COHEN family

All COHEN's are descendents of Aaron.

Israel COHEN

Israel COHEN (b. around 1862 Russia, d. between 1920 and 1930) married Mary (b. around 1863 Russia, d. between 1910 and 1920). The parents of each were born in Russia according to the 1910 Census. In 1901, they lived at 237 31st Street, Chicago with their children.

Some information from the 1910 census, 1920 census and 1930 census.

• Ben COHEN (b. around 1883 or 1885). Artist for Chicago Tribune. Married (after 1910 census) to Lillian.
  • Roberta COHEN
  
  
• William COHEN (b. around 1887). Listed with parents on 1910 census.
  
• Florence COHEN (b. around 1890) married (after 1910 census) Nathan HELMANN
  • Paul HELLMAN (b. 1925, d. 5 June 1998) car salesman. living most of his life in Mt. Prospect, IL. He got in the car business through his sister Shirley's husband who had a car dealership. He opened dealerships in Wisconsin and Oklahoma. He graduated from Roosevelt University with a degree in psychology. He was an airline steward during World War II and earned a Bronze Star. Married Maureen.
    • Bradford HELLMAN
    • Brooke HELLMAN married HOFFMAN
    • Tiffany HELLMAN married BUCCOLT
    • Mehgan HELLMAN married PETERSEN
    Four grandchildren.
  • Milton HELLMAN. (b. 15 Mar. 1912 Chicago, d. 5 Jan. 2009 Hooverwood Nursing Home, Indianapolis, Indiana, obit). Attended Hyde Park High School. He spent the majority of his life in Chicago, also spending time in Dallas, TX, and Duluth, MN. Milt worked in Finance, retiring at the age of 85. He was an avid reader, card player, and lover of ideas.
    • Dr. Richard HELLMAN married Pat. They lived in Indianapolis and had 4 grandchildren as of 2009. Richard is Associate Professor Emeritus of Clinical Medicine at the Indiana University School of Medicine.
      Rick Hellman is a senior clinical nephrologist with a broad base in clinical nephrologist and specific interests in acute kidney injury, contrast nephropathy, hypertension, fluid and electrolyte disorders particularly disorders of Potassium metabolism , anemia in CKD, CKD management, infection in patients with renal disease, hemodialysis of toxins and poisons and glomerulonephritis with a particular interest in IgA nephropathy. At present he is involved in clinical teaching and mentoring of medical students, Residents and Renal Fellows as a consultant in nephrology at IUHP. While at Indiana University he has had a major interest in ESRD care as it relates to the inner city patient populations and presently has an interest in health care and public policy as it relates to renal disease. He was prior medical director at DCI Indianapolis, and medical director of the hypertension clinic at Indiana University Hospital and IUHP.
      Dr. Hellman received a BA in Economics from Roosevelt University, and an MD degree from the Baylor College of Medicine. He did his internship in internal medicine at the Baylor College of Medicine and Residency in internal Medicine at the University of Texas San Antonio and a Fellowship in Nephrology at Washington University Barnes Hospital. After completion of his Fellowship in nephrology he was a consultant in Nephrology at the Duluth Clinic subsequently Essentia Health and Associate Clinical Professor of Nephrology and adjunct Professor of Physiology at the University of Minnesota, Duluth .
      After 20 years in private practice he returned to clinical academic medicine at Indiana University to devote more time to clinical teaching and research. He has been at Indiana University for 21 years.
      • Dr. Nathan HELLMAN married Claire.
      • Catherine HELLMAN married Tim O'MALLEY.
      • Susan HELLMAN
  • William (Bill) HELLMAN
    • Jeffry HELLMAN (b. ~1941). Daughter: Hannah HELLMAN.
    • Barbara HELLMAN (b. ~1943) married GRUBBS. Son: Daniel GRUBBS.
    • David HELLMAN (b. ~1945)
    • Laura HELLMAN (b. ~1955) married HILL.
    Children: Michael HILL and Brittany HILL.
  • Ethel HELLMAN (b. 21 April 1914) married (17 Nov. 1940) a name="lur">Harvey LUREY (b. 4 Jun. 1915, d. Dec. 1983). Ethel resides in Laguna Wood, California.
    • Nadine LUREY ("Nadya") (b. Oct. 18, 1944) resides in Bali, Indonesia. Unmarried, no children.
    • Michael Steven (Mike) LUREY (b. 31 Aug. 1946) had three children by his first marriage:
      • Adam LUREY (b. March 1969, d. July 1969)
      • Jennifer Anne LUREY (b. Nov. 1970) m. (Aug. 1995) Greg KOVACS (b. Sept. 10, 1966) reside in West Hills, California. Children: Savannah Tess KOVACS (b. Oct. 4, 1998), Makenna Eden KOVACS (b. Mar. 30, 2001)
      • Jeremy Scott LUREY (b. April 18, 1972) m. (June 1997) Robin AZAR. They reside in Oak Park, California. Children: Dylan Scott LUREY (b. 31 Jan. 1999), Amanda Kate LUREY (b. 4 June 2001)
      Michael remarried (14 Feb. 1998) Laurie Frances HASENCAMP. They reside in Pacific Palisades, California.
    • Lisbeth ("Beth") LUREY (b. July 19, 1950) m. Mark TITUS - reside in Kansas City, Kansas.
      • Charles ("Chas") TITUS (b. Oct. 16, 1984)
      • Marisa ("Missy") TITUS (b. Oct. 20, 1989)
  • Shirley HELLMAN married Harry SELTZER, lived Palm Springs (?)
  • Dolly HELLMAN married to Ray AMBERG, toy manufacturer. Used to live in Winnetka or Highland Park, Illinois.
    • William AMBERG
  • Jane HELLMAN married to ?? FELIXSON
  
