Reuben and Annie Somers had eight children, three of whom were buried here; Abraham, Hyman and Rose, see below, opposite. The other five, listed below, are buried elsewhere.
Adelaide Somers b 22 March 1883, d 12 June 1963
Adelaide Somers is not buried here but there is a memorial plaque to her on the south wall. She lived in Bath for most of her life and never married. The 1911 census records that she was single, a housekeeper to a dental surgeon living at 26 Gay Street. The Bath Directory for 1911 lists Francis H Woodward, Dental Surgeon, at this address.
Nothing more is known about Adelaide s life until 1939 when she and her sister Clara, together with their elderly father Reuben were living with their eldest sister Mary (Willcox Jones) who from the mid 1920s ran a private hotel at 33 Henrietta Street.
Adelaide was recorded as single, occupation paid domestic duty . Her great niece reports that she continued to help run the hotel until Mary died in 1950. Adelaide lived the last two years of her life in Tonbridge Kent and died there in 1963. Her great niece arranged for the plaque commemorating her death to be moved to Bath in 2006.
Clara Somers b 1873 d 1960
Clara did not marry. She died in 1960 in Mendip Hospital Wells. It is not known where she is buried
Mary Somers b 1873 d 1950
Mary married George Willcox-Jones (b Exeter 1871, d Bath 1919). They had six children. Mary died in Bath in 1950. It is not known where she is buried.
Miriam Somers b 1882 d 1944
Miriam married Adrien Charlebois. Their son Anthony was born in Bath in 1919. Miriam died in Bath in 1944 at 33 Henrietta Street. She is buried in Ridgeway Jewish cemetery Bristol.
Rachel Somers b 1889 d ?
Rachel is listed in the 1911 census aged 20 and unmarried living in a 'Lodging House for Working Girls' in Aldgate, London. Nothing else is known about her life. It is possible that she is the Rachel Somers, Suffragette, arrested in London in 1913.