Solomon family

The Solomon family, as represented by the specified Wikipedia subject, is not a commercial brand or operating organization. It is a genealogical grouping centered on Samuel Moss Solomon, an early nineteenth-century Jewish settler whose descendants and related families became connected with public life in Australia. The family history spans several generations and includes people associated with South Australia, New South Wales, Western Australia, Queensland, Victoria, Tasmania, and, in some branches, Britain and New Zealand. Samuel Moss Solomon was born around 1769 and died in 1842. He married Elizabeth Moses and, after her death, his first cousin Esther Davis. The documented family tree follows several of their children and later descendants. Among the most historically prominent branches is that of Judah Moss Solomon, who became involved in South Australian public life. Judah served as a member of the South Australian Parliament, sat in the Legislative Council, and was mayor of Adelaide from 1869 to 1871. His descendants included political figures, publishers, civic leaders, writers, educators, artists, and professionals. The family’s Australian significance is particularly visible in South Australian history. Vaiben Louis Solomon served briefly as Premier of South Australia and later represented the colony in the first Commonwealth Parliament. His wider family included Esther Solomon, who became the first woman elected to Adelaide City Council and later served as deputy mayor, as well as writer Vaiben Louis Solomon and Rex Lipman, an arts and civic figure. Other descendants and associated relatives included newspaper publisher Reginald Louis Solomon, painter Lance Vaiben Solomon, educator Sophia “Zoe” Benjamin, and members of the Boas, Cohen, Joshua, Benjamin, and Krantz families. The documented relationships also illustrate the importance of Jewish family, religious, and communal networks in colonial Australia. Several marriages connected branches of the Solomon family with other Jewish families, while individual relatives participated in synagogue life, commerce, public administration, medicine, education, architecture, urban planning, journalism, and the arts. Vaiben Solomon was associated with efforts to establish an early synagogue in Sydney, and Isaac Solomon operated an import business in Adelaide with his nephew Judah Moss Solomon before their partnership was dissolved in 1857. Because the source subject is a list of descendants rather than a company, product brand, or formally organized family enterprise, there are no verified products, commercial offerings, corporate headquarters, financial disclosures, campaigns, or brand-management activities to report. The appropriate interpretation is therefore genealogical and historical rather than commercial.

The documented family history begins with Samuel Moss Solomon, born circa 1769 and deceased on 13 May 1842. He first married Elizabeth Moses, who died around 1814, and later married his first cousin Esther Davis. Their descendants formed several interconnected branches that became established in Australia during the nineteenth century. Moss Samuel Solomon, born in 1796, married Elizabeth “Betsy” Myers or Meyers and later Leah Myers, who died in Adelaide in 1871. His descendants included Judah Moss Solomon, who was born in 1818 and became a significant South Australian public figure. Judah married Rachel Cohen in 1842 and later Adela Pulver. He served as an Adelaide member of Parliament, a member of the Legislative Council, and mayor of Adelaide. Seven of his sixteen children survived childhood, and several later descendants appear in Australian political and civic records. Among Judah’s descendants was Benjamin Solomon, known as Colonel Solomon, and the political figure Vaiben Louis Solomon. Vaiben served for seven days as Premier of South Australia and later became a member of the first Commonwealth Parliament. His family also included writer Vaiben Louis “Vaib” Solomon, who worked on a musical adaptation of the stage comedy “Tons of Money,” and Esther “Ess” Solomon, who became the first woman elected to Adelaide City Council and served two terms as deputy mayor. Esther’s descendants included Rex Lipman. Another branch included Reginald Louis Solomon, a publisher associated with the Adelaide newspaper Truth. The family tree also records descendants of Susan Solomon, who married Moses or Moss Benjamin and lived in Adelaide. Their later relatives included Philip Benjamin and Sophia “Zoe” Benjamin, a childhood educator. Emanuel Solomon, another child of Samuel Moss Solomon, married several times and was associated with colonial Jewish and civic history. The descendants of Hannah Solomon remained principally connected with England in the documented account, although some traditions associate her with a possible journey to Sydney. The line of Vaiben Solomon, who was transported to Sydney in 1818, connected the family with early Jewish communal life in New South Wales. Vaiben married Mary “Sarah” Smith, and members of the family were listed among subscribers and committee members involved in the construction of Sydney’s early synagogue in York Street. Later descendants included cabinetmaker Edwin Arthur Vaiben Solomon and painter Lance Vaiben Solomon. Sarah Solomon married Michael Joshua, whose family lived at different times in South Australia, Victoria, and Queensland. Their descendants included Sir Louis Edward Barnett, a professor of surgery in New Zealand, and federal parliamentarian Bob Joshua. Isaac Solomon arrived in Sydney in the 1830s and later lived in South Australia. He operated an Adelaide import business with his nephew Judah Moss Solomon until their partnership ended in 1857. Isaac’s descendants and related families included the Boas, Krantz, and other prominent Western Australian civic and professional figures. These included architect Harold Krantz, Subiaco mayor Lionel Tobias Boas, and town planner Harold Boas. Taken together, the source presents a network of descendants and associated families rather than a single institutional family organization. Its historical importance lies in the individuals’ contributions to Australian politics, municipal government, Jewish communal life, publishing, commerce, education, medicine, architecture, planning, writing, and visual art.

• 1908

  Vaiben Louis Solomon died

  [1]List of descendants of Samuel Moss Solomonen.wikipedia.org

  Vaiben Louis Solomon, former Premier of South Australia and member of the first Commonwealth Parliament, died in 1908.

• 1893

  Death of Elizabeth Solomon

  [1]List of descendants of Samuel Moss Solomonen.wikipedia.org

  Elizabeth Solomon, a descendant of Vaiben Solomon, died in 1893 and left her estate to her sister Hannah.

• 1869

  Judah Moss Solomon became mayor of Adelaide

  [1]List of descendants of Samuel Moss Solomonen.wikipedia.org

  Judah Moss Solomon served as mayor of Adelaide from 1869 to 1871.

• 1858

  Judah Moss Solomon entered South Australian politics

  [1]List of descendants of Samuel Moss Solomonen.wikipedia.org

  Judah Moss Solomon served as an Adelaide member of Parliament from 1858 to 1860 and later joined the Legislative Council.

• 1857

  Adelaide import partnership dissolved

  [1]List of descendants of Samuel Moss Solomonen.wikipedia.org

  The import partnership between Isaac Solomon and his nephew Judah Moss Solomon was dissolved.

• 1839

  Association with Sydney synagogue fundraising

  [1]List of descendants of Samuel Moss Solomonen.wikipedia.org

  Vaiben Solomon was listed among supporters connected with efforts to establish an early synagogue in Sydney.

• 1833

  Isaac Solomon arrived in Sydney

  [1]List of descendants of Samuel Moss Solomonen.wikipedia.org

  Isaac Solomon arrived in Sydney and later became associated with commercial activity in Adelaide.

• 1818

  Vaiben Solomon transported to Sydney

  [1]List of descendants of Samuel Moss Solomonen.wikipedia.org

  Vaiben Solomon was transported to Sydney for larceny, establishing one of the family branches later associated with early Jewish communal life in New South Wales.

1. 1List of descendants of Samuel Moss Solomonen.wikipedia.org