Adolph Teller Kohn

Brief Life History of Adolph Teller

When Adolph Teller Kohn was born on 13 September 1885, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Philip Kohn, was 32 and his mother, Florence Philamenia Teller, was 25. He married Virginia Alma Ritnell in 1922, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. He immigrated to New York City, New York, United States in 1938 and lived in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States for about 40 years. He died on 6 September 1948, at the age of 62, and was buried in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Family Time Line

Adolph Teller Kohn
1885–1948
Virginia Alma Ritnell
1893–
Marriage: 1922

Sources (17)

  • Adolph T Cohen, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Adolph T. Kohn, "Pennsylvania, Philadelphia City Births, 1860-1906"
  • Adolph T Kohn, "Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Marriage Indexes, 1885-1951"

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World Events (8)

1886

Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

1886 · Giving Working Men a Union

The largest union group in the United States during the first half of the 20th century. It still exists today but merged with The Congress of Industrial Organization.

1902 · So Much Farm Land

A law that funded many irrigation and agricultural projects in the western states.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Jewish Meyer, Chaim, Aron, Moshe, Chaya, Emanuel, Mendel, Amron, Gitty, Leib, Mayer. German Kurt, Fritz, Erwin, Gunther, Manfred, Gerhard, Bernhard, Erna, Hans, Armin, Egon.

Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Cohen .

North German (also Köhn): from the personal name Kohn or Köhn, old Low German short forms of Konrad .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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