Abraham D'Azevedo Naar

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Abraham d'Azevedo Naar, son of Joshua Naar and Sarah Cohen d'Azevedo, was a native of Saint Thomas, Danish West Indies. He married Rachel Pretto. Abraham emigrated from Saint Thomas with his wife and children, accompanied by his brother David and his family, aboard the Brig Zelia, arriving in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 19 Jun 1834. The family initially settled in New York, but moved to Elizabethtown, Essex (now Elizabeth, Union), New Jersey about 1840. Nine children issued from that marriage. Abraham died in Elizabeth at age 55. His site of interment is based upon that of family members.

Sources include passenger lists, naturalization records, census records, "A Cemetery by a Store" in the Evening News (Lincoln, Nebraska) 10 Jan 1893; "Cemeteries of Congregation Shearith Israel - The Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue" Foundation for the Advancement of Sephardic Studies and Culture; "Elizabeth surgeon writes history of city’s first (and only) Jewish mayor" by Elaine Durbach, New Jersey Jewish News; "Hillside Journal; In Search of History Among the Headstones" New York Times 16 Sep 1991; the Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives; and the National Register of Historic Places registration form for Evergreen Cemetery.