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I expect you've already found these brief mentions of his name:

https://www.nytimes.com/1938/04/21/archives/ocean-travelers.html

https://www.nytimes.com/1937/01/09/archives/americas-parley-on-press-starts-155-newspaper-men-from-13-nations.html

https://media.sipiapa.org/adjuntos/185/documentos/001/802/0001802139.pdf

Name Salomon Odessky
Gender Hombre (Male)
Marital Status Single
Age 15
Birth Date 1880
Birth Place Russia
Residence Date 1895
Residence Place Cuartel 09 (Población rural), Nueve de Julio, Buenos Aires, Argentina
FHL Film Number 732608
Folio Number 1311

It is unlikely that any journalistic references can be found on FH sites - suggest you google, or consult the agency which employed him

Name Debora Odessky Forster
Gender Female
Marital Status Married
Birth Date 18 de fev de 1906 (18 Feb 1906)
Birth Place Argentina
Arrival Date 1952
Arrival Place Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Father Salomon
Mother Anna
Traveling With Children No*************************************
FHL Film Number 004921080

Name Debora Odessky Forster
Departure Date 1 Nov 1952
Departure Place New York, New York, USA
Airline PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS, INC.
Flight Number PA 201/01
Destination Rio de Janeiro
Travelling with Percy

Found on Ancestry……………….

Name Percy Forster
Gender Male
Marital Status Married
Birth Date 18 de jan de 1900 (18 Jan 1900)
Birth Place Inglaterra
Arrival Date 1952
Arrival Place Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Father John
Mother Millicent
Traveling With Children No
FHL Film Number 004921080
PLUS.........many more - between 1940 and 1956..........MARRIED on all

Name Percy Forster
Birth Date 18 Jan 1900
Birth Place Leeds
Record Type Military
Military Service Start Date 1 Oct 1917
Military Service End Date 19 Jul 1919
Service Branch Royal Navy
War World War I
Occupation Reporter(41)
Division War Fleet Service Divisions

Name Percy Forster
Age 59
Nationality English
Birthdate 18 Jan 1900
Arrival Date 19 Jan 1959
Arrival Port Charleston, South Carolina
Airline ARG SP LV-ADW

Name Percy Forster...............Journalist
Gender Male
Ethnicity/ Nationality Argentinian;English (Argentine)
Marital Status Married
Age 37
Birth Date abt 1901
Birth Place England
Other Birth Place Leeds
Last Known Residence Buenos Aires, Argentine
Place of Origin Argentine
Departure Port Buenos Aires, Argentina
Arrival Date 2 Apr 1938
Arrival Port New York, New York, USA
Years in US 3 Weeks
Citizenship Intention No
Height 5 Feet, 6 Inches
Hair Color Blonde
Eye Color Brown
Complexion Fair
Wife Debora age 32, born Los Toldos, Argentine

Use the ‘search all member trees’ facility to find whether anyone on here is actually related to the people in question………the person who initiated this thread 12 years ago is not a relative.
EDITED 13.53

He appears to be in one GR tree. As is his wife……….

Welcome to the boards, Benjamin.

Firstly, please remove your email address from your post, as it's against the board guidelines.
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However, I don't think she's a regular user, and so she may not see your post here. You can send her a private message by the method I've outlined above.
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Good luck!

Hello, I am a historian of U.S. foreign correspondents during the first half of the 20th century. Some of my published work can be seen here: https://academic.oup.com/histres/article/94/265/629/6314654

I am reaching out because I saw some posts about Percy Forster, who worked for International News Service in Argentina during the 1930s/40s. I am currently researching Forster's journalism in Argentina, but there are unfortuantely very limited sources. I would love to get in contact with any descendents who might know some family history; please feel free to reach out to me via message.

Thank you!

Have responded to a pm from Nathan (Ingrid) .
Absolutely brilliant find. We were beginning to think they never married which would have been unthinkable in the Jewish community.
Will pass the info & links to my friend whose grandparents they were.
Thanks to everyone for all the help.
Marion

Welcome to the boards Nathan. What a good find, certainly looks like the correct marriage, right father for Millie, and living Cleethorpe Road!

