Researching Arthur Cohen
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 4715 people with the Cohen surname? In that year Cohen was ranked number 897 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Arthur means "from Latin Artorius, legendary king" and is of Welsh origin.
Records of Arthur Cohen on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Arthur Cohen and the Cohen Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Cohen Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources below you will be able to find a birth record and, from that, a birth certificate can be ordered which lists the names of the mother and father, taking you back another generation in your tree. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Cohen family tree.
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| Did you know that there are currently 6670 people with the Cohen surname in the UK? Cohen is now ranked number 903 for popularity in the UK. |
Cohen Family Tree Databases
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Cohen Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 91147 people with the Cohen surname in the USA? Cohen is ranked number 127 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Cohen Databases
Investigate the Ellis Island Database for information on Arthur Cohen. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Arthur Cohen
Arthur Juda Cohen
Arthur Juda (Adje Cohen, Uri Yehuda Cohen, Aart Gerardus Lekskes) Cohen (19 January 1910 – 22 December 2000) was a member of the Dutch Underground resistance movement, and after World War II he was instrumental in the re-establishment of the Jewish community in Rotterdam; as late as the mid-1970s, when already in his 60s, he established a school for strictly orthodox boys and girls in Amsterdam, known as the "Cheider". Adje Cohen was also responsible for the rescue of Iranian-Jewish refugees to the Netherlands. Between 1987 and 1997 he brought over 3000 Iranian Jews from Pakistan to safer places. In 1991 he set up an airlift for Jewish children from the radio-active Chernobyl area to Israel.
Source: Arthur Juda Cohen, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Cohen
Family names can get corrupted over time, particularly where literacy was not as good. The following list contains some names that have similar sounds so you may want to also look at one or two of the more likely possibilites.
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