This page has been created as a 'place holder' for information on the descendants of Hannah Samuel sister of Marian (Samuel) Reis whose father was Moses Samuel.  In  1846 Hannah married Samuel Woodburn.  Their daughter Elizabeth married her first cousin Charles Lionel Reis, son of Marian (Samuel) Reis. 

Samuel Woodburn was a watchmaker and he appeared on the 1851 census with his wife and father-in-law, Moses Samuel. The record from the 1851 census can be viewed here.  Samuel, Hannah, and family have also been found on the 1861 census which can be viewed here. Samuel Woodburn died on 26 Januray 1865 at 7 Ranlaigh Place, Liverpool. His widow and family appear on the 1871 census which can be viewed here.  Hannah died on 11 April 1879 also at Ranlaigh Place.

A daughter, Annie Woodburn, married Isaac Sandheim whose brothers Julius Wolfe and Adolph Abraham, formed the jewellery company 'Sandheim Brothers' (more on this below).

Among the descendants of Isaac Sandheim and Annie Woodburn was their daughter May Sandheim who was a book illustrator. The books she illustrated are:

Selected poems of Christina G. Rossetti; The prince's progress and other poems by Christina G. Rossetti; The golden heart and other fairy stories by Violet Jacob and
The Nursery songbook: Traditional nursery songs by Keatley Moore

Another Sandheim, Amy, was the daughter of Julius Wolfe Sandheim and like her father she became a jewllery designer. The Sandheim Bros. partnership was formed in 1875 as watchmakers. In 1908 Adolph entered a hallmark for Sandheim Brothers as gold and silver workers and by 1915 had a shop at 130 Notting Hill Gate in West London. Described as Jewellers and Silversmiths, Julius had been taught by and executed designs for W. Augustus Steward, the editor of The Watchmaker, Jeweller and Silversmiths trade journal and chief instructor at the Central School of Arts and Crafts.  From this background and with her knowledge of silver casting techniques Amy fashioned her own style of Arts and Crafts jewellery utilising the lost wax cast process, usually set with semi-precious stones, with a preference for moonstones. These she foiled to enhance the brilliance, sometimes even with soft pastel colours that gave them an unusual look. This was based on the Georgian method of foiling paste and was very effective.

Together with her friends Sibyl Dunlop and Dorrie Nossiter she was part of a second wave of inter-war Arts and Crafts designers who left us a legacy of flapper and suffragette jewellery, cleverly designed and executed as well as being colourful. She sold her jewellery at Craft exhibitions and in her fathers shop. The shop closed in the early 1980s.  An article appeared in The Times in April 1931 about her work and can be read here.

John Culme the directory of Gold & Silversmiths Jewellers & Allied Traders 1838-1914 Vol.1 & 2, Antique Collectors Club 2000 p.403 mentions "Sandheim, has been noted when at the age of 19 in 1902, he was made jewellery designer by his teacher, W. Augustus Steward, the editor of WJS and chief instructor in gold and silversmithing at the Central School of Arts and Crafts".

Martha Sandheim, a sister of the brothers Isaac, Julius, and Adolph, married Norman Isaac Berlin.  Martha and Norman have been found on the 1881 census which can be viewed here. Note on Norman -  A teacher for 47 years he was born in Hamburg on 14 June 1832 and started teaching there at age 13. In 1854 he came to London and joined Henry Solomon's 'Academy' at Edmonton. After 18 months there he then went to R.I. Cohen's boarding school at Dover. He was there for one year and then back to Edmonton (and to other places thereafter). He died - 4 April 1902 -- See Jewish Chronicle p. 19.

Isaac Sandheim,  who was Martha, Julius, and Abrahams' brother, had a daughter Violet who married Elias Ginsburg whose pen name was Elias Gilner and who was a co-founder of the Haganah and the national commander of the American Palestine Jewish Legion veterans association.  He was also a prominent author and Jewish Legion historian. He later "formed the American nucleus of the militant Zionist-Revisionist movement."  He was a close associate of Jabotinsky's and in the Jewish Standard of September 27 1940 he wrote a piece called: "Jabotinsky the Soldier".  His works include: Fighting dreamers; a history of the Jewish Legion in World War One (1968); Prince of Israel (1952) and War and Hope (1969).  Violet Sandheim Gilner (Ginsburg) had been the private secretary to the Zionist leader Henrietta Szold.

Violet Sandheim and Elias Ginsburg had a daughter Metika Annie Ginsburg who became well known as one of the first female cantors in the U.S.  Her obituary appeared in the New York Times on July 1 1992 as follows:

The father of Isaac, Julius, Adolph, and Martha was Julius Sandheim who was the rabbinical leader of the Dublin congregation in Ireland and who represented the community at the funeral of Sir Moses Montefiore (see The Times).  His tombstone (below) is inscribed: In affectionate remembrance of the REV JULIUS SANDHEIM 43 years chief Minister of the Dublin Hebrew Congregation who died at the age of 75 March 13 1888. This stone is erected by his wife and children in loving testimony of his virtue as husband, father and friend.

The Bambergers are another interesting family. One of them, Louis, married Emily Woodburn (daughter of Samuel and Hannah) . The Woodburn-Bamberger family seems to have been a very successful one with a large timber business. Details on this business (now no longer) will be placed here. Two of their sons were killed during WWI (see below)

2nd Lieut. WILLIAM EWART WOODBURN BAMBERGER - K-in-A 16th August 1917 - 1/5th Bn. From London. Listed in Jewish Roll of Honour. Aged 26. Son of Louis and the late Emily, of Belsize Park, London. Listed on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonebeke.