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**It is possible to construct an interesting connection between two men:**
'''The first was [[Moses ben Israel Lazarus (Isserles-Lazarus)]]''' He was born between 1523-30
and would, in modern language, have been known as Rabbi Moses Isserles. He died near the age of 50 in 1572 in [[Cracow]],
in Poland. He was an imposing man and he founded a Yeshiva and was its Rosh Jeshivah (President) for life. He was the author of "Darkhe
Moshe"
the ashkenazi viewpoint of Josef Caro's sephardic Halachic tradition. He was
the codifier of ashkenazi traditions and through his additions, the "Shulchan
Aruch" became the authoritative work among the Ashkenazim. This family
tree descends from Moses in a line to join with the son of the first identified
Cassirer, [[Loebel Moses Cassirer 1738-1880]] and his wife Sarah (Zerchen) Ruben
1743-1809. [[Loebel's Stamm Nummer,]] a form of residence permit survives. It shows he had
not quite as many rights as 'General Privileg', but better than 'Toleriert'
and that he was a also a steuernumerant (number holder) and thus was a
tax paying member of the community. (For a note on the origin of the Cassirer
name [[click here]].) Loebel's signature survives on [[his Stamm Nummer]] and this echo from 1796 is shown below.
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Loebel and Sara had at least 4 sons including:
[[Gerson]] (born 1768), [[Hirsch]] (born
1772), [[Jacob]] (born 1774) and [[Moses]] (born
1771) ben Loebel Cassirer. The latter, [[Moses Loebel Cassirer (1771-1837)]] as he later came to be
called, married[[Pesel Bat Salomon Friedlander]] (GGGGGG
Granddaughter of Moses ben Israel Lazarus- see above) in 1791.
And it is from this union that that
the line of Cassirers whose history is recounted here are descended.
Moses Loebel Cassirer (1771-1837)
and his wife Pesel.
Amongst the children of
Moses Cassirer and Pesel was [[Markus Cassirer]],
born in lower Silesia, in [[Schwientochlowitz]] (later
the site of a Nazi death camp and now situated in Poland), in 1801. Markus
Cassirer married [[Jeanette Steinitz]] . Their children
who would map out a remarkable history. That history of the
Cassirer descendants is expanded on in considerable detail [[here]].
'''The second man of interest was [[Don Menachem Chajim Ha-Kohen.]][^Source for Don Ha-Kohen^] '''He was born in 1650 and is said to
have come from Spain to Holland and then to Niederwerrn [Niderweren]. Niederwerrn
is a small village outside Schweinfurt in
the northern part of what is now the German state of Bavaria. (Only a few Jews have returned to live
in Niederweren. The beautiful city of [[Schweinfurt]]
is also now the home of the 12,000 soldiers of the US 1st Infantry Division
"The Big Red One")
Don Menachem's grandchildren included
Chajim born in 1761, Hannah (1766-1848), Levy (1775-1851) and
Menachen Hayum Ha-Kohen (1762). As
a result of legislation enforcing adoption of surnames, some branches
of the family adopted the new name Kohnstamm, others dropped the
prefix 'Ha' and became known as Kohn.
(Cohn was at that time a legitimate alternative spelling.)
[[Menachen Hayum Ha-Kohen]] emigrated to England in 1782 and established
a family in Brighton. It was in the course of this that he anglicized
his name to "[[Emanuel Hyum Cohen]]". (Much later, the family
he left behind in Germany took up the family name Kohnstamm.)
All of Emanuel Cohen's descendants remaining in England are through
the female line. But the name Cohen continues on born by the numerous
progeny of his sons who emigrated from England. Emanuel Cohen's
descendants spread across Canada, the USA, South Africa, New Zealand
and Australia.
It was one of Emanuel Cohen's sons, [[Abraham Cohen]],
who arrived from England in Australia
in 1835 . A year later he married [[Sophia]], the daughter of [[Henry Cohen]] (a tailor who in 1833 had been
transported from London to Australia for possessing several stolen promissory
notes). And it was [[Barbara Cohen]], GG Grandaughter of Henry Cohen,
and also sister in law to Abraham Cohen's G Grandson [[Bruce Benjamin]],
who would meet, and ultimately marry a son of a Cassirer.
Abraham Cohen (1812-1874)
Sophia Cohen (1816-1882)
Henry Cohen (1790-1867)
There is not much more that need be said here about this.
Both stories begin not far apart close to what is now the border of Poland and
Germany. This is not purely coincidence, since this was also a place where Jewish
people could survive, at least for periods of this history without constant
persecution [see [[note on the history of Central Europe]]]. Both families are forced apart, the Cassirers by the holocaust,
and the Cohens first by an earlier period of persecution and then, in the case
of Abraham Cohen, by the desire to find better financial circumstances through
emigration. And as a result, the lines curve together to intersect some three
hundred years later - about as far away as is possible - across the other side
of the world in Australia.
Obviously how we see the world depends
on where we stand in it. As one of the children of that union
of a Cohen and son of a Cassirer, there is some interest in that
intersection of what are otherwise separate and distant stories.
But the broader interest will be in the two distinct Cohen and
Cassirer stories and some highlights are provided in following
pages.
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*CassirerHistories
**[[Main.CassirersFoundingYears|Boom in the Founder Years]]
**[[Schwientochlowitz to Breslau]]
**[[Breslau to Berlin]]
**[[Music, Publishing and Art]]
**[[Continuing the Entrepeneurship]]
**[[Daughters]]
**[[The Scattered Generations]]
*[[Main.CohenBeginnings|Cohen Histories]]
**[[Cohen Beginnings]]
**[[Making their way]]
**[[Following generations]]
Of course Cohen and Cassirer are not the only families whose trajectories intersect at this point. Wives and husbands from other families merge in bringing other influences and histories. Over time, some of the other family histories which emerge as important influences will also be added to this overview. One is that of the Falk family, which originated in Dessau, also in the same area of Central Europe as the Cassirers and Cohens, and which became entwined with both.
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Of course Cohen and Cassirer are not the only families whose trajectories intersect at this point. Wives and husbands from other families merge in bringing other influences and histories. Over time, some of the other family histories which emerge as important influences will also be added to this overview. One is that of the Falk family, which originated in Dessau, also in the same area of Central Europe as the Cassirers and Cohens, and which became entwined with both.
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**[[Main.CassirersFoundingYears|Boom in the Founder Years]]
**[[Schwientochlowitz to Breslau]]
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**[[Music, Publishing and Art]]
**[[Continuing the Entrepeneurship]]
**[[Daughters]]
**[[The Scattered Generations]]
*[[Main.CohenBeginnings|Cohen Histories]]
**[[Cohen Beginnings]]
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Of course Cohen and Cassirer are not the only families whose trajectories intersect at this point. Wives and husbands from other families merge in bringing other influences and histories. Over time, some of the other family histories which emerge as important influences will also be added to this overview. One is that of the Falk family, which originated in Dessau, also in the same area of Central Europe as the Cassirers and Cohens, and which became entwined with both.
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the northern part of what is now the German state of Bavaria. (No Jews live
in Niederweren anymore. The beautiful city of [[Schweinfurt]]
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and would, in modern language, have been known as Rabbi Moses Isserles.[[†]] He
died near the age of 50 in 1572 in [[Cracow]],
in Poland. He was an imposing man and he founded a Yeshiva and was its
Rosh Jeshivah (President) for life. He was the author of "Darkhe
in Poland. He was an imposing man and he founded a Yeshiva and was its
Rosh Jeshivah (President) for life. He was the author of "Darkhe
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and would, in modern language, have been known as Rabbi Moses Isserles. He died near the age of 50 in 1572 in [[Cracow]],
in Poland. He was an imposing man and he founded a Yeshiva and was its Rosh Jeshivah (President) for life. He was the author of "Darkhe
in Poland. He was an imposing man and he founded a Yeshiva and was its Rosh Jeshivah (President) for life. He was the author of "Darkhe
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and would, in modern language, have been known as Rabbi Moses Isserles.[[†]] He
died near the age of 50 in 1572 in [[Cracow]],
in Poland. He was an imposing man and he founded a Yeshiva and was its
Rosh Jeshivah (President) for life. He was the author of "Darkhe
Moshe"
the ashkenazi viewpoint of Josef Caro's sephardic Halachic tradition. He was
the codifier of ashkenazi traditions and through his additions, the "Shulchan
Aruch" became the authoritative work among the Ashkenazim. This family
tree descends from Moses in a line to join with the son of the first identified
Cassirer, [[Loebel Moses Cassirer 1738-1880]] and his wife Sarah (Zerchen) Ruben
1743-1809. [[Loebel's Stamm Nummer,]] a form of residence permit survives. It shows he had
not quite as many rights as 'General Privileg', but better than 'Toleriert'
and that he was a also a steuernumerant (number holder) and thus was a
tax paying member of the community. (For a note on the origin of the Cassirer
name [[click here]].) Loebel's signature survives on [[his Stamm Nummer]] and this echo from 1796 is shown below.
Loebel and Sara had at least 4 sons including:
[[Gerson]] (born 1768), [[Hirsch]] (born
1772), [[Jacob]] (born 1774) and [[Moses]] (born
1771) ben Loebel Cassirer. The latter, [[Moses Loebel Cassirer (1771-1837)]] as he later came to be
called, married[[Pesel Bat Salomon Friedlander]] (GGGGGG
Granddaughter of Moses ben Israel Lazarus- see above) in 1791.
