freda Shinwell (nee Woolfson) (1909 - 1992) Y Y
Harold Woolfson (1924 - 2007) Y Y
Harry Woolfson (1899 - 1993) Y
Helen Rebecca Woolfson (1891 - 1961) Y
Hyman Woolfson (b 1907) (1907 - 1973) Y
Hymie Woolfson (1900 - 1983) Y Y Y Y
Ida Joyce Caplan (nee Woolfson) (1927 - ) Y Y Y Y
Jacob Woolfson (1869 - 1955) Y
Joe Woolfson (1898 - 1987) Y Y Y Y
Joe Woolfson (b. 1912) (1912 - ????) Y Y ?
Joseph Woolfson (1892 - 1973) Y Y Y
Judith Benita Woolfson (1934 - 2006) Y Y Y Y
Kitty Woolfson (1917 - 2004) Y
Lena Pauline Woolfson (1913 - 1989) Y Y
Louis Lewis Woolfson (1910 - 1993) Y Y Y Y
Marcus Woolfson (1912 - ????) Y
Moses Woolfson (1847 - 1929) Y
Meyer Woolfson (1914 - 1933) Y Y Died at 18
Myer Henry Woolfson (1911 - 1962) Y Y
Natie Woolfson (1890 - 1968) Y Y
Nessie Woolfson (???? - 1948) Y
Paul Ludovic Woolfson (1894 - 1966) Y
Pauline Gaba (nee Woolfson) (1913 - 2010) Y Y Y
Pearl Woolfson (1915 - 2004) Y Y
Philip Woolfson (1879 - 1948) Y Y Y
Sammy Woolfson (1896 - 1916) Y
Simon Woolfson (1905 - 1990) Y
Solly Woolfson (1907 - 1991) Y Y Y
Soretta Woolfson (1875 - ????) Y Y
Stanley Gerald Woolfson (1936 - 2005) Y
Sylvia Woolfson (1923 - 2004) Y Y Y
Tilla Woolfson (1877 - 1950) Y Y
Tilly Woolfson (1905 - 1963) Y Y Y
William Woolfson (1893 - 1966) Y
Willie Woolfson/William Hillman Woolfson (1883 - 1958) Y Y Y

Notes

  1. *A. Goldberg, Albert Rd. Xhill
  2. WOOLFSON NESSIE 83 F 1948 644 / 18 / 726 Pollok
  3. BLOCH HARRIS ISAAC 72 STERRIS M 1933 644 / 17 / 94 Gorbals
  4. https://woolgermor.tribalpages.com/tribe/browse?userid=woolgermor
  5. WOOLFSON NESSIE 83 F 1948 644 / 18 / 726 Pollok
  6. Israel Wolifson - Written by Raymond Woolfson. Posted by Tania Ruth Berlow on Wednesday, November 23, 2022
  7. WOOLFSON MOSES 87 YAACKES M 1929 644 / 17 / 436 Gorbals
  8. WOOLFSON BESSIE 43 JACOBSON F 1894 644 / 12 / 534 Gorbals
  9. WOOLFSON MOSES GERBER ZARRA 1895 644 / 12 / 451 Gorbals
  10. WOOLFSON ZARRA 67 JACOBSON F 1915 644 / 17 / 707 Gorbals
  11. WOOLFSON TILLA 74 F 1950 644 / 13 / 278 Hillhead;GOLDBERG TILLA 74 F 1950 644 / 13 / 278 Hillhead
  12. GOLDBERG FISHMAN WOLFSON TILLA 1893 644 / 12 / 508 Gorbals
  13. WOOLFSON JOSEPH LAZARUS ROSE 1924 644 / 9 / 286 Milton
  14. WOOLFSON IDA JOYCE F 1927 644 / 24 / 56 Cathcart (Glasgow)
  15. WOOLFSON IDA JOYCE CAPLAN MONTAGUE A 1948 644 / 19 / 208 Cathcart (Glasgow)
  16. WOOLFSON MAURICE M 1932 644 / 24 / 289 Cathcart (Glasgow)
