 1786 - 1855 (68 years)
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| Name |
Solomon J. Isaacs [2] |
| Born |
26 Feb 1786 |
New York  [2] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Reference Number |
4066 |
| _UID |
A334C51F01C3404DBDC147CF34F044EDF530 |
| Died |
13 Jan 1855 |
New York [2] |
| Person ID |
I4066 |
aojd-demo |
| Last Modified |
11 Nov 2011 |
| Father |
Joshua Isaacs, Jr., b. 17 Sep 1744, Grenada, West Indies , d. 16 Feb 1810, New York (Age 65 years) |
| Mother |
Brandly Lazarus, b. 16 Oct 1752, Maryland , d. 16 Feb 1825, New York (Age 72 years) |
| Married |
28 Mar 1781 |
Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania [2, 3, 4] |
| Family ID |
F892 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- (Research):AJLLJ Portraits Database 5 Aug 2011
The son of Justina Bradly Lazarus Isaacs and Joshua Isaacs, Jr., Solomon was born and raised in New York. His father was a leading member of the Jewish community there, and served as parnas of Shearith Israel.
After his sister Frances married copper manufacturer Harmon Hendricks, Isaacs apprenticed with his brother-in-law, running one of America's first copper mills. Isaacs eventually became a partner in Hendricks' business, which included among its clients Paul Revere and Robert Fulton, inventor of the steamboat. In fact, Solomon was known as "Steamboat Isaacs" for the copper boilers he and Hendricks provided for Fulton and his followers. The steamboat was to revolutionize transportation in America, and dominate internal shipping until the advent of the railroad.
The connection between the Isaacs and Hendricks was very strong and Isaacs, who remained a bachelor into his forties, lived with his sister, brother-in-law, and their numerous children, including Henry and Uriah. When these boys were old enough, they became partners in the business, and Isaacs left to pursue other business ventures.
At forty-four he married Elkalah Kursheedt, daughter of Israel Baer Kursheedt. Despite their late start, the couple had ten children.
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| Sources |
- [S285] AOJD & Heritage Muse, Inc., David M. Kleiman, (AOJD-online.net.
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165 West End Ave.
New York, NY 10023
[email protected]).
- [S4] FAJF-Stern, Rabbi Malcolm Stern, (3rd edition updated and revised. n.c.: Genealogical Publishing Company for the American Jewish Archives, 1991.), PG. 124 ISAACS II (Reliability: 3).
- [S4] FAJF-Stern, Rabbi Malcolm Stern, (3rd edition updated and revised. n.c.: Genealogical Publishing Company for the American Jewish Archives, 1991.), PG. 150 LAZARUS III (Reliability: 3).
- [S32] Portraits Etched In Stone, Pool, David De Sola, (New York: Columbia University Press, 1952.), ISAACS, BRANDLY [LAZARUS]: PG 424, BIO 131 (Reliability: 3).
- [S4] FAJF-Stern, Rabbi Malcolm Stern, (3rd edition updated and revised. n.c.: Genealogical Publishing Company for the American Jewish Archives, 1991.), PG. 147 KURSHEEDT (Reliability: 3).
- [S294] Loeb Jewish Portraits Database, (http://www.loebjewishportraits.com/home.html), ISAACS, SOLOMON (Reliability: 3).
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