▁to ▁un cover ▁some ▁of ▁her ▁family ' s ▁ancest ry . ▁She ▁trac ed ▁her ▁ancest ors ▁to ▁Ash ken azi ▁Jews ▁who ▁origin ate ▁from ▁eastern ▁Europe ▁and ▁Germany , ▁leaving ▁Law son ▁surprised ▁not ▁to ▁have ▁Se ph ardi ▁ancest ry , ▁as ▁she ▁had ▁believed . ▁She ▁also ▁un cover ed ▁that ▁her ▁mat ernal ▁great - gre at - gre at ▁grand father , ▁Co en ra ad ▁Sam mes ▁( l ater ▁Cole man ▁Joseph ), ▁had ▁fled ▁to ▁England ▁from ▁Amsterdam ▁in ▁ 1 8 3 0 ▁to ▁escape ▁a ▁prison ▁sentence ▁following ▁a ▁conv iction ▁for ▁the ft . ▁His ▁daughter ▁Hann ah ▁married ▁Samuel ▁Gl uck stein , ▁who ▁was ▁in ▁business ▁with ▁Bar nett ▁Sal mon ▁of ▁Sal mon ▁& ▁Gl uck stein . ▁They ▁had ▁several ▁children , ▁including ▁Is id ore ▁and ▁Mont ague ▁Gl uck stein , ▁who ▁together ▁with ▁Sal mon ▁founded ▁J . ▁Ly ons ▁and ▁Co . ▁in ▁ 1 8 8 7 , ▁and ▁Hel ena , ▁who ▁married ▁him . ▁One ▁of ▁the ▁children ▁of ▁Hel ena ▁and ▁Bar nett ▁Sal mon ▁was ▁Alfred ▁Sal mon ▁( 1 8 6 8 – 1 9 2 8 ), ▁the ▁great - grand father ▁of ▁N ig ella ▁Law son . ▁ ▁Education ▁Law son ▁spent ▁some ▁of ▁her ▁child hood ▁in ▁the ▁Wel sh ▁village ▁of ▁High er ▁K inn erton . ▁She ▁had ▁to ▁move ▁schools ▁nine ▁times ▁between ▁the ▁ages ▁of ▁ 9 ▁and