| AdminHistory | Henry Haim Woolf, born London, c1848; draper and general warehouseman; married Amelia Cohen, 1870; died 1903. Amelia Woolf, born London, daughter of Abraham Cohen, tailor, and his wife Maria, c1847. Henri (Aaron) de Solla, born Amsterdam, son of Jacob and Adelaide de Solla, theatrical singers, 1838; came to England c1841; chorister, Margaret Street Synagogue; musician, teacher of choirs and composer; married Hannah Jacobs, 1873; seven children; choirmaster, Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue; organist and choir instructor, Brixton Synagogue; choirmaster, Great Synagogue, c1879-1902; died London, 1904. Some of his compositions were included in 'The Voice of Prayer and Praise' ed. Francis Cohen and D. M. Davis; his secular music was performed but not published. Hannah de Solla, born London, daugher of Moses Jacobs, fruiterer, c1853; died Christchurch, Sussex, 1910. |