  
• Morrie COHEN (b. around 1892). Listed with parents on 1910 census.
  
• Louis COHEN (b. around 1895). Listed with parents on 1910 census. Louis married Lillian (b. 1894)
  • Rosalind R. COHEN (b. 1919)
  • Ruth C. COHEN (b. 12 Nov. 1905; d. 2 Sep. 2007 aged 101, buried Beth-El Zedeck South Cemetery, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, USA) m. Sam WOLF
    • Dr. Harry C. WOLF, MD (b. 29 Dec. 1931; d. 2014 obituary) m. Jackie married Jacqueline SCOFIELD. Stepchildren: Dan SCOFIELD and Kathryn SCOFIELD.
      Dr. Wolf graduated from Indiana University in 1953 with a B.S. in the School of Business. He proudly served as an officer in the U.S. Army from 1953 to 1955. Forty years after his discharge, he joined in a reunion with his fellow officers; and for the next 10 years, he met with his fellow soldiers at various venues around the country. He loved getting together with his fellow officers and telling stories of past escapades in the Army. Harry loved serving in the Army. He worked for his father at Sam Wolf Auto, until entering medical school. He graduated from IU Medical School in 1966 and set up practice in the "new" Greenbriar area at 86th and Ditch. After several years, he moved his family medicine practice to Naab Road, across from St. Vincent's Hospital. Dr. Wolf taught in the St. Vincent's Family Medicine Residency Program for many years. He received many honors for his exemplary teaching, including teacher of the year and distinguished physician of the year from St. Vincent's Hospital. Dr. Wolf also taught "How to Take Patient Histories" for freshman medical students in the IU School of Medicine, Indianapolis. He was fond of telling his students if you listen carefully to your patients, they will tell you what is wrong with them and allow you to make a correct diagnosis. Dr. Wolf retired from his private medical practice in July 1997, but he continued to teach in the St. Vincent's Family medicine Residency Program for several more years.
      • Dr. David Alexander WOLF (b. 23 Aug. 1956) is an American astronaut, medical doctor and electrical engineer.
        WOLF has been to space four times. Three of his spaceflights were short-duration Space Shuttle missions, the first of which was STS-58 in 1993, and his most recent spaceflight was STS-127 in 2009. Wolf also took part in a long-duration mission aboard the Russian space station Mir which lasted 128 days, and occurred during Mir EO-24. He was brought to Mir aboard STS-86 in September 1997, and landed aboard STS-89 in January 1998. In total Wolf has logged more than 4,040 hours in space. He is also a veteran of 7 spacewalks totaling 41hrs 17min in both Russian and American spacesuits.
      • Anne WOLF m. Steve BERGGREN. Children: Amanda BERGGREN and Michael BERGGREN.
    • Edward N. WOLF m. Ann. Children: Bonnie WOLF and John I. Wolf
  
