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A
A. Holzer & Co (bank), 119
Abraham the Angel, 261tab
Abulafia family, 272
Adlersberg, Alexander Hakohen, 37
Adlersberg, Saul Hakohen, 36
Agudas Shmuel (Delugatch, Shmuel), 277n18
Aichenbaum, Leah, 109tab
Akiba, Rabbi, 309
Altschuler, Gitel, 294tab
Altschuler, Isaac Shrentzel, 294tab
Altschuler, Mordecai, 294tab
Altschuler, Moshe, 271, 294tab
Altschuler, Nachman, 294tab
Altschuler, Rachel, 294tab
Altschuler, Shprinze, 294tab
Altschuler family, 5, 271, 294tab
Altschuler-Stark, Shoshana, 154tab
America
Gans, Chaim, visit to and work in, 164, 225, 314
Jewish communities in, 313–14
Jewish World Service, 118
American Medical Directory, The, 66
Anshei Shem (Buber, Solomon), 277n19
Argoud, Alice, 152tab
Arim ve-Imahot be-Israel, 91, 97
Ashkenasi, Chacham Zvi Hirsch, 149n7
Ashkenasi, Efraim Fischl
background and movement of, 272
descendants of, 272
Ashkenasi, Elimelech, 190–91
Ashkenasi, Israel (of Hanau), 242tab, 289tab, 290tab
Ashkenasi, Israel (of Lublin), 38, 290tab
Ashkenasi, Miriam, 149n7
Ashkenasi, Moses
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family tree, 290tab
marriage of, 293
Wahl, Saul (of Padua), descent from, 292tab
Ashkenasi, Naftali Herz
family tree, 289tab, 290tab
Wahl, Saul (of Padua), descent from, 292tab
Ashkenasi, Rabbi Yoel, 35
Ashkenasi, Salomon, 27
Nathan, son of, 27
Ashkenasi, Uri Feivush (of Vilna and Jerusalem), 291tab
Ashkenasi, Yaakov (ABD of Jaroslaw), 38
Auerbach, Chawa (of Krakow), 131, 132
Auerbach, Raphael, 131
Austria
Army Museum, 88
anti-Jewish feeling in, 329
'Court Jews' in, 329
Jewish community in, 329–30
Avarles, Roza, 33tab
B
Babad, Beile, 300tab
Babad, Haim (ABD of Mikulince), 299tab, 300tab
Babad, Isaac (ABD of Sassow), 299tab, 300tab
Babad, Isaac (of Brody), 300tab
Babad, Jacob Yollis
descendants of, 268
family tree, 195ill, 300tab
Wahl, Saul (of Padua), descent from, 292tab
Babad, Joshua Heschel, 300tab
Babad, Miriam, 292tab, 293
Babad, Moses (ABD of Przeworsk), 300tab
Babad, Nathan, 292tab
Babad, Reitze, 195ill, 300tab, 301tab
Babad, Yakov, 112
Babad, Yente, 112
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Babad, Yoel, 268
Babad, Yoel (of Solotwina), 299tab, 300tab
Babad family, 112, 195n1, 245, 278n27
ancestry of, 268, 269
Bader, Menachem (of HashomerHatza'ir), 115
Baghdad (Jewish community in), 312
Banfield, Raffaello de, 170, 171
Barchau, Salomea (of Cracow), 55
Barenboim, Golda Zehava, 110tab, 112
Barlas, Chaim, 115
Baron Hirsch cemetery (Staten Island), 88
Bashkansky, Guy, 318
Bathory, Stefan (King of Poland), 26, 27
Wahl, Saul (of Padua), permissions granted to, 29
Bathya, Sarah, 156
family tree, 214tab
marriage and children of, 207, 272
Belz
Belzer Chasidim, dispute with Taube family, 144, 148n3
Chasidic Dynasty, 144, 148n3, 156
Reis-Tobe clan, 149n4
Taube family, roots in, 144, 145
Benas, Benjamin (of Posen), 33tab, 332tab
Bendet, Baruch, 56
Benish, Ahron, 211
