Koven - Family History & Genealogy Message Board

Re: Koven/deKoven/Lewis (from Hinda)

allankoven — 2013-04-30 15:09:57Z

Hi my grandfather had a brother Phillip from new york
Our family our in South Africa

Kovensky, Coven

jillmarint48 — 2012-12-29 17:15:08Z

My Name is Jill Coven. My grandfather, Morris Coven (Kovensky) came from Lithuania (Daugi, Trakai, Vinius) to Boston in 1916 with 3 brothers, Issac, Samuel, Louis and their cousin Leo.
I am looking for any relatives or information on any ancestors. Particularly, a cousin who was in Siberia in the late 50's.

Re: History of koven

Luludesospel — 2012-11-02 18:19:46Z

Though this letter may come as a surprise to you, please kindly take the time to read it carefully as it deals with a serious matter concerning a potential relative of yours.
This is by no means a prank or joke.
I am a French psychiatrist specialized in criminology and I am currently writing a book on Eugen Weidmann, the man who assassinated in July 1937 a young American dancer named Jean de Koven.

I have already found a few specific pieces of information thanks to Paris police archives that I have been authorized to examine :

Born in Boston, on the 29th of march 1913, this young woman, lived in France for a few days with her aunt Ida Sackheim, during the famous world fair known as the ."Exposition Universelle."in july 1937. Her aunt was her mother, Fannie Sackheim’s sister. Ida Sackheim worked as a fashion illustrator in New York and lived at 439 West End avenue NY.
Her office was located at 63 West 38 street NY, Phone Wisconsin 7-3266.

Jean de Koven had a brother named Henry de Koven born in 1908 who was 29 at the time and who lived with his parents (Abraham de Koven and Fannie Sackheim and his sister in New York at 10 Ocean Park Way in Brooklyn . He was apparently the Director of Radiocoin company located at 247 Park avenue,NY (I'm not sure of this last information).

I would like to get in touch with her descendants to ask them a few questions for my book. I am especially interested in finding out more about this young lady's family.
Unaware of whether or not Henry de Koven had any descendants , I have taken the liberty of contacting you
Feel free to contact me by email at catherine.carreorengo@wanadoo.fr.

Thanking you in advance for any assistance you may be able to provide me.

With my best wishes and deepest gratitude,

Dr. Catherine CARRE-ORENGO

Re: History of koven

Luludesospel — 2012-11-02 18:05:05Z

To Whom It May Concern,

Though this letter may come as a surprise to you, please kindly take the time to read it carefully as it deals with a serious matter concerning a potential relative of yours.
This is by no means a prank or joke.
I am a French psychiatrist specialized in criminology and I am currently writing a book on Eugen Weidmann, the man who assassinated in July 1937 a young American dancer named Jean de Koven.

I have already found a few specific pieces of information thanks to police archives that I have been authorized to examine :

Born in Boston, on the 29th of march 1913, this young woman, lived in France for a few days with her aunt Ida Sackheim, during the famous world fair known as the ."Exposition Universelle." Her aunt was her mother, Fannie Sackheim’s sister. Ida Sackheim worked as a fashion illustrator in New York and lived at 439 West End avenue NY.
Her office was located at 63 West 38 street NY, Phone Wisconsin 7-3266.

Jean de Koven had a brother named Henry de Koven born in 1908 who was 29 at the time and lived with his parents and his sister in New York at 10 Ocean Park Way in Brooklyn with his parents (Abraham de Koven and Fannie Sackeim). He was perheaps the Director of Radiocoin company located at 247 Park avenue,NY (i'm not sure of this last information).

I would like to get in touch with her descendants to ask them a few questions for my book. I am especially interested in finding out more about this young lady's family.
Unaware of whether or not Henry de Koven had any descendants and despite the slightly different spelling of your last name, I have taken the liberty of contacting you

Feel free to contact me by email at catherine.carreorengo@wanadoo.fr.

Thanking you in advance for any assistance you may be able to provide me.

