Edward Woolf (1803 - 1882)

Born 1803 in London, England

Husband of Sarah (Michael) Woolf — married 25 Jun 1833 in Stepney,London,England

Descendants

Died 14 Mar 1882 at about age 79 in New York,USA

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Biography

Birth: September 1803 Stepney, London, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom

Death: March 14, 1882 (78) New York, New York, New York, United States

Place of Burial: New York, United States

Immediate Family:

Son of Benjamin Woolf and Phoebe Woolf

Husband of Sarah Woolf

Father of Benjamin Edward Woolf; Michael Angelo Woolf; Hannah Woolf; Solomon Israel Woolf; Eliza Henius; Philip A. Woolf, M.D.; Albert Edward Woolf; Rosenah Stern; Rebecca Woolf and Arthur Wellesley Woolf

Brother of Eve Harris; Isaac Woolf; Jane Flatau; Matilda Boxell; Sophia Woolf; Esther Weil and Bertha Devereux

biography

From page 559 of The Jewish Encyclopedia: Talmud - Zweifel

WOOLF, EDWARD : American musician and novelist; born in London, England, Sept., 1803; died in New York March 14, 1882. After acting as a musical conductor in his native city, he emigrated (1839) to New York, where his abilities were soon recognized, and where he was engaged as orchestral leader, musical instructor, and choirmaster. He contributed many novels to “The Jewish Messenger” during the early part of the existence of that periodical; among these may be mentioned “The Jewess of Toledo,” “The Vicomte d'Arblay,” and “Judith of Bohemia.” Woolf’s sons all attained more or less prominence: Solomon, as a professor of art and drawing for forty years in the College of the City of New York; Benjamin E. (born in London Feb., 1836; died in Boston, Mass., Feb. 6, 1901), as a dramatist and composer (“The Mighty Dollar” and “The Doctor of Alcantara”); Michael Angelo (born in London 1837; died in New York March 4, 1899), famous for his street caricatures; Philip (born in New York Feb. 7, 1848; died in Boston 1903), as a physician and novelist; and Albert Edward, as an inventor.

Bibliography: Isaac S. Isaacs, Edward Woolf, in Publ. Am. Jew. Hist. Soc. 1904. A. - A. S. I.

From Theatres in Victorian London Philip V. Allingham, Contributing Editor, Canada, and Jacqueline Banerjee, Associate Editor, the Victorian Web

The [Royal] Pavilion (Whitechapel Road, Mile End)

Wyatt and Farrell opened this home for "Newgate melodrama" in November 1828. Destroyed by fire in 1856, the theatre was rebuilt. Fanny Clifton (Edward Stirling's wife) saw her first success here. Under the management of Morris Abrahams (1871-94) it catered to largely Jewish audiences from the neighbourhood, and its stage saw many Jewish actors.

Sources

• https://www.geni.com/people/Edward-Woolf/6000000038762831945?through=6000000038790697513

http://www.neilpiwovar.com/genealogy/tngfiles912/getperson.php?personID=I67157&tree=tree1 1850 census..35 y.o..b..england..living in nyc..edward woolf. 1860 census..50 y.o..b..england..living in nyc..edward woolf. "New York Marriages, 1686-1980," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F6HX-BSF : accessed 20 December 2015), Charles Stern and Rosa Woolf, 27 Mar 1867; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 1,544,026. 1870 census..63 y.o..b..england..living in nyc..edward wolf. Updated from Ancestry Genealogy via daughter Rosenah Woolf by SmartCopy: Dec 21 2015, 16:52:24 UTC http://person.ancestry.com/tree/53078088/person/26091369039 Updated from Ancestry Genealogy via daughter Eliza Woolf by SmartCopy: Dec 22 2015, 2:18:06 UTC

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