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Copyright © 2003 Donald Wiseman

Family Histories

 

Descendants of Aaron (Aharon) Smolan

Part 2 of 6

9. JOSEPH (JOE) (YOSEF)3 SMOLLAN (HARRIS (HIRSZ LEJB) (TZVI ARIYE)2, AARON (AHARON)1 SMOLAN) was born 13 January 1876 in Middlesborough, Yorkshire, England8, and died 10 October 1933 in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. He married RACHEL HANNAH (RACHEL HENNA) KOMMEL 4 July 1906 in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, daughter of BARNETT KOMMEL and HANNAH.

Notes for JOSEPH (JOE) (YOSEF) SMOLLAN:

Surname listed as Smoller on his birth certificate.

Notes for RACHEL HANNAH (RACHEL HENNA) KOMMEL:

Date of birth uncertain. Death notice has 25/3/1880 & her name spelt Rachel and born in New York, but a declaration signed by her in 1934 gives her d.o.b as 1880, name as Rachael and place of birth as Kovno, Russia!

Children of JOSEPH SMOLLAN and RACHEL KOMMEL are:

    • 30. i. ARTHUR AARON (AHARON)4 SMOLLAN, b. 24 January 1910, Port Elizabeth, South Africa; d. 10 December 1958, Port Elizabeth, South Africa.

    • ii. NATALIE SMOLLAN, b. 6 January 1912, Port Elizabeth, South Africa; d. 12 October 1998, Pretoria, South Africa; m. (1) JACK (JACOB) MULLER, 1932, Port Elizabeth, South Africa; m. (2) AARON HORWITZ, 16 December 1968.

        • Notes for NATALIE SMOLLAN:

        Had no children. Died in Pretoria but buried in Port Elizabeth

  • 31. iii. JESSICA (JESSIE) SMOLLAN, b. 9 September 1913, Port Elizabeth, South Africa; d. October 1973, Port Elizabeth, South Africa.

    • 32. iv. DORIS ESTHER SMOLLAN, b. 3 April 1916.

    • 33. v. JOYCE SMOLLAN, b. 21 May 1919.

10. DAVID3 SMOLLAN (HARRIS (HIRSZ LEJB) (TZVI ARIYE)2, AARON (AHARON)1 SMOLAN) was born 19 August 1877 in Middlesborough, Yorkshire, England9, and died 16 July 1947 in Johannesburg, South Africa. He married MATHILDA (MAITA) GOLDWATER 1 November 1901 in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, daughter of ZEEV GOLDWATER.

Notes for DAVID SMOLLAN:

Arrived in South Africa in 1880. Wholesale merchant with Kaplan Brothers in Port Elizabeth (1929). Represented Eastern Province at rugby from 1895-9 as a lock. His club team was Swifts. Marriage may have taken place on 1 November 1905. Buried in Westpark Cemetery, location RFM 15

Notes for MATHILDA (MAITA) GOLDWATER:

Irish

Children of DAVID SMOLLAN and MATHILDA GOLDWATER are:

    • 34. i. PERCIVAL JACOB (PERCY) (PESACH)4 SMOLLAN, b. 8 August 1906, Uitenhage, South Africa.

    • 35. ii. FREDERICK CECIL (FRED) SMOLLAN, b. 20 August 1908, Uitenhage, South Africa; d. August 1998, Johannesburg, South Africa.

    • iii. REGINALD (REG) SMOLLAN, b. 19 September 1910; d. 1987.

        • Notes for REGINALD (REG) SMOLLAN:

        Never married

      • iv. LENNOX (LEN) SMOLLAN, b. 21 October 1913; d. 11 November 1996.

        • Notes for LENNOX (LEN) SMOLLAN:

        Never married

11. EVA3 SMOLLAN (HARRIS (HIRSZ LEJB) (TZVI ARIYE)2, AARON (AHARON)1 SMOLAN) was born 1879 in Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, England10, and died 195511. She married SAMUEL NISSEN JOSEPH.

Child of EVA SMOLLAN and SAMUEL JOSEPH is:

    • i. JESMOND4.

        • Notes for JESMOND:

        Had no children

         

         

12. EMILY3 SMOLLAN (HARRIS (HIRSZ LEJB) (TZVI ARIYE)2, AARON (AHARON)1 SMOLAN) was born 3 June 1882 in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. She married TOBIAS COHEN.

Notes for EMILY SMOLLAN:

Twin sister of Morris

Children of EMILY SMOLLAN and TOBIAS COHEN are:

    • i. HYMIE4 COHEN.

        • Notes for HYMIE COHEN:

        Bachelor

      • 36. ii. PEARL COHEN.

      • 37. iii. HARRIS COHEN.

      • 38. iv. RINA COHEN.

      • v. QUEENIE COHEN, m. ANSEL CHIAT.

