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Miriam Simon

Miriam Simon[1, 2]

Female 1749 - 1808  (58 years)

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  • Name Miriam Simon  [3, 4
    Born 21 Dec 1749  [3
    Gender Female 
    Reference Number 1798 
    Buried Sep 1808  Mikva Israel - Federal Street Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Died 12 Sep 1808  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 6
    Person ID I1798  aojd
    Last Modified 14 Nov 2011 

    Father Joseph Simon,   b. 1712,   d. 24 Jan 1804  (Age 92 years) 
    Family ID F549  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Children 
     1. Solomon Gratz,   b. Mar 1770,   d. 28 Jan 1774  (Age ~ 3 years)
     2. Jacob Gratz,   b. 20 Dec 1789,   d. 25 Dec 1856  (Age 67 years)
     3. Jonathan Gratz,   b. Between 1785 and 1789,   d. Died Young Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Joseph Gratz,   b. 22 Feb 1785,   d. 25 Oct 1858  (Age 73 years)
     5. Rachel Gratz,   b. 25 Jan 1783,   d. 29 Sep 1823  (Age 40 years)
     6. Rebecca Gratz,   b. 4 Mar 1781, Lancaster, Lancaster, PA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Aug 1869  (Age 88 years)
     7. Sarah Gratz,   b. 11 Jul 1779,   d. 20 Feb 1817  (Age 37 years)
     8. Hyman Gratz,   b. 23 Sep 1776, Lancaster, Lancaster, PA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Jan 1857  (Age 80 years)
     9. Richea Gratz,   b. 1 Oct 1774,   d. 22 Nov 1858  (Age 84 years)
     10. Simon Gratz,   b. 1 Jan 1773,   d. 14 Jul 1839  (Age 66 years)
     11. Frances Gratz,   b. 18 Jun 1771, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Sep 1852, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years)
     12. Benjamin Gratz, of Lexington, Kentucky,   b. 4 Sep 1792, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Mar 1884, Lexington, Fayette, KY Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 91 years)
    Family ID F660  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • PORTRAIT IN SCRAPBOOK ------------------------ The Gilbert Stuart portrait of Miriam (Simon) Gratz was painted in Philadelphia in 1802. It measured 28 x 24 inches. Miriam is shown with a dainty lace cap, worn by the mothers of that generation, a think white fichu about her throat, and hands folded in matronly fashion. Common sense gleams from those clear eyes and intelligent countenance, a thoroughly practical and livable character of dignity and calm, modelled with care and elegance. In 1926, Henry Joseph owned this painting. He died on 31 January 1951.

      Source: Hannah R. London - Portraits of Jews ------------------------ Mikveh Israel cemetery records note that Miriam was born Miriam Simons. The record also notes that she was 58 at the time of her death on 12 September 1808.
    • (Research):AJLLJ Portrait Database 5 Aug 2011

      Miriam Simon was the oldest surviving child born to Rose Bunn and Joseph Simon. Her father was the founder of the Jewish community of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, which thrived for a few decades as a frontier town and central point of the Indian trade.
           In 1794 she married Michael Gratz, the younger of the Gratz brothers. They became the most prominent Jewish family in Philadelphia. Among their children were Benjamin, Frances and Rebecca. [7]

  • Sources 
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    2. [S285] .

    3. [S4] PG. 271 SIMON (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S4] PG. 87 GRATZ (1) (Reliability: 3).

    5. [S392] HTTP://WWW.MIKVEHISRAEL.ORG/THECEMETERIES/ (Reliability: 3).

    6. [S391] .

    7. [S294] GRATZ, MIRIAM SIMON (Reliability: 3).