With my best wishes and deepest gratitude,

Dr. Catherine CARRE-ORENGO

Re: Family history/Bernard Koven of Chicago

berniekoven — 2012-04-24 04:33:55Z

FYI My name is Bernard Koven. My father, who was born in Russia (Ukraine) emigrated to the United States prior to WWII. His actual name was Kowenski;but it was changed to Koven upon his arrival to Ellis Island.

Re: Koven's in Australia

Londons_Of_Perth — 2011-12-27 16:15:52Z

Dearest Jacqui,

Happy holidays to you and your family.

Thankyou, I shall send an email.

Kindest regards,
Bernadette

Re: Koven's in Australia

Twigsfrancais — 2011-12-24 10:29:31Z

Hi Bernadette, Great Aunt, makes me feel very old. I am 59 so just a bit older than your mum. My email address is jacquibarney@hotmail.co.uk. Please feel free to email me and we can exchange some family info.

Have a great Xmas.

Jacqui x

Re: Koven's in Australia

Londons_Of_Perth — 2011-12-24 03:39:14Z

Dearest Great Aunt,

Vera Koven is my grandmother.

My birth name is Bernadette Koven, daughter to Jaqueline Koven.

All the best Xx

Re: Koven's in Australia

blundec — 2011-10-22 06:11:26Z

Vera June Koven is my mother, so that makes you my aunty! You must have met me along with my siblings before we left England. We were supposed to go to Melbourne but had to disembark at Fremantle which is the port at Perth. I believe that was due to my medical situation at the time. We never made it to Melbourne. You can email me at blundec@bigpond.net.au

Koven's in Australia

Twigsfrancais — 2011-05-23 13:27:51Z

My half sister Vera June Koven (known as June) left london with her husband Leonard Koven in 1960 initially sailing to Melbourne but I believe settling in Perth.

Re: Koven Family

huttonfamily169 — 2011-03-22 17:02:44Z

Simon and Esther were Uncle and Aunt to my mother, Rita Wallensky. When my father (William) went to war in 1939, they took her and my brother in. I met Great Aunt Esther once when my brother got maried in 1967 but I was only 11 then. I do have pictures of them. The original writer, David is my cousin. His Dad and my Mom were siblings. Looks like we are all related.

2nd Lt. Willie W. Koven of Layland, WV 1944

drbrownlee — 2011-02-01 06:14:30Z

Willie is pictured in the 44-A Solo, group annual from the 44-A class of cadet pilots in flight training at the Pacific Air School, Gibbs Field in Fort Stockton, Texas. I'm not kin but thought this might help someone researching the family.

Re: History of koven

gkoven53 — 2010-01-19 21:28:12Z

Lori,

Send an email to me at gkoven@yahoo.com, and it's yours!

Gary

Re: History of koven

gettalife11 — 2010-01-19 21:21:27Z

I would love to see your family tree.

Thank you!

Lori

Re: History of koven

gkoven53 — 2010-01-17 15:47:14Z

Lori,

Most likely this is a different branch of the Koven family than mine. My grandfather Jacob Morris Koven was born in Russia in 1881. However, one of his brothers, Julius Lewis Koven, was born in Russia in 1865 and his son, Bernard W. Koven, was born in Chicago in 1898.

If you would like to see my tree, feel free to email me (gkoven-at-yahoo-dot-com). Good luck!

Re: History of koven

gettalife11 — 2010-01-16 21:52:28Z

HI Donna,

Thanks for your quick reply. Actually, I just started doing my family tree yesterday and you are the first person to contact me. Any help is appreciated. it's really hard to validate what you find, isn't it?

Re: History of koven

dewriter77 — 2010-01-16 14:40:53Z

Dear Lori,

The names in your post definitely look familiar to me from when I was doing my search. I was lucky enough to find my "Kowensky" family in British Columbia, and even got to meet them. An individual named Roger Fleishman on ancestry.com was experienced and an enormous help. He was also searching for Koven relatives. I'm wondering if you could be related to him. I will need to go through my piles of notes and see if I kept his email address. I am assuming you have already contacted Gary Koven who is also on this post. My email address is donna@aflairforwriting.com if you want to correspond directly.

