As the community's economic position improved, they mostly migrated to more middle-class Jewish areas such as Doornfontein, Hillbrow and Yeoville.

[3]: 68  The land was purchased by two businessmen, Henry Brown Marshall and his brother-in-law William M'Laren, in September 1886.

In the late nineteenth century, a significant number of Eastern European Jewish immigrants settled in the area and neighbouring Ferreirasdorp.

[2] It was uncommon for the district's Jewish residents to work as miners, but most provided goods and services to the nearby mines.

This allowed these residents to leave the poor conditions of the district and migrate to middle-class Jewish areas such as Doornfontein, Hillbrow and Yeoville.