{geni:about_me} As a young man, Jacob Kohn-Zerkowitz left Moravia and followed his brother Lazar over the border to Trencin, Hungary. He is said to have lived in Trencin for a few years during the early 1780s, then later moved toPressburg, Pozsony megye, Hungary (today, Bratislava, Slovakia). He died in Pressburg between 1826 and 1828.

Jacob is said to have had five children -- two sons and three daughters. His wife's name is not known. The sons were Leopold and Alajos, but the daughters are all unidentified.