Re: History of koven

gettalife11 — 2010-01-16 09:20:56Z

I'm looking for Jacob Koven, born in 1866 Russia who raised 5 children in Chicago: Mary, Sarah, Joseph, Dora and maybe Rosie. I think his wife is Katie but it's hard to read this handwriting.

Dora Koven (Jacob's daughter) is my great great grandmother. She married Max Nafshun.

Any help is much appreciated.

Lori

Re: Koven/deKoven

stacykoven — 2008-02-20 21:29:37Z

My great grandfather, Kovensky, settled in Manitoba, where he is buried in Winnipeg at the Hebrew Sik (sp?)cemetary. All his sons changed their surnames to DeKoven or De Koven, and my grandfather shortened his to Koven. My cousin (dad's first cousin in Toronto) believes Koven comes from the Kovno ghetto? Other members of the family think Kovensky may have origionally been De Koven before they migrated to Russia.

Re: Koven Family

chefjeff75 — 2007-11-02 23:49:00Z

My family had a Koven who settled in British Columbia, originally from Lithuania. I'm trying to find relatives, but have little to go by. Here's what I've come up with:

I am searching for relatives of my ancestors, Moses Kovensky and Philip Robert Koven. Philip was my grandfather and Moses (or Morris) was my great-grandfather. Moses never came to this country. According to my research, Philip arrived in 1906 from Lithuania via Southampton, England at age 21. He married my grandmother, Sadie somewhere after that. In 1920, my mother, Lillian Koven was born, followed by Estelle, Alan, and Robert.
While Sadie was pregnant with Robert, Philip – a traveling cotton salesman, was killed. I have the date as November 18, 1924. I was told the accident occurred in New Hampshire during bad weather. Sadly, he skidded on icy roads, and the car jackknifed into a river, where he drowned.

Philip had at least one brother and a sister. A brother (name unknown, possibly Louis) settled in Alberta, Canada, arriving sometime after Philip. He and his family visited my mother’s family during the 1920’s, probably the later 20’s, while she was in high school. He had 2 daughters, Olive and Nora. If either one married, there could be descendants that are part of my family. There was also an uncle (name unknown) who was a fur trapper and had settled in British Columbia. I have researched Koven records containing info from Winnepeg, Manitoba and Quebec, but am uncertain if they were relatives.

I believe that my ancestors came over from Vilna, Lithuania. We are all of Jewish descent. I am 52 and was born in 1955. My brother is 2 years older. If there is a possibility that we are related, or if you know of any of my relatives, please contact me. My e-mail is donna@aflairforwriting.com.

Re: History of koven

chefjeff75 — 2007-10-28 23:57:28Z

Searching for relatives of my grandfather, Philip Koven from Russia, born about 1885 and came to NY in 1906. Had a brother, I. Koven, and possibly others, Abraham and Louis, plus a sister. There are cousins in the US or Canada. If any connection, pleasee-mail donna@aflairforwriting.com. Thanks

Re: History of koven (corrections)

gkoven53 — 2007-10-16 16:38:25Z

Corrections to the above:

Ken is the son of Henry and the grandson of Abraham, not the son of Abraham.

I am the son of Mark and the grandson of Jacob Morris, not the son of Jacob Morris.

Gary

Re: History of koven

gkoven53 — 2007-10-16 16:36:23Z

Hey Donna,

I was born in New York City in 1953. I'm 54 years old.

My cousin Ken De Koven (son of Abraham) and I (son of Jacob Morris) are the oldest in the family. My brother in Israel is fluent in Hebrew and should be able to translate the writing on the back of your photo.

I have a few photos of my grandfather, my grandmother, my great-grandfather and my great-grandmother. On my father's birth certificate, my grandfather's occupation is listed as "salesman".

I'd like you to take a look at my family tree as well.

We should probably go off line to exchange this information, but when I tried to get your email address the way I used to by clicking on your screen name, I found that this site has changed and evidently they want me to pay before I can view your email address. I won't do that, so please email me...

