Philip Samuel Solomon (1830 - 1895)

Born 15 Oct 1830 in Lee, Essex, England

Husband of Catherine Cohen — married 1853 in Sydney, NSW, Australia

Descendants

Died 24 Mar 1895 at age 64 in Mundaye, New South Wales, Australia

Problems/Questions Profile manager: Les Gilham [send private message]

Biography

This biography is a rough draft. It was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import and needs to be edited.

Birth

Birth:

User ID: E72F91F3-9945-4D93-8F7D-DB42771986AF

Record ID Number: MH:IF15495

Date: 15 OCT 1830

Place: Lee, Essex, England

Death

Death:

User ID: 132FD4CC-2159-4431-AAD0-05D76028F167

Record ID Number: MH:IF15497

Date: 24 MAR 1895

Place: Mundaye, New South Wales, Australia

Record ID Number

Record ID Number: MH:I437

User ID

User ID: 4930A770-6E7C-4515-99FA-4AA0DA0F161D

UPD

UPD 14 JUN 2012 10:44:30 GMT+8

Physical Description

Physical Description:

User ID: 96C2D897-0E22-48A2-84B4-034A1EF7A241

Record ID Number: MH:IF18247

Note

Note: Died at the home of his daughter.

Note: Philip was a pupil of the Edmonton School and Henry Solomons nephew.

After finishing his studies he travelled to Australia and then to New Zealand, in 1870 he went to the Fiji Islands in the Schooner Tui Lan. He was there at the time of the bloody and general trivalwars and when Britain assusmed formal Protection, he was in the position to take up the appointment of Attorney General and to become a member of the Legislative Council.

He was a keen freemason and had filled the office of master in New south Wales and in Fiji, where he was considered the father of its freemasonry.

He was the editor the the Fiji Times and also was the first warden of Levuka. He was highly esteemed by the small Jewish community for the efficient manner in which he performed duries as a lay Chasan (Cantor) and to the ceremonies attaching to a Jewish Minister, Newish New Year and Day of Atonement services were held in his home.

Due to his ill health he returned to Australia with his wife and on the 24th March 1895 died at the home of his daughter at Mundaye, NSW.

His son David Jaffa Solomon remained in Levuka and was an auctioneer and commission agent.

Sources

• WikiTree profile Solomon-521 created through the import of Les Gilham Family Tree.ged on Dec 27, 2012 by Les Gilham. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Les and others.