And it is from this union that that
the line of Cassirers whose history is recounted here are descended.
Moses Loebel Cassirer (1771-1837)
and his wife Pesel.
Amongst the children of
Moses Cassirer and Pesel was [[Markus Cassirer]],
born in lower Silesia, in [[Schwientochlowitz]] (later
the site of a Nazi death camp and now situated in Poland), in 1801. Markus
Cassirer married [[Jeanette Steinitz]] . Their children
who would map out a remarkable history. That history of the
Cassirer descendants is expanded on in considerable detail [[here]].
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have come from Spain to Holland and then to Niederwerrn [Niderweren]. Niederwerrn
is a small village outside Schweinfurt in
the northern part of what is now the German state of Bavaria. (No Jews live
in Niederweren anymore. The beautiful city of [[Schweinfurt]]
is also now the home of the 12,000 soldiers of the US 1st Infantry Division
- "The Big Red One". )
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Menachen Hayum Ha-Kohen (1762). As
a result of legislation enforcing adoption of surnames, some branches
of the family adopted the new name Kohnstamm, others dropped the
prefix 'Ha' and became known as Kohn.
(Cohn
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'''The first was [[Moses ben Israel Lazarus (Isserles-Lazarus)]]''' He was born between 1523-30
and would, in modern language, have been known as Rabbi Moses Isserles.[[†]] He
died near the age of 50 in 1572 in [[Cracow]],
in Poland. He was an imposing man and he founded a Yeshiva and was its
Rosh Jeshivah (President) for life. He was the author of "Darkhe
Moshe"
the ashkenazi viewpoint of Josef Caro's sephardic Halachic tradition. He was
the codifier of ashkenazi traditions and through his additions, the "Shulchan
Aruch" became the authoritative work among the Ashkenazim. This family
tree descends from Moses in a line to join with the son of the first identified
Cassirer, [[Loebel Moses Cassirer 1738-1880]] and his wife Sarah (Zerchen) Ruben
1743-1809. [[Loebel's Stamm Nummer,]] a form of residence permit survives. It shows he had
not quite as many rights as 'General Privileg', but better than 'Toleriert'
and that he was a also a steuernumerant (number holder) and thus was a
tax paying member of the community. (For a note on the origin of the Cassirer
name [[click here]].) Loebel's signature survives on [[his Stamm Nummer]] and this echo from 1796 is shown below.
and would, in modern language, have been known as Rabbi Moses Isserles.[[†]] He
died near the age of 50 in 1572 in [[Cracow]],
in Poland. He was an imposing man and he founded a Yeshiva and was its
Rosh Jeshivah (President) for life. He was the author of "Darkhe
Moshe"
the ashkenazi viewpoint of Josef Caro's sephardic Halachic tradition. He was
the codifier of ashkenazi traditions and through his additions, the "Shulchan
Aruch" became the authoritative work among the Ashkenazim. This family
tree descends from Moses in a line to join with the son of the first identified
Cassirer, [[Loebel Moses Cassirer 1738-1880]] and his wife Sarah (Zerchen) Ruben
1743-1809. [[Loebel's Stamm Nummer,]] a form of residence permit survives. It shows he had
not quite as many rights as 'General Privileg', but better than 'Toleriert'
and that he was a also a steuernumerant (number holder) and thus was a
tax paying member of the community. (For a note on the origin of the Cassirer
name [[click here]].) Loebel's signature survives on [[his Stamm Nummer]] and this echo from 1796 is shown below.
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[[Menachen Hayum Ha-Kohen]] emigrated to England in 1782 and established
a family in Brighton. It was in the course of this that he anglicized
his name to "[[Emanuel Hyum Cohen]]". (Much later, the family
he left behind in Germany took up the family name Kohnstamm.)
All of Emanuel Cohen's descendants remaining in England are through
the female line. But the name Cohen continues on born by the numerous
progeny of his sons who emigrated from England. Emanuel Cohen's
descendants spread across Canada, the USA, South Africa, New Zealand
and Australia.
a family in Brighton. It was in the course of this that he anglicized
his name to "[[Emanuel Hyum Cohen]]". (Much later, the family
he left behind in Germany took up the family name Kohnstamm.)
All of Emanuel Cohen's descendants remaining in England are through
the female line. But the name Cohen continues on born by the numerous
progeny of his sons who emigrated from England. Emanuel Cohen's
descendants spread across Canada, the USA, South Africa, New Zealand
and Australia.
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who arrived from England in Australia
in 1835 . A year later he married
transported from London to Australia for possessing several stolen promissory
notes
and also sister in law to Abraham Cohen's G Grandson [[Bruce Benjamin]],
who would meet, and ultimately marry a son
||Abraham Cohen (1812-1874)||Sophia Cohen (1816-1882) || Henry Cohen (1790-1867)||
Both stories begin not far apart close to what is now the border of Poland and
Germany. This is not purely coincidence, since this was also a place where Jewish
people could survive, at least for periods of this history without constant
persecution [see [[note on the history of Central Europe]]]. Both families are forced apart, the Cassirers by the holocaust,
and the Cohens first by an earlier period of persecution and then, in the case
of Abraham Cohen, by the desire to find better financial circumstances through
emigration. And as a result, the lines curve together to intersect some three
hundred years later - about as far away as is possible - across the other side
of the world in Australia
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Loebel and Sara had at least 4 sons including:
[[Gerson]] (born 1768), [[Hirsch]] (born
1772), [[Jacob]] (born 1774) and [[Moses]] (born
1771) ben Loebel Cassirer. The latter, [[Moses Loebel Cassirer (1771-1837)]] as he later came to be
called, married[[Pesel Bat Salomon Friedlander]] (GGGGGG
Granddaughter of Moses ben Israel Lazarus- see above) in 1791.
And it is from this union that that
the line of Cassirers whose history is recounted here are descended.
Moses Loebel Cassirer (1771-1837)
and his wife Pesel.
Amongst the children of
Moses Cassirer and Pesel was [[Markus Cassirer]],
born in lower Silesia, in [[Schwientochlowitz]] (later
the site of a Nazi death camp and now situated in Poland), in 1801. Markus
Cassirer married [[Jeanette Steinitz]] . Their children
who would map out a remarkable history. That history of the
Cassirer descendants is expanded on in considerable detail [[here]].
[[Gerson]] (born 1768), [[Hirsch]] (born
1772), [[Jacob]] (born 1774) and [[Moses]] (born
1771) ben Loebel Cassirer. The latter, [[Moses Loebel Cassirer (1771-1837)]] as he later came to be
called, married[[Pesel Bat Salomon Friedlander]] (GGGGGG
Granddaughter of Moses ben Israel Lazarus- see above) in 1791.
And it is from this union that that
the line of Cassirers whose history is recounted here are descended.
Moses Loebel Cassirer (1771-1837)
and his wife Pesel.
Amongst the children of
Moses Cassirer and Pesel was [[Markus Cassirer]],
born in lower Silesia, in [[Schwientochlowitz]] (later
the site of a Nazi death camp and now situated in Poland), in 1801. Markus
Cassirer married [[Jeanette Steinitz]] . Their children
who would map out a remarkable history. That history of the
Cassirer descendants is expanded on in considerable detail [[here]].
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on where we stand in it
of a Cohen and son of a Cassirer, there is some interest in that
intersection of what are otherwise separate and distant stories.
But the broader interest will be in
Cassirer stories and some highlights are provided in following
pages
to:
'''The second man of interest was [[Don Menachem Chajim Ha-Kohen.]] '''He was born in 1650 and is said to
have come from Spain to Holland and then to Niederwerrn [Niderweren]. Niederwerrn
is a small village outside Schweinfurt in
the northern part of what is now the German state of Bavaria. (No Jews live
in Niederweren anymore. The beautiful city of [[Schweinfurt]]
is also now the home of the 12,000 soldiers of the US 1st Infantry Division
- "The Big Red One". )
have come from Spain to Holland and then to Niederwerrn [Niderweren]. Niederwerrn
is a small village outside Schweinfurt in
the northern part of what is now the German state of Bavaria. (No Jews live
in Niederweren anymore. The beautiful city of [[Schweinfurt]]
is also now the home of the 12,000 soldiers of the US 1st Infantry Division
- "The Big Red One". )
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Don Menachem's grandchildren included
Chajim born in 1761, Hannah (1766-1848), Levy (1775-1851) and
Menachen Hayum Ha-Kohen (1762). As
a result of legislation enforcing adoption of surnames, some branches
of the family adopted the new name Kohnstamm, others dropped the
prefix 'Ha' and became known as Kohn.
(Cohn was at that time a legitimate alternative spelling.)
Chajim born in 1761, Hannah (1766-1848), Levy (1775-1851) and
Menachen Hayum Ha-Kohen (1762). As
a result of legislation enforcing adoption of surnames, some branches
of the family adopted the new name Kohnstamm, others dropped the
prefix 'Ha' and became known as Kohn.
(Cohn was at that time a legitimate alternative spelling.)
Changed lines 69-70 from:
to:
[[Menachen Hayum Ha-Kohen]] emigrated to England in 1782 and established
a family in Brighton. It was in the course of this that he anglicized
his name to "[[Emanuel Hyum Cohen]]". (Much later, the family
he left behind in Germany took up the family name Kohnstamm.)
