Belilios, Sema

2A6 - Sema Belilios 2

Belilios Public School, 1897

Belilios Public School today
Plot Location 2A6
Surname Belilios
Given Name(s) Sema
Place of Birth Calcutta
Date of Birth (Eng) circa 1836
Date of Birth (Heb)
Date of Death (Eng) November 28, 1926
Date of Death (Heb) 20 Kislev 5693 (should be 22 Kislev 5687)
Age at Death 90
Hebrew Name שמחה בת חנה אשת עמנאל רפאל
Spouse’s Name Emanuel Raphael Belilios, C.M.G.
Father’s Name David Joseph Bahar/Baher/Ezra
Mother’s Name Hannah Bahar/Baher/Ezra (née Ezekiel/Ezriel)
Other Surnames
Sex F
Marital Status W
Maiden Name Bahar/Baher/Ezra
Title (e.g., Dr)
Religious Status (כ/ל/י)
Cause of Death
Other Family Data Children: Hannah Judah (b. December 1, 1857, Calcutta; d. March 3, 1934), Raphael “Billy” Emmanuel Belilios (b. c. 1874, Hong Kong; d. October 17,1922, London), and David Belilios (2B4). Sister: Dinah Gubbay. Half-brothers: Elias David Joseph Ezra and Saleh Ezra. Niece: Mozelle Ezra (1C1). Great-niece: Dina Ezra (1C2).
Inscription (Eng) SACRED TO THE MEMORY
OF
SEMA
WHO DIED ON 28TH DAY OF
NOVEMBER 1926 AGED 90 YEARS.
BEING THE DEARLY BELOVED RELICT OF

(Below): EMANUEL RAPHAEL BELILIOS,
C.M.G.
WHO DIED ON THE 11TH NOVEMBER 1905
IN ENGLAND.

MAY HER PURE SOUL REST IN PEACE
Inscription (Heb) פנ המ שמחה בת חנה אשת עמנאל רפאל בלילוס נע נלבע יום כ׳ כסלו ש׳ ה תר פז והיו ימיה צ שנה תנצבה
Inscription (Other) Also a memorial tablet for her husband, Emanuel Raphael Belilios C.M.G.
Historical According to her probate, she was living at the King Edward Hotel at the time of her death. The hotel was heavily damaged by fire and closed three years later. The site was later incorporated into Alexandra House.

E. R. Belilios died on November 11, 1905 at age 67 in London. He is buried in Golders Green Jewish Cemetery, Barnet, Greater London.

Sema and E. R. are the subjects of the book, “The House of Wives”, by Simon Choa-Johnston, who is the great-grandson of E. R.’s second wife, Li Wei In. The story, however, is heavily fictionalised.

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