Wednesday, November 27, 2024

Picture on the Bureau


 In the box of framed photos I received is this one which I recognized.  I think a similar picture was on my mom's bureau.

Where is that picture anyway?  Things just slip away.

Who is it?  I think it's my great grandmother.  Sophia Roytenburg Cohen.  Those names are not necessarily 'accurate'  They were married quite young.  They arrived around 1890.  The 'story' was that they did not go through Ellis Island but posed as the children of a Canadian couple.  Over and over, they tell us that names were not changed at Ellis Island.  The story was that Edward Cohen took that name when he came to America.  He thought it would be a good name for a Jewish family.  Not Kohanim and not claiming to be so.  By cousin Sonia was named for her and also myself Sandra.



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