I am searching for the Russian family of the above. Apparently, Em(m)anuel always said he came from Russia, by himself, to England at the age of 14 in 1849/50.
1851 Census, not found
1861 C shows him as Emanuel Abrahams, Head, Mar, 25, Glazier, b. Poland;
1871 C as Edmund Abrams, Head, Mar, 40, Tailor, b. Russia
1881 C as Emmanuel Abrahams, Head, Mar, 46, Clothier & Outfitters, b. Russia
1891 C as Emanuel Abrahams, Head, Mar, 55, Outfitter, b. Russia
He died 24 Jan 1900 and is buried in Plashet Cemetery together with his "wife" Paulina nee Krzasny, who died 27 Feb 1900 and was buried in adjoining plot on 01 Mar 1900.
A person from United Synagogue visited the double grave and emailed the following: "The English inscription reads "In Loving Memory of EMANUEL and PAULINA ABRAHAMS who Departed this Life Jan 24 1900 aged 67, and Feb 27 1900 aged 76" "Deeply mourned by their sorrowing son, daughters and relatives" "In Death They Were Not Divided" "May their dear souls rest in peace." The Hebrew inscription reads: at the top is the Hebrew word "lezecorone" (as a remembrance). The next line reads, on the right, the words in Hebrew "Morus (mrs) Pesha ayshes (wife of) Menachem Mendel" while on the left "Menachem ben Avraham." Under both of these there is their respective Hebrew dates of burial (26 Jan 1900 for Emanuel and 01 Mar 1900 for Paulina). The next line contains the five letters: Tof, Nun, Tsadik, Bet and Hey (this is on all Jewish tomb stones). [Mendel, the Yiddish nickname for Menachem.]"
I have searched for Em(m)anuel's passage to England in the Hamburg passenger lists and can only find one possibility, that of Mendel Abrahams, Tailor, arr. 13 Aug 1850 on "Hamania" from Hamburg to Hull, but cannot be sure this is him
In about 1858 to 1860 he "married" (no record found) Pauline Krzasny from Witkowo in Poznan (Posen), Poland (her passport is dated 1857 and valid for one year). She was born about 1825.
Can anyone please help me find where Em(m)anuel came from in Russia (presumably somewhere in the Pale of Settlement) and how to find his Russian ancestors. Again, presumption is that his family sent him to England to escape conscription in to the Russian Army.
All help much appreciated, and I acknowledge JustinL's earlier help with Em(m)anuel, and in trying to track down Paulina's ancestors (which I have failed to achieve).
Regards
francoso