The following list (and the
chronological order thereof) has been developed from Jessop’s Family Tree
with further reference to the Card Index for the Sydney Morning
Herald Births, Deaths and
Marriages Notices, 1831–53 (Mitchell Library), a similar Card Index for
the Maitland Mercury (Society of
Australian Genealogists), and Henry Cohen’s 1866 Will and Death
Certificate, etc.
Five of the six Cohen boys, from left to right, standing: Philip, Lewis and Joseph; sitting: Samuel and Edward. William is absent and it is therefore possible that this photograph was taken at a reunion in Sydney following the occasion of William’s death in 1871.
Henry’s first daughter, Nancy (c.1812–60), was born in London. She married Joseph Simmons (1810–93), in London in 1832, and settled in Sydney. Nancy died 1 April 1860 and is buried at Melbourne[?].
On Sunday morning, 1st inst, at her residence Collingswood, [sic] Melbourne, Nancy, the wife of Mr Joseph Simmons, Senior, late of this city, and eldest daughter of Mr Henry Cohen of Castlereagh Street, Sydney, aged 48 years.[1]
For more details on this family see “Joseph Simmons” below.
Henry’s second daughter, Sophia (c.1816–82) was born in London. She married Abraham Cohen, son of Emanuel Hyam Cohen of Brighton, England, in Sydney, on 27 July 1836. The officiating clergyman was M. E. Rose.
For more details on this family see “Abraham Cohen” below.
Henry’s third daughter, Hannah (1818–1904) was born in London on 28 December 1818.[2] She married[3] Solomon Marks (c.1816–1852), a schoolmaster,[4] in Sydney in on 3 August 1836. The officiating clergyman was M. E. Rose.
Solomon and Hannah had ___ children:
Adolphus (1837–1882) was born[5] at Sydney on ______ 1837. In 1860, at Melbourne, he married[6] his first cousin Charlotte Cohen (1843–1917), daughter of Samuel Henry Cohen. Adolphus died at age 44 on 24 March 1882 and is buried at Rookwood.
Benjamin Francis (1846–____) was born[7] at Sydney on ______ 1846. In 1876, at Sydney, he married[8] his first cousin Jane (Jenny) Matilda Cohen (1849–1930), daughter of Abraham and Sophia Cohen. They settled in Brisbane. One of their five children, Gladys Marks (1883–1970)[9] was the first woman to be appointed an acting university professor in New South Wales.
Esther (1850–____) was born[10] at Sydney on ______ 1850; married David Barnett, son of Solomon Barnett and Esther née ______.
Elizabeth (____[11]–1914) married[12] Sigmond Hoffnung on 26 May 1858. She died in England in 1914.
Frank Samuel (c.1865–1893) was born at Sydney on ______. Frank Samuel died at age 28 on 30 July 1893 and is buried at Rookwood alongside Adolphus.
Children mentioned in Henry’s Will: Esther and Benjamin Francis.
