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JEWISH RECORDS

JEWISH CONGREGATIONS-

from the 1891-1892 Handbook

The Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue, situated in Princess Street, was, with all the Scrolls of the Law, massive silver bells and silver vessels, entirely consumed in the fire of December, 1882. The English and German Synagogue in Orange Street was also destroyed on the same occasion but the walls were left standing and the paraphernalia were saved.

The larger part of these Congregations united themselves under the designation of the Amalgamated Congregation of Israelites and raised funds for the building of a Synagogue in the upper part of Duke Street, the site being purchased for £800. The foundation stone was laid in August, 1885, and a handsome brick building was erected, which was consecrated on the evening of the 19th of July, 1888. On the recommendation of the Chief Rabbi of the British Empire the Congregation appointed the Rev. S. Jacobs, formerly of Aria College and Minister of the Newcastle-on-Tyne Congregation as their Minister.

The portion of the Congregation of the Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue who have not joined the "Amalgamated Israelites" have erected a small but exceedingly neat Synagogue in East Street where service is regularly conducted by a Lay Reader. The building was erected through the zeal and devotion of the late Mr. David Martin, to whose memory it forms a fitting memorial.

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The United Congregation of Israelites was founded in 1921.


Births in the Sephardic Congregation, Kingston, 1809 - 1902.

Names in links are according to date order and do not reflect the first or last names in alphabetical order

A-C: Aarons to Corinaldi

D: DaCosta to Delevante

D2: Delgado to Dolphy

F - H: Feurtado to Henriques

I - L: Iffla to Lopez

M: Mendez to Motta

N - R: Nieto to Rodriques

S - V: Sanguenetti to Vaz

Marriages in the Sephardic Congregation, Kingston, 1809 - 1901.

A - C: Alvarenga to Corcos

D: DaCosta to DeSouza

F - L: Fereira to Levy

M - V: Morales to Vaz

Deaths in the Sephardic Congregation, Kingston, 1809 - 1901.

A-C: Alimeyda to Correa

D: D'Azevedo to DePass

E - H: Edana to Hyman

I - L: Isaac to Lopez

M - O: Maduro to Oheb

P - R: Pereira to Rebeiro

S - Y: Silva to Yimenes


Births in the Ashkenazi Congregation, Kingston, 1789 - 1906

A - F: Akin to Franks

G - K: Gates to Kahn

L: Lewis to Lyons

M - R: Magnus to Reuben

S - W: Samuels to Worms

Marriages in the Ashkenazi Congregation, Kingston, 1788 - 1901

A - K: Alexander to Kahn

L - W: Leon to Wolfe


Births in the Amalgamated and United Congregations, Kingston, 1884 - 1930

From the records of the Amalgamated Congregation 1884 - 1921, and the United Congregation of Israelites 1921 - 1930.

A-C: Alberga to Crosswell

D: Delgado to DePass

F - K: Farmer to Kaufman

L - M: Lindo to McCormack

N - W: Nunes to Wheeler

Marriages in the Amalgamated and United Congregations, Kingston, 1883 - 1945

From the records of the Amalgamated Congregation 1884 - 1921, and the United Congregation of Israelites 1921 - 1945.

A - I: Abendana to Isaacs

L - W: Lawton to Wolfe

Deaths in the Amalgamated and United Congregations, Kingston, 1883 - 1993

From the records of the Amalgamated Congregation 1883 - 1921, and the United Congregation of Israelites 1921 - 1963.

A: Aarons to Ashenheim

B - C: Barham to Crosswell

D: DaCosta to Dolphy

E - H: Ebel to Hoffman

I - L: Iffla to Lyons

M: Maduro to Myers

N - R: Nunes to Rosenbaum

S: Salmon to Stiner

T - W: Tavares to Wolfe

Deaths in the United Congregation of Israelites 1964-1993

Deaths A-G, Albert to Gooding

Deaths H-Z, Henriques to Zaidie

 


Tombstones in the Falmouth Jewish Cemetery

A transcription of data from monumental inscriptions in Falmouth. [M]. There are also photographs of the cemetery.


Montego Bay records

Transcription of Indexes to Jewish births in Montego Bay, 1835-1873. Montego Jewish

Transcription of Indexes from Montego Bay records of Marriages (1845-1866) and Deaths (1880-1919). Montego Bay Jewish Marriages and Deaths . (This list for Montego Bay is brief)


New items

A RECORD OF THE JEWS IN JAMAICA

By Jacob A. P. M. Andrade, 1941

A transcription of sections of this book

Monumental Inscription for Jews buried in the counties of Middlesex and most of Cornwall. Tombstones

Monumental Inscription for Jews buried in Trelawny and the county of Surrey. More Tombstones

Photographs of Monumental Inscriptions for the Hon. Altamont Ernest DaCosta and Maurice Hirsch Solomon. DaCosta and Solomon Tombstones

Lands patented to Jews. Patents

Extracts from 48 Wills containing bequests to the Synagogues or to Jewish charitable institutions. There are also references to family members. Jewish Wills

Miscellaneous items including Naturalizations, Corinaldi genealogy, and the number of Jews by Parish in the Census data for 1881, 1781, and 1921.


A LIST OF JEWS IN A MONTEGO BAY LODGE

There was a preponderance of Jews in the early membership of the Friendly Lodge 383 in Montego Bay, as can be seen from the list of members .


Synagogue Leaders 1850

From the 1850 Almanac, the leaders of the synagogues in Kingston, Spanish Town, and Montego Bay.


Tombstones elsewhere

Burials of some Jamaican Jews in New Orleans, USA.



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