Passenger list for the S.S. Sicilian, departed Antwerp 5 May 1921, arrived Montreal, Quebec on 18 May 1921 (Lines 28-30, Crossed out [did not sail])[6]
Emigrated to the U.S. from Montreal, Canada on the D&H Rwy under the name of Alexander Zull Kahanski, arrived at the port of Rouse's Point, NY on 4 Oct 1923
Certificate of naturalization #3330643 (29 May 1930)[12]
Obituaries
Alexander S. Kohanski; Jewish Educator, Editor
Alexander S. Kohanski, 85, a prominent Jewish educator, author and editor. Before retiring to Southern California in 1983, Kohanski, a native of Lithuania, had been director of the League for Labor Palestine, editor of publications for the American Jewish Conference and executive director of the San Francisco Jewish Education Society. Among his published works were “An Analytical Interpretation of Martin Buber’s ‘I and Thou,’ ” “Toward a New Orientation in Modern Thinking,” “Martin Buber’s Philosophy of Interhuman Relation” and “Greek Mode of Thought in Modern Philosophy.” In Laguna Hills on Sept. 29.[13]
Dr. Alexander S. Kohanski, an educator and leader of Jewish organizations, died of lung cancer Sept. 29 at Saddleback Hospital in Laguna Hills, Calif. He was 85 years old and lived in Laguna Hills.
Dr. Kohanski was director of research and editor of publications of the American Jewish Conference from 1943 to 1945 and executive director of the San Francisco Jewish Education Society from 1949 to 1953. From 1973 to 1978, he was adjunct professor of philosophy and religion at Kean College of New Jersey in Union.
He is survived by his wife, Dorothy; two sons, Daniel, of Manhattan, and Dr. Ronald, of Englewood, N.J.; a sister, Rose Mitchell of Laguna Hills, and three grandchildren.[14]
Research Notes
Note from Lawrence-8233: All the early documentation of this man's life states his middle name was Sissel. Even his page at Amazon, listing the many books he wrote, uses this form. [1]
However, his death certificate states it was Siskind, perhaps not coincidentally the name of an ancestor. And his wife, in an article on their shared quest to find the descendants of the Tzaddik of Lazday, calls him Alexander Siskind Kohanski. [2]
The collection of his academic papers merely mentions his middle initial as S. [3]
Bloom-789 14:04, 8 December 2017 (EST)
Please see immigration records for the source of all spelling variants.
Sources
↑ "California, San Francisco County Records, 1824-1997," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL4T-Y9GD : 22 July 2021), Alexander S Kohanski and Dorothy A Dellar, 09 Mar 1949; citing Marriage, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States, San Francisco Public Library, California; FamilySearch digital folder 004270209.
↑ "California, San Francisco County Records, 1824-1997," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL4Y-5VM8 : 22 July 2021), Alexander S Kohanski and Dorothy A Dellar, 09 Mar 1949; citing Marriage, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States, San Francisco Public Library, California; FamilySearch digital folder 004270250.
↑ "California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPMD-ZNV : 26 November 2014), Alexander Siskind Kohanski, 29 Sep 1987; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.
↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JB5G-43V : 20 May 2014), Alexander S Kohanski, 29 Sep 1987; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
↑ "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV5W-92Q1 : accessed 26 September 2022), Alexander S Kohanski, California, United States, 21 Oct 1987; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing , born-digital text.
↑ "Canada Passenger Lists, 1881-1922," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2HGJ-DW8 : 11 March 2018), Ganson Kahanski, May 1921; citing Immigration, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, T-14713, Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.
↑ The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; Manifests of Passengers Arriving at St. Albans, VT, District through Canadian Pacific and Atlantic Ports, 1895-1954; Record Group Title: Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1787 - 2004; Record Group Number: 85; Series Number: M1464; Roll Number: 480, Ancestry Record 1075 #1266111
↑ The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; Manifests of Passengers Arriving at St. Albans, VT, District through Canadian Pacific and Atlantic Ports, 1895-1954; Record Group Title: Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1787 - 2004; Record Group Number: 85; Series Number: M1464; Roll Number: 505, Ancestry Record 1075 #1807228
↑ 12.012.112.212.3 National Archives and Records Administration; Washington, DC; Record Group Title: Records of District Courts of the United States, 1685-2009; Record Group Number: RG 21, Ancestry Record 2280 #3787137
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4C7-RST : 11 January 2021), Alexander Kohanski, lodger, in household of Sam Pearlman, Civil District 2, Shelby, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 98-88, sheet 7B, line 42, family 185, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3962. Occupation: co-partner building[?] camp, children's camp
"United States 1950 Census", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6XL1-HSRT : Fri Mar 24 21:17:32 UTC 2023), Entry for Alexander S Kohanski and Dorothy D Kohanski, 3 April 1950. Occupation: Executive secretary of education, Jewish education
"United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV5W-92Q1 : accessed 27 June 2023), Alexander S Kohanski, California, United States, 21 Oct 1987; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing , born-digital text.
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