13. MORRIS (MAURICE) HARRIS3 SMOLLAN (HARRIS (HIRSZ LEJB) (TZVI ARIYE)2, AARON (AHARON)1 SMOLAN) was born 3 June 1882 in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, and died 1951 in Johannesburg, South Africa12. He married CLARICE STELLA GILLESPIE 13 September 1911 in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Notes for MORRIS (MAURICE) HARRIS SMOLLAN:

Helped found a Jewish Society in Port Elizabeth in 1900. Owned Shephard & Baker, a furniture company in Bree St., Johannesburg

Children of MORRIS SMOLLAN and CLARICE GILLESPIE are:

    • i. IRMA4 SMOLLAN, b. 18 April 1913; m. LEON GOLDSTEIN.

    • 39. ii. NEVILLE SMOLLAN, b. 21 August 1917.

14. ANNIE3 SMOLLAN (ISAAC (YITZCHAK)2, AARON (AHARON)1 SMOLAN) was born Abt. 1866 in Poland. She married ABRAHAM HYAMS 1886 in Middlesbrough, England13.

Notes for ANNIE SMOLLAN:

Lived in London

Children of ANNIE SMOLLAN and ABRAHAM HYAMS are:

    • i. POSEY4 HIGHAM, d. Abt. 1988, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, England.

    • ii. FREDERICK HIGHAM, b. 1887, Stockton, England14.

15. REBECCA (REEKA)3 SMOLLAN (ISAAC (YITZCHAK)2, AARON (AHARON)1 SMOLAN) was born 1870 in Stockton, Yorkshire, England15, and died 16 December 1959 in Johannesburg, South Africa. She married SIMON HARMEL 1887 in Middlesbrough16.

Notes for REBECCA (REEKA) SMOLLAN:

Her name was listed as Smollun on her marriage certificate. Residing in Johannesburg in 1927. Buried in Westpark Cemetery, Johannesburg, location S 104

Notes for SIMON HARMEL:

Buried in Westpark Cemetery, Johannesburg, location C 801

Children of REBECCA SMOLLAN and SIMON HARMEL are:

    • 40. i. DICK4 HARMEL.

    • 41. ii. NATALIE HARMEL.

    • iii. CLAUDE HARMEL.

        • Notes for CLAUDE HARMEL:

        Killed in a motorbike accident

      • iv. FERDINAND (FERDY) HARMEL, b. 1895; d. 17 June 1968, Johannesburg, South Africa.

        • Notes for FERDINAND (FERDY) HARMEL:

        Batchelor. Buried in Westpark Cemetery, Johannesburg, location RFM 403

      • v. PERCIVAL (PERCY) HARMEL, b. 1900; d. 20 June 1980, Johannesburg, South Africa.

        • Notes for PERCIVAL (PERCY) HARMEL:

        Batchelor. Buried in Westpark Cemetery, Johannesburg, location H 3059

      • vi. GERALD (JERRY) HARMEL, b. 1901; d. 11 August 1954, Johannesburg, South Africa; m. ESTHER SKOK, Abt. 1949.

        • Notes for GERALD (JERRY) HARMEL:

        Buried in Westpark Cemetery, Johannesburg, location D 988

      • 42. vii. JOYCE JULIENNE HARMEL, b. 1916; d. 10 October 1976, Westpark Cemetery, Johannesburg, South Africa.

16. JULIUS (JULES)3 SMOLLAN (ISAAC (YITZCHAK)2, AARON (AHARON)1 SMOLAN) was born 1871 in Stockton, Yorkshire, England17, and died 22 June 1932 in Westpark Cemetery, Braamfontein, Johannesburg, South Africa. He married FANNY SMOLLAN, daughter of HARRIS SMOLLAN and RACHEL DANIELS.

Notes for JULIUS (JULES) SMOLLAN:

Surname listed as Smolen on his birth certificate. Living in Waterloo, near Liverpool, England, in 1927

Notes for FANNY SMOLLAN:

Buried in Westpark Cemetery, location BB 876

Children of JULIUS SMOLLAN and FANNY SMOLLAN are:

    • i. LIEBA4 SMOLLAN, b. 1901; d. 11 August 1983, Johannesburg, South Africa.

        • Notes for LIEBA SMOLLAN:

        Never married. Buried in Westpark Cemetery, location V 99

      • ii. ROSETTA (ROSIE) IDA SMOLLAN, b. 1904; d. 12 August 1943, Johannesburg, South Africa.

        • Notes for ROSETTA (ROSIE) IDA SMOLLAN:

        Intellectually disabled. Never married. Buried in Westpark Cemetery, location E 274

      • iii. VICTOR SMOLLAN, b. 1906; d. 3 August 1989, Johannesburg, South Africa.

