Reverend Eliezer / Lazarus Hillel Matthews

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Reverend Eliezer / Lazarus Hillel Matthews

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Seduva, Lithuania
Death: July 26, 1929 (50-51)
Durban, Natal, South Africa
Place of Burial: Krugersdorp, South Africa
Immediate Family:

Son of Abraham Matthews
Husband of Sarah Ann Matthews and Sheva Rachel Matthews
Father of Private; Lena Sarky; Private; Wilfred (Woolf) Matthews and Esther Gladstone

Occupation: Minister of Religion
Managed by: Dr Naomi Rapeport
Last Updated:
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About Reverend Eliezer / Lazarus Hillel Matthews

The South Afarican Jewish Year Book 1929 Blackburn Hebrew Congregation and its Ministers by Hilary Thomas. Reverend Newman was succeeded at Blackburn in early 1905 by Reverend Eli Matthews who stayed with the community for five years, during which time the Grand Order of Israel Friendly Society, known as Sir Moses Montefiore Lodge was established, as was a Bikur Cholim to help the sick and needy of the community. The untimely death of Sarah the wife of Rev. Matthews in 1909, prompted his move to South Africa.

National Archives of South Africa (NASA) DEPOT TAB SOURCE MHG TYPE LEER VOLUME_NO 0 SYSTEM 01 REFERENCE 70124 PART 1 DESCRIPTION MATTHEWS, ELIEZER HILLEL. STARTING 19290000 ENDING 19290000 REMARKS SURVIVING SPOUSE SHEVA RACHEL MATTHEWS.

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Reverend Eliezer / Lazarus Hillel Matthews's Timeline

1878
1878
Seduva, Lithuania
1900
July 31, 1900
1913
February 19, 1913
1915
August 19, 1915
1929
July 26, 1929
Age 51
Durban, Natal, South Africa
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Krugersdorp Jewish Cemetery, Krugersdorp, South Africa