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Town of Boston
(Lincs.)
The town and small port of Boston, situated on the east coast of
England, forms the main town of
the Borough and district of Boston in the county of Lincolnshire. The present
local authority was formed in 1974, when the former borough of Boston was merged
with Boston Rural District. Until 1974, Boston was in the administrative county
of Holland, one of the three Parts into which Lincolnshire was then divided.
Boston Jewish Community
A Jewish community had first existed from some time at the end of the eighteen
century or early nineteenth century, but the congregation was disbanded in the
first part of the nineteenth century. The congregation was subsequently revived
at the end of the nineteenth century but disappeared in the early part of the
twentieth century.
Congregation Data |
Name: |
Boston Hebrew Congregation |
Address: |
No information as to the address of any of the synagogues or places of worship.
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Foundation: |
There were three separate congregations in the town
at different times:(ii)
A congregation initially existed in the early nineteenth century (by at least 1812(iii))
but was disbanded by at least the 1840's.
The congregation was later revived in July 1892
"after a lapse of nearly a century"(iv)
but again disbanded by early 1895.(v)
The congregation was revived again in the late 1890s.(vi) |
Current Status: |
Finally closed, early twentieth
century.(vii) |
Ritual: |
Ashkenazi Orthodox. |
Affiliation: |
The congregation was unaffiliated but would have
been under the
aegis of the Chief Rabbi. |
Ministers / Readers:
(To view a short profile of a minister or reader whose name appears
in blue- hold the cursor over his name.)
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Early nineteenth century congregation
No ministers or readers known.
Early 1890s congregation
Rev. Solomon Wolman
- from about 1892 until 1893(viii)
Rev. S. Rudnitzky
- about 1894(ix)
Late 1890s/early twentieth century congregation
Mr. T. Hoppenstad, lay reader, from Leeds -
conducted New Year services from at least 1900 to 1905(x)
Rev. Solomon Chaitowitz
- from 1906 until 1908(xi)
Rev. S. Michaelson
- in 1908(xii)
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Lay Officers: |
Early nineteenth century congregation
No officers known |
Early 1890s congregation
(congregation defunct by 1895)
Presidents
George Fitelson
- from 1892 to about 1894(xvi)
Abraham Canin - from 1894(xvii)
Treasurers
Wolf Robinson - 1892(xviii)
Max Goldstein - from 1892 to 1893(xix)
Abraham Canin - from 1893 to 1894(xx)
Wolf Robinson - from 1894(xxi)
Hon. Secretaries
Max Goldstein - from 1892 to 1893(xxii)
Abraham Canin - from 1893 to 1894(xxiii)
M. Marks - from 1894(xxiv)
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Late 1890s/early twentieth
century congregation
Presidents
Solomon Barnett - about 1904(xxviii)
E. Perper - from at least 1907(xxix)
Treasurers & Hon. Secretaries
J. Levinson - at least 1907 to
about 1908(xxx)
Henry Jackson - from
about 1908(xxxi)
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Registration District (BMD): |
Lincolnshire
(since
1 February 2002)(xxxii) -
Link to Register Office Website. |
Cemetery Data: |
There is no Jewish cemetery in Boston. |
Rev. Solomon Wolman,
the Congregation's first known minister.
Courtesy © Danny Ginsbury and Gary Weinstein.
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The records in the database associated with
Boston include:
1851 Anglo Jewry Database
(updated 2016)
Individuals in the
1851 Anglo Jewry Database
who were living in Boston during the
1800s (3 records), 1810s (9 records); 1820s (6 records), 1830s (9 records),
1840s (10 records), 1850s (11 records), 1860s (4 records), 1870s (5 records),
1880s (2 records), 1890s (2 records) and 1900s (1 record).
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Page created: 21 August 2005
Data significantly expanded and notes first added: 28 July 2021
Page recently amended: 22 September 2023
Research bu Harold Pollins and David Shulman Formatting by David Shulman
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