Dawid Cohn and Szajna Ruchla (Jesinier) Jeszurin

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Husband Dawid Cohn

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           Born: Abt 1794
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           Died: Aug 21, 1874
         Buried:  - Warsaw Jewish Cemetery beside his wife, sector 10, row 3, number 30

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         Father: Fiszel Moskowicz Cohn
         Mother: Golda

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       Marriage: 

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Wife Szajna Ruchla (Jesinier) Jeszurin

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         Father: Izaak
         Mother: 

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Children

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1 M Chaim (Jochem/Herman) Cohn

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           Born: Jan 6, 1817 - Warszawa, Poland
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           Died: Apr 9, 1882 - Vienna, Austria
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         Spouse: Rozalia (Rietze) Landau
           Marr: Dec 29, 1835 - Kepno (Kempen), Germany

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2 M Mojzesz (Mosiek) Cohn

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           Born: Abt 1818 - Warszawa, Poland
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           Died: Mar 12, 1907 - Warszawa, Poland
         Buried:  - Warsaw Jewish Cemetery sector 71, row 2, number 74

         Spouse: Rochma Steinkalech-Kalkstein
           Marr: Mar 7, 1837 - Warszawa, Poland

         Spouse: Rozalia (Ruchla) Wohl
           Marr: Apr 17, 1864 - Warszawa, Poland

         Spouse: ?

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3 M Tobiasz Cohn

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           Born: Mar 7, 1820 - Warszawa, Poland
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           Died: Nov 2, 1898 - Warszawa, Poland
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         Spouse: Jenta Rosental
           Marr: Mar 15, 1840 - Warszawa, Poland

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4 F Anna (Henna/Chana) Cohn

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           Born: Abt 1822 - Warszawa, Poland
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           Died: Apr 1, 1919 - Warszawa, Poland
         Buried:  - Warsaw Jewish Cemetery sector 2a, row 14, number 4

         Spouse: Maks Baumritter
           Marr: Feb 20, 1843 - Warszawa, Poland

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5 M Jakob Jankiel Cohn

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           Born: Mar 12, 1825 - Warszawa, Poland
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           Died: Oct 8, 1871 - Warszawa, Poland
         Buried:  - Warsaw Jewish Cemetery sector 1, row 2, number 1

         Spouse: Mayta Liebman
           Marr: Mar 9, 1845 - Zamosc, Poland

         Spouse: Paulina (Pessa Heilpern) Halpern
           Marr: Aug 4, 1857 - Warszawa, Poland

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6 M Wolf Wladyslaw Cohn

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           Born: Abt 1827 - Warszawa, Poland
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           Died: Mar 5, 1903 - Warszawa, Poland
         Buried:  - Warsaw Jewish Cemeter, joiint tombstone with his wife, sector 40, row 10, number 8

         Spouse: Teresa Temerla Bergsohn
           Marr: Mar 4, 1860 - Warszawa, Poland

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7 M Jozef Cohn

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           Born: Abt 1829 - Warszawa, Poland
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           Died: 
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8 F Regina Ryfka Cohn

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           Born: Abt 1830
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           Died: Aug 23, 1905 - Kolberg, Germany
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         Spouse: Antoni Aron Rosenberg

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9 M ? Cohn

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10 F Cecylia Cypa Tzivya Cohn

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           Born: Abt 1835 - Warszawa, Poland
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           Died: Sep 19, 1893 - Warszawa, Poland
         Buried:  - Warsaw Jewish Cemetery sector 12 a, row 1, number 10

         Spouse: Janasz Jonasz Glucksohn
           Marr: Aug 10, 1854 - Warszawa, Poland

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11 F Salomea Chaia Cohn

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           Born: Mar 19, 1836 - Warszawa, Poland
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           Died: Jul 28, 1917 - Berlin, Germany
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         Spouse: Leon Lejbel (Nowepol) Neurfeld
           Marr: Nov 5, 1857 - Warszawa, Poland

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General Notes: Husband - Dawid Cohn

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Dawid Cohn was a son of Fiszel Moskowicz [Cohn] and his wife Golda. H e was born circa 1794 and died Aug. 21, 1874 in Warsaw. He was a sil k merchant. He was married to Szajna Ruchla Jeszurin (b. circa 1799 ; d. Feb. 5, 1872, Warsaw). Her maiden name, Jeszurin, comes from th e marriage record of their son Wolf (Wladyslaw). Dawid and Szajna Ruc hla are buried beside each other in the Warsaw Jewish Cemetery (secto r 10, row 3, number 30).

Dawid Cohn was a member of the Dozor Bozniczy (Synagogue Inspection Co mmitte), head of the Jewish Burial Society, chairman of a charitable o rganization that provided clothing to the porr, and a member of the Je wish hospital for 25 years. During the Polish Uprising of 1830-31 (th e November Uprising) he was an officer in the Civic Guard. He petitio ned the government three times - unsuccessfully - to obtain the privil ege of "favored citizen." He was also a generous benefactor to Jewis h settlers in Jerusalem and was president of the Warsaw branch of th e Meir Baal HaNess Fund. According to his obituary in the newspaper I zraelita he had a special reverence for the land of his ancestors.

According to the birth record of their son Jankiel, Szajna Ruchla wa s born in Szczuczyn in the Lomza Gubernia (although in the record it i s spelled "Szczucin"). (There is also another town of the same name , currently spelled "Scucyn" located further east in present day Belar us). Her father was Icek son of Hayim and her mother was named Haia d aughter of Herszek.

It seems that Rabbi Jakub Meir Jeszuron, who was a dayan in Warsaw - - and prior to that, rabbi in Pultusk -- was Szajna Ruchla's brother . At least all the known evidence suggests this. The town of Szczucz yn was located within the congress Kingdom of Poland but in the north- east, not too far from Lithuania and Byelorussia (Belarus). From hi s book Imrei Yaakov (Warsaw, 1914) we know that Jakub Meir Jeszuron wa s a mitnaged of the Lithuanian school. He was a disciple of Rabbi Chi am of Volozhin, so presumably Jakub Meir attended his famous yeshiva i n Volozhin. (This yeshiva recruited Jakub Meir from Szczuczyn). Rabb i Chaim of Volozhin was the premier disciple of Rabbi Elija, the Viln a Goan, and Rabbi Jakub Meir also quotes him in his book. Moreover, R abbi Jakub Meir Jeszuron's book contains two approbations by Rabbi Cha im Berlin and Rabbi Chaim Solovietchik, ,both famous rabbis who taugh t at the Volozhin yeshiva.

From is tombstone inscription in the book Nachlat Olamim, we know tha t Jakub Meir Jeszuron's grandfather was the preacher (magid) Chiam o f Szczuczyn (or Chiam Szczuczyner). Rabbi Jakub Meir received a Tora h scroll which belonged to his grandfather Chaim. Chaim of Szczuczy n is described in the book as a wealthy man who helped his fellow Jews . The name Chaim agrees with the name of Szajna Ruchla's grandfathe r from the birth record of Jankiel Cohn, as was stated above. However , we don't know if Chaim of Szczuczyn was Jakub Meir's paternal or mat ernal grandfather.

These facts, and also the fact that their ages are not too far apart , make it seem very likely that Szajna Ruchla Jeszurin and Rabbi Jaku b Meir Jeszuron were brother and sister.

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