Genealogy Chat

I think this is just because Cohen is common surname;

Choice of marriage:
Marriages Sep 1925
LEVY Sophie Cohen Mile End 1c 631
Marriages Dec 1929
Levy Sophie Cohen Stepney 1c 636

Births Dec 1937
Cohen Michael Levy Stepney 1c 139

Sophia Cohen
Birth Date: abt 1899
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1959
Age at Death: 60
Registration district: Stepney
Inferred County: London
Volume: 5d
Page: 546

I had one hard fact would easily disprove this.

I looked for marriages for Sophie/Sophia Levy (any better idea of when she married, and when illegitimate son was born?) throughout London.
I then looked for children of those marriages to see if there were brothers called Michael and Sidney.
She was young to die in 1959.
I can now look for deaths for Sophie in her possible new names around 1959.
However, I think you could have followed the exact same procedure, if just to methodically cross out marriages.
Where did your information come from, and what were they doing in 1919 for you to quote that date?
Thank-you.

Alternatively, there are 16 Sidney, mother's maiden name Levy, born in London from 1918 to 1945 in London, and 6 Sydney.

Added: I thought there would be far more Michael births, but only 20...

There are Sophie Levy/Cohen marriages and Michael births, but this could just be because of the commonness of the name, but possibly worth investigating?

Have you tried Search Trees on this site?

Enter the names of the offspring and if you find a possible match you can contact the tree owner to see if you have a connection.

Thanks for your clues! I had the census for 1911, but was hoping that somebody might have some idea about some of the offspring! There must be members of that family still around somewhere!

Thanks everybody for offering a helping hand here! The marriage entry is certainly worth a try - could get certificate for this as it might provide additional clues!

As far as I know Sofia did not leave the London area and lived around Hackney/Mile End until she died! Again not sure which year - but possibly 1959 or around that time!

Doris

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Name: Gertrude Golda Levy
Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1906
Registration district: Hackney
Inferred County: Greater London, London, Middlesex
Volume: 1b
Page: 402

Name: Gertrude G Levy
Spouse Surname: Kramer
Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1936
Registration district: Hackney
Inferred County: Middlesex
Volume Number: 1b
Page Number: 1154
Find Spouse: Emanuel Kramer



Name: Gertrude Golda Kramer
Birth Date: 12 May 1906
Date of Registration: May 1995
Age at Death: 89
Registration district: Westminster
Inferred County: London
Register Number: D36C
District and Subdistrict: 2581D
Entry number: 243

only picking up the children so far on the 1911 census

this could be mum
Name: Leah Levy
Birth Date: abt 1878
Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1955
Age at Death: 77
Registration district: Surrey Mid Eastern
Inferred County: Surrey
Volume: 5g
Page: 224

Correction of the children's names shown on the 1911 as posted by GB ......................

................ this is the version as transcribed by ancestry

Name Age

Morris Levy 37
Leah Levy 33
Ada Levy 13 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<< this was Ordra on fmp's version
Fanny Levy 11
Sofia Levy 10
Becky Levy 8
Lillia Levy 7
Gerty Levy 5
Rachel Levy 4
Abraham Levy 2




sylvia

???? parents marriage


Marriages Mar 1897 (>99%)

LEVY Morris Whitechapel 1c 392
STEINBOCK Leah Whitechapel 1c 392




sylvia

1911 just to show year of birth of Sofia

LEVY, Mores Head Married M 37 1874 Bamboo Furniture Maker Austria VIEW
LEVY, Leah Wife Married14 years F 33 1878 Russia VIEW
LEVY, Ordra Daughter F 13 1898 School Shoreditch London VIEW
LEVY, Fanny Daughter F 11 1900 School Shoreditch London VIEW
LEVY, Sofia Daughter F 10 1901 School Shoreditch London VIEW
LEVY, Becky Daughter F 8 1903 School Shoreditch London VIEW
LEVY, Lillia Daughter F 7 1904 School Bethnal Green London VIEW
LEVY, Gerty Daughter F 5 1906 Hackney London VIEW
LEVY, Rachel Daughter F 4 1907 Hackney London VIEW
LEVY, Abraham Daughter M 2 1909 Hackney London VIEW
RG number: RG14
Piece: 1382
Reference: RG14PN1382 RG78PN49 RD17 SD1 ED1 SN28
Registration District: Bethnal Green
Sub District: Bethnal Green North East
Enumeration District: 1
Parish: Bethnal Green
Address: 268 Hackney Road N E
County: London



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Name: Sofie Levy
Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1902
Registration district: Shoreditch
Inferred County: London, Middlesex
Volume: 1c
Page: 17


BUT there a more possible births

Interested in finding descendants of Maurice and Leah Levy, who had a daughter called Sofia and were still living in Hackney Road in 1919. The father was a bamboo furniture maker! There were several other children - I am sure one was called Gertrud and there was at least one boy! The father was possibly from Austria and the mother came from Russia! (according to the 1911 census)

Sorry not a lot to go by!

Sofia had one one son out of wedlock and possibly later married to have further children - married name unknown! There was a Michael and possibly a Sidney of that marriage!

Anybody who has any ideas - these would be most welcome!

Doris