Bessie Cohen

Bessie Cohen

• Father: Louis Cohen

• Bessie Cohen was born on 25 February 1885 in Russia.
• She married Abraham Taub, son of Sam Taub.
• Abraham Taub and Bessie Cohen appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Waco, McLennan County, Texas, at North Eighth Street. Other members of the household included Sam Taub. Also in the household were children Frances (age 21, and her husband Charles Sobel), Rebecca (19), Solly (10), Hilda (8), Alice (5) and Henry (1-2/12), not yet recorded.
• She officially witnessed the death of Abraham Taub on 3 October 1929 at Providence Sanitarium in Waco, McLennan County, Texas.
• Bessie Cohen became a widow at the 3 October 1929 death of her husband Abraham Taub.
• Bessie Cohen appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Waco, McLennan County, Texas, at 1025 North Eighth Street. Also in the household were children Saul (age 21), Hilda (18), Alice (15), Henry (12) and Irving (4-9/12), not yet recorded.
• She was owner of a grocery store, according to the 1930 census.
• Bessie Cohen appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1940 in Waco, McLennan County, Texas, at 1025 North Eighth Street. Other members of the household included Sam Taub. Also in the household were children Ida (age 29), Ellis (26), Henry (21) and Irving (14), not yet recorded, and two male lodgers. Sam's wife and son Albert are enumerated elsewhere in Waco with her parents.
• She was proprietor of a retail grocery store, according to the 1940 census.
• At the time of her death, her usual residence was in Houston, Harris County, Texas, at 5920 Bissonnet Street.
• Bessie Cohen died on 24 June 1973 at age 88 in Houston, Harris County, Texas, at the Jewish Home for the Aged, 6425 Chimney Rock Road . Informant was Mrs. Alice T. Schaffer.
• She was interred at Agudath Jacob Cemetery, Waco, McLennan County, Texas.

• Last Edited: 29 Jan 2013