Jakob Jankiel Cohn and Mayta Liebman

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Husband Jakob Jankiel Cohn

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

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         Father: Dawid Cohn
         Mother: Szajna Ruchla (Jesinier) Jeszurin

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       Marriage: Mar 9, 1845 - Zamosc, Poland

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

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Wife Mayta Liebman

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           Born:  - Brody, Galicia, Poland
     Christened: 
           Died: Oct 12, 1848
         Buried: 

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         Father: Szmul Liebman
         Mother: Czarna [maiden name unknown]

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Children

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1 F (stillborn) Cohn

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           Born: May 3, 1846
     Christened: 
           Died: May 3, 1846
         Buried: 

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2 M (stillborn) Cohn

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           Born: Oct 9, 1848
     Christened: 
           Died: Oct 9, 1848
         Buried: 

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General Notes: Husband - Jakob Jankiel Cohn

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Jakob Cohn was the fourth son of Dawid Cohn and Szajna Ruchla nee Jesz urin. He was born in Warsaw on March 12, 1825. He was married twice . His first wife was Mayta Liebman from Brody. They were married i n Zamosc on March 9, 1845. Mayta was a daughter of Szmul Liebman, a m erchant in Brody, and his wife Czarna. Jakob Cohn and Mayta lived i n Bordy and Mayta had at least two stillborn children. The first, a f emale, was born and died on May3, 1846. The second, a male, died on C otober 9, 1848. Mayta herself died a few days later on October 12, 18 48. This information comes from the All Galicia Database of the websi te Gesher Galicia.

Jakob Cohn took part in the revolution of 1848 (in Polish: Wiosna Lud ow [Spring of Nations]), in Galicia. According to an article by one o f his descendants, Helena Balicka-Kozlowska, he then had to flee fro m Galicia and so he returned to Warsaw. She also writes that he wa s a grain merchant while living in Galicia.

Jakob's second wife was Paulina (Pessa) Halpern [Heilpern] (born 1836) . They were married on August 4, 1857 in Warsaw. She was also from B rody and was a daughter of Pinkus Halpern and Chana Frajds nee Halpern . According to the book Udzial Zydow w Walce o niepodleglosc Polski ( 1938) by Janusz Konrad Urbach (page 133) her brother Izydor Heilpern , who was a participant in the January 1863-64 Uprising, was born in B ordy.

Jakob Cohn died on October 8, 1871 in Warsaw and is buried in the Wars aw Jewish Cemetery. His tombstone contains an engraving of the symbo l of the kohanim, two hands in the form of a blessing, and on the bac k the inscription of a Hebrew poem compsoed by his brother Tobiasz Coh n. Jakob Cohn and Paulina nee Halpern had at leasst five children.

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Sources

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4. JRI-Poland Shtetl CO-OP Volunteers, comp, Poland, Jewish Records Indexing-Poland, Marriages, 1798-1939 (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 200 8;). Specific source information is provided with each record. This JRI-Pol and data is provided in partnership with JewishGen.org. JRI-Poland is an independent orga nization and its database is hosted by JewishGen.