| Description | Identity book (and holder) issued to Israel Eickman alias Rosenberg of 220 St. George Street. Gives his date of birth as 1869, nationality as 'Russian Jew', occupation as 'book [boot] laster' (for Cohen & Co. of Hanbury Street), parent's names as Lazurus and Anna Eickman, wife's name as Edith Rosenberg (formerly Green; her birthplace is also given as Russia), and states that he served in the Russian army 1890-1893.
Also gives details of his two children under 18 years of age (Harry, born in England in 1902 and David born in England in 1907) and of his son Lance Corporal L. Rosenberg, serving in H.M. Forces. Records that he arrived in the Police District where he now lives, from Bethnal Green in 1901, and that on 26 August 1918 he was fined £20 at Thames Street Court for receiving tins of Salmon.
Included in the book is a photograph and thumb-print ['cannot write'], plus names of 2 witnesses (John D. Hamlyn, naturalist, of 221 St. George Street, and F. H. Atkinson, newsagent, of 66 Upper East Smithfield). |