Looks like youve cracked it! :-D

I just spotted this post - in assist with the original enquiry re John Marks Forster.

He married a Margaret (Maggie) Cohen (a relative of my Grandmother Tena Wood) in Grimsby on 3rd August 1892. See link below

http://www.jewishgen.org/jcr-uk/Community/Gr/marriage.htm

He was named John Max Fosster in this entry - probably a mistake??

Note also that Caistor is a village a short distance from Grimsby but was the registration district for that part of teh county and did not imply that they lived there i.e. wedding in Grimsby Synagogue.

Hope this helps

Nathan Blau

:-)

I've read somewhere on Nat Archives site, their naturalization records don't start early enough for Ben's - they also say many people claimed to be naturalized on census returns but weren't.

Well, unless you have any luck with the Jewish links for the marriage - or the wills (although not sure what they will give) I think the only other avenue will be John's naturalization papers. If you check out the website there may be some way you can order a copy, I never checked as I knew they were not available to order on-line.

You.ve done it again Flip.
I would probably never have found that.
Thanks.

Found them, and son Solomon (still single) in 1911 - ancestry has it mis-transcribed:

Benjamin Coben
Age in 1911: 65
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1846
Relation to Head: Head
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Russ, Poland
Civil parish: Great Grimsby
County/Island: Lincolnshire
Country: England
Street Address: 191a Cleethorpe Rd
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: Tailor Emplyer
Registration district: Grimsby
Registration District Number: 422
Sub-registration district: Great Grimsby
ED, institution, or vessel: 15
Piece: 19961
Household Members:
Name Age
Benjamin Coben 65
Yetta Coben 64
Soloncere Coben 42 (Solomon on image, born Hull)

They had been married 46 years, 6 children all still alive.

You're welcome.

Well Maggie was single according to 1891 census, so more likely he was married - I think you suggested earlier there were stories about a family left behind.

The 1871 census just says British subject, but the 1901 states naturalized - I can't see a record for this though. Have you found Benjamin or Yetta on the 1911 census, I don't seem to be able to find them. Although I think Yetta died 1920,and this is likely probate for Ben (age 85 at time of death.

Benjamin Cohen
Probate Date: 7 Dec 1931
Death Date: 29 Sep 1931
Death Place: Lincolnshire, England
Registry: Birmingham, England

Of 30 Park Drive, Grimsby - probate granted to Abraham Cohen, film renter. £105.

They had a son Abraham.

Thanks again Flip.
It was John & siblings who I think arrived sometime around 1880.
Can´t quite understand how Maggies parents can have been naturalised so soon after arrival. maybe they came here earlier & returned to Poland where Maggie was born. Seems a bit unlikely, but with this lot, anything could happen.
My theory is that either one or both of them had been married before & weren´t free to marry.
One day......... :-| :-| :-| :-|

Sorry, just realised I put the wrong date for their arrival in my earlier post. Maggie was born Poland c1868, but Solomon was born Hull (Q1/1870) so I should have said they arrived in England c1869.

The 1871 census shows both parents born Poland, but British subjects in brackets.

Can't help with your first question, think it may have been Tuesday?

The census note is just against his name, not hers, and as her parents stated on earlier census they were naturalized I don't think she would need to be (could be wrong though). If you do manage to get someone to check out the Nat Archives this is the record:

HO 334/42/16219 Description:
Naturalisation Certificate: John Marcks Forster. From Russia. Resident in Leeds. Certificate A16219 issued 11 August 1906.

Date: 1906Held by: The National Archives, KewLegal status: Public RecordLanguage: English

Flip. What day was it yesterday??? :-S
Thanks for all your help. It´s much appreciated.
I wonder whether she was included as a wife when John Marks was naturalised. There is a note in the end column of the 1911 census giving the year they were naturalised.
Taking the risk of offending the family, I can only conclude that they never actually married.
I agree that they must have arrived around 1880, but from where? & Cohen isn´t exactly an unusual name.
Think I´ll advise Sally to send for Maggie´s will & see if that sheds any light.