Shmuel Cohen Family
Shmuel and D’vora Cohen made their way to Calgary in 1911 from Rekeeta on the Russian-Polish border.
Shmuel was a butcher and went into the kosher meat business with Mr. Rootman, a respected Calgary business. (In the early days there were five kosher butchers: Bell, Dvorkin, Friedman, Marks and Rootman.)
D’vora died of asthma only a year or two after their arrival. Their eldest daughter Ida then looked after the younger children. Shmuel later moved to Boston to marry his wife’s widowed sister. In addition to Ida, his children were Eddie, Jennie and Zelda.