Cohn, Majer

  General Notes:

(b. May 4, 1849, Warsaw) Merchant. He married Etka Chaja Kernbaum (o r Kornbaum) in Warsaw on November 4/16, 1875. The marriage was regist ered on November 6/18, 1875. At the time of the marriage Majer's pare nts were both alive. Majer was 26 and Etka Chaja was 20. Etka Chaj a was a daughter of Izrael Kernbaum and Frajda nee Prager from Warsaw . Before the marriage they made a pre-nuptial agreemant at the offic e of Antonij Kochanowski.

Also in 1875, Majer Cohn was one of the defendants in a criminal cas e in Warsaw. The results of the trial were printed in the newspaper G azeta Warszawska (Nr. 277) from 3 (15) December 1875. The trial itsel f was conducted on August 18/30 1875. Twenty-two people were on tria l - most of them have Jewish names but some have Polish names. They a re listed wit their parents' names, and "Majer Kohn" is listed as th e son of Chaim and Rozalia.

They were all tried "in abstentia' and found guilty for leaving the c ountry illegally. It gives the destinations of some of them. Majer w ent to Autstria in 1870 illegallly (Perhaps he went to Lwow where hi s brother Izydor was living. Also in 1870 his brother JOzua was in Vi enna studying music).

The notice in the newspaper also says that most of the defendants, inc luding Majer Kohn, were found guilty. They were "stripped of all thei r rights and banished for life" and if they would every come back of t heir own accord they would be settled in Siberia. However, Majer di d return and, as was stated above, got married in Warsaw in November 1 875.

Majer married Etka Chaja Kernbaum, daughter of Izrael Kernbaum and Frajda Prager, on Nov 16, 1875 in Warsaw, Poland.