Killed as a result of a 13 October 1940 air raid on Coronation Avenue.
Esher Malka Cohen was born in 1885 in Poland.
The census return form completed by her husband on 19 June 1921 shows her as Esther Cohen, aged 36 years, 3 months and that she had been born in Oshanshein, Poland. She was living in four rooms at 9 Prince's Square, Stepney (later renamed as Swedenborg Square), with her husband Marks Cohen (1880-1940) and their three children: Toby Cohen - a female aged 13 years and in whole time education; Louie Cohan - a male aged 10 years, 3 months in whole time education and Sylvia Cohen - a female aged 1 year, 6 months, together with a male boarder. Her husband described himself being aged 41 years, 7 months, born in Clodavia, Poland, a harness maker employed by J. Jenkovitch at 13 Backchurch Lane, Leman Street, London, E1.
When the England and Wales Register was compiled on 29 September 1939 she was shown as Esther Cohen. Her date of birth was recorded as not known and only the year of 1885 was given. She was listed on unpaid domestic duties and residing at 4 Palmeira Avenue, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, with her husband Max Cohen - a boarding house proprietor and their daughter Sylvia Cohen - a chain store shop assistant.
She died on 13 October 1940 when a high explosive German bomb fell on the Coronation Avenue air raid shelter in Stoke Newington, London. Her death was registered as Esther Cohen, aged 55 years, in the 4th quarter of 1940 in the Stoke Newington Registration District. Her body, together with that of her husband and their daughter, Sylvia Cohen, was , in the Edmonton Federation of Synagogues Cemetery, 291 Montagu Road, London, N18 2NF. Her headstone shows her name as Esther Malka Cohen, her husband as Myer Cohen and their daughter as Sylvia 'Chippy' Cohen.
She is shown as 'COHEN, ESTHER' on the Stoke Newington civilian war memorial in Abney Park Cemetery, Stoke Newington High Street, London, N16 0LH, which includes the name of her daughter, but for some unknown reason not the name of her husband.
She is also commemorated on the , which shows her home address to have been 293 Amhurst Road, Hackney, London and that she died at 157/161 Stoke Newington Road, Stoke Newington, on the and on the held in Westminster Abbey.
Credit for this entry to: Andrew Behan.
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