Elias, Isaac Ezra

Plot Location	2B8
Surname	Elias
Given Name(s)	Isaac Ezra
Place of Birth
Date of Birth (Eng)	circa 1887
Date of Birth (Heb)
Date of Death (Eng)	May 11, 1930
Date of Death (Heb)	13 Iyar 5690
Age at Death	42
Hebrew Name	יצחק עזרא אליהו חזן
Spouse’s Name	Sally Isaac
Father’s Name	Eliyahu Yitzhak Hazan Hacham
Mother’s Name	Leah Isaac
Other Surnames
Sex	M
Marital Status	M
Maiden Name
Title (e.g., Dr)
Religious Status (כ/ל/י)
Cause of Death	Presumably due to infection from a gunshot wound
Other Family Data	Lily Elias Blow (b. May 1, 1914, HK; d. September 16, 2004; Sydney) and John Elias (b. 1915, HK)
Inscription (Eng)	IN MEMORY OF ISAAC EZRA ELIAS HAZAN DIED IN HONG KONG 11TH MAY 1930 MAY HIS SOUL REST IN PEACE.
Inscription (Heb)	מצבת קבורת המ יצחק עזרא אליהו חזן נע נלבע יום א י”ג אייר התר”ץ והיו ימיו מב שנה תנצבה
Inscription (Other)	“146” on bottom front
Historical	He was the chazan (cantor) of Ohel Leah Synagogue as was his father before him. At approximately 10 pm on the night of January 30, 1930, Isaac was out walking at the back of Essex Crescent in Kowloon Tong when he was accosted by an armed Chinese “highwayman”. (Isaac was living at 66 Parkes Street in Yaumatei.) The robber pulled out a gun and, while Isaac was attempting to pull out his own gun, the robber shot him in the chest. Thinking Isaac was dead, the man robbed him of HK$100 and left the gun behind. Isaac was later taken to Kowloon Hospital by an Indian constable who found him unconscious and he had recovered at first but then died three months later, probably of an infection.

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