All of Emanuel Cohen's descendants remaining in England are through
the female line. But the name Cohen continues on born by the numerous
progeny of his sons who emigrated from England. Emanuel Cohen's
descendants spread across Canada, the USA, South Africa, New Zealand
and Australia.
a family in Brighton. It was in the course of this that he anglicized
his name to "[[Emanuel Hyum Cohen]]". (Much later, the family
he left behind in Germany took up the family name Kohnstamm.)
All of Emanuel Cohen's descendants remaining in England are through
the female line. But the name Cohen continues on born by the numerous
progeny of his sons who emigrated from England. Emanuel Cohen's
descendants spread across Canada, the USA, South Africa, New Zealand
and Australia.
Changed lines 80-81 from:
to:
It was one of Emanuel Cohen's sons, [[Abraham Cohen]],
who arrived from England in Australia
in 1835 . A year later he married [[Sophia]], the daughter of [[Henry Cohen]] (a tailor who in 1833 had been
transported from London to Australia for possessing several stolen promissory
notes). And it was [[Barbara Cohen]], GG Grandaughter of Henry Cohen,
and also sister in law to Abraham Cohen's G Grandson [[Bruce Benjamin]],
who would meet, and ultimately marry a son of a Cassirer.
{| border="1"
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|
|
|
|}
{| border="1"
|-
|Abraham Cohen (1812-1874)
|Sophia Cohen (1816-1882)
| Henry Cohen (1790-1867)
|}
There is not much more that need be said here about this.
Both stories begin not far apart close to what is now the border of Poland and
Germany. This is not purely coincidence, since this was also a place where Jewish
people could survive, at least for periods of this history without constant
persecution [see [[note on the history of Central Europe]]]. Both families are forced apart, the Cassirers by the holocaust,
and the Cohens first by an earlier period of persecution and then, in the case
of Abraham Cohen, by the desire to find better financial circumstances through
emigration. And as a result, the lines curve together to intersect some three
hundred years later - about as far away as is possible - across the other side
of the world in Australia.
who arrived from England in Australia
in 1835 . A year later he married [[Sophia]], the daughter of [[Henry Cohen]] (a tailor who in 1833 had been
transported from London to Australia for possessing several stolen promissory
notes). And it was [[Barbara Cohen]], GG Grandaughter of Henry Cohen,
and also sister in law to Abraham Cohen's G Grandson [[Bruce Benjamin]],
who would meet, and ultimately marry a son of a Cassirer.
{| border="1"
|-
|
|
|
|}
{| border="1"
|-
|Abraham Cohen (1812-1874)
|Sophia Cohen (1816-1882)
| Henry Cohen (1790-1867)
|}
There is not much more that need be said here about this.
Both stories begin not far apart close to what is now the border of Poland and
Germany. This is not purely coincidence, since this was also a place where Jewish
people could survive, at least for periods of this history without constant
persecution [see [[note on the history of Central Europe]]]. Both families are forced apart, the Cassirers by the holocaust,
and the Cohens first by an earlier period of persecution and then, in the case
of Abraham Cohen, by the desire to find better financial circumstances through
emigration. And as a result, the lines curve together to intersect some three
hundred years later - about as far away as is possible - across the other side
of the world in Australia.
Changed lines 113-114 from:
to:
Obviously how we see the world depends
on where we stand in it. As one of the children of that union
of a Cohen and son of a Cassirer, there is some interest in that
intersection of what are otherwise separate and distant stories.
But the broader interest will be in the two distinct Cohen and
Cassirer stories and some highlights are provided in following
pages.
on where we stand in it. As one of the children of that union
of a Cohen and son of a Cassirer, there is some interest in that
intersection of what are otherwise separate and distant stories.
But the broader interest will be in the two distinct Cohen and
Cassirer stories and some highlights are provided in following
pages.
Changed lines 122-123 from:
[[[For sources and more detail about the Ha-Kohen history click here]]]
to:
'''Click here for [[Cassirers: Founding Years]] '''
Added lines 125-136:
'''Click here for [[Cohen: Beginnings in Australia]]'''
Of course Cohen and Cassirer are not the only families whose trajectories intersect at this point. Wives and husbands from other families merge in bringing other influences and histories. Over time, some of the other family histories which emerge as important influences will also be added to this overview. One is that of the Falk family, which originated in Dessau, also in the same area of Central Europe as the Cassirers and Cohens, and which became entwined with both.
'''Click here for''' [[Falk: Scattered from Dessau - across two hemispheres and four continents]]
[[[For sources and more detail about the Ha-Kohen history click here]]]
Of course Cohen and Cassirer are not the only families whose trajectories intersect at this point. Wives and husbands from other families merge in bringing other influences and histories. Over time, some of the other family histories which emerge as important influences will also be added to this overview. One is that of the Falk family, which originated in Dessau, also in the same area of Central Europe as the Cassirers and Cohens, and which became entwined with both.
'''Click here for''' [[Falk: Scattered from Dessau - across two hemispheres and four continents]]
[[[For sources and more detail about the Ha-Kohen history click here]]]
Added line 139:
Changed lines 5-8 from:
to:
===== Note: In the map above numbers refer to the following places: 1. Schweinfurt 2. Dessau 3. Berlin, 4 Breslau (now Wroclaw), 5 Schwientochlowitz, 6. Krakau (Cracow in English) - click on map to expand it. =====
=== It is possible to construct an interesting connection between two men: ===
Added lines 10-46:
'''The first was [[Moses ben Israel Lazarus (Isserles-Lazarus)]]''' He was born between 1523-30
and would, in modern language, have been known as Rabbi Moses Isserles.[[†]] He
died near the age of 50 in 1572 in [[Cracow]],
in Poland. He was an imposing man and he founded a Yeshiva and was its
Rosh Jeshivah (President) for life. He was the author of "Darkhe
Moshe"
the ashkenazi viewpoint of Josef Caro's sephardic Halachic tradition. He was
the codifier of ashkenazi traditions and through his additions, the "Shulchan
Aruch" became the authoritative work among the Ashkenazim. This family
tree descends from Moses in a line to join with the son of the first identified
Cassirer, [[Loebel Moses Cassirer 1738-1880]] and his wife Sarah (Zerchen) Ruben
1743-1809. [[Loebel's Stamm Nummer,]] a form of residence permit survives. It shows he had
not quite as many rights as 'General Privileg', but better than 'Toleriert'
and that he was a also a steuernumerant (number holder) and thus was a
tax paying member of the community. (For a note on the origin of the Cassirer
name [[click here]].) Loebel's signature survives on [[his Stamm Nummer]] and this echo from 1796 is shown below.
Loebel and Sara had at least 4 sons including:
[[Gerson]] (born 1768), [[Hirsch]] (born
1772), [[Jacob]] (born 1774) and [[Moses]] (born
1771) ben Loebel Cassirer. The latter, [[Moses Loebel Cassirer (1771-1837)]] as he later came to be
called, married[[Pesel Bat Salomon Friedlander]] (GGGGGG
Granddaughter of Moses ben Israel Lazarus- see above) in 1791.
And it is from this union that that
the line of Cassirers whose history is recounted here are descended.
Moses Loebel Cassirer (1771-1837)
and his wife Pesel.
Amongst the children of
Moses Cassirer and Pesel was [[Markus Cassirer]],
born in lower Silesia, in [[Schwientochlowitz]] (later
the site of a Nazi death camp and now situated in Poland), in 1801. Markus
Cassirer married [[Jeanette Steinitz]] . Their children
who would map out a remarkable history. That history of the
Cassirer descendants is expanded on in considerable detail [[here]].
and would, in modern language, have been known as Rabbi Moses Isserles.[[†]] He
died near the age of 50 in 1572 in [[Cracow]],
in Poland. He was an imposing man and he founded a Yeshiva and was its
Rosh Jeshivah (President) for life. He was the author of "Darkhe
Moshe"
the ashkenazi viewpoint of Josef Caro's sephardic Halachic tradition. He was
the codifier of ashkenazi traditions and through his additions, the "Shulchan
Aruch" became the authoritative work among the Ashkenazim. This family
tree descends from Moses in a line to join with the son of the first identified
Cassirer, [[Loebel Moses Cassirer 1738-1880]] and his wife Sarah (Zerchen) Ruben
1743-1809. [[Loebel's Stamm Nummer,]] a form of residence permit survives. It shows he had
not quite as many rights as 'General Privileg', but better than 'Toleriert'
and that he was a also a steuernumerant (number holder) and thus was a
tax paying member of the community. (For a note on the origin of the Cassirer
name [[click here]].) Loebel's signature survives on [[his Stamm Nummer]] and this echo from 1796 is shown below.
Loebel and Sara had at least 4 sons including:
[[Gerson]] (born 1768), [[Hirsch]] (born
1772), [[Jacob]] (born 1774) and [[Moses]] (born
1771) ben Loebel Cassirer. The latter, [[Moses Loebel Cassirer (1771-1837)]] as he later came to be
called, married[[Pesel Bat Salomon Friedlander]] (GGGGGG
Granddaughter of Moses ben Israel Lazarus- see above) in 1791.
And it is from this union that that
the line of Cassirers whose history is recounted here are descended.
Moses Loebel Cassirer (1771-1837)
and his wife Pesel.
