James A Cohen

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Birth: 1848 in Holland

Death: June 18, 1895 in Victoria, B.C.

Plot: Row F – Plot 37

Inscription:

פ נ
In loving memory
of
JAMES A. COHEN
Departed this life
June 18, 1895
Aged 48 Years.
Erected by his sorrowing wife
KATE
יעקב בן משה אברהם
כהן [unintelligible]

Translation of inscription:

פ נ
(Abbreviation of Hebrew: “Buried here”)
In loving memory
of
JAMES A. COHEN
Departed this life
June 18, 1895
Aged 48 Years.
Erected by his sorrowing wife
KATE
יעקב בן משה אברהם
כהן [unintelligible]
(Hebrew: Yaakov ben Moshe Avraham
Cohen)

Transcription of his weathered marker was only possible because of the University of Victoria Digital Documentation of Monuments project:

Biography
James was a printer and a grocer. The 1881 English Census lists James (age 33) at a lodger at the Solomon home where Kate (age 20) is living with her mother, older brother and younger sister. Jame’s occupation is listed as printer. In Henderson’s City Of Victoria Directory for 1890, James is listed as living at 175 Chatham James listed his religion as Spiritualist according to the 1891 Census of Canada.

The Daily Colonist reported that James and his family were members of the Order of the Frontiers as well as being involved in other secret societies. He was unconscious when he died and his death is shrouded in mystery. James was buried with Masonic and Odd Fellow rites. The pallbearers were: T Prosser, E Frank, L Lewis, G Shaw, C Maynard, W T Williams.

Sibling:
Rosetta Cohen

Spouse:
Kate Salmon or Solomon Cohen

Children:
Adolphus James Cohen born 1882
Lionel Emanuel Samuel Cohen (1885-1976)
Sidney J. Cohen born 1892

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