Richard Elias Mackey Solomon (1831 - 1891)

Born 22 Sep 1831 in Nassau, Bahamas

Ancestors

Husband of Laura Ann (Hall) Solomon — married 13 Sep 1854 in Nassau, Bahamas

Died 16 Nov 1891 at age 60 in Nassau, Bahamas

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Richard Solomon is part of a Bahamian family.

Biography

Richard Elias Mackey Solomon - son of Joseph Elias and Ann Catherine Michell Solomon - was born 22 September 1831, and baptized 1 July 1834, in Nassau Bahamas.

In 1854, he married Laura Ann Hall, daughter of John William Hall and Ann Moxey Hall at St Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Nassau. They had children: Maud Eva, Lafayette Elias Michell, Alice Eugenia, Richard Elias, and Ella Ann Solomon.

Richard Solomon was proprietor of the Bahama Hotel at the corner of Bay and Culmer Streets in the 1850s.

During the Civil War, Mr. Solomon was in the business of engaging men to run the blockade. In 1869, he signed an affidavit regarding his involvement with the Oreto in the port of Nassau in 1862. After the Civil War, REM Solomon was a shipping agent.

Richard Elias Mackey Solomon died of consumption 16 November 1891 in Nassau, Bahamas. He was 60 years of age.

Sources

Dolly Mae CD St. Matthew's RIN #1790. St. Matthew's Anglican Church Birth and Baptism Records.

Digital Library of the Caribbean, University of Florida, Bahama Herald, Nassau, Bahamas, Marriage Announcement, 16 September 1854.

"Bahamas Civil Registration, 1850-1959", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVNX-XF6P : 22 February 2021), Laura Ann Hall Solomon in entry for Maudiva Solomon, 1856. Birth of daughter Maud Eva.

"Bahamas Births, 1850-1891", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLMN-JV6 : 16 December 2019), Laura A. Hall in entry for Lafayette E. M. Solomon, 1858. birth of a son.

"Bahamas Births, 1850-1891", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLMV-2H9 : 16 December 2019), Laura Hall in entry for Solomon, 1860. Birth of Alice Eugenia.

"Bahamas Births, 1850-1891", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XLL8-HFR : 16 December 2019), Laura Ann Hall in entry for Richard E. Solomon, 1861. Birth of a son.

Correspondence Concerning Claims Against Great Britain: Supplementary. Most ... By United States. Dept. of State. "Insurgent Cruisers", page 310.

"Bahamas Civil Registration, 1850-1959," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9RSB-8C7?cc=1922411&wc=Q4ZP-HZS%3A216291201 : 20 May 2014), Deaths 1888-1891 > image 569 of 603. BRO.

England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966. Benefit of Ella Solomon.

Advertisements. The Nassau Guardian, Nassau, Bahamas, May 1855. University of Florida Digital Collections.