Humphreys, Joseph Jacob

Plot Location	Stanley Military Cemetery Plot 6. C. Coll. grave 12-19
Surname	Humphreys
Given Name(s)	Joseph Jacob
Place of Birth	Glasgow, Scotland
Date of Birth (Eng)	June 21, 1889
Date of Birth (Heb)
Date of Death (Eng)	September 11, 1942
Date of Death (Heb)
Age at Death	53
Hebrew Name
Spouse’s Name	Muriel Charlotte Martin
Father’s Name	Henry Jacob Humphreys
Mother’s Name	Sarah Levenston
Other Surnames
Sex	M
Marital Status	M
Maiden Name
Service Rank	Chief Engineer Officer
Religious Status (כ/ל/י)
Cause of Death	Chronic enteritis and pellagra
Other Family Data	Daughters: Mabel Muriel Marshall (b. February 23 1923, Plymouth; d. May 3, 2005, Coventry), Ivy Josephine Wright (b. July 16, 1925, Plymouth; d. January 9, 2005, Downham, UK). There may have been another daughter. Sisters: Charlotte (Lottie) Matilda Humphreys (b. 1874, Chelsea), Lilian Rebecca Humphreys (b. circa 1877, Glasgow; d. 1883, Glasbow) and Leah May Humphreys (b. circa 1880, Glasgow; d. June 6, 1924, Glasgow).
Inscription (Eng)	(Insignia of the British Merchant Navy) J.J. HUMPHREYS CHIEF ENGINEER OFFICER S.S. “EBONOL” 11TH SEPTEMBER 1942 AGE 53 (cross) WORTHY OF EVERLASTING REMEMBRANCE. HIS SORROWFUL WIDOW AND DAUGHTERS
Inscription (Heb)
Inscription (Other)
Historical	The S.S. Ebonol was a British Royal Navy tanker that was scuttled at Hong Kong on December 19, 1941 to prevent capture by the Japanese.He and Muriel married in Plymouth in Q3, 1919. Muriel remarried after Joseph died. She died in 1970 in Eastbourne, Sussex. His mother died in Glasgow on February 8, 1904. His father died in Glasgow on October 18, 1911. According to DNA analysis on Ancestry, his father had four children with Sarah Devlin, who was their domestic.

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