LAZAR KAHN (Parents Feist & Knedel Kahn)
was born in Schweich 23 May 1789. He moved to Luxembourg in 1816 and there married Jeanette Isaac Lazard (b. 20 January 1794 to parents Isaac Lazard b. 1758 Luxembourg and Janton (Goton) Levy b. Haute Yutz, Thionville, France). Lazar was a merchant, renting out horses and carriages. He is believed to have fought for Napoleon and to have been awarded La Medaille de Ste Helene (the Napoleon Medal) for surviving.
They had one known child, Victor Kahn (Luxembourg 1827). He is believed to have had brothers and sisters, but none has so far been traced.