        • Notes for VICTOR SMOLLAN:

        Never married. Buried in Westpark Cemetery, location U 2025

         

17. ABRAHAM (ABBY)3 SMOLLAN (ISAAC (YITZCHAK)2, AARON (AHARON)1 SMOLAN) was born 1873 in Stockton, Yorkshire, England18, and died 1963 in East London, South Africa. He married ELLENA HULDA SMOLLAN, daughter of SOLOMON SMOLLAN and LEAH EISENBERG.

Notes for ABRAHAM (ABBY) SMOLLAN:

Living in Roodepoort in 1927

Children of ABRAHAM SMOLLAN and ELLENA SMOLLAN are:

    • 43. i. LYNETTE PAULINE4 SMOLLAN.

    • ii. ARTHUR SMOLLAN, m. (1) NORAH SAYER; m. (2) RAY KRAMER; m. (3) MARGUERITE YVONNE VERNE.

        • Notes for ARTHUR SMOLLAN:

        No children from this marriage. After divorcing Norah he remarried another 4 times.

        Notes for MARGUERITE YVONNE VERNE:

        Previously married to Kahan

      • 44. iii. JULIET SMOLLAN.

18. MORRIS (MOSES) (MOSS)3 SMOLLAN (ISAAC (YITZCHAK)2, AARON (AHARON)1 SMOLAN) was born 1875 in Stockton, Yorkshire, England19, and died 11 June 1955 in Johannesburg, South Africa. He married (1) CISSIE ISAACSON. He married (2) KATIE.

Notes for MORRIS (MOSES) (MOSS) SMOLLAN:

Living in Johannesburg in 1927. Buried in Westpark Cemetery, location r.f. 100. Tomstone insciption reads (Ashes) Moss Smollan

Notes for CISSIE ISAACSON:

Buried in Westpark Cemetery, location E 612

Children of MORRIS SMOLLAN and CISSIE ISAACSON are:

    • i. STANLEY4 SMOLLAN, m. RUTH PERLMAN.

    • ii. JULIAN CYRIL SMOLLAN, b. 1915; d. 9 October 1975, Johannesburg, South Africa; m. JOYCE GERTRUDE ZEFF.

        • Notes for JULIAN CYRIL SMOLLAN:

        Committesuicide. Buried in Westpark Cemetery, location H 1993

      • iii. DENIS ARTHUR SMOLLAN, b. 1918; d. 2 October 1987, Johannesburg, South Africa; m. MARION.

        • Notes for DENIS ARTHUR SMOLLAN:

        Buried in Westpark Cemetery, location P 1 A

         

19. LEAH (LILY)3 SMOLLAN (ISAAC (YITZCHAK)2, AARON (AHARON)1 SMOLAN) was born 1877 in Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, England20, and died 1959 in South Africa21. She married LOUIS (ELIEZER) LANDAU 1906.

Notes for LEAH (LILY) SMOLLAN:

Born between Apr-June 1877. Living in Johannesburg in 1927

Notes for LOUIS (ELIEZER) LANDAU:

Came to Johannesburg from England in 1897

Child of LEAH SMOLLAN and LOUIS LANDAU is:

    • 45. i. HERBERT DAVID4 LANDAU, b. 1907; d. 7 February 1957, Johannesburg, South Africa.

20. JACOB (JACK)3 SMOLLAN (ISAAC (YITZCHAK)2, AARON (AHARON)1 SMOLAN) was born 1878 in Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, England22, and died 16 September 1943 in Johannesburg, South Africa. He married VIOLET MAUDE ARONSON 1903 in Prestwich, Manchester, England.

Notes for JACOB (JACK) SMOLLAN:

Born between Oct. - Dec. 1878. Married between Oct-Dec 1903. Living in Johannesburg in 1927. Buried in Westpark Cemetery, location D 301

Child of JACOB SMOLLAN and VIOLET ARONSON is:

    • 46. i. MAUREEN ANNETTE4 SMOLLAN.

21. ELLENA HULDA3 SMOLLAN (SOLOMON2, AARON (AHARON)1 SMOLAN) was born in Uitenhage, South Africa, and died Abt. 1972 in East London, South Africa. She married ABRAHAM (ABBY) SMOLLAN, son of ISAAC SMOLLAN and JULIA ABELSKY.

Notes for ABRAHAM (ABBY) SMOLLAN:

Living in Roodepoort in 1927

Children of ELLENA SMOLLAN and ABRAHAM SMOLLAN are:

    • 43. i. LYNETTE PAULINE4 SMOLLAN.

    • ii. ARTHUR SMOLLAN, m. (1) NORAH SAYER; m. (2) RAY KRAMER; m. (3) MARGUERITE YVONNE VERNE.

        • Notes for ARTHUR SMOLLAN:

        No children from this marriage. After divorcing Norah he remarried another 4 times.