Horace Rives Cohen (1895 - 1984)

Born 12 Feb 1895 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Ancestors

Husband of Jennie (Heillig) Cohen — married 20 Jun 1922 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Died 13 Nov 1984 at age 89 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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Biography

Horace was born in 1895. He was the son of Lyon Cohen and Rachel Friedman.

Birth record for Horace Rives Cohen: Date: 12 Feb 1895; Place: Montréal, Québec; Father: Lyon Cohen; Father's occupation: Merchant; Mother: Rachel Friedman ^[1]

1901 Canada Census: Name: Horace R. Cohen: BIrth: 12 Feb 1895; Birthplace: Quebec; Residence: Montréal, Québec ^[2]

1921 Canada Census: Name: Horace R. Cohen: Birth: abt 1895; Birthplace: Quebec; Residence: Montreal, Quebec; ^[3]

Marriage record for Horace Rives Cohen and Jennie Heillig: Date: 20 Jun 1922; Place: Montreal, Quebec
Groom's info: residence: Montreal, Quebec; father: Lyon Cohen; mother: Rachel Friedman
Bride's info: residence: Montreal, Quebec; father: Kalman Heillig; mother: Rebecca Macht ^[4]

Death: Name: Horace R. Cohen; Gender: Male; Death Age: 89; Birth Date: 12 Feb 1895; Birth Place: Montreal; Marriage Date: 20 Jun 1922; Death Date: Abt 1984; Burial Date: 15 Nov; Burial Place: Mount Royal Blvd.; Obituary Date: 15 Nov 1984; Obituary Place: Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Newspaper Title: The Gazette; Parents: Rachel Friedman; Lyon Cohen; Spouse: Jennie Heillig; Child: Lazarus H., Judith Francis Walter Gainsbury, David Derek. ^[5]

Immigration and Naturalization

Passenger manifest for the S.S. Duchess of Atholl, sailing from Quebec on 19 Aug 1932, arriving in New York on 23 Aug 1932 (lines 7-9) ^[6]

line | name | age | sex | status | occupation

7 | Cohen, Barney F. | 39 | m | s | sales rp

8 | Cohen, Horace R. | 37 | m | m | manufctr

9 | Cohen, Jennie | 36 | f | m | h'wife

Nationality/race | Place of birth

7-8 | British/Hebrew | Montreal, Canada

9 | British/English | Durham, [N]Carolna, U.S.A.

Last permanent residence: Westmount. Q. Canada

Contact at former residence:

7 | Father - Fischer Cohen, 52, Academy Rd. Westmount, P.Q.

8 | Father - Lyon Cohen, 25, Rosemount Av. Westmount. Que.

9 | Father-in-law - as above

Final destination: Westmount, Que. Canada

Ever before in the U.S | date | place

7 | yes | 1932 | N.Y.C.

8 | " | 1932 | Boston & N. York

9 | " | " | "

O.B.E.

Horace Cohen was appointed to the Order of the British Empire in July, 1946.

Sources

1. ↑ Ancestry.com. Quebec, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1968 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2008.
2. ↑ Year: 1901; Census Place: Montréal (City/Cité) Saint-Antoine (Ward/Quartier), Montréal (city/cité), Quebec; Page: 5; Family No: 47
3. ↑ Reference Number: RG 31; Folder Number: 148; Census Place: Westmount (City), Montreal (Westmount-St Henri), Quebec; Page Number: 13
4. ↑ Ancestry.com. Quebec, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1968 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2008.
5. ↑ "Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current," Lehi, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations Inc, (Ancestry Record 62226 #568133799), Original data: The Gazette; Publication Date: 15 Nov 1984; Publication Place: Montreal, Quebec, Canada; URL: Access to this URL requires a paid subscription
6. ↑ "New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:24JL-97R : 12 March 2018), Barney F Cohen, 1932; citing Immigration, New York, New York, United States, NARA microfilm publication T715 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

See also:

• "World War I CEF Attestation Papers, 1914-1918," Lehi, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006, (Ancestry Record 1086 #827094), Original data: Canada. "Soldiers of the First World War (1914-1918)." Record Group 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 4930 - 35. Library and Archives Canada; Ottawa, Canada citing Name: Horace Rives Cohen; Age: 19; Birth Date: 12 Feb 1895; Birth Location: Montreal; Residence: Westmount; Military Date: 1914-1918; Mother: Ray Cohen; Next of Kin: Ray Cohen; Next of Kin Relationship: Mother.