Elias, Sumra

Plot Location2G7
SurnameElias
Given Name(s)Sumra (Sarah)
Place of BirthBaghdad
Date of Birth (Eng)circa 1852
Date of Birth (Heb) 
Date of Death (Eng)May 8, 1937
Date of Death (Heb)27 Iyar 5697
Age at Death85
Hebrew Nameסמרה
Spouse’s NameE. I. Elias (2G6)
Father’s Name 
Mother’s Name 
Other Surnames 
SexF
Marital StatusW
Maiden Name 
Title (e.g., Dr) 
Religious Status (כ/ל/י) 
Cause of Death 
Other Family Data 
Inscription (Eng)IN
MEMORY OF
SUMRA ELIAS
DIED 8TH MAY 1937.
“LET THY MERCIES ALSO
COME UNTO ME, O LORD,
EVEN THY SALVATION,
ACCORDING TO THY WORD.”
Inscription (Heb)לזכר עולם פה מצאה מנוח סמרה אשת אליהו יצחק אליהו נפטרה יום ש״ק כ״ז אייר התרצ״ז תנצ״בה
Inscription (Other)“164” on base at front; “Brown, Jones & Co.” on footing in front
HistoricalShe had no children.

According to the Carl Smith archives, the chief mourner at her funeral was her nephew, Jacob Elias. This is probably Jacob Hai Elias (1H17). In her will, she named Aaron Sassoon Gubbay and Joseph Sassoon Gubbay as her executors. Both Aaron Sassoon Gubbay and Joseph Sassoon Gubbay are memorialised at the Soong Ching Ling Memorial Park in Shanghai. Her heirs were a nephew and his wife, Ezra Meyer Solomon and Sallie Solomon, of Calcutta, and a niece, Moselle Elias, daughter of Reuben Ezekiel Elias, also of Calcutta.

Do you have any information about this person that you would like to share?  If so, we’d like to hear from you!