  17. WOOLFSON MAURICE 87 LAZARUS M 2019 650 / 992 Eastwood and Mearns
  18. WOOLFSON MAURICE JACOBS BARBARA MAY 1956 644 / 7 / 1011 Kelvin
  19. WOOLFSON HYMAN GERBER M 1900 644 / 12 / 389 Gorbals
  20. WOOLFSON ETHEL 80 GERBER F 1982 605 / 726 Glasgow, Martha St
  21. WOOLFSON ETHEL JACOBS EDWARD DAVID 1922 644 / 9 / 328 Milton
  22. WOOLFSON TILLY BERNSTEIN ABRAHAM L 1932 644 / 24 / 35 Cathcart (Glasgow)
  23. WOOLFSON SOLOMON 84 GERBER M 1991 650 / 462 Eastwood and Mearns
  24. WOOLFSON FREDA 94 BLACK F 2006 650 / 426 Eastwood and Mearns
  25. WOOLFSON SOLOMON EDWARDS FREDA COHEN 1933 644 / 24 / 385 Cathcart (Glasgow)
  26. WOOLFSON EVELYN THELMA F 1942 578 / 1 / 1132 Ayr
  27. WOOLFSON EILEEN VERA 101 JOSEPH F 2017 650 / 495 Eastwood and Mearns
  28. WOOLFSON CHARLES A M 1946 644 / 9 / 1398 Kelvingrove
    • WOOLFSON EVA STEINACRE ROMIEL 1939 644 / 19 / 99 Cathcart (Glasgow)
    • WOOLFSON EVA STEEN RALPH 1939 644 / 19 / 99 Cathcart (Glasgow)
  29. WOOLFSON LEWIS BARNETT 76 M 1959 644 / 11 / 56 Pollok
  30. WOOLFSON LEWIS BARNETT SINGER ETTIE 1909 644 / 17 / 83 Gorbals
  31. Marriages Dec 1939 Woolfson Joseph Edoloff Stoke N'ton 1b 1108
  32. Births Jun 1947 Woolfson Anthony M J Edoloff Hampstead 5c 1623
  33. https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/jtV_fOlulhqffZV4aH0ZDz3pQds/appointments
  34. https://www.geni.com/people/David-Woolfson/6000000022834764049
  35. NAFTALIN IRENE HELEN F 1948 644 / 13 / 568 Hillhead
  36. WOOLFSON DAVID LAWRENCE NAFTALIN IRENE HELEN 1975 613 / 194 Glasgow, Martha St
  37. Births Dec 1977 WOOLFSON ROBERT GEORGE NAFTALIN MANCHESTER 38 1213
  38. Births Sep 1979 WOOLFSON ANDREW JONATHAN [HN]AFTALIN MANCHESTER 38 1321
  39. WOOLFSON WILLIAM HILLMAN 74 M 1958 644 / 11 / 449 Pollok
  40. WOOLFSON WILLIAM HILLMAN OPPENHEIM ROSIE 1908 685 / 4 / 165 St Giles
  41. WOOLFSON ABRAHAM DAVID OPPENHEIM M 1909 685 / 5 / 7 Newington
    • WOOLFSON DAVID ABRAHAM 96 OPPENHEIM M 2005 601 / 910 Glasgow, Martha St
    • WOOLFSON ABRAHAM DAVID 96 OPPENHEIM M 2005 601 / 910 Glasgow, Martha St
  42. WOOLFSON DAVID A ELSTON BEATRICE 1940 644 / 8 / 2791 Blythswood
  43. WOOLFSON ERIC NORMAN M 1945 644 / 9 / 310 Kelvingrove
  44. WOOLFSON PETER JOHN M 1953 644 / 9 / 213 Kelvingrove
  45. WOOLFSON MEYER HENRY OPPENHEIM M 1910 685 / 5 / 549 Newington
  46. WOOLFSON MYER HENRY 51 M 1962 644 / 10 / 357 Govan
