Emanuel PESMAN

Abt 1815 - 1873  (58 years)   Has 10 ancestors and 8 descendants in this family tree.

John PESMAN

Abt 1784 - 1846  (62 years)

Birth	Abt 1784
Died	7 Jul 1846	St George East, London, England
	Age: 60y
	Address: 47 Wapping Street
Father	Unknown PESMAN
Mother	Unknown [PESMAN]
Family	Esther CAPUA
Married	5 Sep 1810
Children	+ 1. Rebecca PESMAN   2. Elizabeth (Betsey) PESMAN + 3. Lewis PESMAN,   b. 28 Jun 1811, Wapping, London, England + 4. Emanuel PESMAN,   b. Abt 1815, St George East, London, England

Esther CAPUA

Father	Mordecai de Emanuel CAPUA,   b. Abt 1766
Mother	Rachel DE SAA SILVERA
Married	1788	London, England
	Address: Bevis Marks Synagogue
Family	John PESMAN,   b. Abt 1784
Married	5 Sep 1810
Children	+ 1. Rebecca PESMAN   2. Elizabeth (Betsey) PESMAN + 3. Lewis PESMAN,   b. 28 Jun 1811, Wapping, London, England + 4. Emanuel PESMAN,   b. Abt 1815, St George East, London, England

Catherine LYONS

Abt 1824 - 1880  (56 years)

Birth	Abt 1824	Aldgate, London, England
Died	4 Jan 1880	London, England
	Age: 60y
	Address: 6 Approach Road, Victoria Park
Father	Aleksander LYONS
Family	Emanuel PESMAN,   b. Abt 1815, St George East, London, England
Married	30 Jan 1848	St Lukes, London, England
Children	+ 1. Amelia PESMAN,   b. Abt 1842, Aldgate, London, England

Amelia PESMAN

Abt 1842 - 1910  (68 years)

Birth	Abt 1842	Aldgate, London, England
Died	Between Jul 1910 and Sep 1910	Toxteth, Liverpool, England
	Age: 64y
Father	Emanuel PESMAN,   b. Abt 1815, St George East, London, England
Mother	Catherine LYONS,   b. Abt 1824, Aldgate, London, England
Married	30 Jan 1848	St Lukes, London, England
Family 1	Benjamin NOAH DACOSTA,   b. Abt 1830
Married	6 Jun 1866	Houndsditch, London, England
	Address: 1 Castle Street
Children	1. Emanuel NOAH DACOSTA,   b. 4 Mar 1867, Wellington, New Zealand   2. Samuel DACOSTA,   b. 1868, New Zealand
Family 2	William SIMPSON,   b. 1834, Ireland
Married	29 Dec 1881	Bethnal Green, London, England
	Address: Bethnal Green Register Office
Children	+ 1. William Joseph Pesman SIMPSON,   b. Dec 1883, Toxteth, Liverpool, England

• Name	Emanuel PESMAN  [1]
  Birth	Abt 1815	St George East, London, England   [2]
  	Fact Flags: Preferred
  Gender	Male
  Census	30 Mar 1851	Tower Hamlets, London, England   [2]
  	Age: 36y
  	Address: 47 Wapping Street
  	Relation to Head of House: Head Slopseller Has niece, Emma Lyons, age 9, living with them. She becomes, I believe, Emma Pesman (1861) then Amelia Pesman
  Census	7 Apr 1861	St George East, London, England   [3]
  	Age: 47y
  	Address: 47 Wapping Street
  	Relation to Head of House: Head Slopseller Has niece, Emma Pesman, living with them. Note that in the 1851 census Emma is Lyons I believe that she next becomes Amelia Pesman
  Census	2 Apr 1871	St George East, London, England   [4]
  	Address: 47 Wapping Street
  	Relation to Head of House: Head Outfitter Can't read his age
  Ancestor Count	10
  Descendant Count	8
  Death	1 Nov 1873	London, England   [5, 6]
  	Age: 58y
  	Address: 87 Approach Road, Victoria Park
  	Late of 47 High Street, Wapping Deeply lamented by his wife and daughter Note that the BMD entry clearly gives his age as 78 Fact Flags: Preferred
  Probate	20 Nov 1873	London, England   [7]
  	Address: 87 Approach Road, Victoria Park
  Reference Number	J 0686a
  _UID	448A5DCB823B436584D75E13422CEBAC2C29
  Person ID	I5469	Jacobs
  Last Modified	8 Nov 2025

  
  

  Father	John PESMAN,   b. Abt 1784   d. 7 Jul 1846, St George East, London, England (Age 62 years)
  Mother	Esther CAPUA
  Marriage	5 Sep 1810  [8, 9]
  	Synagogue Scribes refers to her father as Mardecai Capua the Sephardi
  Family ID	F1471	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Catherine LYONS,   b. Abt 1824, Aldgate, London, England d. 4 Jan 1880, London, England (Age 56 years)
  Marriage	30 Jan 1848	St Lukes, London, England   [10, 11]
  	Great Synagogue Her Hebrew name = Yettla Her father's Hebrew name = Aleksander His Hebrew name = Menachem His father's Hebrew name = Jacob
  Children	+ 1. Amelia PESMAN,   b. Abt 1842, Aldgate, London, England d. Between Jul 1910 and Sep 1910, Toxteth, Liverpool, England (Age 68 years)
  Family ID	F1801	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Nov 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Abt 1815 - St George East, London, England Marriage - 30 Jan 1848 - St Lukes, London, England Census - Age: 36y,Address: 47 Wapping Street - 30 Mar 1851 - Tower Hamlets, London, England Census - Age: 47y,Address: 47 Wapping Street - 7 Apr 1861 - St George East, London, England Census - Address: 47 Wapping Street - 2 Apr 1871 - St George East, London, England Death - Age: 58y,Address: 87 Approach Road, Victoria Park - 1 Nov 1873 - London, England Probate - Address: 87 Approach Road, Victoria Park - 20 Nov 1873 - London, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S2310] Will - Mordecai Capua. [S2600] 1851 Census - HO 107/1549 F234 P26/27 - Pesman, Emanuel. [S2602] 1861 Census - RG 9/0281 F185 P16 - Pesman, Emanuel. [S2601] 1871 Census - RG 10/0540 F016 P03 - Pesman, Emanuel. [S2092] Berger 1871-1880 Extracts from Jewish Newspapers. Jewish Victorian - 1871-1880 page 448 [S3241] BMD - Death Index, 1873 OND Bethnal Green. Note that the BMD entry clearly gives his age as 78 [S3317] Will - Pesman, Emanuel. [S2599] Marriage Cert - Pesman, John & Capua, Esther. [S2374] Synagogue Scribes - Source: www.synagoguescribes.com copyright A. Shire. GSM 132/65 [S60] BMD - Marriage Index, 1848 JFM St Lukes 2 239. [S2374] Synagogue Scribes - Source: www.synagoguescribes.com copyright A. Shire, GSMa 075/22.