Amongst the children of
Moses Cassirer and Pesel was [[Markus Cassirer]],
born in lower Silesia, in [[Schwientochlowitz]] (later
the site of a Nazi death camp and now situated in Poland), in 1801. Markus
Cassirer married [[Jeanette Steinitz]] . Their children
who would map out a remarkable history. That history of the
Cassirer descendants is expanded on in considerable detail [[here]].
Changed lines 48-55 from:
to:
'''The second man of interest was [[Don Menachem Chajim Ha-Kohen.]] '''He was born in 1650 and is said to
have come from Spain to Holland and then to Niederwerrn [Niderweren]. Niederwerrn
is a small village outside Schweinfurt in
the northern part of what is now the German state of Bavaria. (No Jews live
in Niederweren anymore. The beautiful city of [[Schweinfurt]]
is also now the home of the 12,000 soldiers of the US 1st Infantry Division
- "The Big Red One". )
have come from Spain to Holland and then to Niederwerrn [Niderweren]. Niederwerrn
is a small village outside Schweinfurt in
the northern part of what is now the German state of Bavaria. (No Jews live
in Niederweren anymore. The beautiful city of [[Schweinfurt]]
is also now the home of the 12,000 soldiers of the US 1st Infantry Division
- "The Big Red One". )
Changed lines 57-73 from:
and would, in modern language, have been known as Rabbi Moses Isserles.[[†]] He
died near the age of 50 in 1572 in [[Cracow]],
in Poland. He was an imposing man and he founded a Yeshiva and was its
Rosh Jeshivah (President) for life. He
Moshe"
the ashkenazi viewpoint of Josef Caro's sephardic Halachic tradition
the codifier of ashkenazi traditions and through his additions, the "Shulchan
Aruch" became the authoritative work among the Ashkenazim. This family
tree descends from Moses in a line to join with the son of the first identified
Cassirer, </font>[[Loebel Moses Cassirer 1738-1880]] and his wife Sarah (Zerchen
1743-1809. [[Loebel's Stamm Nummer,]] a form of residence permit survives. It shows he had
not quite as many rights as 'General Privileg', but better than 'Toleriert'
and that he was a also a steuernumerant (number holder) and thus was a
tax paying member of the community. (For a note on the origin of the Cassirer
name [[click here]].) </font>Loebel's signature survives on [[his Stamm Nummer]] and this echo from 1796 is shown below.</font>
to:
Don Menachem's grandchildren included
Chajim born in 1761, Hannah (1766-1848), Levy (1775-1851) and
Menachen Hayum Ha-Kohen (1762). As
a result of legislation enforcing adoption of surnames, some branches
of the family adopted the new name Kohnstamm, others dropped the
prefix 'Ha' and became known as Kohn.
(Cohn was at that time a legitimate alternative spelling.)
Chajim born in 1761, Hannah (1766-1848), Levy (1775-1851) and
Menachen Hayum Ha-Kohen (1762). As
a result of legislation enforcing adoption of surnames, some branches
of the family adopted the new name Kohnstamm, others dropped the
prefix 'Ha' and became known as Kohn.
(Cohn was at that time a legitimate alternative spelling.)
Changed lines 66-67 from:
[[Image:cassirer1_signature.png]]
to:
[[Menachen Hayum Ha-Kohen]] emigrated to England in 1782 and established
a family in Brighton. It was in the course of this that he anglicized
his name to "[[Emanuel Hyum Cohen]]". (Much later, the family
he left behind in Germany took up the family name Kohnstamm.)
All of Emanuel Cohen's descendants remaining in England are through
the female line. But the name Cohen continues on born by the numerous
progeny of his sons who emigrated from England. Emanuel Cohen's
descendants spread across Canada, the USA, South Africa, New Zealand
and Australia.
a family in Brighton. It was in the course of this that he anglicized
his name to "[[Emanuel Hyum Cohen]]". (Much later, the family
he left behind in Germany took up the family name Kohnstamm.)
All of Emanuel Cohen's descendants remaining in England are through
the female line. But the name Cohen continues on born by the numerous
progeny of his sons who emigrated from England. Emanuel Cohen's
descendants spread across Canada, the USA, South Africa, New Zealand
and Australia.
Changed lines 77-95 from:
1772), [[Jacob]] (born 1774) and [[Moses]] (born
1771) ben Loebel Cassirer. The latter, </font>
called, married</font>[[Pesel Bat Salomon Friedlander]] (</font>GGGGGG
Granddaughter of Moses ben Israel Lazarus- see above) in 1791
the line
<font color="#000000">Moses Loebel Cassirer (1771-1837)
and his wife Pesel</font>.
A</font>mongst the children
born in lower Silesia, in [[Schwientochlowitz]] (later
the site of a Nazi death camp and now situated in Poland), in 1801. Markus
Cassirer married </font>[[Jeanette Steinitz]] . Their children
who would map out a remarkable history. That history of the
Cassirer descendants is expanded on in considerable detail [[here]]
to:
It was one of Emanuel Cohen's sons, [[Abraham Cohen]],
who arrived from England in Australia
in 1835 . A year later he married [[Sophia]], the daughter of [[Henry Cohen]] (a tailor who in 1833 had been
transported from London to Australia for possessing several stolen promissory
notes). And it was [[Barbara Cohen]], GG Grandaughter of Henry Cohen,
and also sister in law to Abraham Cohen's G Grandson [[Bruce Benjamin]],
who would meet, and ultimately marry a son of a Cassirer.
||||||||
||Abraham Cohen (1812-1874)||Sophia Cohen (1816-1882) || Henry Cohen (1790-1867)||
There is not much more that need be said here about this.
Both stories begin not far apart close to what is now the border of Poland and
Germany. This is not purely coincidence, since this was also a place where Jewish
people could survive, at least for periods of this history without constant
persecution [see [[note on the history of Central Europe]]]. Both families are forced apart, the Cassirers by the holocaust,
and the Cohens first by an earlier period of persecution and then, in the case
of Abraham Cohen, by the desire to find better financial circumstances through
emigration. And as a result, the lines curve together to intersect some three
hundred years later - about as far away as is possible - across the other side
of the world in Australia.
who arrived from England in Australia
in 1835 . A year later he married [[Sophia]], the daughter of [[Henry Cohen]] (a tailor who in 1833 had been
transported from London to Australia for possessing several stolen promissory
notes). And it was [[Barbara Cohen]], GG Grandaughter of Henry Cohen,
and also sister in law to Abraham Cohen's G Grandson [[Bruce Benjamin]],
who would meet, and ultimately marry a son of a Cassirer.
||||||||
||Abraham Cohen (1812-1874)||Sophia Cohen (1816-1882) || Henry Cohen (1790-1867)||
There is not much more that need be said here about this.
Both stories begin not far apart close to what is now the border of Poland and
Germany. This is not purely coincidence, since this was also a place where Jewish
people could survive, at least for periods of this history without constant
persecution [see [[note on the history of Central Europe]]]. Both families are forced apart, the Cassirers by the holocaust,
and the Cohens first by an earlier period of persecution and then, in the case
of Abraham Cohen, by the desire to find better financial circumstances through
emigration. And as a result, the lines curve together to intersect some three
hundred years later - about as far away as is possible - across the other side
of the world in Australia.
Changed lines 102-109 from:
have come from Spain to Holland and then to Niederwerrn [Niderweren]. Niederwerrn
is a small village outside Schweinfurt in
the northern part of what is now
in Niederweren anymore. The beautiful city of [[Schweinfurt]]
is also now the home of the 12,000 soldiers of the US 1st Infantry Division
- "The Big Red One"
to:
Obviously how we see the world depends
on where we stand in it. As one of the children of that union
of a Cohen and son of a Cassirer, there is some interest in that
intersection of what are otherwise separate and distant stories.
But the broader interest will be in the two distinct Cohen and
Cassirer stories and some highlights are provided in following
pages.
on where we stand in it. As one of the children of that union
of a Cohen and son of a Cassirer, there is some interest in that
intersection of what are otherwise separate and distant stories.
But the broader interest will be in the two distinct Cohen and
Cassirer stories and some highlights are provided in following
pages.
Changed lines 111-118 from:
Chajim born in 1761, Hannah (1766-1848), Levy (1775-1851) and
Menachen Hayum Ha-Kohen (1762).</font> As
a result of legislation enforcing adoption of surnames, some branches
of the family adopted the new name Kohnstamm, others dropped the
prefix
(Cohn was at that time a legitimate alternative spelling.)</font>
to:
'''Click here for [[Cassirers: Founding Years]] '''
Changed lines 114-123 from:
a family in Brighton. It was in the course of this that he anglicized
his name to "</font>[[Emanuel Hyum Cohen
he left behind in Germany took up the family name Kohnstamm.)
All of Emanuel Cohen
the female line. But the name Cohen continues on born by the numerous
progeny of his sons who emigrated from England. Emanuel Cohen
descendants spread across Canada, the USA, South Africa, New Zealand
and Australia.</font>
to:
'''Click here for [[Cohen: Beginnings in Australia]]'''
Changed lines 117-148 from:
</font>who arrived from England in Australia
in 1835 . A year later he married </font>[[Sophia]], the daughter of </font>[[Henry Cohen]] (a tailor who in 1833 had been
transported from London to Australia for possessing several stolen promissory
notes). And it was </font>[[Barbara Cohen]], GG Grandaughter of Henry Cohen,
and also sister in law to Abraham Cohen's G Grandson </font>[[Bruce Benjamin]],
who would meet, and ultimately marry a son of a Cassirer.</font>
{| border="1"
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|}
{| border="1"
|-
|<font color="#000000">Abraham Cohen (1812-1874)</font>
|<font color="#000000">Sophia Cohen (1816-1882) </font>
| <font color="#000000">Henry Cohen (1790-1867)</font>
|}
There is not much more that need be said here about this.
