Any Information on the family Jacob and Catherine Cohen, Wales, Swansea

[LCohen]

Sorry, I've lost track who is Robert Abraham Phillips? What's his relationship to Cathrine Cohen?

[JustinL]

We're now looking into Abraham Phillips and his wife Sarah who had a lot of children in Abergavenny. It's just another collateral line for you.

We're no further forward on the Cohen line ... unfortunately.

[LCohen]

Okay, that's cool. I'm capturing both lineal and collateral descent from Jacob and Catherine Cohen. What relationship do Robert Abraham Phillips, Rosetta and Harriet Phillips have to Abraham Phillips? Is Robert Abraham Phillips and Abraham Phillips, Catherine Cohen's brother, the same person; is the family surname spelt Phillips or Philips? I'm using Phillips. Just wanna update my records.

Thanks

Leonard

[JustinL]

Robert Abraham Phillips was the son of Abraham, i.e. Catherine Cohen's nephew.

The convention appears to have been Phillips with a double "l".

Justin

[LCohen]

Cool, thanks, Justin.

[LCohen]

Found this here: EVENTS IN 5673: July 1, 1912, to June 30, 1913
Source: The American Jewish Year Book , October 2, 1913, to September 20, 1914 / 5674 , Vol. 15, THE JEWISH PUBLICATION SOCIETY 1888 - 1913 (October 2, 1913, to September 20, 1914 / 5674), pp. 221-360
Published by: American Jewish Committee; Springer

https://www.jstor.org/stable/23600750?seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents

See screen grab.

[DavidM]

Here is the Wikipedia entry for Maurice Arthur Mendes de Leon who was a grandson of Abraham Phillips via his daughter Annely Francis ("Fanny") Phillips. It explains that he only spent his childhood in England and that the family then moved to Amsterdam.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M.A._Mendes_de_Leon

[LCohen]

Cool, thanks, David.

[JustinL]

It's interesting to see actual reports of immigrants visiting their home countries. Fanny and her husband Barnett probably left Russia (Polish-Russia to be precise) as a result of pogroms during the 1880s.