Nichinsky-Cohen

 

 

THANK YOU TO ALL THE NICHINSKY-COHEN DESCENDANTS WHO HAVE GRACIOUSLY SUPPLIED THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ON THEIR FAMILY. ALSO, SPECIAL THANKS TO SHALOM COHEN FOR PROVIDING SIX WONDERFUL PHOTOS OF THE FAMILY WHICH ARE SHOWN AT THE VERY BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE. VERY SINCERELY, JUDY MURATORE.

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FROM PAUL DAVISON 9/23/06: My name is Paul Davison, I found your web site and saw that there is a Nicinski family listed. I wondered where those records were found. My Grand parents were born in Klodawa and then lived in Kolo before travelling to the UK. Her name was Hinda Nicinski (born 15 June 1897) daughter of Jacob Mordecai Nicinski and her husband was Hants Max (born 9 August 1889), his father Isaac Jacob Hanc (born 9 August 1863) I am looking for information about them and their family. An address in Klodawa would be brilliant. Any help would be appreciated. Do you have any information or is there any one else you know who might help? Also, have you come across a memorial book for Klodawa, I have one for Kolo? My family and I are visiting Klodawa and Kolo in a few weeks but only for a few days and over a weekend. I Look forward to hearing from you. Regards, PAUL DAVISON

FROM JOHN CORK, 1/17/06: Part of our family also originates from Klodawa, Lewis Nichinski who I believe born and died in Klodawa and his wife Annie born 1849 Poland, died 1932 London, England. I know also there is a link to David Lubin but at present but I believe at present its not from this side of the family. I know my great uncle contributed to a book about David Lubin but have yet failed to locate which book. I would be interested for any more information.

FROM PAUL DAVISON 2/17/07:
Hello, I have just seen your e.mails enquiring about the nichinski family.
Hinda was my maternal grandmother, she and her sister Nacha were two out of three survivors from this part of my family that I have traced. The papers I have indicate that, in fact, they were born and lived in a town called Kolo. Kolo is only 8km along the road from Klodawa. My grandmother married Meyer Hanc (Hants in the UK and spelt completely differently again when the Russians were in control). Meyer was born in Klodawa. The family spanned the two towns.
My grandmothers siblings included: Sharna, Nacha, Moishe Israel. Their parents were: Sivia (Wilpret single name) and Jacob/Jankwa Mordechai Nichinski. Jacob/Jankwa Mordechai was born in klodawa.
Do any of these names have any connection for you? Any more information you can provide would be very interesting as I have only limited details myself.

FROM TANYA JONES 2/17/07: Hi my name is Tanya I live in London England and Annie & Lewis Nicinski Are my Grt-Grt Grandparents.

.FROM JOHN CORK 3/15/07:
I would like to thank Judy Muratore for putting me in contact with Tanya Jones and her mother Elaine. It has been great to exchange family stories and information. It's funny, we have the same old photo's and was spooky to discover we live only a few miles apart, despite how far the family has travelled in both distance and generations. We both only know of six children that Lewis and Annie Nichinski had:- Harry, Hyman, Barnet, Eva, Marks and Joseph. We know Annie was a widow when she escaped Klodawa about 1890 with the children to London and changed the family name to Cohen, so would love to know who the seventh child is, as referenced on the Klodawa Town Roster. We are also researching if Lewis was killed by Cossacks and what conflict it was in.

FROM LEN LEVIN 6/15/07: Hi Judy, My maternal grandfather , Hyman Nichinsky (i?) came to England from Klodawa late in the 1880s, changing his name to Cohen His anglicized parents' names were Lewis & Annie. Lewis, a tailor & retired soldier, is reputed to have been murdered by cossacks, so Annie , her daughter Eva & the 4 other sons followed Hyman to England . Eva , Harry & Barnet lived out their lives in England, while Hyman & Joe went to live in Australia, & Marks went to Canada. I gave the family tree details to Elaine Herrett, who gave me your email address, also to Honey Bot in Toronto. My g-grandmother was also from Klodawa. She was Hyman's mother-in-law, & her name was Yetta Cymber, ( or Simber). I have a tree of her parents & siblings, if this is of value to you. She married in Klodawa Jacob Czerniak from neighbouring Przedecz. Regards Len Levin.

