Lask, Yechiel Michel Kohn of
(-1832)
Lask, Reyla Kohen CATZ Ha Cohen of
Cohn, Fiszel Moskowicz
Golda,
Leipziger, Wolf Michel Cohn
(Abt 1775-1826)
Cohn, Sora Rochel
(Abt 1784-1850)
Cohn, Itzig Wolf (Icyk, or Izaak)
(Abt 1807-)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Aszkenazi, Chaia

2. Berenstein, Klaudia (Golda)

Cohn, Itzig Wolf (Icyk, or Izaak)

  • Born: Abt 1807
  • Marriage (1): Aszkenazi, Chaia
  • Marriage (2): Berenstein, Klaudia (Golda) on Jul 8, 1837 in Warsaw, Poland

  General Notes:

He was a merchant. He was married twice. HIs first wife was Haia, da ughter of Abysz Aszkenazi. Haia died on January 20, 1836. His secon d wife was Klaudia (Golda) Berenstein, whom he married in Warsaw on Ju ly 8, 1837. She was from Amsterdam and was a daughter of Rabbi Samue l Berenstein of Amsterdam and Rozalia (Rebecca) a daughter of Moses . During the November Uprising of 1830-31, he was an officer in the J ewish Civic Guard, as was his uncle Dawid Cohn. At some point he an d Kaudia moved to Breslau.

Itzig married again on July 8, 1837 in Warsaw to Klaudia/Claudia (Gold a) Berenstein, daughter of Rabbi Samuel Berenstein, head rabbi of Amst erdam, and his wife Rozalia (Rebecca), daughter of Moses Saul Loewenst amm. Claudia was born in Amsterdam on May 8, 1815.

At some point Itzig and Claudia moved to Breslau. In several 19th cen tury periodicals his company, known officially as "Itzig W. M. Cohn, " is mentioned, along with the names Michael cohn, Claudia Cohn, and A lbert Cohn. Michael Cohn is presumably his eldest son, listed above , from his first marriage. Albert Cohn is probably a son from his se cond marriage, since he is not listed among the surviving children o f Haia. And since Abysz died as a child, we know it can't be him.

Itzig Wolf Michel Cohn's legacy and death registration have survived a nd can be found among records of the Breslau Jewish community (sygn. 1 05/743m) found on the website of the Polish Central Jewish Library [Ce ntrala Biblioteka Judaistyczna]. His "Legat" contains several date s " March 19, 1866; April 1, 1866 [29 Nissan 5626]; and May 24, 1866 . The handwriting is hard to read. The document which mentions the d ate April 14, 1866, and includes the Hebrew date of 29 Nissan 5626, me ntions the Kaddish prayer and the name of Michael Cohn. So presumabl y he said Kaddish for him on this date.

The website "Gemeente Amsterdam Stadsarchief" [Municipality of Amsterd am City Archive] contains archival information about Berenstien famil y of Amsterdam (1241. Archief van der FAmilie Berenstein). Among th e letters in Hebrew in the collection is one from Itzig Wolf Michel Co hn's brother Abel Wolf Cohn of Zurawno written to Rabbi Samuel Berenst ein of Amsterdam. He writes that he is very happy to learn that his b rother Itzig is engaged to Rabbi Berenstein's daughter. He describe s Itzig as, "the best of the brothers." After his signature he write s his wife's regards to Rabbi Berenstein's wife and family. Her nam e was Henschel. His first wife (the motehr of Claudia, named Rebeca ) died in 1835. Abel also mentions Rabbi Berenstein's son-in-law, "wh om I know well from Brody."

On the second page of this letter Itzig Wolf MIchel Cohn himself wrot e to his future father-in-law Rabbi Berisch Berenstein, who later beca me rabbi of The Hague. This letter is dated 13 Nissan 5567 [1837].

Another letter in the archive is a letter from Itzig from the year 183 8, written from Warsaw. The first part is a letter to his father-in-l aw written in Hebrew. He mentions that he received his father-in-law' s letter late because he was traveling to his brother Joseph/s daughte r's wedding. He gives the distance he had to travel as Sheva Paraso t [about 25 km]. This might refer to the wedding of JOseph's daughte r Hinda who was married to Michel Bornstein. They lived in Kozienic e and had some children born there, such as a son, Serka, b. circa 184 3. Hinda would have been 16 in 1838. The distance from Warsaw to Koz ienice is about 180 km.

In the second part of this letter he wrote to his brother-in-law Beris ch in Yiddish, and mentioned that Berisch was the matchmaker. After h is signature the letter continues with Claudia writing to her family.


Itzig married Chaia Aszkenazi, daughter of Abysz Aszkenazi and Unknown. (Chaia Aszkenazi died on Jan 20, 1836.)


Itzig next married Klaudia (Golda) Berenstein, daughter of Rabbi Samuel Berenstein and Rozalia (Rebecca) [maiden name unkonwn], on Jul 8, 1837 in Warsaw, Poland. (Klaudia (Golda) Berenstein was born in Amsterdam, Holland.)




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