Michael Hyam (1799 - 1878)

Born 1799 in London, England

Ancestors

Husband of Charlotte Rebecca (Broughton) Hyam — married 8 Feb 1835 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Descendants

Died 3 Sep 1878 at about age 79 in Nowra, New South Wales, Australia

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Biography

Michael Hyam has Jewish Roots.

Michael Hyam was born in England in 1799. He was the son of painter David Hyam and Sarah Shannon.

He came to Australia as a free settler via the ship George Canning, arriving 1828. After his arrival he set up a shoemaker's shop in Sydney and applied for a land grant which was awarded at Jamberoo. ^[1][2]

Michael Hyam married Charlotte Broughton in Sydney in 1835^[3] - she converted to Judaism and adopted the name of Rebecca. After her death in 1849, he remarried to Deborah Moses, daughter of John Moses, in Sydney on the 9th of May, 1853.^[4][5]

He purchased land at Nowra from William Ratnett in 1865.^[6]

He died at his home in Nowra on the 3rd of September, 1878. ^[7] He was buried in the Rookwood cemetery, Sydney.^[8][9][10]

Hyam Street in Nowra and Hyams Beach were named after Michael Hyam.^[11]

Sources

1. ↑ G. F. J. Bergman, 'Hyam, Solomon Herbert (1837–1901)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/hyam-solomon-herbert-3831/text6081, published first in hardcopy 1972, accessed online 12 September 2022.

   Michael had arrived at Sydney in the George Canning in December 1827 and became a shoemaker but had the 'ingenuity' to acquire a 'landed estate'. Although Governor (Sir) Ralph Darling called him a 'perfect Jew' and was reluctant to give him a promised grant, Hyam received 1280 acres (518 ha) near Kiama in 1829. He founded Jamberoo where he built an inn and store and cut cedar. In 1847 he sold the property, moved to the Shoalhaven district and died at Nowra on 3 September 1878.

2. ↑ 1828 'Shipping Intelligence.', The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1803 - 1842), 24 December, p. 2. , viewed 12 Sep 2022, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2191526

   We stop the Press to announce the arrival, late yesterday evening, of the ship George Canning, Captain Bulley, from Liverpool, whence she sailed the 16th August, with a cargo of merchandize.

3. ↑ Marriage 1: NSW BDM 9/1835 V18359 135 HYAMS, MICHAEL, BROUGHTON, C M, church code: EA (Hebrew, Sydney)
4. ↑ Marriage 2: NSW BDM 113/1853 V1853113 135 HYAM, MICHAEL, MOSES, DEBORAH, church code: EA (Hebrew, Sydney)
5. ↑ Family Notices (1853, May 11). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), p. 3. Retrieved August 29, 2018, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12945672
   MARRIED. On Monday, the 9th instant at the Sydney Synagogue, by Mr. Jacob Isaacs, Reader, Mr. Michael Hyam, of Shoalhaven, to Miss Deborah Moses, of Yass.
6. ↑ Tropman & Tropman Architects (2000). Jarman's Cottage, Nowra, conservation management plan prepared for Shoalhaven City Council p. 7-8, retrieved 13 Dec 2020 from https://doc.shoalhaven.nsw.gov.au/Displaydoc.aspx?Record=d11/174810
7. ↑ Family Notices (1878, September 4). Evening News (Sydney, NSW : 1869 - 1931), p. 4. Retrieved August 29, 2018, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article107942159
   HYAM.— September 3. at his residence. Nowra, Shoalhaven, Michael Hyam. J.P.
8. ↑ Family Notices (1878, September 5). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), p. 10. Retrieved August 29, 2018, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13420147
   THE FUNERAL of the late MICHAEL HYAM, Esq., of Shoalhaven, will move from the residence of the Rev. A. A. Levi, 76, Riley-street, Woolloomooloo, on FRIDAY MORNING, the 6th instant, at 8.30 sharp.
9. ↑ Rookwood Jewish Cemetery index: http://www.rookwoodjewishcemetery.com.au/page/search-for-a-grave
10. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #152984171
11. ↑ Happy to be in Hyam St. (2001 Nov. 1) South Coast Register. Retrieved 29 Aug 2018 from https://www.southcoastregister.com.au/story/980694/happy-to-be-in-hyam-st/

• Levi, John S (2013). These are the names : Jewish lives in Australia, 1788-1850 (Second edition). Miegunyah Press, Carlton, Victoria. Biography of Michael Hyam viewed at Google Books.
• G. F. J. Bergman, 'Hyam, Solomon Herbert (1837–1901)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/hyam-solomon-herbert-3831/text6081, published first in hardcopy 1972, accessed online 29 August 2018.
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