Shlenker-Hirsch-Moyse family papers, 1878-1949 (bulk 1878-1896, 1907-1909, 1941-1949).

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Shlenker-Hirsch-Moyse family papers, 1878-1949 (bulk 1878-1896, 1907-1909, 1941-1949).

Correspondence, photographs, printed items, and two scrapbooks document the life of a Jewish family in Mississippi and Louisiana in the 1880s-1940s. Newspaper clippings also describe the activities of the prominent Texas rabbi, Henry Cohen.

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Cohen, Henry, 1863-1952

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Rabbi, of Galveston, Tex. From the description of Papers, 1875-1952. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70947200 Henry Cohen was born April 7, 1863 in London England. In 1884 he was ordained a rabbi and led congregations in Kingston, Jamaica (1884-1885) and Woodville, Mississippi (1885-1888) before transferring to Galveston, Texas where he led the Temple B'nai Israel from 1888 to 1949. Cohen was influential in religious and social welfare activities in Texas; he was especially w...

Moyse, Leah Hirsch, 1888-1967.

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Moyse, Isaac, 1887-1966.

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Moyes family.

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Shlenker, Isaac, 1831-1912.

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Shlenker family.

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Isaac Shlenker (1831-1912) was born in Westhoven, Bavaria, Germany, and brought to the U.S. by his parents. He became one of the pioneer merchants of Trinity, La., and later moved to Natchez, Miss., where he continued his successful business career until his retirement. In 1882, his daughter Carrie (1863-1924) married his business partner, Jacob Hirsch (1854-1922), also a German native and a successful Natchez merchant. Their third and youngest daughter, Leah Hirsch Moyse (1888-1967), married Is...

Hirsch, Jacob, 1854-1922.

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Moyse, Simon, 1855-1946.

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Hirsch, Carrie Shlenker, 1863-1924.

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Hirsch family.

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Moyse family.

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