Tombstone Tuesday: Louis and Sarah Ett Cohn

Sarah Ett, daughter of Hersch Leib Ett and Perl Wenkert Ett, was born 26 September 1887 in Zaleszczyki, Galicia, Austrian Empire (now Ukraine).[1] She arrived in New York in 1903. 

Louis Cohn landed in New York a few months before Sarah in June 1903.[2] He initially worked as a tinsmith but later owned his own sheet metal supply business and did quite well. Louis and Sarah married in Brooklyn on 5 August 1907 - at least that's what Sarah wrote on her naturalization petition. I have not yet located their marriage certificate.

Photo courtesy of Richard & Barbara Brown

Levi Yitzchak son of Yisrael Iser HaKohen

Died 15 Shevat 5727

LOUIS COHN

BELOVED HUSBAND

FATHER AND GRANDFATHER

DIED FEB. 8, 1966

AGE 80 YEARS

Photo courtesy of Richard & Barbara Brown

Sarah daughter of Hersch Leib

Died 17 Shevat 5731

SARAH COHN

BELOVED WIFE

MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER

DIED FEB. 12, 1971

AGE 83 YEARS 

Louis and Sarah had six children: Jack Cohn (9 April 1908 - 8 July 1998), Dorothy Cohn Brown (14 December 1909 - 13 May 2000), Pauline Cohn Pollack (13 September 1911 - 31 October 1994), Blanche Cohn Schwartzstein (5 October 1914 - 12 March 1999), Rose Cohn Weintraub (26 September 1919 - 4 August 1976), and Ira Cohn (13 December 1920 - 23 July 1983).

Death notices for both Louis and Sarah show that they were well-connected and active in several religious and fraternal organizations. They were members of Temple Beth-El of Rockaway Park (Louis was a Trustee) and the Jewish Community Center of Flatbush (Sarah was past President of the Sisterhood and Louis, Honorary President).[3] Louis was also the former long-time treasurer of the Metal and Roofing Distributers Association, Inc. and a Mason (Life Member of Compass Lodge, no. 1019, F. & A.M.).[4]

Sarah and Louis are buried in Mount Carmel Cemetery, Glendale, Queens, New York: Jewish Community Center of Flatbush plot, Section 2, Block 2, Map 6, Lot 38, graves 6 and 7.

Notes:  

1. Sarah Cohn, petition for naturalization (1940), vol. 1051, no. 291380, Eastern District of New York, National Archives - Northeast Region, New York, New York.

2. "New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com: accessed 22 November 2013), manifest, S.S. Batavia, Hamburg to New York, arriving 8 June 1903, List 31, number 13, Lewys Kohn; citing National Archives Microfilm Serial T715, microfilm roll 423.
3. "Louis Cohn," New York Times, 9 February 1966, p. 39; digital image, Proquest Historical Newspapers (http://obituaries.proquest.com/ : accessed 11 November 2013 online via public library home access).
"Sarah Cohn," New York Times, 13 February 1971, p. 30;
digital image, Proquest Historical Newspapers (http://obituaries.proquest.com/ : accessed 16 June 2014 online via public library home access).
4. "Louis Cohn," New York Times, 10 February 1966, p.37; digital image, Proquest Historical Newspapers (http://obituaries.proquest.com/ : accessed 16 June 2014 online via public library home access).