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About Golda Cohn

According to the latest edition of "The Unbroken Chain" by Neil Rosenstein, R' Zvi Hirsch Chajes, ABD Zokiew and Kalisz was married to 1) Rivka (Riva), died in Zolkiew in 1856, daughter of Solomon Przeworski and 2) Golda Cohn, daughter of R. Samuel Berenstein, ABD Amsterdam and Rebecca Reizel (daughter of R' Jacob Moses Lowenstam)

There were 6 children from his first marriage: 1) Leon (Leib) Chajes, 1828-1891, 2) Haim Joachim Chajes, 1830-1886, 3) Salomon Chajes, b. 1835, 4) Wolf Chajes, 1845-1901, 5) Isaac Chajes, 1842-1901, and 6) Yita (Jitte or Jutte) Shifra, 1837-1898

A footnote in Chapter 11, page 252 indicates that Zolkiew civil records for the birth of the children list their mother's name as Rivke, but that published Jewish sources list Golda only. (The Jewish sources that are referenced by the footnote were not specifically delineated in the book).

It has been suggested by Bella Marianchik that if Golda was married to Zvi Hirsch Chajes, that she would have had to be his 1st wife rather than his 2nd because Rywka lived with him his last years and died later than him.

Source

The Unbroken Chain - Neil Rosenstein (3rd Edition) Volume 4, Chapter 11, pages 251-256, and Chapter 12, pages 470-471

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