Haskell, Rachel

Plot Location2G3
SurnameHaskell
Given Name(s)Rachel
Place of BirthBombay?
Date of Birth (Eng)June 28, 1865
Date of Birth (Heb)4 Tammuz 5625
Date of Death (Eng)December 27, 1902
Date of Death (Heb)27 Kislev 5663
Age at Death37
Hebrew Nameרחל
Spouse’s NameDavid Haskell (Ezekiel)
Father’s Name 
Mother’s Name 
Other Surnames 
SexF
Marital StatusM
Maiden Name 
Title (e.g., Dr) 
Religious Status (כ/ל/י) 
Cause of Death 
Other Family DataSon: Edward Haskell (2G2)
Inscription (Eng)IN
LOVING MEMORY
OF
RACHEL
THE BELOVED WIFE OF
DAVID HASKELL
DIED
27TH. DEC. 1902. AGED 37 YEARS.
 
NOT LOST, BUT GONE BEFORE
 
IN HEAVEN, DEATH’S PEACEFUL REST TO FIND
HER MEMORY LIVES, THOUGH SHE’S ALAS NO MORE
SHE, WHO ON EARTH, WAS EVER LOVING
EVER DEVOTED, EVER KIND.
Inscription (Heb)זאת מצבת קבורת ה״מ האשה רחל נ״ע אשת דויד יחזקאל אהרן משה ה״יו נולדה ד תמוז התר״כה ונפטרה כ״ז כסליו הת״רסג
Inscription (Other)“77” on front of coping to the right
HistoricalAndrew Hougie wrote on 17 June 2013:
“I believe that Rachel and David Haskell had another son, Ernest David Haskell [b. July 8, 1881, Bombay; d. 1972, London], who married Rebecca [Beatrice] Silas [b. January 18, 1891, Shanghai; d. August 4, 1954, London] in HK in 1910 (at Ohel Leah Synagogue on 16 October), and moved with her to London where he worked at the Eastern Bank with Jacob Silas Haskell (founder and chairman) and my grandfather Shaoul Hougie. When my father was growing up, he always understood that Ernest and Jacob were cousins of my father but as yet I have been unable to establish how they are related. David passed away on January 25, 1927 in Bombay.”

In an 1898 jurors’ list, David Haskell is listed as a merchant for M. S. Sassoon & Co. and living on Peak Road.

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