  
• Harry COHEN (b. 1897, d. 1970) married to Laura SOLOMON (b. 1891, d. 1960)
  • Davis COHEN (b. 1925, d. 1979) married Lolita PINCOFFS (b. 1928, d. 1995)
    • Howard COHEN (b. 8 Feb. 1954, d. 23 Apr. 2016 Deerfield, Illinois)
    • Jerri COHEN (b. 1956) jerrimailbox-chgo@yahoo.com. Thanks to Jerri for information on this branch of the family tree.
    • Lawrence "Larry" COHEN (b. 1960)
  • Murray "Corky" COHEN (b. 1928) married Marlene WURTZBURG (b. 1933)
    • Diane "Deena" COHEN (b. 1955) m. Bob WATSON (b. 1954)
      • Andrew WATSON (b. 1980) m. Elizabeth FLETCHER (b. 1981). Children: Will WATSON and Evie FLETCHER
      • Amy WATSON (b. 1984) married Miranda SCOTT who took the last name WATSON. Miranda brought four children from a previous marriage: Alexie WESTFALL, Amelia WESTFALL, Sam WESTFALL and Sabastian WESTFALL.
    • Jody COHEN (b. 1957) m. Donald STILWELL (b. 1952, d. 2020)
      • Geoffrey STILWELL (b. 1983) m. Brooke. Children: Olivia STILWELL (b. 2011) and Jacob STILLWELL
      • Tess STILWELL (b. 1988)
    • Jacob "Jack" COHEN (b. 1960).
      • Alex COHEN (b. 1995) acohen112095@gmail.com. Thanks to Alex for information on this branch of the family.
      • Ethan COHEN (b. 2000).
      Jacob COHEN remarried Dana KALOMRIS (b. 1968)
    • Laura COHEN (b. 1960) married and divorced Jerry WALTON. Children: Kyle WALTON and Maegan WALTON
  
  
• Pearl (Penina) C. COHEN (b. 15 Dec. 1904, d. 12 Tamuz, 15 or 16 July 1970 Chicago, diabetes, Buried Yanover Cemetery, Waldheim, Illinois, Gate 125, Lot 317, Row 3, Grave 3, Id no. 42520) married (1924 Chicago) Rabbi Selig STARR (b. 15 June 1893 Yanow or Yanaveh, Poland, d. 2 Nov 1989 = 4 cheshvan 5750 Chicago pneumonia, buried Yanover Cemetery, Waldheim, Illinois, Gate 125, Lot 317, Row 3, Grave 4, Id no. 29243). Originally I was given 1915 as her birth year, but she is listed (as 5 year old) on the 1910 census.

Israel COHEN remarried Nettie (b. about 1864 Germany, d. after 1930). Both of her parents were born in Germany. On the 1920 census, they are listed as living on 4732 Calumet Avenue in Chicago, Illinois with Israel's children: Ben, Harry and Pearl. On the 1930 census, Israel COHEN is no longer listed and Nettie is living with her stepdaughter Pearl and her husband Rabbi Selig STARR

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