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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Henry Castro, Pioneer and Colonist |
| Author | Cohen, Henry (1863-1952) |
| Date | n.d. |
| Document Type | Personal Account |
| Reference | 3M326, Box 1 |
| Library / Archive | Briscoe Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin |
| Collection Name | Cohen (Henry) Papers, 1850, 1881-1951 |
| Description | Biographical notes recording the life and achievements of Henry Castro, pioneer and colonist in San Antonio, Texas following the Texas Revolution. |
| Series Description | Papers concern Cohen's career and those of members of his family; his social welfare activities, especially in the fields of prison reform, hospitals, schools and immigration. |
| Biographical Note / History | Henry Cohen was born April 7, 1863 in London England. In 1884 he was ordained a rabbi and led congregations in Kingston, Jamaica (1884-1885) and Woodville, Mississippi (1885-1888) before transferring to Galveston, Texas where he led the Temple B'nai Israel from 1888 to 1949. Cohen was influential in religious and social welfare activities in Texas; he was especially well-known for his work on hospitals, schools and immigration issues. A noted prison reformer, Cohen served on the Texas Prison Board. An authority on the Talmud, Cohen published a number of essays. He married Mollie Levy of Galveston and the couple had two children. |
| Theme(s) | Arrivals: Ports and Early Experiences |
| Country (from) | France |
| Country (to) | United States of America |
| Places | Providence, Rhode Island, New Orleans, Louisiana, Quihi, Castroville, Medina County, Vandenburg, San Antonio, Texas, United States; Dunkirk, Harve, France; Antwerp, Belgium; Sierra Medre, Coahulia, Monterrey, Rio Grande, Nuevo León, Mexico; Algiers, Algeria |
| Ports | New Orleans, United States |
| Nationality | American; French; Portuguese; American Indian; Jewish |
| Ships | Louis Phillippe; Lyon; Heane Key; Jeanette Marie; RMS Ebro |
| People | Cohen, Henry (1863-1952); Castro, Henry; Castro, Lorenzo; Brown, John Henry; de Cordova, Phineas |
| Keywords | emigrant, colony, family, history, citizenship, self-government, land grant, contract, Texas Revolution, law, legislation, politics, border, land, employment, labour, militia, free passage, skilled emigration, Catholicism, settlement, infrastructure, road, conflict, emigration scheme, democracy, surveying, reference, literature, empresario |
| Additional Information | Please note: Some of the metadata for this document has been taken from the Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin catalogue. |
| Language | English |
| Copyright | Briscoe Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin |
