Samuel Gluckstein (1821–1873)

Samuel Henry Gluckstein (4 January 1821 – 23 January 1873) was the founder of Salmon & Gluckstein tobacco merchants.

Early life

Samuel Henry Gluckstein was born in Rheinberg, Prussia (now Germany) on 4 January 1821, the son of Helena (Horn) and Asher Lehmann Gluckstein.

Career

Samuel Gluckstein left Prussia to come to London, where he established a cigar-making factory in the East End.

Personal life

Samuel Gluckstein married Hannah or Ann Joseph of Amsterdam, Netherlands (1819–1885), and they had twelve children, five sons and seven daughters:

• Julia (1846-1891)
• Lena (1846-1907)
• Bertha (1848-1921)
• Catherine (1850-1911)
• Isidore (1851-1920)
• Marcus (1853-1854)
• Montague (Monte) (1854-1922)
• Joseph (1856–1930)
• Henry (1857–1914)
• Sarah (1859-1929)
• Adelaide (1861-1862)
• Clara (1863-1918)

He died on 23 January 1873 in Whitechapel, London.

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