Dear Listers For any researchers who have Pyke and Hart lines I have data on the family of Moses Louis Pyke 1808-1894 ( parents Lewis Eleazer Pyke and Charlotte Wolff) who married Esther Hart 1821-1881( parents John Hart - jeweller- his first name may have been Henry and mother Clara maiden name unknown). I also have copies of Pyke family trees from the Hyamson collection and data on the Pyke lines from Chris Pyke. Esther Pyke died 1881 Melbourne. The children of Moses and Esther were:Charlotte/Clara/Louis/Matilda/Marian/Angel/Rachel. The family arrived in Melbourne in 1854 with only one child Charlotte age 1. Rachel Pyke age 15 in 1881 married Bernard Hart son of Aaron Hart and Rebecca Hart nee Crawcour my 3x great grandparents. My thanks to my distant cousin Debbie ( of the Jacobs cousins) for her help tracing the Moses/Esther lines. Any researchers who are interested in the families are welcome to contact me. Dr Phillip Kirby Norfolk England

Need some help. I am doings some research for an article about Jewish settler families with a Daylesford, Victoria, connection. Found a David Moses DAVIS from Poland who in 1866 married an Isabella Fanny EMANUEL born in Sydney in 1843, daughter of Abraham and Elizabeth EMANUEL, who may have come from England. David and Isabella's son Abraham Moses DAVIS was born in Daylesford in 1869. The Davis family went from Daylesford to Melbourne and then Abraham turns up back in Daylesford for he married a Jocelyn Hilda SOLOMON in Daylesford in 1904. She most likely was born in Ballarat. (There was a Maurice Henry SOLOMON and wife Theresa MOSES who may or may not have been her parents for they were in Ballarat at that time.) If any of this means anything to anyone please contact me off line. Keira Lockyer in sunny Daylesford-Hepburn Springs where we are celebrating the Swiss Italian heritage of the region.

For the benefit of listers, Moses Louis (Lewis) Pyke's father, Lewis Eleazer Pyke, died in London. The Sydney Morning Herald, Wed., Apr. 2, 1851, p. 4, published the following: PYKE DEATH At his residence, Leadenhall-street, London, Mr. L.E. Pyke, Deputy Reader of the Great Synagogue, aged 75 years. The deceased held important offices in this Synagogue over a period of thirty-five years; died regretted by a numerous circle of relatives and friends, and his remains were followed to his last resting place by a large number of the leading and influential members of the Jewish faith. I have some other references to Australian descendants, if anyone is interested. Best wishes. Terry Newman Sydney, Australia

< married Esther Hart 1821-1881( parents John Hart - jeweller- his first name may have been Henry and mother Clara maiden name unknown).> Could Esther be a sister of Samuel and/or Louis Hart? Two sisters, Ann (Nancy) and Rebecca Marks married respectively Louis Hart (b. 1823, Liberty of the Rolls) and Samuel Hart (b. 1826, St. Dunstans). Both Samuel and Louis had a father called John but I do not yet have enough proof to conclude that they were brothers, although it looks likely. Intriguingly, a niece of Ann and Rebecca, Jane Marks (b.1855), married Richard Pelham Hart, son of yet another John Hart - this John is known to have been living in Boulogne in 1875. Frustratingly I have been unable to trace any other members of these Hart lines - if anyone has a connection, I would be delighted! Beverly Bergman Camberley UK