Thread: Moshe Ha. COHEN HART

Listers,

Can anyone help out with any information on Moshe Ha COHEN HART. I understand he married Leah BENJAMIN, I have no date of the marriage. The only date I have is the date of the birth of the first child, 1818c Zalig Solomon Hart. They had 8 children. The last arriving in 1838.

Not a lot to go on but I would appreciate any help.

Regards to all, Ray [Melb]

hello - On the 1861 census Zalig states he was born Whitechapel c1818 - It is VERY possible that Hart is not his birth name - many immigrants changed their names in order to "merge" with their new neighbours & prevent any poss bad feelings.



You may find this site helpfull:



http://www.parishregister.com/searchpage.asp

JFI: The 1881 Census states born Aldgate c1813

Might be worth trying



http://data.jewishgen.org/wconnect/w...ys~allcountry2

Scottsheat,

I was thinking he was originally a COHEN and took on the name HART as per your suggestion.

What would you think of that?

Regards, Ray

Hello Ray, I have been doing this for very many years &, nothing really surprises me anymore as, basically, anything goes - just as it does today



It's difficult to guess but would advise: one of my ancestors came over from France during the 1730's - Name was Sault & this was changed to Salt - likewise his christian name of Jean was changed to John so, dependant on where they were from originally , I would look for something very similar to Hart - H......t & variances off - I think this is borne out by him being known as Soloman on a couple of the census - whereby he "dropped" the Zelig, as this would not be English &, used his middle name instead - this would def make sense - but, obviously, I could be right off the wall as it may have been something totally unusal for the "English" tongue & pronounciation !!!