Belilios, Sema

Plot Location2A6
SurnameBelilios
Given Name(s)Sema
Place of BirthCalcutta
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 Death90
Hebrew Nameשמחה בת חנה אשת עמנאל רפאל
Spouse’s NameEmanuel Raphael Belilios, C.M.G.
Father’s NameDavid Joseph Bahar/Baher/Ezra
Mother’s NameHannah Ezekiel/Ezriel
Other Surnames 
SexF
Marital StatusW
Maiden NameBahar/Baher/Ezra
Title (e.g., Dr) 
Religious Status (כ/ל/י) 
Cause of Death 
Other Family DataChildren: 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 for her husband, Emanuel Raphael Belilios, C.M.G.
HistoricalAccording 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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