Both stories begin not far apart close to what is now the border of Poland and
Germany. This is not purely coincidence, since this was also a place where Jewish
people could survive, at least for periods of this history without constant
persecution [see [[note on the history of Central Europe]]]. Both families are forced apart, the Cassirers by the holocaust,
and the Cohens first by an earlier period of persecution and then, in the case
of Abraham Cohen, by the desire to find better financial circumstances through
emigration. And as a result, the lines curve together to intersect some three
hundred years later - about as far away as is possible - across the other side
of the world in Australia.</font>
to:
Of course Cohen and Cassirer are not the only families whose trajectories intersect at this point. Wives and husbands from other families merge in bringing other influences and histories. Over time, some of the other family histories which emerge as important influences will also be added to this overview. One is that of the Falk family, which originated in Dessau, also in the same area of Central Europe as the Cassirers and Cohens, and which became entwined with both.
Changed lines 120-127 from:
on where we stand in it. As one of the children of that union
of a Cohen and son of a Cassirer, there is some interest in that
intersection of what are otherwise separate and distant stories.
But the broader interest will be in the two distinct Cohen and
Cassirer stories and some highlights are provided in following
pages.</font>
to:
'''Click here for''' [[Falk: Scattered from Dessau - across two hemispheres and four continents]]
Changed lines 123-124 from:
to:
[[[For sources and more detail about the Ha-Kohen history click here]]]
Deleted lines 125-263:
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=== A tale of two men: Cassirer and Cohen 1500-1800 ===
->===== Note: In the map above numbers refer to the following places: 1. Schweinfurt 2. Dessau 3. Berlin, 4 Breslau (now Wroclaw), 5 Schwientochlowitz, 6. Krakau (Cracow in English) - click on map to expand it. =====
=== It is possible to construct an interesting connection between two men: ===
'''The first was [[Moses ben Israel Lazarus (Isserles-Lazarus)]]''' He was born between 1523-30
and would, in modern language, have been known as Rabbi Moses Isserles.[[†]] He
died near the age of 50 in 1572 in [[Cracow]],
in Poland. He was an imposing man and he founded a Yeshiva and was its
Rosh Jeshivah (President) for life. He was the author of "Darkhe
Moshe"
the ashkenazi viewpoint of Josef Caro's sephardic Halachic tradition. He was
the codifier of ashkenazi traditions and through his additions, the "Shulchan
Aruch" became the authoritative work among the Ashkenazim. This family
tree descends from Moses in a line to join with the son of the first identified
Cassirer, </font>[[Loebel Moses Cassirer 1738-1880]] and his wife Sarah (Zerchen) Ruben
1743-1809. [[Loebel's Stamm Nummer,]] a form of residence permit survives. It shows he had
not quite as many rights as 'General Privileg', but better than 'Toleriert'
and that he was a also a steuernumerant (number holder) and thus was a
tax paying member of the community. (For a note on the origin of the Cassirer
name [[click here]].) </font>Loebel's signature survives on [[his Stamm Nummer]] and this echo from 1796 is shown below.</font>
[[Image:cassirer1_signature.png]]
Loebel and Sara had at least 4 sons including:
[[Gerson]] (born 1768), [[Hirsch]] (born
1772), [[Jacob]] (born 1774) and [[Moses]] (born
1771) ben Loebel Cassirer. The latter, </font>[[Moses Loebel Cassirer (1771-1837)]] as he later came to be
called, married</font>[[Pesel Bat Salomon Friedlander]] (</font>GGGGGG
Granddaughter of Moses ben Israel Lazarus- see above) in 1791.
And it is from this union that that
the line of Cassirers whose history is recounted here are descended.</font>
<font color="#000000">Moses Loebel Cassirer (1771-1837)
and his wife Pesel</font>.
A</font>mongst the children of
Moses Cassirer and Pesel was [[Markus Cassirer]],
born in lower Silesia, in [[Schwientochlowitz]] (later
the site of a Nazi death camp and now situated in Poland), in 1801. Markus
Cassirer married </font>[[Jeanette Steinitz]] . Their children
who would map out a remarkable history. That history of the
Cassirer descendants is expanded on in considerable detail [[here]].</font>
'''The second man of interest was [[Don Menachem Chajim Ha-Kohen.]] '''He was born in 1650 and is said to
have come from Spain to Holland and then to Niederwerrn [Niderweren]. Niederwerrn
is a small village outside Schweinfurt in
the northern part of what is now the German state of Bavaria. (No Jews live
in Niederweren anymore. The beautiful city of [[Schweinfurt]]
is also now the home of the 12,000 soldiers of the US 1st Infantry Division
- "The Big Red One". )</font>
Don Menachem's grandchildren included
Chajim born in 1761, Hannah (1766-1848), Levy (1775-1851) and
Menachen Hayum Ha-Kohen (1762).</font> As
a result of legislation enforcing adoption of surnames, some branches
of the family adopted the new name Kohnstamm, others dropped the
prefix 'Ha' and</font> became known as Kohn.
(Cohn was at that time a legitimate alternative spelling.)</font>
[[Menachen Hayum Ha-Kohen]] emigrated to England in 1782 and established
a family in Brighton. It was in the course of this that he anglicized
his name to "</font>[[Emanuel Hyum Cohen]]". (Much later, the family
he left behind in Germany took up the family name Kohnstamm.)
All of Emanuel Cohen's descendants remaining in England are through
the female line. But the name Cohen continues on born by the numerous
progeny of his sons who emigrated from England. Emanuel Cohen's
descendants spread across Canada, the USA, South Africa, New Zealand
and Australia.</font>
It was one of Emanuel Cohen's sons, </font>[[Abraham Cohen]]<font color="#0000ff">,
</font>who arrived from England in Australia
in 1835 . A year later he married </font>[[Sophia]], the daughter of </font>[[Henry Cohen]] (a tailor who in 1833 had been
transported from London to Australia for possessing several stolen promissory
notes). And it was </font>[[Barbara Cohen]], GG Grandaughter of Henry Cohen,
and also sister in law to Abraham Cohen's G Grandson </font>[[Bruce Benjamin]],
who would meet, and ultimately marry a son of a Cassirer.</font>
{| border="1"
|-
|
|
|
|}
{| border="1"
|-
|<font color="#000000">Abraham Cohen (1812-1874)</font>
|<font color="#000000">Sophia Cohen (1816-1882) </font>
| <font color="#000000">Henry Cohen (1790-1867)</font>
|}
There is not much more that need be said here about this.
Both stories begin not far apart close to what is now the border of Poland and
Germany. This is not purely coincidence, since this was also a place where Jewish
people could survive, at least for periods of this history without constant
persecution [see [[note on the history of Central Europe]]]. Both families are forced apart, the Cassirers by the holocaust,
and the Cohens first by an earlier period of persecution and then, in the case
of Abraham Cohen, by the desire to find better financial circumstances through
emigration. And as a result, the lines curve together to intersect some three
hundred years later - about as far away as is possible - across the other side
of the world in Australia.</font>
Obviously how we see the world depends
on where we stand in it. As one of the children of that union
of a Cohen and son of a Cassirer, there is some interest in that
intersection of what are otherwise separate and distant stories.
