| Name |
Herbert ABRAHAMS |
| Nickname |
Bert Wells or Herbert Wells |
| Birth |
9 Jan 1919 |
Whitechapel, Middlesex, England  [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Census |
29 Sep 1939 |
Stepney, Middlesex, England |
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UK National Register 1939
20 Winthrop Street, Stepney, London (building since demolished).- Marks Abrahams, Male, b. 27 Aug 1883, Married, Bartender (refreshments)
- Henrietta S Abrahams, Female, b. 13 Mar 1884, Married, Unpaid domestic duties
- Herbert Abrahams, Male, b. 9 Jan 1919, Single, Dispatch Clerk.
|
| Occupation |
29 Sep 1939 [2] |
| Dispatch Clerk |
| Alias |
Aft 1939 |
| Herbert adopted his mother's maiden name - and became Herbert Wells - during his British military service and throughout his post-war life to reduce the risk of antisemitic persecution. |
| Military Service |
1943 |
| Royal Engineers. Service number 14546437. |
| Note |
Bertie Abrahams is said to have:
* used the name Bertie Wells to hide he was a Jew;
* been incarcerated in a Nazi concentration camp;
* had the top of his finger removed by the Nazi SS;
* survived because he got appendicitis and was hospitalised. [3] |
| Death |
1 Aug 2002 [4] |
| Person ID |
I384 |
UK Thrale family |
| Last Modified |
1 Nov 2024 |
| Father |
Marks ABRAHAMS, b. 17 Aug 1883, 39 Fashion Street, Spitalfields, Middlesex, England d. 6 Mar 1949, Willesden, Middlesex, England (Age 65 years) |
| Mother |
Henrietta Sarah WELLS, b. 13 Mar 1884, Bethnal Green, Middlesex, England d. 21 Dec 1979, Poplar and Bethnal Green, Middlesex, England (Age 95 years) |
| Marriage |
23 Dec 1902 |
Holborn, Middlesex, England [6] |
| Agency: Holborn Registry Office |
- A Jane Wells was a witness to the marriage of Henrietta on 23 Dec 1902. If verbal family accounts that Sarah was disowned by her family for marrying a Jew, are true, then witness Jane is more likely to have been a sister than a mother. [5]
|
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Marriage certificate
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| Alt. Marriage |
9 Feb 1904 |
| Jewish marriage |
 |
Marriage Authorisation of Chief Rabbi UK
Binyamin Yacob ben Yuhuda Hersch Lieb |
| Residence |
23 Dec 1902-1904 |
20 Cyprus Street, Clerkenwell, Middlesex, England [7] |
| Family ID |
F184 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Thrale history
1919 - 2002 (83 years)
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