Cant read birth location

[Sally Brealey]

Hi

I am trying to find the birth location for John Jacobs, it is the top line on the attachment and we know it was in Russia Poland. None of the other census has the location past Poland.

Thank you for your help

[medpat]

Looks like Hosokoff to me

[Viktoria]

I agree,Hosokoff.
Unless the first letter is a W,and nor an ornate H.But it is not like the W for
Whitechapel,
Viktoria.

[Girl Guide]

What census year does this come from Sally?  I'm thinking the first letter looks more like a K.

Can you give us the census reference please?  If we can see the whole page we may be able to see if there are any other letters that look the same.

[Viktoria]

K does seem more likely.
Viktoria.

[sugarbakers]

I think K also, but whichever it is it doesn't want to be found on a map search.

The JewishGen Gazetteer might help you ... you can search variants of the name in individual countries or wider areas, eg: Eastern Europe, and it will suggest possibilities.
https://www.jewishgen.org/communities/loctown.asp

[Gadget]

Possible?

Kożuchów

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ko%C5%BCuch%C3%B3w

Gadget

[Girl Guide]

Well if enumerators wrote down what they heard.............then Kożuchów could well have sounded like kosokoff.

[Gadget]

Well if enumerators wrote down what they heard.............then Kożuchów could well have sounded like kosokoff.

That's why I suggested it