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| Keywords: Historic New Zealand Ketuba or Yibbum (marriage contract).jpg en The thick parchment document names in Hebrew the bride and groom the groom's father Jacob Levy and the groom's brother Solomon Levy It includes a promise to take care of the bride and/or offer to marry her if the husband dies before any children are born an ancient custom that was not expected to be carried out but which represented that the brother would care for his sister in law if needed The signatures are in English and mark the wedding of two London Jews Esther Solomon whose writing is semi-illiterate and Benjamin Levy whose writing is more polished possibly a reflection of his patrons at the Jews Hospital a LOndon charity that educated and cared for impoverished Jewish children provofong rudimentary vocational training but requiring rigorous adherence to Jewish rites On the certificate the witnesses are listed two Jewish non-relatives as was customary Abraham Hort and Nathaniel Levin were important early settlers of wellington and this marks the first Jewish wedding in Wellington New Zealand 2011-07-14 This was handed down to me by my grandmother It was the wedding certificate of her great grandmother Esther Solomon Levy 1824 Kent England-1911 Victoria BC A note with it from another relative states that Esther had it notarized as authentic later in life THis probably coincided with the 1870's Victoria BC marriage of her daughter Phoebe 1854-1926 as an orthodox Jewish woman would be able to show that her own marriage was valid and her daughter properly Jewish It is a Hebrew template that was filled in and signed by my ancestors PD-old-100 Uploaded with UploadWizard Ketubah Ceremonies in New Zealand Judaism in New Zealand Marriage certificates | ||||
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