David Abraham Woolfson
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Abraham David Woolfson (b 1909[1]) m. Beatrice Woolfson (nee Elston) in 1940 in Blythswood.[2]
Timeline
- 1943 - FARM CITY ACTIVITIES At a recent meeting in London, attended by Mr. Jack Karter, Mr. A. Links and Mr. Fred Nettler, J.P., it was arranged that Glasgow’s participation in the Jewish National Fund Battle for Land Campaign would take the form of increasing participation in the Farm City. In furtherance ‘of these arrangements, a series of drawing meetings have been held regularly during the last few weeks in private houses, as a result of which some 24 additional plots have been taken up, this representing, with Covenants, a gross figure of some £lO,OOO. At the - meetings, which were addressed by Mr. Nettler and - Dr. Biegun, the films “ Collective Adventure,” “Homeland in the Making,” and Mr. Nettler’s own colour films of Palestine were shown. - Mr. A. Links acted as Convener of these meetings, those who gave their houses being Mr. Links, Dr. J. Michaelson, Mr. H. Morris, Mr. S. Levitus, Mr. A. Gelfer, Mr. Leon Haase, Mr. David Woolfson and Mr. Ed. Woolfson. . In: Ayr and Largs similar meetings were held, the arrangements for which were made by Messrs. Ernest and Walter Harris and Mr. Robert Epstein.[3]
- 1939 - WOOLFSON—ELSTON The engagement is announced of David, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Woolfson, of 35 Maxwell Drive, Pollokshields, Glasgow, to Beatrice, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David Elston, of 11 Carleton Dr., Giffnock, Glasgow.[4]
Family
- Moses Woolfson (1842 - died 1929 in the Gorbals at 87.[5]) m. Pesha Leah Woolfson (1853 - 1894)(known as 'Bessie', nee Tankel, mothers maiden name Jakobson/Jacobson[6]). m. Zarra Woolfson (1852 - 1915) (nee Sussman, first marriage to a Yosif Wolf Gerber(1839 - 1891)) in the Gorbals, Glasgow in 1895[7]
- William Hillman Woolfson(1883-1958)[8](27 in 1911) m. Rosie Woolfson (age 23 in 1911, nee Oppenheim) Married in Edinburgh in 1908.[9]
- Abraham David Woolfson (b 1909[10]
- Myer Henry Woolfson (b 1910[11]) m. Miriam Woolfson (11 February 1923 to 29 September 2012, nee Cohen in Newington, Edinburgh)in 1942 in Newington Edinburgh.[12]
- Rosalind Woolfson (b 1945[13])
- Esther Ann Woolfson (b 1950[14])
- Paulina Woolfson (b 1913[15])
- Eric Louis Woolfson (b 1917[16] - 1937, aged 19.[17])
- Clarice Lilian Woolfson (b 1918[18])
- William Hillman Woolfson(1883-1958)[8](27 in 1911) m. Rosie Woolfson (age 23 in 1911, nee Oppenheim) Married in Edinburgh in 1908.[9]
See also
Notes
- ↑ WOOLFSON ABRAHAM DAVID OPPENHEIM M 1909 685 / 5 / 7 Newington
- ↑ WOOLFSON DAVID A ELSTON BEATRICE 1940 644 / 8 / 2791 Blythswood
- ↑ Jewish Echo - Friday 17 September 1943
- ↑ Jewish Echo - Friday 01 December 1939
- ↑ WOOLFSON MOSES 87 YAACKES M 1929 644 / 17 / 436 Gorbals
- ↑ WOOLFSON BESSIE 43 JACOBSON F 1894 644 / 12 / 534 Gorbals
- ↑ WOOLFSON MOSES GERBER ZARRA 1895 644 / 12 / 451 Gorbals
- ↑ WOOLFSON WILLIAM HILLMAN 74 M 1958 644 / 11 / 449 Pollok
- ↑ WOOLFSON WILLIAM HILLMAN OPPENHEIM ROSIE 1908 685 / 4 / 165 St Giles
- ↑ WOOLFSON ABRAHAM DAVID OPPENHEIM M 1909 685 / 5 / 7 Newington
- ↑ WOOLFSON MEYER HENRY OPPENHEIM M 1910 685 / 5 / 549 Newington
- ↑ 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)
- ↑ WOOLFSON ROSALIND A Cohen F 1945 644 / 9 / 170 Kelvingrove
- ↑ WOOLFSON ESTHER ANN Cohen F 1950 644 / 9 / 691 Kelvingrove
- ↑ WOOLFSON PAULINA OPPENHEIM F 1913 685 / 5 / 785 Newington
- ↑ WOOLFSON ERIC LOUIS OPPENHEIM M 1917 685 / 5 / 241 Newington
- ↑ WOOLFSON ERIC LOUIS 19 M 1937 644 / 18 / 219 Pollok
- ↑ WOOLFSON CLARICE LILIAN OPPENHEIMER F 1918 685 / 5 / 286 Newington