Theodore Cohen: Palevsky: A Genealogical Study

News:
18 Feb 2021: Merged the Israel Fishel family into the Yaakov Azriel Zelig family as descendants of Levi & Feige.
25 Jul 2020: Added the Chaim & Frajdla family who lived in Chelm, but were originally from Kobrin. If you know this family, please let us know!
29 July 2019: Elise and Hariette gave a presentation about the Palevsky project at the 39th IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy in Cleveland, Ohio!
6 Aug 2018: Y-DNA results back for the Israel Fishel family.
October 2016: Y-DNA results back for the Abraham Jacob branch.
15-Feb-2014: Welcome to our NEW Palevsky website! Previous version: http://old.palevsky.org.

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DNA Group J-M172

Abraham Jacob
Gershon
Gershon2
Hershel
Shmuel Lazar
Yehudah
Yaakov Tzvi

DNA Group R-M269

Chaim
Menachem Mendel
Yaakov Azriel Zelig

DNA Group R-M269 Unconfirmed

Menachem David

DNA Group E-M35

Yaakov & Yetta

DNA Group Q

Schepsel

DNA Group J-P58

Itzko Paler

DNA Group Unknown

Aaron
Abraham & Esther
Chaim & Frajdla
David
Eliyahu
Eliyahu Zalman
Isaac Palew
Jaime & Ana
Josef
Mendel & Fradlya
Mordechai
Peisach Abramovitch
Sender
Shraga Feivish
Tzvi
Yaakov & Rachel
Yehudah Leib
Yeshia Tzvi
Yetta Chaya
Yitzhak David
Yitzhak Isaac
Yitzhak Osher

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1913 - 1991 (78 years)

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Generation: 1

1.	Theodore Cohen was born in Abt. 13 Jan 1913 in Kobryn, Belarus (son of Avraham Zekhariah Kagan and Chaya Mirel Palefsky); died on 1 May 1991. Family/Spouse: Marie Labovitz. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Generation: 2

2.	Avraham Zekhariah Kagan was born in Abt. 1873; died in 1932. Avraham married Chaya Mirel Palefsky in Est. 1895. Chaya (daughter of Eliyahu Zalman Palefsky and Itka (Ida) Daitch) was born in Abt. 1880; died in Abt. 1920. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Chaya Mirel Palefsky was born in Abt. 1880 (daughter of Eliyahu Zalman Palefsky and Itka (Ida) Daitch); died in Abt. 1920.

Children:

Morris Herman Cohen was born on 15 Apr 1894 in Kobrin, Belarus; died on 30 Nov 1979 in Houston, TX; was buried in Houston, TX.
Felix Cohen was born in Abt. 1900; died in 1975.
Louise Cohen was born in Abt. 1909.
Clara Cohen was born on 4 Mar 1908; died on 25 Jun 2002 in Elmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, USA.
Elka Kagan was born in abt. 1913.
1. Theodore Cohen was born in Abt. 13 Jan 1913 in Kobryn, Belarus; died on 1 May 1991.
Aaron Cohen

Generation: 3

6.	Eliyahu Zalman Palefsky was born in Abt. 1855 (son of Yaakov Hersh Palefsky and Lena? (Leah?) Mollie? Penchuk?); died in Btw 1914-1919. Eliyahu married Itka (Ida) Daitch in Est. 1875. Itka was born in Abt. 1855; died in Abt. 1920. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Itka (Ida) Daitch was born in Abt. 1855; died in Abt. 1920.

Children:

Rose Palefsky was born in Abt. 1878; died in Abt. 1940.
3. Chaya Mirel Palefsky was born in Abt. 1880; died in Abt. 1920.
Eliezer Mendel Palefsky was born in Abt. 1880; died in Abt. 1920.
Kalia/Keile Palefsky was born in Abt. 1893; died in Abt. 1942.
Esther Palefsky was born in Abt. 1896; died in 1987.

Generation: 4

12. Yaakov Hersh Palefsky was born in Est. 1830 (son of Eliyahu Zalman Palefsky).
Yaakov married Lena? (Leah?) Mollie? Penchuk?. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

13.

Lena? (Leah?) Mollie? Penchuk?

Children:

Sima Reizel Palefsky was born in Abt. 1845; died on 5 Oct 1923 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; was buried on 5 Oct 1923 in Waldheim Cemetery, 1400 Des Plaines Avenue, Forest Park, IL.
6. Eliyahu Zalman Palefsky was born in Abt. 1855; died in Btw 1914-1919.
Rifka Palefsky
Anne (Khiena) Palefsky was born in Abt. 1870; died on 9 Sep 1935 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried on 10 Sep 1935 in Shaare Zedeck Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA.