Asher Zelig Oberman

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Asher Zelig Oberman

Also Known As: "Selek", "Selig"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Warsaw, Warszawa, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland
Death: May 11, 1954 (80)
England
Place of Burial: Plot Q-10
Immediate Family:

Son of Solomon Harris Harris Oberman and Esther Rivka Oberman
Husband of Malka Laja Oberman
Father of Moshe Oberman; Myer Oberman; Philip Ephraim Menashe Oberman; Hannah Rachel Oberman; Abraham Naftali Nathan Oberman and 2 others
Brother of Sarah Mary Pinner; Reuben Oberman; Beila Gillows and Lewis (Leib Itzhak) Oberman

Occupation: Umbrella and Walking Stick Maker, Family trade of stick making, then blouses and gowns
Emigrated: Jan 1896, from Warsaw to London
Marriage: The marriage was arranged by a Matchmaker named Samuel
Naturalised: 17 Feb 1906. He was then living at 23 Ashford Street, Hoxton, London
Other: Extensively involved in Jewish education. President of the Dalston Talmud Torah. Author of autobiography "In My Days" December 1941. Author of autobiography "In My Days" December 1941.
Resided: 1916, 38 Rectory Road, London N16
Managed by: Doron Yacobi
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About Asher Zelig Oberman

Selig Oberman, or to give him his full name, Asher Zelig Oberman, was born in 1873. He was married in Warsaw in 1890, and then came to London in 1892. He had a long record of service to the Jewish community in London, particularly in Jewish education. He was also a pioneer of active Zionism in the East End. He worked for the Brick Lane and later for the Christian Street and Bethnal Green Talmud Torahs. He was appointed President of the Dalston Talmud Torah in 1926. He was a member of the Council of the Talmud Torah Trust and was a delegate to Jewish Education Conferences. Retired to Brighton, he his these memoirs in Yiddish in 1941, and they were published in 1947. Selig Oberman died in 1954.

For his memoir, published in 1947, see:

https://jewishmiscellanies.com/2020/12/03/in-meine-tag-in-my-days-m...

Naturalized March 1906

6 Brownson's Court, Whitechapel, London, England (1901 Census)

23 Ashford Street, Hoxton in March 1906 (JC 13-4-1906)

102 Bethnal Green Rd (1911 Census)

President of Dalston Talmud Torah (JC 1940)


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Asher Zelig Oberman's Timeline

1873
December 18, 1873
Warsaw, Warszawa, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland
1891
1891
Russia (Russian Federation)
1894
1894
Warsaw
1896
December 6, 1896
Warszawa, Województwo Mazowieckie, Poland, Russian Empire
1900
February 3, 1900
Whitechapel, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
1902
August 25, 1902
38 Rectory Road, London, NW16
1906
1906
Shoreditch, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
1954
May 11, 1954
Age 80
England