Percy Brighton Cohen (1870–1954)
At the age of 82 years, Mr. P. B. [Percy Brighton] Cohen, dentist, of Maitland, passed away a few days ago. Deceased was well known in the Lower Hunter and was a popular dentist. He married late in life the widow of the late Mr. G. Atkin who was a police magistrate on the Maitland District, and a frequent visitor to our police court here. Mr. Cohen was practising in Maitland for over 50 years. His widow survives him and a brother and sister. He was at Tamworth at his sister's residence at the time of his death. The body was taken to Sydney and burial was made there according to the Jewish rites, by Rabbi Gotchall of Newcastle.
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Additional Resources and Scholarship
- has left many bequests, Newcastle Morning Herald (NSW), 4 September 1954, p 3
- probate, Scone Advocate (NSW), 10 September 1954, p 1
Related Entries in NCB Sites
- Cohen, Amy (wife)
- Cohen, Esther (mother)
- Cohen, Nathan (father)
- Cohen, Ida (sister)
- Cohen, Alice (sister)
- Cohen, Cora Rose (sister)
- Cohen, Rebecca Eden (sister)
- Cohen, Aubrey Abraham (brother)
- Cohen, Eliot Tamworth (half-brother)
- Cohen, Vera (sister-in-law)
- Cohen, Henry David (brother-in-law)
- Cohen, Bernard (brother-in-law)
- Cohen, Victor Isaac (brother-in-law)
- Cohen, Rosa (aunt)
- Cohen, Rosa (aunt)
- Benjamin, Frances (aunt)
- Samuel, Hannah (aunt)
- Cohen, Sara (aunt)
- Marks, Jane Matilda (aunt)
- Cohen, Baby (aunt)
- Moses, Rebecca (aunt)
- Benjamin, Miriam (aunt)
- Cohen, Deborah (aunt)
- Solomon, Elizabeth (aunt)
- Asher, Caroline (aunt)
- Cohen, Frederick Sydney (uncle)
- Cohen, George (uncle)
- Cohen, Henry Emanuel (uncle)
- Solomon, Louis Amie (uncle)
- Solomon, Charles Philip (uncle)
- Solomon, Michael Cleveland (uncle)
- Cohen, Baby (uncle)
- Solomon, Samuel (uncle)
- Cohen, Aaron (uncle)
- Cohen, Rosetta (aunt by marriage)
- Cohen, Elizabeth (aunt by marriage)
- Solomon, Esther Bridget (aunt by marriage)
- Solomon, Rosa Kate (aunt by marriage)
- Cohen, Sophie Emelie (aunt by marriage)
- Samuel, Elias (uncle by marriage)
- Benjamin, Benjamin (uncle by marriage)
- Moses, David (uncle by marriage)
- Marks, Benjamin Francis (uncle by marriage)
- Benjamin, Philip (uncle by marriage)
- Asher, Richard Benjamin (uncle by marriage)
- Solomon, Rachel (grandmother)
- Cohen, Sophia (grandmother)
- Cohen, Abraham (grandfather)
- Solomon, Solomon (grandfather)
- Cohen, Julia Nell (niece)
- Saalfeld, Nina Debb (niece)
- Foreman-Nathan, Esther Margaret (niece)
- Cohen, David Noel (nephew)
- Cohen, George Victor (nephew)
- Cohen, Nathan Tamworth (nephew)
- Cohen, Arthur Peel (nephew)
- Cohen, Alan Jack (nephew)
- Cohen, Jack Beresford (nephew)
- Cohen, Aubrey Lewis (nephew)
- McWilliam, Joan (cousin)
- Blaine, Edward (cousin)
- Asher, Florence Maud (cousin)
- Cohen, Ernest Ralph (cousin)
- Cohen, Mabel Lilian (cousin)
- Cohen, Victor Isaac (cousin)
- Moses, Charles Goldsmith (cousin)
- Moses, Herbert Lamert (cousin)
- Asher, Deborah (cousin)
- Solomon, Percy Lee (cousin)
- Moses, Cecil Felix (cousin)
- Jenkins, Ida Beatrice (cousin)
- Solomon, Ammie Rebecca (cousin)
- Moses, Charles Esmond (cousin)
- Piggott, Esther Lizette (cousin)
- Solomon, Michael Saul (cousin)
- Moses, Henry Ernest (cousin)
- Solomon, Enid Mignon (cousin)
- Nathan, Viola Esther (cousin)
- Asher, Rebecca (cousin)
- Cohen, Edgar Henry (cousin)
- Lewis, Essie Beatrix (cousin)
- Cohen, Cecil Hope (cousin)
- Baruch, Dulcie Joyce (cousin)
Citation details
'Cohen, Percy Brighton (1870–1954)', Obituaries Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/cohen-percy-brighton-21806/text31913, accessed 10 March 2025.
Life Summary [details]
Birth
4 December,
1870
Tamworth,
New South Wales,
Australia
Death
16 March,
1954
(aged 83)
Tamworth,
New South Wales,
Australia
Cause of Death
Religious Influence
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