Nanette Salomons Cohen

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Nijmegen Synagogue where Nanette's husband was cantor

Nanette Salomons Cohen (after marriage, Nanette Pressburg; c 1764 – 1833) was a Dutch citizen known for being the maternal grandmother of Karl Marx, the socialist philosopher and economist.

Life[]

Nanette Salomons Cohen was born in 1764.[1] Her parents were Salomon (1731–1804) and Sara Cohen-Chazzan (1736–1810) (sometimes called Barent-Cohen) in Amsterdam, the family belonging to Amsterdam's Jewish community. Her paternal grandfather was Barent Cohen, a wealthy merchant.[2]

In 1785, Nanette Cohen married Isaac Heymans Pressburg (1747–1832) of Nijmegen.[3] The Pressburgs were a prosperous family, Isaac working as a textile merchant. They were leading members of Nijmegen's Jewish community, Isaac acting as cantor of the synagogue where his father, Hirschl (or Chaim) Pressburg, had been the rabbi.[4] They initially lived in Nonnenstraat near the synagogue, before moving to a larger house on Grotestraat in 1808.[5]

Nanette died in Nijmegen on April 7, 1833, at the age of 69, her husband having died the previous year.[1]

Children and their legacy[]

Isaac and Nanette Pressburg had five children, three boys and two girls.[3] The first, Hijam, was born on August 16, 1786; followed by Henriette on September 20, 1788; David on February 5 1791; Marcus Martin on November 22, 1793; and finally Sophie on November 15, 1797.[citation needed]

In 1814, Henriette married Hirschel (later Heinrich) Marx in the Nijmegen Synagogue,[6] the couple moving to Heinrich's home town of Trier in the Rhineland, where Heinrich worked successfully as a lawyer. Their nine children included Karl Marx.[7]

In 1820, Sophie married the tobacco merchant Lion Philips, moving to the Dutch town of Zaltbommel. After Nanette's death, Lion Philips acted as trustee for her legacy on behalf of the family.[4] Karl Marx, their nephew, occasionally visited the Philips family, and regularly corresponded with Lion.[8] Lion and Sophie's son  [nl] and grandson Gerard Philips founded the Philips Electronics Company in 1891.[3]

Although both daughters and their immediate families converted from Judaism to Christianity – Henriette in 1825 and Sophie in 1826 – they remained in regular contact with their mother,[9][4] one of Karl Marx's younger brothers being born in Nijmegen.[5]

Of the Pressburgs' sons, David became a lawyer in Amsterdam and later in Paramaribo in Surinam, while Marcus remained in Nijmegen in the tobacco trade.[8]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "The Peerage.com: Nanette Salomons Cohen". The Peerage.com. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  2. ^ "The Peerage.com: Barnet Cohen". The Peerage.com. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c Klaus (1 January 2008). "Westdeutsche Gesellschaft für Familienkunde e.V. Sitz Köln - Bezirksgruppe Krefeld (A walk through Nijmegen: A communist and founder of Philips have same roots. (In German) West German Family Research Society, Krefeld Journal nr 23, 1.1.2008)" (PDF). Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Karl Marx". Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. 37: 57–58. 2004. ISBN 0198613873.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b "De 14e maart en de familie Presburg". gerritkurvers (in Dutch). Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  6. ^ Marx family documents: Henriette Presburg (1814) & Sophia Schmalhausen (née Marx) 1883.(Manfred Schöncke: Karl und Heinrich Marx und ihre Geschwister. pp 140–1 & 554. (In German) Köln 1993. ISBN 9783891441855)
  7. ^ McLellan, Feuer, David, Lewis. "Karl Marx". Encyclopedia Britannica. Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved May 14, 2019.
  8. ^ Jump up to: a b Goedkoop, Hans; Zandvliet, Kees (2015). IJzeren Eeuw (in Dutch). Zutphen: Walburg Press. ISBN 9789057303418.
  9. ^ David McLellan. Karl Marx: A biography, pp 3-7. London 1973/1995 ISBN 9780333639474.

Sources[]

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