Rebecca (Betty) FINEBERG

Born:   15th September 1919, Whitechapel, London
Father: Joseph FINEBERG
Mother: Rachel LEVY
 
Married: Leon Philip MARGOLIS, 22nd August 1955, Westminster, London
 
Children: none
 
Died: 26th December 1996, Roehampton, London
 

Rebecca (Betty) Fineberg was born in Whitechapel in 1915, the only child of Joseph Fineberg and Rachel Levy. At the time of her marriage to Leon Philip Margolis in 1955 she was working as an advertising executive. They lived for a time in Malta, where Leon worked as a meteorologist, and later settled in Richmond, Surrey. Betty was a keen amateur painter and very fond of cats.

[Betty and cousins] [Betty in the WAAF] [Betty and Leon's wedding]
Betty (centre) with two of her cousins. Betty (front) with three WAAF friends and a cat. Betty and Leon on their wedding day.

Sources:

  1. Birth certificate for Rebecca Fineberg.
  2. Marriage certificate for Leon Philip Margolis and Rebecca Fineberg.
  3. Death certificate for Betty Rebecca Margolis.