Of the sons, the two most distinguished were Henry Emanuel and Nathan. The former became a Cabinet Minister and a Judge of the Supreme Court. A paper has already been devoted to him in this Society’s Journal, and I therefore say no more of him. Nathan Cohen became an important figure in Tamworth. His activities there have also been recently sketched for the Society in two papers.
“The elder Rosa probably died at birth, as the date on the [younger Rosa’s] gravestone tallies exactly with the date of birth of their second child, also named Rosa. She died about a month before [sic] the twins, Henry Emanuel and George, were born. . . .
“In the Shipping Gazette of 6th December 1851, p.354, the following account of the [Wanderer] wreck appears:
“On
Thursday, the 13th ultimo, Mr. B. Boyd’s yacht, the Wanderer, anchored off the bar at Port Macquarie, and on the
following morning a boat belonging to Messrs. Cohen and Co. put off to her to
ascertain if any communication was required with the shore. The crew found her
in a disabled state, her mainmast and foremast both sprung above the deck, as
well as her jib-boom. They reported that Mr. Boyd had been killed by natives,
and they expressed a wish to enter Port Macquarie in order to get her repaired
. . .
“Mr.
Easton, Master of the Elizabeth Cohen, advised that on account of
her draught of water she should not come in; but subsequently went off with his
crew to assist. The yacht was lightened . . . and they stood in the
bar . . . Just on the bar, the breeze suddenly abated, and the keel
of the vessel gently struck, and a strong flood-tide carried her to the south
shore where . . . she stranded. Messrs. Cohen’s bar-boat was
stove in, but they sent out their tug-boat, and at ebb-tide all the movables
that it was possible to secure were got out and conveyed to Messrs. Cohen and
Co. Store.
Further
research/reading:
Find the documents
for the c.1840 case against Edward and
Philip Cohen and
Joseph Simmons, for an
assault on a tailor, Lewis Cohen (no relation), whom Joseph Simmons had then
recently sued.
Who owned the schooner Hannah?
Prisoners to Port Macquarie (AONSW 4/3897, p.418) [?]
Surveyors Correspondence (AONSW 2/7839) [?]
SMH 24.2.1845 [?]
Henry and Elizabeth removed to Sydney in 1845. [///ref?]
Low’s Directory of the City & District of Sydney 1847, lists “Henry Cohen & Co., Wholesale Dealers, George & Hunter Sts” and “?Samuel Cohen, 66 Hunter Street.”
N.S.W. Almanac & Remembrancer 1848, lists “Abraham Cohen, Commission Agent, Cleveland Cottage, Castlereagh St. S.” and “Asher Hart, Commission Agent, 217 Castlereagh St. S.”
Waugh & Cox’s Sydney Directory 1855, lists “Clothiers: ?Henry Cohen, 73 George St.” and “Dealers: ?Samuel Cohen, 87 Market St. east” and “Drapers: ?Henry Cohen, 82 Pitt St.” and “Merchants & Importers: Samuel Henry Cohen, George St.” and “?Abraham Cohen, George St.”
In 1848 Joseph Fowles published Sydney in 1848[1] a book containing descriptions and drawings of streetscapes of the major streets in Sydney Town. Opposite page 21 is a streetscape showing the premises of “H. Cohen & Son” on the eastern side of George Street between Robin Hood Lane (which disappeared with the Australia Square development) and Hunter Street. This was then directly opposite the Margaret Street of today which at that time did not extend down to George Street. Even though the troops had moved to the new Paddington barracks in 1847, the buildings and the “square” of the old barracks still occupied the area between Clarence Street and the western alignment of George Street, from Barrack Street to the now northern alignment of Margaret Street.
