Here lies
A man honest and upright
Mr Samuel son of Mr Simcha Dov
aged 46 years at his death on the first of the month Adar 11
in the year (5)643
May his soul be bound up in the bond of life eternal
פנ
איש תם וישר
ר שמואל בן ר שמחה דוב
בן מו שנה במתו
בראש חדש אדר שני
שנת תרמא
תנצבה
IN ..
SAM...
WH...
Samuel was born in Norwich to Simon and Hannah Aaron. He had two bothers and a sister.
By 1851 he was living in Torquay with his widowed mother (his father having died in 1844) and two unmarried brothers, Reuben and Maurice. All three are listed as jewellers.
In 1853 Samuel married Kate Reuben who was born and lived in Dover. They lived in Torquay and had three children, Louisa born in 1854, Rachel in 1858, and Simeon Reuben born in Newton Abbot in 1868.
The 1856 Kelly’s Directory for Torquay listed the Aaron brothers as goldsmiths and jewellers at 4 Torwood Road. However, Maurice had died in 1855 and Reuben died two years later. Perhaps this is why Samuel made his will in Torquay in 1862, or perhaps his health was poor.
Samuel’s will gives his address as 14 Strand. He is listed as an Artillery Volunteer in 1871 and still listed as a resident of Torquay in March 1873. Soon after, in May 1873 Samuel and his family had moved to Bath, when the Bath Chronicle advertised ‘The shop no 6 Broad Street lately carried on by Helier and Lewis, is now opened by Aaron from Torquay’. Their daughter Louisa also advertised in June 1873 as a ‘Professor of Piano Forte’ and the paper carries many reports of her piano concerts at the Pump Room, commenting on her ‘graceful expression and skilful execution’.
Samuel died at 6 Broad St, Bath in 1881. The cause of death is ‘malignant tumour on the neck’. His son Simeon Reuben Aaron was present at his death. His personal estate was valued at less than £300.
Census records
1851
3c
Torwood Rd
Torquay
Name | Age
Birth
Relationship
Occupation
1861
14
Strand
Tomorham, Torquay, Devon
Name | Age
Birth
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Occupation
1871
5
Victoria Place
Tomorham, Torquay
Name | Age
Birth
Relationship
Occupation
Associated addresses
1873-1889
6
Broad Street
Bath
Kate Aaron: Dealer in Antique Plate