cohen death in Barnet, London

[sherylbadger]

Looking for information on a Rachel Cohen (nee Sarfaty) born 1824 in Amsterdam, Holland and died 16 August 1890 Barnet, London, England.

Rachel came to England after 1867.  She was married to Elias Haim Cohen.

Trying to locate her parents.

[GreySquirrel]

Dear Sheryl

Hi there... had any joy with this query yet?

It occurred to me that -- assuming you have found the Cohen family on the 1881 but not the 1871 census in England -- given the age of Rachel at that time there is no reason to suppose her parents removed from Amsterdam to England before, after or at the same time.  As you will know, the Sephardic Jewish community in Amsterdam and that in London had many and various trading links (ostrich feathers, cigars, diamonds etc). I think you might be better advised to try to get details of Rachel's birth out of Amsterdam and proceed from there -- indeed, depending on surviving records, you might need to work back from the marriage of an Amsterdam-born child, to her marriage to Cohen, and then from there to her own birth and the identities of her parents.

If you are interested in Dutch research, I can recommend wholeheartedly a wonderful researcher named Zwanet Plomp as a first port of call. She speaks excellent English:

zwanet.plomp@cbg.nl
http://www.cbg.nl

PO Box 11755
NL-2502 AT
Den Haag
NETHERLANDS

If she herself cannot help with your enquiry, I am pretty certain that she would be able to recommend a specialist Jewish researcher in or for Amsterdam.

Good luck!