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Cohen was born on 25 May 1875 in Kensington, London, the daughter of Conservative politician Sir Benjamin Cohen (1844-1909) and Louisa Emily Merton (1850-1931), both of whom were great-grandchildren of Levy Barent Cohen (1747-1808), of whom The Jewish Encyclopedia says that "Through the distinguished marriages which his children contracted, nearly all the leading Jewish families in England are ...
Levy Barent Cohen (1747–1808) Joseph Cohen (1774–1838) Louis Cohen (1799–1882) Adelaide Cohen (1830–1895), married Sir Joseph Sebag-Montefiore; Lionel Louis Cohen (1832–1887) Ellen Cohen (1843–1919), married Samuel Montagu, 1st Baron Swaythling; Sir Benjamin Cohen, 1st Baronet (1844–1909) Sir Herbert Benjamin Cohen, 2nd Baronet ...
On 22 October 1806 in London, he married Hannah Barent-Cohen (1783–1850), daughter of Levy Barent Cohen (1747–1808) and wife Lydia Diamantschleifer. Hannah Barent-Cohen was the aunt of Benjamin Frederik David Philips, the founder of Philips, and Karl Heinrich Marx. Hannah's sister, Judith Barent-Cohen, was the wife of Sir Moses Montefiore ...
Sir Moses Haim Montefiore, 1st Baronet, FRS (24 October 1784 – 28 July 1885) was a British financier and banker, activist, philanthropist and Sheriff of London.Born to an Italian Sephardic Jewish family based in London, after he achieved success, he donated large sums of money to promote industry, business, economic development, education and health among the Jewish community in the Levant.
Judith, Lady Montefiore (née Barent Cohen; 20 February 1784 – 24 September 1862) was a British linguist, musician, travel writer, and philanthropist. She was the wife of Sir Moses Montefiore . She authored the first Jewish cook book written in English.
Gibby Cohen, now 77, and his wife, Patti, were personal trainers long before it was even a thing. The duo opened their first training studio, Polygym, in New York City in the early 1980s and ...
The phrase "He never married" thus became a staple euphemism of obituary writers used to imply that the subject was homosexual. [2] [3] [4] Sex between men in England and Wales was illegal until 1967, so few men were openly gay. The ambiguity of the phrase has been commented on, however, by a number of sources.
The Cohens were also leading merchants based in London, with Nanette's father Shlomo developing a large business alongside his brother Levy Barent Cohen. [7] Henriette Pressburg married Hirschel Marx (later Heinrich Marx; 1777–1838) on 22 November 1814 in the Nijmegen Synagogue, [8] she receiving a twenty thousand guilder dowry.