HARTMAN Emily

Emily Hartman was born in Sheffield on the 20th April 1895, the daughter of Aaron and Dora Hartman. Although all sources located give her year of birth as 1895, her birth was actually registered in the September quarter 1894.

In 1901 Emily and her parents along with older sister Ethel and younger brother Louis were living at 41 Scotland Street, Sheffield. Aaron and Dora were both born in Poland and in 1909 at the age of 41, Aaron applied for a Certificate of Naturalization for himself and his wife. By this time the family were resident at 56 Southgrove Road, Sheffield. Aaron was recorded as a Wholesale Jeweller and Wall Paper Merchant and the couple now had six children. By 1911 Emily, her parents, two sisters and three brothers were resident at 4 Wharncliffe Road, Sheffield.

In April 1918 Emily joined the British Red Cross and St John Ambulance Brigade Voluntary Aid Detachment as a Probationer Nurse, spending one month working at the 2nd Western General Hospital in Manchester before moving to the Military Hospital in Bermondsey, London on the 1st June 1918. Sadly, Emily died in the hospital on Sunday 20th October 1918, her death attributed to pneumonia following influenza. Her ‘heartbroken parents’ announced her death in the Sheffield Daily Telegraph, 26th October 1918. Emily was buried in Ecclesfield Jewish Cemetery in Sheffield and was later remembered by her parents in De Ruvigny’s Roll of Honour. She is also remembered on the Nurses memorial in York Minster and on the St John Ambulance Roll of Honour.

Emily Hartman’s entry in DeRuvigny’s Roll of Honour

The following information has been researched by and is courtesy of Marian Wood:
Born 20 April 1895 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, a daughter of Moses Hartman and Dora Hurwich Hartman. Predeceased by brother Lewis Hyman Hartman as well as by older sisters Rachel Hartman and Ethel Hartman, survived by parents. Posthumously awarded the Victory Medal, British War Medal World War I, Memorial Death Plaque World War I.

Emily was the niece of my great uncle’s wife. She is of very much deserving of honour for her service and should be remembered with pride and compassion for what she did to help others during the Great War.

I (Marian) have created a free memorial page for Emily which can be found via the following link: https://www.fold3.com/memorial/664316753/emily-hartman

This memorial page incorporates the Find a Grave memorial and info about Emily. It also links to other sources on Fold 3, sources that are widely available for free elsewhere.

Emily Hartman. Copyright unknown