Allan, Joseph would have had to have been naturalised to have any voting rights but also up until 1918 would also have had to have had property! The 1918 act enfranchised all men over the age of 21 (except for conscientious objectors who were banned from voting in two general elections) and women over 30. It is interesting to note that those who fought in WW1 under the age of 21 were also given the vote in the 1918 General Election. Women between the ages of 21 and 30 did not get the right to vote until 1928! Regards Naomi Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:03:12 -0000 From: "Alan Booth" <alanbooth@tiscali.co.uk> Subject: [BRITISH-JEWRY] Hyman and Rachel (nee Leibowitz) BERKOVITCH To: <BRITISH-JEWRY@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <200803171614.m2HGEIhk012923@mail.rootsweb.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Hello BJs, Rather come to a stand still for the moment on enquiries into the lives of the above but have had some good successes so far. Could I ask when a Jewish immigrant to London in the 1900-1903 period would gain British voting rights? Was it on becoming employed, owning property or naturalization ? The answer may help me to use electoral roll records for further research. Otherwise anyone spotting Joseph Leibowitz, cobbler of Whitechapel in the 1901 and his Romanian family including Rachel Leibowitz, daughter, born 1882 - please let me know. Thanks to Duncan for sterling efforts already on this one, but looking like another case of erratic spelling of surnames by enumerators that is hiding this. Thank you regards Alan Booth ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 18:41:36 +0000 From: "Sherry with Sky" <SherryELanda@sky.com> Subject: Re: [BRITISH-JEWRY] Hyman and Rachel (nee Leibowitz) BERKOVITCH To: british-jewry@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <b4b3bd630803171141y19baeaf4p567f8d4df5c89c8@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > Could I ask when a Jewish immigrant to London in the 1900-1903 period would > gain British voting rights? > Was it on becoming employed, owning property or naturalization ? You have to be a British national to vote, so if you are not, you have to naturalise. you have to be resident in UK for a few years prior to naturalisation (I THINK it's five but am not entirely certain on that). It cost a fair bit, so a lot of people didn't bother. Have a look at the National Archives site (I am pasting a link which is long and will split in email http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/searchresults.asp?SearchInit=0& txtsearchterm=BERKOVITCH&txtfirstdate=&txtlastdate=&txtrestriction=HO&hdnsor ttype=Reference&image1.x=49&image1.y=10 ) Best Sherry ------------------------------ To contact the BRITISH-JEWRY list administrator, send an email to BRITISH-JEWRY-admin@rootsweb.com. To post a message to the BRITISH-JEWRY mailing list, send an email to BRITISH-JEWRY@rootsweb.com. __________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BRITISH-JEWRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the email with no additional text. End of BRITISH-JEWRY Digest, Vol 3, Issue 137 *********************************************
Naomi, Thank you very much for your prompt reply and clear explanation of the rules on voting rights. Most educational and I guess helpful to many others on the list also. Regards Alan -----Original Message----- From: british-jewry-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:british-jewry-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Naomi Fellerman Sent: 18 March 2008 10:34 To: british-jewry@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [BRITISH-JEWRY] Hyman and Rachel (nee Leibowitz) BERKOVITCH Allan, Joseph would have had to have been naturalised to have any voting rights but also up until 1918 would also have had to have had property! The 1918 act enfranchised all men over the age of 21 (except for conscientious objectors who were banned from voting in two general elections) and women over 30. It is interesting to note that those who fought in WW1 under the age of 21 were also given the vote in the 1918 General Election. Women between the ages of 21 and 30 did not get the right to vote until 1928! Regards Naomi Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:03:12 -0000 From: "Alan Booth" <alanbooth@tiscali.co.uk> Subject: [BRITISH-JEWRY] Hyman and Rachel (nee Leibowitz) BERKOVITCH To: <BRITISH-JEWRY@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <200803171614.m2HGEIhk012923@mail.rootsweb.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Hello BJs, Rather come to a stand still for the moment on enquiries into the lives of the above but have had some good successes so far. Could I ask when a Jewish immigrant to London in the 1900-1903 period would gain British voting rights? Was it on becoming employed, owning property or naturalization ? The answer may help me to use electoral roll records for further research. Otherwise anyone spotting Joseph Leibowitz, cobbler of Whitechapel in the 1901 and his Romanian family including Rachel Leibowitz, daughter, born 1882 - please let me know. Thanks to Duncan for sterling efforts already on this one, but looking like another case of erratic spelling of surnames by enumerators that is hiding this. Thank you regards Alan Booth ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 18:41:36 +0000 From: "Sherry with Sky" <SherryELanda@sky.com> Subject: Re: [BRITISH-JEWRY] Hyman and Rachel (nee Leibowitz) BERKOVITCH To: british-jewry@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <b4b3bd630803171141y19baeaf4p567f8d4df5c89c8@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > Could I ask when a Jewish immigrant to London in the 1900-1903 period would > gain British voting rights? > Was it on becoming employed, owning property or naturalization ? You have to be a British national to vote, so if you are not, you have to naturalise. you have to be resident in UK for a few years prior to naturalisation (I THINK it's five but am not entirely certain on that). It cost a fair bit, so a lot of people didn't bother. Have a look at the National Archives site (I am pasting a link which is long and will split in email http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/searchresults.asp?SearchInit=0& txtsearchterm=BERKOVITCH&txtfirstdate=&txtlastdate=&txtrestriction=HO&hdnsor ttype=Reference&image1.x=49&image1.y=10 ) Best Sherry ------------------------------ To contact the BRITISH-JEWRY list administrator, send an email to BRITISH-JEWRY-admin@rootsweb.com. To post a message to the BRITISH-JEWRY mailing list, send an email to BRITISH-JEWRY@rootsweb.com. __________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BRITISH-JEWRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the email with no additional text. End of BRITISH-JEWRY Digest, Vol 3, Issue 137 ********************************************* Our website is at www.british-jewry.org.uk We update regularly. Let us know if you have ideas to offer. British-Jewry-admin@rootsweb.com is the address to use for help. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BRITISH-JEWRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message