Gary (gkoven-at-yahoo-dot-com)

Re: History of koven

dewriter77 — 2007-10-16 14:08:32Z

Hi Gary,
Where are you from? How old are you? We're probably around the same age range. My grandfather's parents stayed in Lithuania and wrote to my grandmother until the time of the Holocaust. Then communication stopped. If any descendants survived, there is the possibility of a relation. My great-grandfather was Moses, although one relative recalled it as Morris. If he had siblings whose children made it over here, that would be the link. Unfortunately, that's where the trail ends on this side. There's no one alive to get more info. Some other pertinent info I have is that my grandfather, Philip, had a college degree - pretty unusual in those days. He was a cotton salesman. I have a photo in good condition of his father, Moses, and his wife and 2 adult children. There's Hebrew writing on the back. Is there anyone elderly who is alive in your family to run this by? Thanks. Donna

Re: History of koven

garykoven — 2007-10-16 02:46:14Z

Entirely possible ... I've filled out my Koven tree quite a bit in the past 4 years.

My father was Mark Seymour Koven born in Boston, 1923-2006.

My grandfather was Jacob Morris Koven born in Lithuania, settled in Boston, 1868-1933.

My great-uncle was Abraham Koven born in Lithuania, settled in New York, 1881-1947. His son Henry De Koven, 1908-1993.

Another great-uncle was Julius Louis Koven born in Lithuania, settled in Chicago, 1855-1935. His son Bernard was born in Chicago, 1898-1987. I reported on "Julius Lewis" back in 2003 in this forum and asserted that "Lewis" may have been the true family name but I have now ascertained that Julius simply dropped the surname.

My brother, who lives in Israel, asserts that Nissan Koven is the name of my great-grandfather, the father of Julius Lewis, Jacob Morris, and Abraham. My mother says there may have been more brothers in Lithuania, likely dispersed to avoid conscription by the Cossacks.

Re: Information about the history of the "Koven" name

dewriter77 — 2007-10-14 00:47:34Z

My ancestors came from Russia and it was originally Kovensky.

Re: Koven/deKoven/Lewis (from Hinda)

dewriter77 — 2007-10-14 00:41:40Z

I wonder if there is any distant relation to my grandfather, Philip Koven (Kovensky), who emigrated from Lithuania at the turn of the century, settling in Boston, MA. He had relatives who settled in Canada and one was a fur trapper, not sure where. I have lots more info if you think there's a connection. Philip had a brother who had two daughters, Olive and Nora. That's where the trail ends.

Re: Koven/deKoven

dewriter77 — 2007-10-14 00:30:43Z

I'm searching for relatives of my grandfather, Philip Koven, from Lithuania. Settled in Boston at turn of century with relatives in Canada also.

Re: History of koven

dewriter77 — 2007-10-14 00:22:03Z

My grandfather was Philip Koven from Lithuania who settled in Boston, MA at the turn of the century. He had a brother. Some family settled in Alberta, Canada. Any connection possible?

Decovin in Brunswick, Maine

1308okdon — 2006-05-29 00:41:21Z

Family tradition says my John Decovin (b. 1808, d. 1882) was a Dutch bondboy or ship carpenter who jumped ship somewhere in Maine. His daughter's death certificate states he was born in Bethel, Maine (but who knows if her son really knew). Have been unable to find any ancestors, John just suddenly shows up in the 1870 Brunswick, Maine census. He married Mary Jane Stevens (b. 1806, d.1881). Their children:
Samuel, b. 1839, d. 1839.
John H., b. 1841, m. Hattie Frances Holbrook?
m2? Marietta (Maloon) Tarr.
Farnham, b. 1842.
Joseph S., b. 1844, d. 1928, m. Maria C. Dustin.
Georgie Ann, b. 1845, d. 1929, m. William Curtis Berry.

The Decovin name, spelled this way, is very rare so suspect it may be a variation of DeKoven? especially since family tradition seems to match some of what I've seen on this message board. Any ideas would be appreciated. Would like to hear from any descendents, also.

Re: Koven Family