Background
His parents were Emanuel Menachem Samuel and Hanna Hinde. His father moved from Kempen in Posen in Silesia (now Kępno in Poland) to London. Moses with his mother moved to Liverpool around 1805.
His parents were Emanuel Menachem Samuel and Hanna Hinde. His father moved from Kempen in Posen in Silesia (now Kępno in Poland) to London. Moses with his mother moved to Liverpool around 1805.
He went into business, not with any great success, but founding what later became the H. Samuel chain.