Gecel (Gotzel) Cohn and Selde Antel

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Husband Gecel (Gotzel) Cohn

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           Born: Abt 1820
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         Father: Wolf Michel Cohn Leipziger
         Mother: Sora Rochel Cohn

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       Marriage:  - Brody, Galicia, Poland

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Wife Selde Antel

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           Born: 1824
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         Father: Leib Antel
         Mother: Reikel Reich

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Children

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1 M Moses Leyb Cohn

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           Born: Oct 28, 1843 - Brody, Galicia, Poland
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General Notes: Husband - Gecel (Gotzel) Cohn

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He moved to Odessa where he had a bank with his brother Szlama (inform ation from the memoirs of Ita Yellin). It appears he also lived in Br ody and got merried there. In the All Galicia Database of the websit e "Gesher Galicia" there is a marriage record of a man named Gotzel Wo lf Cohn and Selde Antel in Brody. The marriage was registered on Jul y 7, 1844. Also a man named Gezel Kohn had a son born in Brody name d Moses L. Kohn. He was born on October 28, 1843, so the marriage wa s probably a late registration.

Gecel Wolf Cohn was a son of Wolf Michel Cohn and Sora Rochel nee Cohn . We don't know his exact date of birth but he was probably born in e ither 1822, 1823, or 1824, since there is a sutiable gap between the b irths of his sister Chaia (b. Cec. 9, 1821) and his sister Estera (b . July 30, 1825). It seems fairly certain that he moved to Brody, sin ce there are some records there of a man named Gotzel Wolf Cohn. Howe ver, according to the Brody Jewish Census Records, from the year 1850 , he was born in 1815. But this might not be correct since the sons o f Wolf Michel Cohn in his death record appear to be listed in order be ginning with the eldest. In this case Gecel would be born after Mosie k who was born in 1820.

According to a police report from Oct. 1863 Gotzel was 43 years old i n 1863, therefore born circa 1820.

In the All Galicia Database of the website "GEsher Galicia" there i s a marriage record of a man named Gotzel Wolf Cohn and Selde Antel i n Brody. The marriage was registered on July 1844. This might be a l ate registration since. Gotzel and Selde had a son born in Brody on O ct. 28, 1843. Gotzel [spelled Getzel], Selde and Moses Leyb are liste d in the Brody Census with the house #1193.

According to the census Selde was born in 1824. Her birth record in G esher Galicia is May 21, 1823, daughter of Leib Antel. Her mother mus t have been Reikel Reich. Reikel's marriage with Leib Antel was regis tered in Brody on May 1, 1823. She died on Oct. 8, 1824. Leib Ante l married again to Chaie Jolles, registered in Brody on May 11, 1825.

Some information about Gotzel Wolf Cohn pertaining to a bankruptcy cas e appeared in German language newspapers in 1859 and 1863. In May 185 9 the case was opened in Zloczoww. His name appears along with Gold e Aronsohn, in connection with the Brody firm Hersch Reich's successor s. Golde Aronsohn was a sister of Gotzel's wife Selde. IN 1863 ther e is information about Gotzel Wolf Cohn in some police newspapers. H e was accused of committing the crime of fraud, that is, fraudulent bn kruptcy. The police report gives a detailed report of his travels i n 1858. It includes a physical description noting that he customaril y wore "elegant German clothing."

We know more facts about Gecel Wolf Cohn from the memoirs of his grea t niece Ita nee Pines Yellin. She writes that he moved to Odessa wher e he had a bank with his brother Szlama (Salomon). Gecel later move d to Eretz Israel. This was after Nechama Karlinski's husband (Noac h Karlinski) left Israel to return to Russia. Ita Yellin writes tha t he was about 70 years old. Noach Karlinski had tried to purchase so me land in Kfar Saba but was unsuccessful.

Nechama was a sister of Ita Yellin [see the information listing the ch ildren of HInda Cohn and Noach Pines].

Gecel moved to Israel after his wife's death after 1896, and then he l ived in Jaffa in Yechiel Pine's house. His only son, his wiefe and th eir child remained in Odessa. There they continued to work in the ban k with Gecel's brother Szlama. They sent profits from the bank to Gec el who used the money to purchase the Kfar Saba land along with the pa rtners of Noach Karlinski.

We don't know exactly when Gecel moved to Israel, but it must have bee n after 1879. This is because Ita Yellin writes that when the PInes f amily traveled to Eretz Israel in 1879 they stopped on the way in Odes sa where they saw Szlama (Salomon) Cohn and his brother Gecel.

We don't know where Gecel Wolf Cohn died. But since he moved to Israe l he might have died there and might be buried there.

In JRI-Poland, in the database "Vsis Rossia [All Russia] 1895, 1899, 1 903, 1911" (information taken from a business directory) we can find s ome references to Salomon Kon, and Kogan, son of Vol'f. Gecel does no t appear in the directory for these years, so we can assume he was i n Israel for these years, and probably remained there. Here is the in formation:
1. KOGAN, Solomon, son of Vol'f, haberdasher, 1895. Address in Odess a" Rishel'evskaia, # not shown.
2. KOGAN, [given name not shown] cigarette wrapper and cartridge cas e factory, 1895. Address in Odessa: Rishel'evskaia, # not shown. [h e might be Salomon, son of Vol'f, since his address is also Rishel'evs kaia, just like Solomon Kogan the haberdasher listed above].
3. KOGAN, Solomon, son of Vol'f, paraffin candle factory, 1899. Addr ess in Odessa: Lipinskii Lane 61.
4. KOGAN, Solomon, son of Vol'f, candle store, 1899. Address in Odes sa: B. Amautskaia, Barbosh building.
5. KON, Solomon, son of Vol'f, middleman/broker agency, 1903. Addres s in Odessa: Ekaterninskaia, street 3 not shown.

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Sources

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