ADDITIONALLY FROM LEN LEVIN 1/7/08: Hi Judy,
You have some photos of our Nichinsky family who lived in England. I will add a few who went to Australia & Canada.
Top left is Joe & top right is Hyman, my grandfather, who both went to Sydney, but lived most of their lives in Melbourne. The middle brother is Marx, who brought his family up in Toronto. The couple pictured on the 68th. anniversary of their wedding in Klodawa are Yetta (nee) Cymber & her husband Jacob Czerniak, who came from the neighbouring stetl of Przedecz, Hyman's wife Sarah's parents, who lived with my grandparents for many years. All these families changed their names to Cohen to make our lives easy - Smith was too common! I hope these may be of some interest to you.Best regards. Len. SEE PHOTOS BELOW OF JOE, MARKS AND HYMAN. YETTA CYMBER AND JACOB CZERNIAK PHOTOS ON WEB PAGE WITH THEIR RESPECTIVE NAME.

Three of the four sons of Annie and Lewis Nichinsky-Cohen:

JOE NICHINSKY-Cohen
MARKS NICHINSKY-Cohen
HYMAN NICHINSKY -Cohen
 
 

 

 

   

 

 

Per Email from Shalom Cohen 10/27/07 regarding potential tombstone of Lewis Nichinsky:(see photo below)

Dear Judy,

I am the grandson of Harry Cohen, one of the children of Lewis and Annie Nichinsky from Klodawa. I live in England. I have been doing some family research and came across the email written to you by Len Levin. Do you happen to have his email address as it would be really interesting getting in touch. Also, I wasn't too clear about it all - are we related? Shalom Cohen.
 Additonal Email from Shalom Cohen 11/22/07: Hello Judy, I've received a very fascinating email from a cousin on my father Mark's side. What do you think about the possibility that the tombstone photo might well be that of my great grandfather Lewis? Anyway, here it is copied. Do you know whether some tombstones of that period came without surnames? It's dated as 1883 so that would indeed fit into the time period around the birth of the last child of Lewis and Annie, Lewis's death and the end of the 1880's when Annie came over to England with her children. What do you think? Is there any way to check local Klodawa tombstone information armed with these first names? Looking forward to hearing your thoughts.Take care. Shalom.
 
DEAR SHALOM
WHEN I FIRST SAW THE TOMBSTONE PHOTO I AUTOMATICALLY ASSUMED LEIBUSH WAS A FIRST NAME – I DON’T THINK THERE ARE ANY SURNAMES. IT SAYS:YEHUDAH LEIBUSH BEN REB TZVI THE COHEN. I THINK YEHUDAH, LEIBUSH AND TZVI ARE ALL FIRST NAMES. LEWIS WOULD BE THE ENGLISH EQUIVALENT OF THE YIDDISH LEIBUSH. ALISA.
 
 PER EMAIL FROM ROBIN NICHINSKY: Hi Judy. If your uncle was close with Mark Burdowski he must have known the Nichinsky family! My dad Sam and Mark were very close (in NY too). When I went to Klodawa this summer, I discovered there were two Nicinski families in Klodawa in the 1930's/40's: my grandfather Yosef Zelig Nihinski and Avraham Chaim Nicinski. They were both tailors and I don't know if either were related to each other or to Lewis & Annie Nichinsky, who had moved to England earlier (although I do know that my grandmother, Henrietta Nichinsky/Cohen, must have been related to Annie because her ancestors changed their name from Nichinsky to Cohen). This is all such a puzzle!

 

 

 

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Annie Nichinsky-Cohen

 

Harry (Nichinsky) and Bertha Cohen with Children: [left to right] Jack, Joe, Mark, and Lily.

Harry (Nichinsky) and Bertha Cohen

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Harry(Nichinsky) Cohen

Eva (Nichinsky) Cohen

Tombstone believed to be that of Lewis Nichinsky.