But the broader interest will be in the two distinct Cohen and
Cassirer stories and some highlights are provided in following
pages.</font>
'''Click here for </font>[[Cassirers: Founding Years]] '''
'''Click here for [[Cohen: Beginnings in Australia]]</font>'''
Of course Cohen and Cassirer are not the only families whose trajectories intersect at this point. Wives and husbands from other families merge in bringing other influences and histories. Over time, some of the other family histories which emerge as important influences will also be added to this overview. One is that of the Falk family, which originated in Dessau, also in the same area of Central Europe as the Cassirers and Cohens, and which became entwined with both.</font>
'''Click here for''' [[Falk: Scattered from Dessau - across two hemispheres and four continents]]</font>
[[[For sources and more detail about the Ha-Kohen history click here]]]
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'''Click here for''' [[Falk: Scattered from Dessau - across two hemispheres and four continents]]</font>
[[[For sources and more detail about the Ha-Kohen history click here]]]
[[Back to Overviews first page]]
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1771) ben Loebel Cassirer. The latter, </font>[[Moses Loebel Cassirer (1771-1837)]]<font color="#000000"> as he later came to be
called, married</font>[[Pesel Bat Salomon Friedlander]] <font color="#000000">(</font><font color="#000000">GGGGGG
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in 1835 . A year later he married </font>[[Sophia]]
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</font>who arrived from England in Australia
in 1835 . A year later he married </font>[[Sophia]], the daughter of </font>[[Henry Cohen]] (a tailor who in 1833 had been
</font>who arrived from England in Australia
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and also sister in law to Abraham Cohen's G Grandson </font>[[Bruce Benjamin]]<font color="#000000">,
and also sister in law to Abraham Cohen's G Grandson </font>[[Bruce Benjamin]]
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notes). And it was </font>[[Barbara Cohen]], GG Grandaughter of Henry Cohen,
and also sister in law to Abraham Cohen's G Grandson </font>[[Bruce Benjamin]],
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=== A tale of two men: Cassirer and Cohen 1500-1800 ===
->===== Note: In the map above numbers refer to the following places: 1. Schweinfurt 2. Dessau 3. Berlin, 4 Breslau (now Wroclaw), 5 Schwientochlowitz, 6. Krakau (Cracow in English) - click on map to expand it. =====
=== A tale of two men: Cassirer and Cohen 1500-1800 ===
->===== Note: In the map above numbers refer to the following places: 1. Schweinfurt 2. Dessau 3. Berlin, 4 Breslau (now Wroclaw), 5 Schwientochlowitz, 6. Krakau (Cracow in English) - click on map to expand it. =====
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'''The first was [[Moses ben Israel Lazarus (Isserles-Lazarus)]]''' He was born between 1523-30
and would, in modern language, have been known as Rabbi Moses Isserles.[[†]] He
died near the age of 50 in 1572 in [[Cracow]],
in Poland. He was an imposing man and he founded a Yeshiva and was its
Rosh Jeshivah (President) for life. He was the author of "Darkhe
Moshe"
the ashkenazi viewpoint of Josef Caro's sephardic Halachic tradition. He was
the codifier of ashkenazi traditions and through his additions, the "Shulchan
Aruch" became the authoritative work among the Ashkenazim. This family
tree descends from Moses in a line to join with the son of the first identified
Cassirer, </font>[[Loebel Moses Cassirer 1738-1880]] and his wife Sarah (Zerchen) Ruben
1743-1809. [[Loebel's Stamm Nummer,]] a form of residence permit survives. It shows he had
not quite as many rights as 'General Privileg', but better than 'Toleriert'
and that he was a also a steuernumerant (number holder) and thus was a
tax paying member of the community. (For a note on the origin of the Cassirer
name [[click here]].) </font>Loebel's signature survives on [[his Stamm Nummer]] and this echo from 1796 is shown below.</font>
and would, in modern language, have been known as Rabbi Moses Isserles.[[†]] He
died near the age of 50 in 1572 in [[Cracow]],
in Poland. He was an imposing man and he founded a Yeshiva and was its
Rosh Jeshivah (President) for life. He was the author of "Darkhe
Moshe"
the ashkenazi viewpoint of Josef Caro's sephardic Halachic tradition. He was
the codifier of ashkenazi traditions and through his additions, the "Shulchan
Aruch" became the authoritative work among the Ashkenazim. This family
tree descends from Moses in a line to join with the son of the first identified
Cassirer, </font>[[Loebel Moses Cassirer 1738-1880]] and his wife Sarah (Zerchen) Ruben
1743-1809. [[Loebel's Stamm Nummer,]] a form of residence permit survives. It shows he had
not quite as many rights as 'General Privileg', but better than 'Toleriert'
and that he was a also a steuernumerant (number holder) and thus was a
tax paying member of the community. (For a note on the origin of the Cassirer
name [[click here]].) </font>Loebel's signature survives on [[his Stamm Nummer]] and this echo from 1796 is shown below.</font>
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Loebel and Sara had at least 4 sons including:
[[Gerson]] (born 1768), [[Hirsch]] (born
1772), [[Jacob]] (born 1774) and [[Moses]] (born
1771) ben Loebel Cassirer. The latter, </font>[[Moses Loebel Cassirer (1771-1837)]] as he later came to be
called, married</font>[[Pesel Bat Salomon Friedlander]] (</font>GGGGGG
Granddaughter of Moses ben Israel Lazarus- see above) in 1791.
And it is from this union that that
the line of Cassirers whose history is recounted here are descended.</font>
<font color="#000000">Moses Loebel Cassirer (1771-1837)
and his wife Pesel</font>.
A</font>mongst the children of
Moses Cassirer and Pesel was [[Markus Cassirer]],
born in lower Silesia, in [[Schwientochlowitz]] (later
the site of a Nazi death camp and now situated in Poland), in 1801. Markus
Cassirer married </font>[[Jeanette Steinitz]] . Their children
who would map out a remarkable history. That history of the
Cassirer descendants is expanded on in considerable detail [[here]].</font>
'''The second man of interest was [[Don Menachem Chajim Ha-Kohen.]] '''He was born in 1650 and is said to
have come from Spain to Holland and then to Niederwerrn [Niderweren]. Niederwerrn
is a small village outside Schweinfurt in
the northern part of what is now the German state of Bavaria. (No Jews live
in Niederweren anymore. The beautiful city of [[Schweinfurt]]
is also now the home of the 12,000 soldiers of the US 1st Infantry Division
- "The Big Red One". )</font>
Don Menachem's grandchildren included
Chajim born in 1761, Hannah (1766-1848), Levy (1775-1851) and
Menachen Hayum Ha-Kohen (1762).</font> As
a result of legislation enforcing adoption of surnames, some branches
of the family adopted the new name Kohnstamm, others dropped the
prefix 'Ha' and</font> became known as Kohn.
(Cohn was at that time a legitimate alternative spelling.)</font>
[[Menachen Hayum Ha-Kohen]] emigrated to England in 1782 and established
a family in Brighton. It was in the course of this that he anglicized
his name to "</font>[[Emanuel Hyum Cohen]]". (Much later, the family
he left behind in Germany took up the family name Kohnstamm.)
All of Emanuel Cohen's descendants remaining in England are through
the female line. But the name Cohen continues on born by the numerous
progeny of his sons who emigrated from England. Emanuel Cohen's
descendants spread across Canada, the USA, South Africa, New Zealand
and Australia.</font>
It was one of Emanuel Cohen's sons, </font>[[Abraham Cohen]]<font color="#0000ff">,
</font>who arrived from England in Australia
in 1835 . A year later he married </font>[[Sophia]], the daughter of </font>[[Henry Cohen]] (a tailor who in 1833 had been
transported from London to Australia for possessing several stolen promissory
notes). And it was </font>[[Barbara Cohen]], GG Grandaughter of Henry Cohen,
and also sister in law to Abraham Cohen's G Grandson </font>[[Bruce Benjamin]],
who would meet, and ultimately marry a son of a Cassirer.</font>
{| border="1"
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|}
{| border="1"
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|<font color="#000000">Abraham Cohen (1812-1874)</font>
|<font color="#000000">Sophia Cohen (1816-1882) </font>
| <font color="#000000">Henry Cohen (1790-1867)</font>
|}
There is not much more that need be said here about this.
Both stories begin not far apart close to what is now the border of Poland and
Germany. This is not purely coincidence, since this was also a place where Jewish
people could survive, at least for periods of this history without constant
persecution [see [[note on the history of Central Europe]]]. Both families are forced apart, the Cassirers by the holocaust,
and the Cohens first by an earlier period of persecution and then, in the case
of Abraham Cohen, by the desire to find better financial circumstances through
emigration. And as a result, the lines curve together to intersect some three
hundred years later - about as far away as is possible - across the other side
of the world in Australia.</font>
Obviously how we see the world depends
on where we stand in it. As one of the children of that union
of a Cohen and son of a Cassirer, there is some interest in that
intersection of what are otherwise separate and distant stories.
But the broader interest will be in the two distinct Cohen and
Cassirer stories and some highlights are provided in following
pages.</font>
'''Click here for </font>[[Cassirers: Founding Years]] '''
'''Click here for [[Cohen: Beginnings in Australia]]</font>'''
Of course Cohen and Cassirer are not the only families whose trajectories intersect at this point. Wives and husbands from other families merge in bringing other influences and histories. Over time, some of the other family histories which emerge as important influences will also be added to this overview. One is that of the Falk family, which originated in Dessau, also in the same area of Central Europe as the Cassirers and Cohens, and which became entwined with both.</font>
'''Click here for''' [[Falk: Scattered from Dessau - across two hemispheres and four continents]]</font>
[[[For sources and more detail about the Ha-Kohen history click here]]]
[[Back to Overviews first page]]
<<|[[HistoryTrail|Next Page]]|>>Of course Cohen and Cassirer are not the only families whose trajectories intersect at this point. Wives and husbands from other families merge in bringing other influences and histories. Over time, some of the other family histories which emerge as important influences will also be added to this overview. One is that of the Falk family, which originated in Dessau, also in the same area of Central Europe as the Cassirers and Cohens, and which became entwined with both.</font>
'''Click here for''' [[Falk: Scattered from Dessau - across two hemispheres and four continents]]</font>
[[[For sources and more detail about the Ha-Kohen history click here]]]
[[Back to Overviews first page]]
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Loebel and Sara had at least 4 sons including:
[[Gerson]] (born 1768), [[Hirsch]] (born
1772), [[Jacob]] (born 1774) and [[Moses]] (born
1771) ben Loebel Cassirer. The latter, </font>[[Moses Loebel Cassirer (1771-1837)]] as he later came to be
called, married</font>[[Pesel Bat Salomon Friedlander]] (</font>GGGGGG
Granddaughter of Moses ben Israel Lazarus- see above) in 1791.
And it is from this union that that
the line of Cassirers whose history is recounted here are descended.</font>
<font color="#000000">Moses Loebel Cassirer (1771-1837)
and his wife Pesel</font>.
