Eliau Lopes, 1648–1713 (aged 65 years)
- Name
- Eliau /Lopes/
- Given names
- Eliau
- Surname
- Lopes
Birth | 1648 |
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Marriage | Rachel de David Nunes da Fonseca — View this family October 21, 1676 (aged 28 years) |
Occupation | Rabbi between 1678 and June 1695 (aged 47 years) |
Birth of a son | Aron de Eliau Lopez y Nunes da Fonseca about 1690 (aged 42 years) |
Birth of a son | David Lopez y Nunes da Fonseca about 1690 (aged 42 years) |
Birth of a son | Abraham Lopez y Nunes da Fonseca about 1690 (aged 42 years) |
Birth of a son | Isaac Lopez y Nunes da Fonseca about 1690 (aged 42 years) |
Birth of a son | Mosseh Hezekiah Lopes y Nunes da Fonseca about 1690 (aged 42 years) |
Birth of a son | Jahacob de Eliau Lopez y Nunes da Fonseca about 1695 (aged 47 years) |
Occupation | Rabbi between June 1695 and 1713 (aged 65 years)Note: Then by 1703, thanks to a sizeable legacy from Abraham and Sara da Costa, a spacious house was bought by the PARNASSIM near the northeastern corner of the walled city. They had the house demolished and built a Synagogue in its stead, the predecessor to our present building on the same site. To raise the necessary funds for this new building, the PARNASSIM sold the honors of purchasing the four corner stones to the highest bidders, and had various members donate parts of the furnishings, equipment and decorations. Chacham Eliau Lopez consecrated the new Synagogue (referred to in the archives as the \93Old Synagogue\94) on SHAVUOT, 1703.
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Death of a wife | Rachel de David Nunes da Fonseca May 20, 1699 (aged 51 years) |
Marriage of a child | Abraham Lopez y Nunes da Fonseca — Rachel de Menaseh Jesurun Henrique — View this family about 1706 (aged 58 years) |
Death of a son | David Lopez y Nunes da Fonseca July 28, 1707 (aged 59 years) |
Death | July 22, 1713 (aged 65 years) In 1659, with the arrival of the second group of Jewish settlers, cemetery Beth Haim was consecrated. The oldest tombstone dates from 1668, making it one of the first cemeteries in the New World. The cemetery contains 2500 graves; the tombstones of many of these have been adorned with beautiful sculpture representing biblical passages, often relating to the name of the deceased. The inscriptions on the stones are in Portuguese, Hebrew, Spanish, English, Dutch, French as well as one in Yiddish. Its antiquity, art and historical heritage makes the cemetery at Blenheim an extraordinary international monument. Sadly, many of the graves have been lost to erosion caused by acid rain and sulfuric fumes from the nearby refinery. But some famous Jews are buried among the anonymous graves. Ribca Spinoza, half-sister of Baruch Spinoza, died on January 25, 1695. Jahacob Alvares Carrea, an assistant of Malag-born Eliau Lopez, the chief rabbi at Cura\E7ao in 1693, died on June 25, 1714. Many of the gravesites have both Jewish and non-Jewish symbols on them. Skulls and crossbones and hourglasses on the tombstones show the marks of Iberian Jews and more assimilated Jews who brought customs of the larger community to the Caribbean Jewish community. |
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wife |
1656–1699
Birth: 1656 — Sevilla Death: May 20, 1699 — Curacao |
Marriage |
Marriage: October 21, 1676 — Amsterdam |
14 years
son |
1690–1746
Birth: about 1690
42
34 — Barbados Death: January 13, 1746 — Curacao |
12 months
son |
1690–1707
Birth: about 1690
42
34 — Barbados Death: July 28, 1707 — Curacao |
12 months
son |
1690–1722
Birth: about 1690
42
34 — Barbados Death: August 5, 1722 — Curacao |
12 months
son |
1690–1742
Birth: about 1690
42
34 — Barbados Death: April 25, 1742 — Curacao |
6 years
son |
1695–1738
Birth: about 1695
47
39 — Barbados Death: February 5, 1738 — Curacao |
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1690–1752
Birth: about 1690
42
34 — Barbados Death: January 24, 1752 — Curacao |
Occupation | Then by 1703, thanks to a sizeable legacy from Abraham and Sara da Costa, a spacious house was bought by the PARNASSIM near the northeastern corner of the walled city. They had the house demolished and built a Synagogue in its stead, the predecessor to our present building on the same site. To raise the necessary funds for this new building, the PARNASSIM sold the honors of purchasing the four corner stones to the highest bidders, and had various members donate parts of the furnishings, equipment and decorations. Chacham Eliau Lopez consecrated the new Synagogue (referred to in the archives as the \93Old Synagogue\94) on SHAVUOT, 1703. |
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Death | In 1659, with the arrival of the second group of Jewish settlers, cemetery Beth Haim was consecrated. The oldest tombstone dates from 1668, making it one of the first cemeteries in the New World. The cemetery contains 2500 graves; the tombstones of many of these have been adorned with beautiful sculpture representing biblical passages, often relating to the name of the deceased. The inscriptions on the stones are in Portuguese, Hebrew, Spanish, English, Dutch, French as well as one in Yiddish. Its antiquity, art and historical heritage makes the cemetery at Blenheim an extraordinary international monument. Sadly, many of the graves have been lost to erosion caused by acid rain and sulfuric fumes from the nearby refinery. But some famous Jews are buried among the anonymous graves. Ribca Spinoza, half-sister of Baruch Spinoza, died on January 25, 1695. Jahacob Alvares Carrea, an assistant of Malag-born Eliau Lopez, the chief rabbi at Cura\E7ao in 1693, died on June 25, 1714. Many of the gravesites have both Jewish and non-Jewish symbols on them. Skulls and crossbones and hourglasses on the tombstones show the marks of Iberian Jews and more assimilated Jews who brought customs of the larger community to the Caribbean Jewish community. |
Note | Een van de centra in de Amerika's waar coverso's terugkeerden naar het Judaisme was het eiland Curacao. Converso's die al in de Ameria's waren of er naar toe gingen kwamen naar Cuarao om besneden te worden. Het is daarom niet verwonderlijk dat er minstens zeven besnijders in Curacao waren met de titel "Mohel Muvhak", op een bevolking van minder dan 2000 zielen. De reden was de constante toevloed van converso's. De besnijder was een belangrijk figuur, die zijn diensten gratis aanbood, maar door de gemeenschap betaald werd. De religieuze leider van Curacao besteeden speciale aandacht voor de converso's. En veel leiders waren zelf converso's geweest. De hoofd rabbi Eliahu Lopez, geboren in Malaga in 1648, kwam in 1693 vanuit Amsterdam aan als Haham. De hoofd rabbi Samuel Mendes de Sola, geboren in 1699 in Lissabon kwam op Curacao aan in 1741. Deze twee rabbi's deden er alles aan in hun aandacht voor de converso's die uit Europa aankwamen op Curacao. |