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Levi Barent-Cohen, birth 1747, died 1808, son of Barent Cohen and NN to:
Lydia Diamantschleifer
1) Hannah Barent-Cohen, birth 1783, died 1850
Married London to:
Nathan Mayer, birth 16 Sep 1777, died 18 Jul 1836, son of Mayer Amschel Rothschild and Guttie Schnapper
In 1798, at the age of 21, he settled in Manchester and established a business in textile trading and finance, later moving to London, England and making a fortune in trading bills of exchange through a banking enterprise begun in 1805.
In 1816, his two elder brothers were granted noble status (Freiherr or Baron) by the Emperor of Austria . They were now permitted to prefix the Rothschild name with von or de. Their device of four arrows became five when in 1818 Nathan too was el evated, although he chose not to use his aristocratic title Nathan Mayer, Freiherr von Rothschild
2) Judith Cohen, birth 1784, died 1862
Married 1812 to:
Moses Montefiore, birth 24 OKT 1784 Leghorn (Livorno), died 28 Jul 1885, son of Joseph Elias Montefiore and Rachel Abraham Mocatta
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