  47. Parents of Miriam/Maron: Reuben Robert Cohen (1890?-11 April 1961, at 72) a company director in Edinburgh married in 1922 Esther Golda Cohen(nee Pass) (-1948, died at 53)
  48. WOOLFSON ROSALIND A Cohen F 1945 644 / 9 / 170 Kelvingrove
  49. WOOLFSON ESTHER ANN Cohen F 1950 644 / 9 / 691 Kelvingrove
  50. WOOLFSON PAULINA OPPENHEIM F 1913 685 / 5 / 785 Newington
  51. WOOLFSON ERIC LOUIS OPPENHEIM M 1917 685 / 5 / 241 Newington
  52. WOOLFSON ERIC LOUIS 19 M 1937 644 / 18 / 219 Pollok
  53. WOOLFSON CLARICE LILIAN OPPENHEIMER F 1918 685 / 5 / 286 Newington
  54. WOOLFSON CLARICE LILIAN 85 OPPENHEIM F 2004 615 / 48 Glasgow, Martha St
  55. WOOLFSON CLARICE L ABRAHAMS SYDNEY 1943 644 / 18 / 112 Pollok
  56. WOOLFSON JOSEPH 81 M 1973 603 / 891 Glasgow, Martha St
  57. WOOLFSON JOSEPH JACOBS DORA 1920 633 / B / 49 Cathcart (Lanark)
  58. WOLIFSON LOUIS 48 JACOBSON M 1909 644 / 17 / 539 Gorbals
  59. WOLIFSON JEANIE 33 BLAIR F 1892 644 / 7 / 184 Blythswood
  60. WOLIFSON LUIS SKLAIR FANNY 1893 644 / 9 / 373 Kelvin
  61. WOLIFSON ISADALE GLEN M 1891 644 / 9 / 516 Kelvin
  62. WOLIFSON JOHN GLEN M 1892 644 / 7 / 217 Blythswood
  63. WOLIFSON ETHEL F 1894 644 / 7 / 429 Blythswood WOLIFSON HELMAN SKLAIR M 1896 644 / 5 / 426 Blackfriars WOLIFSON SAMUEL SKLAIR M 1897 644 / 5 / 1391 Blackfriars WOLIFSON EVA F 1905 644 / 5 / 480 Blackfriars WOLIFSON MAZIE SKLAIR F 1907 644 / 17 / 770 Gorbals
  64. WOOLFSON NESSIE 83 F 1948 644 / 18 / 726 Pollok; BLOCH NESSIE 83 F 1948 644 / 18 / 726 Pollok
  65. BLOCH HARRIS ISAAC 72 STERRIS M 1933 644 / 17 / 94 Gorbals
  66. WOOLFSON JACOB 87 M 1955 644 / 19 / 1015 Cathcart (Glasgow)
  67. WOOLFSON JACOB BOOB ANNIE 1890 644 / 11 / 180 Hutchesontown
  68. WOOLFSON HELEN REBECCA BOOB F 1891 644 / 12 / 703 Gorbals
  69. WOOLFSON KITTY 87 SOLOMON F 2004 650 / 105 Eastwood and Mearns.
  70. Jewish Echo - Friday 15 February 1946
  71. WOOLFSON SOLOMON BOOB M 1896 644 / 5 / 1355 Blackfriars
  72. WOOLFSON ARCHIBALD BOOB M 1902 644 / 12 / 312 Gorbals
  73. WOOLFSON HYMAN BOOB M 1907 644 / 17 / 937 Gorbals
  74. WOOLFSON HYMAN 65 M 1973 607 / 150 Glasgow, Martha St.
  75. WOOLFSON HYMAN NEWMAN ZENA 1942 571 / 2 / 19 Newton Mearns
  76. WOOLFSON FREDA BOOLE F 1909 644 / 17 / 1600 Gorbals
  77. WOOLFSON FREDA 83 BUB F 1992 650 / 537 Eastwood and Mearns
  78. WOOLFSON FREDA SHINWELL ERNEST 1933 644 / 24 / 134 Cathcart (Glasgow)
  79. WOOLFSON MARCUS BOOB M 1912 644 / 17 / 713 Gorbals
  80. WOOLFSON MARCUS LEVY MILLICENT 1939 644 / 8 / 987 Blythswood