Zelda Cohen

Female14 May 1917–24 September 1963

Brief Life History of Zelda

When Zelda Cohen was born on 14 May 1917, in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Israel Cohen, was 36 and her mother, Goldie Jacobson, was 34. She had at least 1 son and 1 daughter with Aaron Ansel Glaser. She died on 24 September 1963, in Ventura, California, United States, at the age of 46.

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Family Time Line

Aaron Ansel Glaser
1905–1989
Zelda Cohen
1917–1963
Glaser
1953–1953
Golde Glaser
1958–2013

Sources (5)

  • Zelda Cohen in household of Israel Cohen, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Zelda Cohen, "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946"
  • Zelda Glaser, "California Death Index, 1940-1997"

Spouse and Children

Children (2)

Parents and Siblings

Siblings (4)

World Events (8)

1918 · Attempting to Stop the War

Age 1

To end World War I, President Wilson created a list of principles to be used as negotiations for peace among the nations. Known as The Fourteen Points, the principles were outlined in a speech on war aimed toward the idea of peace but most of the Allied forces were skeptical of this Wilsonian idealism.

1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment

Age 2

The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.

1931

Age 14

The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the national anthem.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Jewish Hyman, Meyer, Isadore, Emanuel, Moshe, Shlomo, Myer, Avi, Yehuda, Chaim.

Jewish: from Hebrew kohen ‘priest’. Priests are traditionally regarded as members of a hereditary caste descended from Aaron, brother of Moses. See also Kaplan .

Irish (Galway and Sligo): variant of Coyne .

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

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