List of notable descendants of Samuel Moss Solomon


Samuel Moss Solomon married Elizabeth Moses and after her death, he married his first cousin Esther Davis.

Descendents

Moss Samuel

Moss Samuel Solomon married Elizabeth "Betsy" Myers or Meyers. Second marriage to Leah Myers c. 1830.
  • Judah Moss Solomon married cousin Rachel Cohen on 7 August 1842. She was a daughter of Benjamin Samuel Cohen of London. He married again on 4 September 1867 to Adela Pulver, daughter of Rev. Isaac Pulver of Hobart. She had two children by him: Elias in 1870 and Rosetta on 8 September 1871, who may not have survived. He was the MP for Adelaide 1858–1860, MLC 1861–1866, mayor of Adelaide 1869–1871, and MP for West Adelaide 1871–1875. Seven of their sixteen children survived childhood, including:
  • Elias Solomon MLA, MHR an AEI student in 1855, married Agnes Elizabeth Bickley, daughter of Wallace Bickley. He married a second time, to Elizabeth Stokes on 1 May 1887. He lived in Fremantle, Western Australia.

Susan

Susan Solomon married Moses Benjamin, lived in Tavistock Street, Adelaide from 1869 to 1876 at least. Susan died at the home of son-in-law Isaac Asher, North Adelaide.

Emanuel

Emanuel Solomon MLC married fellow convict Mary Ann Wilson on 6 November 1826. On 12 April 1844 he married Cecilia "Celia" Adelaide Smith who died in Sydney; that same year he married a third time, to Catherine Abrahams.

Hannah

Hannah Solomon married Benjamin Samuel Cohen ; they never left England. She has been reported as emigrating to Sydney with her father in April 1833.
  • Emanuel Cohen married cousin Sarah Benjamin on 11 December 1858; lived in Adelaide; she died in Bondi. They had at least five sons and two daughters. Son Lawrence Cohen married Catherine "Kate" Cohen on 18 May 1862

Vaiben

Vaiben Solomon was transported for larceny to Sydney 1818, married Mary "Sarah" Smith in 1826. Vaiben and his family are listed in the subscriptions to the building of Sydney's first Synagogue. Among their children were:
  • Elizabeth Solomon was buried at the Jewish Cemetery, Rookwood. She left her entire estate valued at £31,798 to her sister Hannah.

Sarah

Sarah Solomon married Michael Joshua. They arrived in Sydney in December 1839. He was a dealer of Hindley Street, lived in Brighton, South Australia at least 1845–1853, later Melbourne, died in Cooktown, Queensland. They had four daughters and two sons.

Isaac

Isaac Solomon arrived in Sydney in 1833, married Isabella Solomon, daughter of his half-brother Moss Samuel Solomon, at the Bridge Street Synagogue, Sydney, on 15 June 1842. Later had home "Elizabeth Villa" on Kent Terrace, Norwood, South Australia. He had an import business in Adelaide in partnership with nephew Judah Moss Solomon at the London end.