** Bockerah Family London 1788

[mwkelly]

Has anybody come acros the Surname of Bockerah or Bockera, apprently could be Jewish! I have no leads apart from

Solomon Bockerah married Anne Sarah, (nee ?) abt 1788
they had two know children

(1) Solomon Bockera born 9 March 1789 St Leonards, Shorditch
(2) Sarah Bockerah born 1791/2 Sydney, NSW and died 1833 Sydney

The only other info was gleemed from the Old Bailey records.

A Jewish Londoner Convicted in London on 9 Oct 1789 in London and sentenced to life. Left London in 1789 and arrived in Sydney in 1790 on the Scarborough 2, one of the ships of the infamous Second Fleet 

BOCKERAH Solomon London Life .

SOLOMON BOCKERAH and ROBERT HOBBS were indicted for burglariously breaking and entering the dwelling house of James Pinkinton , about the hour of seven in the night, on the 1st of November last, and burglariously stealing one piece of velveteen, containing thirty-nine yards, value 8 l. 4 s. his property

(Solomon BOCKERAH though only survived just over a year in the colony and was buried on the 16th July 1791.  His wife Ann arrived "free" aboard the Neptune and she too died in 1793 leaving a daughter, Sarah b 1792, to be raised as an orphan)

Welcome any leads
Thank you
Murray Kelly

[suzard]

Criminal registers there is
Middlesex
Midsummer
25 Sept 1794
Isaac Bockerah
crime: not described
Surrendered in ?and ?
Acquittal

Suz

[mwkelly]

Are great another one cheers
Murray

[Valda]

Hi

The 9th March 1789 date is an Anglican (Church of England) christening date at St Leonard Shoreditch for Solomon Bockery parents Solomon and Ann of Peartree Court child born 21st January.

However if the couple were Jewish you would expect to find further confirmation in Jewish records.

http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/UK/


Regards

Valda

[mwkelly]

Many thanks Valda, for this and link, you think with a surname like that, yes that something should turn up?

Cheers
Murray

[Mel9320107]

I found a little information that suggests he was a Sephardi Jew. This would put his family from Spain or Portugal. I also found a witness statement about the Velvet theft that referred to Solomon as Bull Bockerah, so perhaps that fits well? I'm interested if anyone knows where to search Sephardi records.

[markpalmer]

Hi
Solomon was my 7th-or-so grandfather. My sister told me of him 5 years ago. At the time a boy was staying on our lounge room floor. I enquired his name and nationality. He was a Bukarah Jew, his family is from Uzbekistan. (His name was Solomon!)
Mark

[Mel9320107]

Dear Mark,

That sounds interesting. I didn't know there was a place called Bukhara. Was the boy staying with you related to the Bockerah family? How do you trace your line back to Solomon?

Melissa

[markpalmer]

Hi Melissa
This is my sister's interest mainly; I am helping out with a little research. However: Sarah remained in Australia, had a son, and a line of several mothers led to our own mother, in New Zealand.
I have sent a link to this thread to my sister, who will doubtless be inspired.

PS
Where did you find the link to "Bull" Bockerah, please?