Cohen (see also Nichinsky-Cohen)

PHOTOS GRATEFULLY SUBMITTED BY SHALOM COHEN, GRANDSON OF HARRY AND BERTHA COHEN.

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ABOVE PHOTOS:

LEFT: Annie Nichinsky-Cohen

CENTER: Harry and Bertha Cohen with chilren (left-right): Jack, Joe, Mark, Lily.

RIGHT: Harry and Bertha Cohen

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ABOVE PHOTOS:

LEFT: HARRY COHEN

CENTER: BERTHA COHEN

RIGHT: TOMBSTONE POSSIBLY OF LEWIS NICHINSKY-COHEN

 

THANK YOU TO ALL THE NICHINSKY-COHEN DESCENDANTS WHO HAVE GRACIOUSLY SUPPLIED THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ON THEIR FAMILY. ALSO, SPECIAL THANKS TO SHALOM COHEN FOR PROVIDING SIX WONDERFUL PHOTOS OF THE FAMILY WHICH ARE SHOWN AT THE VERY BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE. VERY SINCERELY, JUDY MURATORE.

Click here to see full entries from www.klodawa.org on the Nicinski-Cohen Family.

FROM JOHN CORK 3/15/07: I would like to thank Judy Muratore for putting me in contact with Tanya Jones and her mother Elaine. It has been great to exchange family stories and information. It's funny, we have the same old photo's and was spooky to discover we live only a few miles apart, despite how far the family has travelled in both distance and generations. We both only know of six children that Lewis and Annie Nichinski had:- Harry, Hyman, Barnet, Eva, Marks and Joseph. We know Annie was a widow when she escaped Klodawa about 1890 with the children to London and changed the family name to Cohen, so would love to know who the seventh child is, as referenced on the Klodawa Town Roster. We are also researching if Lewis was killed by Cossacks and what conflict it was in.

FROM LEN LEVIN 6/15/07: Hi Judy, My maternal grandfather , Hyman NichinskI came to England from Klodawa late in the 1880s, changing his name to Cohen His anglicized parents' names were Lewis & Annie. Lewis, a tailor & retired soldier, is reputed to have been murdered by cossacks, so Annie , her daughter Eva & the 4 other sons followed Hyman to England . Eva , Harry & Barnet lived out their lives in England, while Hyman & Joe went to live in Australia, & Marks went to Canada. I gave the family tree details to Elaine Herrett, who gave me your email address, also to Honey Bot in Toronto. My g-grandmother was also from Klodawa. She was Hyman's mother-in-law, & her name was Yetta Cymber, ( or Simber). I have a tree of her parents & siblings, if this is of value to you. She married in Klodawa Jacob Czerniak from neighbouring Przedecz. Regards Len Levin.

Per Email from Shalom Cohen 10/27/07 regarding potential tombstone of Lewis Nichinsky:(see photo below)

Dear Judy,

I am the grandson of Harry Cohen, one of the children of Lewis and Annie Nichinsky from Klodawa. I live in England. I have been doing some family research and came across the email written to you by Len Levin. Do you happen to have his email address as it would be really interesting getting in touch. Also, I wasn't too clear about it all - are we related? Shalom Cohen.
 Additonal Email from Shalom Cohen 11/22/07: Hello Judy, I've received a very fascinating email from a cousin on my father Mark's side. What do you think about the possibility that the tombstone photo might well be that of my great grandfather Lewis? Anyway, here it is copied. Do you know whether some tombstones of that period came without surnames? It's dated as 1883 so that would indeed fit into the time period around the birth of the last child of Lewis and Annie, Lewis's death and the end of the 1880's when Annie came over to England with her children. What do you think? Is there any way to check local Klodawa tombstone information armed with these first names? Looking forward to hearing your thoughts.Take care. Shalom.
 
DEAR SHALOM
WHEN I FIRST SAW THE TOMBSTONE PHOTO I AUTOMATICALLY ASSUMED LEIBUSH WAS A FIRST NAME – I DON’T THINK THERE ARE ANY SURNAMES. IT SAYS:YEHUDAH LEIBUSH BEN REB TZVI THE COHEN. I THINK YEHUDAH, LEIBUSH AND TZVI ARE ALL FIRST NAMES. LEWIS WOULD BE THE ENGLISH EQUIVALENT OF THE YIDDISH LEIBUSH. ALISA.
 
 PER EMAIL FROM ROBIN NICHINSKY: Hi Judy. If your uncle was close with Mark Burdowski he must have known the Nichinsky family! My dad Sam and Mark were very close (in NY too). When I went to Klodawa this summer, I discovered there were two Nicinski families in Klodawa in the 1930's/40's: my grandfather Yosef Zelig Nihinski and Avraham Chaim Nicinski. They were both tailors and I don't know if either were related to each other or to Lewis & Annie Nichinsky, who had moved to England earlier (although I do know that my grandmother, Henrietta Nichinsky/Cohen, must have been related to Annie because her ancestors changed their name from Nichinsky to Cohen). This is all such a puzzle!