Date of birth: 1835 Place of birth: Sevastopol, Russia
Date of death: 25th July 1916 Place of death: 39 Winterton St, St George in the East of London
Father: unknown Mother: unknown
Spouse1: Hannah
Children: Michael Benjamin Carrie Rachel Katy Israel
Ada Rosie Nettie Samuel Martha
Spouse2: Deborah Chencholsky
Biography:
Louis was born c.1835 possibly in Kalisz Poland (source Sylvia Goldberg)
His hebrew name was Leib.
He is also shown in the census as Lewis and on the marriage certificate of son Samuel his
name is given as Judah or Judiah
*update* After finding the gravestone for Louis in Edmonton Federation Cemetery we managed
to get a translation from Hebrew (exchanged with Adi Krikman for a photograph of their relations
graves in Edmonton)
Lewis Goldberg:
Here buried YEHUDA son of reb BINYAMIN
died Tuesday 24 Tamuz 5676. Was 82 years old.
So this possibly ties in Judiah/Judah from the marriage certificate of Samuel
1n 1960 Louis's daughters Katie Phillips & Rachel Hornick were taped by Neil Hornick.
These are some of their memories.
Louis was according to his daughters a nice looking man with a very ginger beard,
he was also a roue. Louis was forcibly recruited to the Russian army at the age of 12
(1844 or 1845) as a drummer boy. Children were taken from their families with the aim
of converting them to christianity and making model soldiers of them. They were called
Cantonist children. While he was in the army he lodged with Hannahs family. Lewis
suffered a rupture while in the army as beatings and ill treatment were common.
Rachel remembers her father was so nice looking that in the army they put him at the
front, he would not take on the Christian religion so they used to hit him...with a whip,
they used to torture him. She also remarked that a lot of Jewish men did give in.
Katie said that Louis dug himself a grave on the street because they wanted him to change
his religion, he hid in a big grave in the street.She also told how Louis played music
in theatres, big theatres in Russia and he used to go to weddings in different parts of
the country, Louis played the clarinet and was hardly at home.
Louis also had two grocery shops, they lived in a big town not a village.
Louis was always ready to administer a beating if the children misbehaved.
1891 census Louis says he is 55 and born in Russia. He is a tailors presser
living at 28 Langdale St. St George in the East with wife Annie (Hannah) age 44 Poland,
and children Benjamin age 21 Machinist Poland, Rachael age 18 Button Hole Hand Poland,
Kate age 16 Button Hole Hand Poland, Israel age 14 Machinist Poland, Ada age 12 Scholar Poland,
Rose age 10 Scholar Poland, Letta age 8 Scholar Poland, Samuel age 6 Scholar Poland,
Martha age 3 Scholar Poland.
1901 census Lewis states he is 67 and born in Poland he owns a grocers shop and is living
at 6 Planet Street St.George in the East Stepney with "wife" Deborah age 50 and step sons
Louis Chencholsky age 23 and Harry Chencholsky age 12 and Abraham Horvitch age 25 Russian
boarder.
1908 Post Office London Directory, Streets & Commercial states Lewis Goldberg at 6 Planet St,
St George in the East, and is a chandlers ship merchant.
Death cert Louis Goldberg 25 Jul 1916 Sept quarter St George East 1c 261.39 Winterton St.
Louis is 81 and was a clarinetist. He died from Bronchitis and Senility. Israel registered
the death and states he was present when Louis died.
