Brief Life History of Masha
When Masha Klonitsky was born on 27 December 1905, in Kaunas, Kaunas County, Lithuania, her father, Rabbi Solomon Klonitsky, was 37 and her mother, Esther Marie Charnason, was 36. She had at least 1 son and 1 daughter with Nathan Bernard Cohen. She died on 9 March 1978, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, at the age of 72, and was buried in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
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Family Time Line
Nathan Bernard Cohen
1891–1944
Masha Klonitsky
1905–1978
Esther Frayda Cohen
1930–2014
Leonard Norman Cohen CC GOQ
1934–2016
Sources (1)
- Marsha Klonitsky Cohen, "Find A Grave Index"
Spouse and Children
World Events (4)
1918 · Baltic states engage in war to defend independence. Bolshevik, White Russian, German, Polish, and other forces struggle for control of territories. Lithuania fails to regain Polish-occupied Vilnius region.
1920 · Baltic states sign peace treaties with Soviet Russia. Moscow recognizes their independence and renounces all claims to their territories.
1926 · Military coup in Lithuania. Authoritarian regime gradually introduced.
Name Meaning
Pet form of Marya .
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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