Harold Zvi Rabbie's Roots

Harold Zvi Rabbie's Roots
Five Dutch-Jewish Families

My ancestors were Dutch Jews with origins in Portugal, Turkey, and Central Europe, who migrated to the Netherlands, and from there to England and other parts of the world. In 1811-12, all Dutch citizens had to take a surname. This was the origin of my father's surname Rabbie, and my mother's surname Pampel. Following the German occupation of the Netherlands in 1940, hundreds of family members were deported and murdered in Nazi concentration camps.

EARLY ANCESTORS

Jacob Abraham RABBIE (the Levite), born about 1745, died 6 January 1814 in Amsterdam. On 5 February 1812, he took the family name Rabbie.
Isaac Isaac PAMPEL, born about 1740 in Amsterdam. On 17 January 1812, he took the family name Pampel.
Joseph Cohen BELINFANTE, born in Lisbon, Portugal. He moved to Turkey in 1526 following the expulsion of the Jews from Spain and Portugal. My ancestor Zaddik Cohen BELINFANTE moved to Amsterdam, where he became the chief rabbi. See this article about the family in the 1906 edition of the Jewish Encyclopedia.
Abraham Haim Levie MONTANHES, born about 1762 in Constantinople, Turkey, died 1829 in Amsterdam. This name is also spelled Montañés, Montanhez, Montanjies, Montanjees, Montagnes, and Monty.
Levie Jonas VAN PRAAG (from Prague), born about 1727 in Prague, Bohemia. He moved to Amsterdam about 1754 when the Empress Maria Theresa expelled the Jews.
Duarte DA SILVA (1596 - 1688) Portuguese converso financier, who was the administrator of the dowry of Catarina de Bragança when she married King Charles II of England. He moved with her to England where his descendants reverted back to Judaism.

LINKS

Index of people in my family tree	E-mail me: hzrabbie@comcast.net
Index of surnames in my family tree	Learn more at the Netherlands Society for Jewish Genealogy and the Dutch Jewish Genealogy Database
My own page in my family tree	Search for victims of the Holocaust in Holland
My cousin Maurice Rabbie Raynor's home page	The Digital Monument to the Jewish Community in the Netherlands