Wife of Rabbi Yitzchok Yosef Kohen
יצחק יוסף ב"ר אברהם הכהן
Chief Rabbi, Szamosujvar (Gherla), RomaniaDate of Death:
Mon. September 27, 1920 -
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Rebbetzin Chaya Cohen d. June 15, 1954 / 14 Sivan, 5715
Photo Caption: Rav Yosef Yitzchok Kohen, Chief Rabbi Szamosujvar (Gherla), Romania
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Photo Caption: Dedication page for the Kohen / Elias family, Credit: MCA
Photo Caption: The Shul in Szamosújvár (currently Gehrla, Romania), Credit: Michael Elias
Photo Caption: What is likely the kever of Rav Yitzchok Yosef’s (left) alongside that of his son-in-law and successor Rav Avroham Shloima Elias in Szamosújvár, Credit: Michael Elias
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Chaya’s marriage to Rabbi Yitzchok Yosef Kohen was the second marriage for both. Their marriage record in Szamosujvár (today Gherla, Cluj, România) provides a fair amount of information about both of them.
Here is the extract of the 1898 Szamosujvar (Gherla), Romania marriage data:
Groom’s Surname: Kohn
Groom’s Given Name: József
Groom’s Birth Town: Monospetri (today Petreu, Bihor, România)
Groom’s Birth Date: 1833
Groom’s Age: 65
Groom’s Occupation: district rabbi of Szamosujvár (today Gherla, Cluj, România)
Groom’s Father’s Given Name: Abraham
Groom’s Father’s Status: deceased
Groom’s Father’s Occupation: merchant in Monospetri (today Petreu, Bihor, România)
Groom’s Mother’s Given Name: Rebeka
Groom’s Mother’s Maiden Surname: Kohn
Groom’s Mother’s Status: deceased
Groom’s Mother’s Death Town: Pocsaj
Bride’s Maiden Surname: Hönig
Bride’s Given Name: Hani
Bride’s Birth Town: Kémer (today Camar, Salaj, România)
Bride’s Birth Date: 15 Jan 1869
Bride’s Age: 29
Bride’s Residence: Szamosujvár (today Gherla, Cluj, România)
Bride’s Father’s Given Name: Mózes
Bride’s Father’s Status: deceased
Bride’s Father’s Occupation: religion teacher in Szilágy Nagyfalu
Bride’s Mother’s Given Name: Pepi
Bride’s Mother’s Maiden Surname: Koh
Bride’s Mother’s Status: deceased
Bride’s Mother’s Death Town: Kémer (today Camar, Salaj, România)
Bride’s Marital Status: widow
Bride’s Previous Husband: Efraim Moskovit
Marriage Date: 11-Jan-1898
Marriage Town: Szamosujvár (today Gherla, Cluj, România)
Registration Town: Szamosujvár, Cluj, Szolnok-Doboka (today Gherla, Cluj, România)
Witnesses: Izsák Kirscher,64 and Adolf Gottlieb, 47, both merchants from Szamosujvár
Source: Romanian Nat’I Archives – Cluj, Gherla 142, Record 92506-9251 / 1898-02