A</font>mongst the children of
Moses Cassirer and Pesel was [[Markus Cassirer]],
born in lower Silesia, in [[Schwientochlowitz]] (later
the site of a Nazi death camp and now situated in Poland), in 1801. Markus
Cassirer married </font>[[Jeanette Steinitz]] . Their children
who would map out a remarkable history. That history of the
Cassirer descendants is expanded on in considerable detail [[here]].</font>
'''The second man of interest was [[Don Menachem Chajim Ha-Kohen.]] '''He was born in 1650 and is said to
have come from Spain to Holland and then to Niederwerrn [Niderweren]. Niederwerrn
is a small village outside Schweinfurt in
the northern part of what is now the German state of Bavaria. (No Jews live
in Niederweren anymore. The beautiful city of [[Schweinfurt]]
is also now the home of the 12,000 soldiers of the US 1st Infantry Division
- "The Big Red One". )</font>
Don Menachem's grandchildren included
Chajim born in 1761, Hannah (1766-1848), Levy (1775-1851) and
Menachen Hayum Ha-Kohen (1762).</font> As
a result of legislation enforcing adoption of surnames, some branches
of the family adopted the new name Kohnstamm, others dropped the
prefix 'Ha' and</font> became known as Kohn.
(Cohn was at that time a legitimate alternative spelling.)</font>
[[Menachen Hayum Ha-Kohen]] emigrated to England in 1782 and established
a family in Brighton. It was in the course of this that he anglicized
his name to "</font>[[Emanuel Hyum Cohen]]". (Much later, the family
he left behind in Germany took up the family name Kohnstamm.)
All of Emanuel Cohen's descendants remaining in England are through
the female line. But the name Cohen continues on born by the numerous
progeny of his sons who emigrated from England. Emanuel Cohen's
descendants spread across Canada, the USA, South Africa, New Zealand
and Australia.</font>
It was one of Emanuel Cohen's sons, </font>[[Abraham Cohen]]<font color="#0000ff">,
</font>who arrived from England in Australia
in 1835 . A year later he married </font>[[Sophia]], the daughter of </font>[[Henry Cohen]] (a tailor who in 1833 had been
transported from London to Australia for possessing several stolen promissory
notes). And it was </font>[[Barbara Cohen]], GG Grandaughter of Henry Cohen,
and also sister in law to Abraham Cohen's G Grandson </font>[[Bruce Benjamin]],
who would meet, and ultimately marry a son of a Cassirer.</font>
{| border="1"
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|}
{| border="1"
|-
|<font color="#000000">Abraham Cohen (1812-1874)</font>
|<font color="#000000">Sophia Cohen (1816-1882) </font>
| <font color="#000000">Henry Cohen (1790-1867)</font>
|}
There is not much more that need be said here about this.
Both stories begin not far apart close to what is now the border of Poland and
Germany. This is not purely coincidence, since this was also a place where Jewish
people could survive, at least for periods of this history without constant
persecution [see [[note on the history of Central Europe]]]. Both families are forced apart, the Cassirers by the holocaust,
and the Cohens first by an earlier period of persecution and then, in the case
of Abraham Cohen, by the desire to find better financial circumstances through
emigration. And as a result, the lines curve together to intersect some three
hundred years later - about as far away as is possible - across the other side
of the world in Australia.</font>
Obviously how we see the world depends
on where we stand in it. As one of the children of that union
of a Cohen and son of a Cassirer, there is some interest in that
intersection of what are otherwise separate and distant stories.
But the broader interest will be in the two distinct Cohen and
Cassirer stories and some highlights are provided in following
pages.</font>
'''Click here for </font>[[Cassirers: Founding Years]] '''
'''Click here for [[Cohen: Beginnings in Australia]]</font>'''
Of course Cohen and Cassirer are not the only families whose trajectories intersect at this point. Wives and husbands from other families merge in bringing other influences and histories. Over time, some of the other family histories which emerge as important influences will also be added to this overview. One is that of the Falk family, which originated in Dessau, also in the same area of Central Europe as the Cassirers and Cohens, and which became entwined with both.</font>
'''Click here for''' [[Falk: Scattered from Dessau - across two hemispheres and four continents]]</font>
[[[For sources and more detail about the Ha-Kohen history click here]]]
[[Back to Overviews first page]]
<<|[[HistoryTrail|Next Page]]|>>Of course Cohen and Cassirer are not the only families whose trajectories intersect at this point. Wives and husbands from other families merge in bringing other influences and histories. Over time, some of the other family histories which emerge as important influences will also be added to this overview. One is that of the Falk family, which originated in Dessau, also in the same area of Central Europe as the Cassirers and Cohens, and which became entwined with both.</font>
'''Click here for''' [[Falk: Scattered from Dessau - across two hemispheres and four continents]]</font>
[[[For sources and more detail about the Ha-Kohen history click here]]]
[[Back to Overviews first page]]
<<|[[HistoryTrail|Next Page]]|>>
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=== A tale of two men: Cassirer and Cohen 1500-1800 ===
->===== Note: In the map above numbers refer to the following places: 1. Schweinfurt 2. Dessau 3. Berlin, 4 Breslau (now Wroclaw), 5 Schwientochlowitz, 6. Krakau (Cracow in English) - click on map to expand it. =====
=== It is possible to construct an interesting connection between two men: ===
'''The first was [[Moses ben Israel Lazarus (Isserles-Lazarus)]]'''<font color="#000000"> He was born between 1523-30
and would, in modern language, have been known as Rabbi Moses Isserles.[[†]] He
died near the age of 50 in 1572 in [[Cracow]],
in Poland. He was an imposing man and he founded a Yeshiva and was its
Rosh Jeshivah (President) for life. He was the author of "Darkhe
Moshe"
the ashkenazi viewpoint of Josef Caro's sephardic Halachic tradition. He was
the codifier of ashkenazi traditions and through his additions, the "Shulchan
Aruch" became the authoritative work among the Ashkenazim. This family
tree descends from Moses in a line to join with the son of the first identified
Cassirer, </font>[[Loebel Moses Cassirer 1738-1880]]<font color="#000000"> and his wife Sarah (Zerchen) Ruben
1743-1809. [[Loebel's Stamm Nummer,]] a form of residence permit survives. It shows he had
not quite as many rights as 'General Privileg', but better than 'Toleriert'
and that he was a also a steuernumerant (number holder) and thus was a
tax paying member of the community. (For a note on the origin of the Cassirer
name [[click here]].) </font><font color="#000000">Loebel's signature survives on [[his Stamm Nummer]] and this echo from 1796 is shown below.</font>
[[Image:cassirer1_signature.png]]
<font color="#000000">Loebel and Sara had at least 4 sons including:
[[Gerson]] (born 1768), [[Hirsch]] (born
1772), [[Jacob]] (born 1774) and [[Moses]] (born
1771) ben Loebel Cassirer. The latter, </font>[[Moses Loebel Cassirer (1771-1837)]]<font color="#000000"> as he later came to be
called, married</font>[[Pesel Bat Salomon Friedlander]] <font color="#000000">(</font><font color="#000000">GGGGGG
Granddaughter of Moses ben Israel Lazarus- see above) in 1791.
And it is from this union that that
the line of Cassirers whose history is recounted here are descended.</font>
<font color="#000000">Moses Loebel Cassirer (1771-1837)
and his wife Pesel</font>.
<font color="#000000">A</font><font color="#000000">mongst the children of
Moses Cassirer and Pesel was [[Markus Cassirer]],<font color="#000000">
born in lower Silesia, in [[Schwientochlowitz]] (later
the site of a Nazi death camp and now situated in Poland), in 1801. Markus
Cassirer married </font>[[Jeanette Steinitz]] . Their children
who would map out a remarkable history. That history of the
Cassirer descendants is expanded on in considerable detail [[here]].</font>
'''The second man of interest was [[Don Menachem Chajim Ha-Kohen.]] '''<font color="#000000">He was born in 1650 and is said to
have come from Spain to Holland and then to Niederwerrn [Niderweren]. Niederwerrn
is a small village outside Schweinfurt in
the northern part of what is now the German state of Bavaria. (No Jews live
in Niederweren anymore. The beautiful city of [[Schweinfurt]]
is also now the home of the 12,000 soldiers of the US 1st Infantry Division
- "The Big Red One". )</font>
<font color="#000000">Don Menachem's grandchildren included
Chajim born in 1761, Hannah (1766-1848), Levy (1775-1851) and
Menachen Hayum Ha-Kohen (1762).</font> <font color="#000000">As
a result of legislation enforcing adoption of surnames, some branches
of the family adopted the new name Kohnstamm, others dropped the
prefix 'Ha' and</font> <font color="#000000">became known as Kohn.
(Cohn was at that time a legitimate alternative spelling.)</font>
[[Menachen Hayum Ha-Kohen]]<font color="#000000"> emigrated to England in 1782 and established
a family in Brighton. It was in the course of this that he anglicized
his name to "</font>[[Emanuel Hyum Cohen]]<font color="#000000">". (Much later, the family
he left behind in Germany took up the family name Kohnstamm.)
