| Husband: | Albert PAM (c. 1798-1886) | |
| Wife: | Maria COLLINS ( - ) | |
| Children: | Louisa, Ann COLLINS (1841- ) | |
| Status: | Never Married | |
Albert PAM
| Name: | Albert PAM | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Father: | Isak PAM (1763?-1844) | |
| Mother: | Elizabeth [Isak Pam] UNKNOWN ( - ) | |
| Birth | c. 1798 | Litomsyl Czech Republic |
| Residence | frm 1821 to 1839 (age 22-41) | Hastings Sussex |
| Occupation | frm 1822 to 1839 (age 23-41) | Dentist. |
| Occupation | frm 1831 (age 32-33) | Surgeon Dentist and dispenser to the Hastings Dispensary; Hastings. |
| Occupation | 8 Nov 1834 (age 35-36) | Dentist to His Royal Highness and Princess Victoria; St Leonards and Hastings |
| Occupation | frm 1839 (age 40-41) | Chemist & Druggist |
| Census | 6 Jun 1841 (age 40) | Lewis, Sussex |
| High Street | ||
| Occupation | 6 Jun 1841 (age 42-43) | Chemist; Lewis, Sussex |
| Naturalisation | 16 Feb 1847 (age 48-49) | Lewis, Sussex |
| Catalogue Ref HO 1 /24/540 | ||
| Census | 30 Mar 1851 (age 52) | Lewis, Sussex |
| 59 High Street | ||
| Residence | 30 Mar 1851 (age 52-53) | 59 High St Lewis |
| Census | 7 Apr 1861 (age 62-63) | 5 High Street Lewis |
| Census | 2 Apr 1871 (age 72) | Lewis, Sussex |
| 59 High Street, St Michael, Lewis | ||
| Residence | 25 Jun 1880 (age 81-82) | 44 High Street, Lewes |
| Census | 3 Apr 1881 (age 82) | Lewis, Sussex |
| 44 High Street | ||
| Death | 3 Dec 1886 (age 87-88) | Lewis, Sussex |
| Cause: Paralysis 12 days and exhaustion. | ||
| Burial | 7 Dec 1886 | the Jews Burial Ground, Brighton |
| Will | 31 Dec 1886 (age 87-88) | |
| Name: | Maria COLLINS | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Father: | - | |
| Mother: | - | |
| Name: | Louisa, Ann COLLINS | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Birth | 15 Jan 1841 | Hastings. |
| Stonefield Cottage St Mary in the Castle Registration gives her surname as Pam but 1851 census and death Reg gives sirname as Collins |
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| Baptism | 14 Mar 1841 (age 0) | St Oswald Church, Hooe, Battle, West Sussex, UK |
| I am assuming the baptism took place at St Oswald Church. | ||
| Census | 1851 (age 9-10) | Hastings, England. |
| 113 Wellington Mews St Marys in the Castle Visitor |
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Albert was born in Litomsyl, Bohemia in what is now called the Czech Republic around 1798. He was Samuel Pam's brother.
A family tree dated 1906 suggests that his first name was Abraham. Albert appears to be the first member of the family to have settled in the UK. We do not have a birth certificate but rely on later census information to indicate his birth date.
It is not clear when he immigrated to the UK but we know from his UK Nationalisation Certificate [14.2.1847] that he was working as a Surgeon Dentist and Dispenser from 1822 in Hastings, East Sussex. He was then only 23 years of age. In 1834 he was appointed as a Dentist to his Royal Highness and Princess Victoria when the Royal Family resided at St Leonards or Hastings. One reason for his appointment may relate to his German / Austrian background. Eva Smirzitz, a 3rd cousin, in an email dated 8.6.10 comments that her grandmother recalled that Albert was a trained 'glazier' and 'Bader' prior to moving to the UK, giving medical aid and dentistry to poor people.
Ten year census returns between 1841 and 1881 record him having a Chemist shop at the following High Street addresses in Lewes. 59 High Street between 1851-1871, 44 High Street between 1880 - 1886.
Albert was always thought to be a single man. However Louisa Ann was born on the 15th January 1841 to a Marie Collins. Albert Pam appears in her birth Cirtificate as the father. Louisa died aged 30. It is not known whether Louisa married or had any children.
Eva Smirzitz states that he adopted a child named Claire. She later became a ladies companion to Adele Pam in Paris. Adele's granddaughter Jaqueline Porche confirmes this. She remembers that she was known as 'Tatti'. She used to visit the UK occassionally. Jacqueline does not know when she died or where she was buried.
We have a number of photographs of Albert with his nephews, Leopold and Jacob. His Niece Mathild Pam[Tiddy] said that he was among the first to be registered as a Chemist in the UK.
Albert died aged 87 in Lewis. He was buried in accordance with the Jewish faith at the Brighton Synagogue. He left a will valued at £292, equivilant to £23,000 [RPI in 2010]. His executor was Leopold Pam.
There are lots of unanswered questions about Albert – Why did he decide to immigrate to the UK? What made him settle in a small county town of Hastings?