{"id":2825,"date":"2020-07-24T23:57:14","date_gmt":"2020-07-24T23:57:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/synagoguescribes.com\/blog\/?p=2825"},"modified":"2020-07-24T23:57:16","modified_gmt":"2020-07-24T23:57:16","slug":"finding-treasure-your-ancestors-ketubah-salomons-de-vahl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/synagoguescribes.com\/blog\/finding-treasure-your-ancestors-ketubah-salomons-de-vahl\/","title":{"rendered":"Finding treasure &#8211;  your ancestor&#8217;s Ketubah, Salomons &#8211; De Vahl"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/synagoguescribes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2826\" width=\"266\" height=\"398\"\/><figcaption>Ketubah Baron Arthur Samuel Denis De Vahl &amp; Henrietta Salomons<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We frequently receive inquiries from researchers looking for an ancestor&#8217;s Ketubah.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The original would have been given to the bride so it&#8217;s rare for it to be found unless it was retained by the family. But sometimes they do turn up!\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">A new local <strong>Judaica action house\u00a0London Treasures<\/strong>\u00a0will be auctioning the Ketubah of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cemeteryscribes.com\/getperson.php?personID=I17932&amp;tree=Cemeteries\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Baron Arthur Samuel Denis De Vahl<\/strong>, and his bride\u00a0<strong>Henrietta Esther Salomons,<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0her brother\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cemeteryscribes.com\/getperson.php?personID=I2900&amp;tree=Cemeteries\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Major Joseph Philip Salomons<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0signs on her behalf.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The officiating rabbi was\u00a0<strong>Rev. David Woolf Marks\u00a0<\/strong>of the\u00a0<strong>West London Synagogue<\/strong>\u00a0&amp; the wedding took place in 1868.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">London Treasures is dedicated to to all kinds of antique Judaica, their next auction will include a large section of&nbsp; antiques of Anglo-Judaica interest including Moses Montefiore items.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The auction house is based in London To register for bidding please contact the <a href=\"https:\/\/il.bidspirit.com\/ui\/houses\/londontreasures,false?lang=en\">auction house<\/a> on\u00a0020-3827-6699\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We frequently receive inquiries from researchers looking for an ancestor&#8217;s Ketubah.\u00a0 The original would have been given to the bride so it&#8217;s rare for it to be found unless it was retained by the family. But sometimes they do turn <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/synagoguescribes.com\/blog\/finding-treasure-your-ancestors-ketubah-salomons-de-vahl\/\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,1],"tags":[62,63],"class_list":["post-2825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog-stories-articles-interest","category-uncategorized","tag-ketubah","tag-london-treasures-auction"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/synagoguescribes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2825","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/synagoguescribes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/synagoguescribes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/synagoguescribes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/synagoguescribes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2825"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/synagoguescribes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2825\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2827,"href":"https:\/\/synagoguescribes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2825\/revisions\/2827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/synagoguescribes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/synagoguescribes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/synagoguescribes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}