All of Emanuel Cohen's descendants remaining in England are through
the female line. But the name Cohen continues on born by the numerous
progeny of his sons who emigrated from England. Emanuel Cohen's
descendants spread across Canada, the USA, South Africa, New Zealand
and Australia.</font>
<font color="#000000">It was one of Emanuel Cohen's sons, </font>[[Abraham Cohen]]<font color="#0000ff">,
</font><font color="#000000">who arrived from England in Australia
in 1835 . A year later he married </font>[[Sophia]]<font color="#000000">, the daughter of </font>[[Henry Cohen]]<font color="#000000"> (a tailor who in 1833 had been
transported from London to Australia for possessing several stolen promissory
notes). And it was </font>[[Barbara Cohen]]<font color="#000000">, GG Grandaughter of Henry Cohen,
and also sister in law to Abraham Cohen's G Grandson </font>[[Bruce Benjamin]]<font color="#000000">,
who would meet, and ultimately marry a son of a Cassirer.</font>
{| border="1"
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|
|}
{| border="1"
|-
|<font color="#000000">Abraham Cohen (1812-1874)</font>
|<font color="#000000">Sophia Cohen (1816-1882) </font>
| <font color="#000000">Henry Cohen (1790-1867)</font>
|}
<font color="#000000">There is not much more that need be said here about this.
Both stories begin not far apart close to what is now the border of Poland and
Germany. This is not purely coincidence, since this was also a place where Jewish
people could survive, at least for periods of this history without constant
persecution [see [[note on the history of Central Europe]]]. Both families are forced apart, the Cassirers by the holocaust,
and the Cohens first by an earlier period of persecution and then, in the case
of Abraham Cohen, by the desire to find better financial circumstances through
emigration. And as a result, the lines curve together to intersect some three
hundred years later - about as far away as is possible - across the other side
of the world in Australia.</font>
<font color="#000000">Obviously how we see the world depends
on where we stand in it. As one of the children of that union
of a Cohen and son of a Cassirer, there is some interest in that
intersection of what are otherwise separate and distant stories.
But the broader interest will be in the two distinct Cohen and
Cassirer stories and some highlights are provided in following
pages.</font>
'''<font color="#000000">Click here for </font>[[Cassirers: Founding Years]] '''
'''<font color="#000000">Click here for [[Cohen: Beginnings in Australia]]</font>'''
<font color="#000000">Of course Cohen and Cassirer are not the only families whose trajectories intersect at this point. Wives and husbands from other families merge in bringing other influences and histories. Over time, some of the other family histories which emerge as important influences will also be added to this overview. One is that of the Falk family, which originated in Dessau, also in the same area of Central Europe as the Cassirers and Cohens, and which became entwined with both.</font>
<font color="#000000">'''Click here for''' [[Falk: Scattered from Dessau - across two hemispheres and four continents]]</font>
[[[For sources and more detail about the Ha-Kohen history click here]]]
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=== A tale of two men: Cassirer and Cohen 1500-1800 ===
->===== Note: In the map above numbers refer to the following places: 1. Schweinfurt 2. Dessau 3. Berlin, 4 Breslau (now Wroclaw), 5 Schwientochlowitz, 6. Krakau (Cracow in English) - click on map to expand it. =====
=== It is possible to construct an interesting connection between two men: ===
'''The first was [[Moses ben Israel Lazarus (Isserles-Lazarus)]]'''<font color="#000000"> He was born between 1523-30
and would, in modern language, have been known as Rabbi Moses Isserles.[[†]] He
died near the age of 50 in 1572 in [[Cracow]],
in Poland. He was an imposing man and he founded a Yeshiva and was its
Rosh Jeshivah (President) for life. He was the author of "Darkhe
Moshe"
the ashkenazi viewpoint of Josef Caro's sephardic Halachic tradition. He was
the codifier of ashkenazi traditions and through his additions, the "Shulchan
Aruch" became the authoritative work among the Ashkenazim. This family
tree descends from Moses in a line to join with the son of the first identified
Cassirer, </font>[[Loebel Moses Cassirer 1738-1880]]<font color="#000000"> and his wife Sarah (Zerchen) Ruben
1743-1809. [[Loebel's Stamm Nummer,]] a form of residence permit survives. It shows he had
not quite as many rights as 'General Privileg', but better than 'Toleriert'
and that he was a also a steuernumerant (number holder) and thus was a
tax paying member of the community. (For a note on the origin of the Cassirer
name [[click here]].) </font><font color="#000000">Loebel's signature survives on [[his Stamm Nummer]] and this echo from 1796 is shown below.</font>
[[Image:cassirer1_signature.png]]
<font color="#000000">Loebel and Sara had at least 4 sons including:
[[Gerson]] (born 1768), [[Hirsch]] (born
1772), [[Jacob]] (born 1774) and [[Moses]] (born
1771) ben Loebel Cassirer. The latter, </font>[[Moses Loebel Cassirer (1771-1837)]]<font color="#000000"> as he later came to be
called, married</font>[[Pesel Bat Salomon Friedlander]] <font color="#000000">(</font><font color="#000000">GGGGGG
Granddaughter of Moses ben Israel Lazarus- see above) in 1791.
And it is from this union that that
the line of Cassirers whose history is recounted here are descended.</font>
<font color="#000000">Moses Loebel Cassirer (1771-1837)
and his wife Pesel</font>.
<font color="#000000">A</font><font color="#000000">mongst the children of
Moses Cassirer and Pesel was [[Markus Cassirer]],<font color="#000000">
born in lower Silesia, in [[Schwientochlowitz]] (later
the site of a Nazi death camp and now situated in Poland), in 1801. Markus
Cassirer married </font>[[Jeanette Steinitz]] . Their children
who would map out a remarkable history. That history of the
Cassirer descendants is expanded on in considerable detail [[here]].</font>
'''The second man of interest was [[Don Menachem Chajim Ha-Kohen.]] '''<font color="#000000">He was born in 1650 and is said to
have come from Spain to Holland and then to Niederwerrn [Niderweren]. Niederwerrn
is a small village outside Schweinfurt in
the northern part of what is now the German state of Bavaria. (No Jews live
in Niederweren anymore. The beautiful city of [[Schweinfurt]]
is also now the home of the 12,000 soldiers of the US 1st Infantry Division
- "The Big Red One". )</font>
<font color="#000000">Don Menachem's grandchildren included
Chajim born in 1761, Hannah (1766-1848), Levy (1775-1851) and
Menachen Hayum Ha-Kohen (1762).</font> <font color="#000000">As
a result of legislation enforcing adoption of surnames, some branches
of the family adopted the new name Kohnstamm, others dropped the
prefix 'Ha' and</font> <font color="#000000">became known as Kohn.
(Cohn was at that time a legitimate alternative spelling.)</font>
[[Menachen Hayum Ha-Kohen]]<font color="#000000"> emigrated to England in 1782 and established
a family in Brighton. It was in the course of this that he anglicized
his name to "</font>[[Emanuel Hyum Cohen]]<font color="#000000">". (Much later, the family
he left behind in Germany took up the family name Kohnstamm.)
All of Emanuel Cohen's descendants remaining in England are through
the female line. But the name Cohen continues on born by the numerous
progeny of his sons who emigrated from England. Emanuel Cohen's
descendants spread across Canada, the USA, South Africa, New Zealand
and Australia.</font>
<font color="#000000">It was one of Emanuel Cohen's sons, </font>[[Abraham Cohen]]<font color="#0000ff">,
</font><font color="#000000">who arrived from England in Australia
in 1835 . A year later he married </font>[[Sophia]]<font color="#000000">, the daughter of </font>[[Henry Cohen]]<font color="#000000"> (a tailor who in 1833 had been
transported from London to Australia for possessing several stolen promissory
notes). And it was </font>[[Barbara Cohen]]<font color="#000000">, GG Grandaughter of Henry Cohen,
and also sister in law to Abraham Cohen's G Grandson </font>[[Bruce Benjamin]]<font color="#000000">,
who would meet, and ultimately marry a son of a Cassirer.</font>
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|<font color="#000000">Sophia Cohen (1816-1882) </font>
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<font color="#000000">There is not much more that need be said here about this.
Both stories begin not far apart close to what is now the border of Poland and
Germany. This is not purely coincidence, since this was also a place where Jewish
people could survive, at least for periods of this history without constant
persecution [see [[note on the history of Central Europe]]]. Both families are forced apart, the Cassirers by the holocaust,
and the Cohens first by an earlier period of persecution and then, in the case
of Abraham Cohen, by the desire to find better financial circumstances through
emigration. And as a result, the lines curve together to intersect some three
hundred years later - about as far away as is possible - across the other side
of the world in Australia.</font>
<font color="#000000">Obviously how we see the world depends
on where we stand in it. As one of the children of that union
of a Cohen and son of a Cassirer, there is some interest in that
intersection of what are otherwise separate and distant stories.
But the broader interest will be in the two distinct Cohen and
Cassirer stories and some highlights are provided in following
pages.</font>
'''<font color="#000000">Click here for </font>[[Cassirers: Founding Years]] '''
'''<font color="#000000">Click here for [[Cohen: Beginnings in Australia]]</font>'''
<font color="#000000">Of course Cohen and Cassirer are not the only families whose trajectories intersect at this point. Wives and husbands from other families merge in bringing other influences and histories. Over time, some of the other family histories which emerge as important influences will also be added to this overview. One is that of the Falk family, which originated in Dessau, also in the same area of Central Europe as the Cassirers and Cohens, and which became entwined with both.</font>
<font color="#000000">'''Click here for''' [[Falk: Scattered from Dessau - across two hemispheres and four continents]]</font>
[[[For sources and more detail about the Ha-Kohen history click here]]]
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