- Museum of Jewish Montreal
- Morris “Two Gun” Cohen
- Morris “Two Gun” Cohen - Mount Royal Hotel (1455 Peel)
Morris “Two Gun” Cohen - Mount Royal Hotel (1455 Peel)
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Where
- Held by
- Museum of Jewish Montreal via Museum of Jewish Montreal — map of Jewish Montreal
- Creators
- Valérie Beauchemin; David Gilbert
- Dates
- 1943 (indexed as 1943)
- Level
- file (source: Exhibit)
- Scope & content
- An adventurer, gambler, petty criminal and general in the Chinese military, Morris Cohen (1887–1970) was born to Polish Jewish immigrants in London’s impoverished East End. In his youth, Cohen was said to be a petty thief, leading his concerned parents to send him to Canada in 1905. Cohen moved around Western Canada, staying in Saskatoon and Edmonton for a period of time. In Saskatoon, he…
- Places
- 1455 Peel, Montreal; 1455 rue Peel, Montreal
- Location
- 1455 rue Peel · address · confidence 90% · address:exact · found as “1455 rue Peel”
- Subjects
- Political
- Language
- English
- Harvested
- 2026-10-17T06:33:50Z · source datestamp n/a · mjm