Hello all,
I am in dire need of help in locating information pertaining to one Jacob COHN/COHEN, who
was living in Michigan City, LaPorte, IN in the 1880 census, along w/ wife, Rachael and
children: Hannah, Mollie, Ida, Adah, and Charles.
I have some reason to suspect that the Adah COHN listed above was my Grt Grandmother, but
in order to confirm this, I need to know if there is some way to check and see if this
Adah Cohn's parents died in LaPorte Co. c. 1881-7. So far, I haven't been able to
find any on-line source(e.g. IGI,etc)that gives any info after the 1880 census.
The family tradition is that my Grt Grandmother and some siblings were orphaned and that
"missionaries" either took them or had them taken to TX(possibly on an
"Orphan Train"). My Grt Grandmother, after having been "taken in" by
several families in TX, wound up in Coleman Co. TX where she married in 1890. I think I
may well have found evidence that her sisters, Hannah and Ida were married in TX in 1890
and 1892, but in different counties.
If anyone has the ability to check LaPorte Co. cemetery/probate/orphan records c. 1880-7
for Jacob and Rachael COHN/COHEN, I would greatly appreciate the assist. I've been
trying to solve the mystery of my Grt Grandmother's origins for almost 40 years, and
this is the closest that I've ever been(I think)to closure.
Thanks,
Larry D. Hamilton Coats