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Name: LAZARUS, Hyman 'Jack'
Nee: brother of Alexander and Samuel Lazarus
Birth Date: 1878 Whitechapel, London
Death Date: 11 Aug 1917 Nairobi, cancer of lung
First Date: 1909 (Nov)
Last Date: 1917
Profession: Established a furniture-making business in Victoria St.
Area: Nairobi
Married: Leah Lily Jacobs b. 9 Mar 1879 London, d. 1944 London (dau of Dora Jacobs)
Children: Charles (29 Sep 1912 Nairobi); Nina Sybil 'Leslie' (29 Aug 1916 Nairobi-23 Nov 1994 USA)
Book Reference: Gillett, SE, Elephant Stone, Barnes, Glimpses, Leader14, Red Book 1912, Gazette
General Information:
SE - J. Lazarus - Nov 1909
Nairobi South cemetery - died 11 Aug 1917 aged 39. Inscription: in memory of / Hyman (Jack) / beloved husband / of Leah Lazarus / died August 11th / 1917 / deeply mourned / by his / sorrowing / wife children / and relatives / gone but not / forgotten / rest / in peace~~aged / 39 /years
Glimpses - The year 1906 saw more arrivals of Jews from South Africa. ...The Lazarus brothers came, Alec, Sam and Jack; Alec started a barbershop and the first ladies' hairdressing salon in the town, Jack became "the furniture man", while Sam worked for many years at Austin's Auction Mart.
Leader14 - J. Lazarus - Nairobi
Leader14 - Business Register - Jack Lazarus, Furniture Maker, Nairobi
Red Book 1912 - J. Lazarus - Nairobi
Red Book 1912 - Furniture Maker - Jack Lazarus, Nairobi
Gazette 29/8/1917 - Probate and Administration in respect of Hyman Lazarus, late of Nairobi, who died at Nairobi on 11/8/1917. Applied for by Michael Harrtz and Alexander Roy the executors.
Elephant Stone - had a timber yard in Nairobi
Foreign and Overseas Registers of British Subjects for death
1939 England and Wales Register wife and children living in Hackney, Charles as clerk cashier and Nina as shop assistant