Cohn, Szlama Salomon

  General Notes:

Szlama [Salomon] Cohn was a son of Wolf Michel Cohn (Leipziger) and So ra Rochel Cohn. He was born on Aug. 31, 1818 in Warsaw. He moved t o Odessa where he owned a bank with his brother Gecel. This informati on comes from the memoirs of Ita nee Pines Yellin, daughter of Hinda n ee Cohn Pines, sister of Szlama (Salomon) Cohn. Szlama (Salomon) wa s married to Hinde Jekelis. On the marriage record of his daughter Es ter, from 1885, he is described as a negocyant in Odessa. Presumabl y he lived first in Tysmienica in Galicia, since, according to the mar riage record of his daughter Ester, she was born there. And on the ma rriage record of his daughter Chaia [Clara] he is described as being f rom Tysmienica.

The maiden name of Szlama's wife Hinde can be deduced from some inform ation in the book Geza Yishai (1854). This book gives information abo ut most of the fathers of the daughters-in-law of Wolf Michel Cohn (Le ipziger). In the list of names the author includes: "The wealthy Ela zar Jekelis [son-in-law of the wealthy Abraham Isaac from Tysmenitz] , son of the rabbi of Jaworow [Yavoriv] and grandson of Rabbi Elazar f rom Amsterdam." By process of elimination Hinde must be the daughte r of Elazar Jekelis.

Elazar Jekelis is mentioned in the donors list in the book Limudei Hat eva under the town of Tysmenitz [Tysmienica]. He died in Lwow in 1854 , aged 56. His wife was Serka Bluhstein, probably a daughter of Abrah am Bluhstein (who died in 1833, 48 years old). Elazar had a sister na med Hinde (b. 1822). Since Salomon Cohn's daughter Ester had a son na med Luzer, and since Hinde's age is close to Salomon's it might seem l ikely that Elazar Jekelis's sister Hinde was Salomon's wife (rather th an Elazar Jekelis's daughter Hinde). However, the books do not verig y this and indicate that Elazar Jekelis was the father-in-law.

Szlama married Hinde Jekelis, daughter of Elazar Jekelis and Unknown.