It's my last day in Salt Lake City but since our plane leaves at 9:30 pm, I have most of the day to spend at the Family History Library. Hopefully, I will find the last few documents that I had set as my goal.
Yesterday was a pretty good day in terms of locating documents. I was able to locate and copy Bernard Jelen's birth record. I had an accurate birth date from both his naturalization papers and death certificate (it's so nice when birth dates are consistent!), so he was easy to find. Anna Jelen, on the other hand, still refuses to be found. One problem is her birth date - on one document she has it after 1901, which is impossible since she is in the 1901 Scottish census! Using information from the 1901 census puts her birth date at around 1894, two years after Bernard's. I found Bernard in Anderlecht, which is in the Brussels area. But no Anna.
I spent time looking for Henry and Cecile's marriage record - this time in Lieges, since that is where Germaine was born (I scored her birth certificate when I visited Uncle Leon in August). Unfortunately, I have yet to find their marriage record in the films that I've looked at. I'm going to re-look at some films today, in case I missed them. At this point, I've only been able to eliminate where they were married! (not Brussels, Anderlecht, Antwerp....) Since I had the film, I copied Germaine's original birth register since the one I got from Uncle Leon was a transcription done when Germaine probably got her passport.
Keep your fingers crossed for another good day searching!
Showing posts with label Bernard Jellen. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bernard Jellen. Show all posts
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Saturday, November 18, 2006
The Bandmaster
Bernard appears to have been the only Jellen sibling who supported himself, at least partially, with his music. He was a self-employed Musical Director/ Bandmaster and also gave private music lessons.
Bernard was called up for service and enlisted in the military on March 13, 1917 and served with the Gordon Highlanders and the 40th Battalion of the Royal Fusiliers. He was discharged on March 9, 1919 and applied for naturalization on March 28th, 1919. The fact that he could enlist without being a citizen, while Jack could not in 1914 leads me to believe Great Britain changed the rules of enlistment as the WWI continued to drag on and was willing to accept the enlistment of non-citizens. The fee for applying for naturalization was waived since he had served in the Army. When Bernard enlisted he had lived since 1913 with his mother Rachel (Rosa) in Edinburgh. On his application for naturalization he was described as “rather an aggressive self assertive musician”.
He married late in life on June 20, 1939 at the age of 47 to Edith Latter who was 36 years old and her first marriage as well. They were married at Langside Synagogue in Glasgow. Prior to his marriage Bernard had been living with his brother Charles in Edinburgh and was employed as a clerk for an Advertising agent. (could this have possibly been his brother Charles?) Edith’s father was a clothing manufacturer and she worked outfitting ladies – possibly with clothes made by her father’s firm.
Bernard also appears to have tried his hand at being a playwright as evidenced by the following advertisement which appeared in the January 24, 1948 edition of The Scotsman: “To Amateur Societies – Author has several new one-act plays, one Full Length. Inquiries Invited. B. Jellen, 10 Kirkhill Ter. Edingburgh, 9.”
In April of 1950, he conducted the Edinburgh Opera Company orchestra in the production of Maritana. A review that appeared in The Scotsman stated “Bernard Jellen was the conductor, who kept an unostentatious and clear control over his forces.” The article ended with the statement, “But was all this effort, patience and hard work really worth expending on Maritana? It must surely be one of the most trifling and commonplace operas ever to strike the public’s taste.” I have not be able to find any other mention of other performances or venues where he was the conductor.
Bernard died on December 10, 1971 at the age of 79 in the Fairmile Nursing Home in Edinburgh. He was survived by his wife Edith.
Bernard was called up for service and enlisted in the military on March 13, 1917 and served with the Gordon Highlanders and the 40th Battalion of the Royal Fusiliers. He was discharged on March 9, 1919 and applied for naturalization on March 28th, 1919. The fact that he could enlist without being a citizen, while Jack could not in 1914 leads me to believe Great Britain changed the rules of enlistment as the WWI continued to drag on and was willing to accept the enlistment of non-citizens. The fee for applying for naturalization was waived since he had served in the Army. When Bernard enlisted he had lived since 1913 with his mother Rachel (Rosa) in Edinburgh. On his application for naturalization he was described as “rather an aggressive self assertive musician”.
He married late in life on June 20, 1939 at the age of 47 to Edith Latter who was 36 years old and her first marriage as well. They were married at Langside Synagogue in Glasgow. Prior to his marriage Bernard had been living with his brother Charles in Edinburgh and was employed as a clerk for an Advertising agent. (could this have possibly been his brother Charles?) Edith’s father was a clothing manufacturer and she worked outfitting ladies – possibly with clothes made by her father’s firm.
Bernard also appears to have tried his hand at being a playwright as evidenced by the following advertisement which appeared in the January 24, 1948 edition of The Scotsman: “To Amateur Societies – Author has several new one-act plays, one Full Length. Inquiries Invited. B. Jellen, 10 Kirkhill Ter. Edingburgh, 9.”
In April of 1950, he conducted the Edinburgh Opera Company orchestra in the production of Maritana. A review that appeared in The Scotsman stated “Bernard Jellen was the conductor, who kept an unostentatious and clear control over his forces.” The article ended with the statement, “But was all this effort, patience and hard work really worth expending on Maritana? It must surely be one of the most trifling and commonplace operas ever to strike the public’s taste.” I have not be able to find any other mention of other performances or venues where he was the conductor.
Bernard died on December 10, 1971 at the age of 79 in the Fairmile Nursing Home in Edinburgh. He was survived by his wife Edith.
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