Benjamin of Tudela, 310
Ber, Dov (of Kolomea), 298tab
Ber, Dov (the Maggid of Meseritz), 253, 261tab
Chasidic movement, teaching and ideas of, 254
Ber, Yissachar (of Cracow), 112, 244, 278n27
ancestry of, 60tab
Chalfan family, connection to, 333tab
family connections of, 251tab, 332tab
family tree, 288tab
Landau family, connection to, 291tab
marriage and children of, 270
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Wahl, Saul (of Padua), descent from, 292tab
Ber, Yissachar (of Frankfurt), 195n1
ancestry of, 60tab
Berenstein, Aryeh Leib, 42, 60tab
Berenstein, Chajes & Co. (of Florence), 43, 48, 326
Berenstein, Wolf, 42
Bergwerk, Chaya (Haya)
business interests of, 55
family tree, 59tab
marriage of, 55
Berlin, Zvi Hirsch (Levin, Hirschel), 149n7, 328
family connections of, 252tab
Berliner, Abraham David Tebele, 149n7, 252tab
Berliner, Aryeh Leib, 149n7
Berliner, Efraim (of Lublin), 149n7
Berliner, Solomon Herschel, 328
Berning, Phyllis Low, 66, 87
family connections of, 92tab
Beth Din (Brody), 15
currencies, references to, 213n8
Jewish community life, records from, 209–11
property records of, 210, 212n7
records of, 201–02, 206, 264, 273
Bezalel, Jehuda Loew, 42
Bick, Malka, 215tab
Bielitz (Austrian Silesia)
Popper family, presence in, 160
Register of Companies trading in, 165n7
trade and industry of, 160
Vital Records of, 164n6
Bloch, Tuvia (Loew family), 79tab
Bolechower, Rivke, 59tab
Bolechower, Wolf, 273
Bonems, Itzchak (of Pinsk), 332tab
Bowden, Ruth, 152tab
Brand, Joel, 116
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Brandwein, Chaim, 112
Breit, Judith, 111ill
family connections of, 92tab
family tree, 109tab
Breit, Moses, 109tab
Brenner, Dov Berel, 190, 196
Brenner, Yaacov, 196
Breslauer, Uri ben Naftali Hertz (Hart, Adam), 295
Brisker, David Tebele, 280n31
Brodsky, Meir Shor, 292tab, 293
Brody (Ukraine)
Austria, control over, 47–48
Beth Din, 15, 201–02, 206, 264, 273
Brody Memorial Book, 55, 88, 208
Chajes family, presence in, 42
decline of, 48
economic position of, 135
families of, 5–6
Gelles family origins in, 5–6
Jewish Cemetery, 217ill
Jewish community of, 47, 48, 201, 216, 328
Livorno (Tuscany, Italy), connection to, 48
Main Synagogue, 218ill
Market, 218ill
Pennell, Joseph, drawings and descriptions of, 216–17, 217ill, 218ill
pictorial record of (19th C), 216–18
records in Lviv archives, 205–06, 264–65
tombstones, old cemetery, records of, 247n6, 276n11
Brody Klaus, 5, 186, 202, 210
Gelles, Moses, scholar of, 6, 16
Ramraz, Yehuda Leib Zundel, scholar of, 6, 156
Buber, Solomon (Anshei Shem), 277n19
Burstin, Cecilia, 110tab
Bushka, Benjamin, 60tab, 289tab
Bushka, Moses, 289tab
Bushka, Saul Joshua Heschel, 289tab
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C
Capet, Hugh, 28
Casimir the Great, 25
Cassuto, Umberto, 44
Castignoli, Dr Paolo, 49
Chaim (Joachim Gaunse), 4–5
Chaim, Moses (of Komarno & Zlatchow), 289tab
Chaim of Czernowitz, 35
Chaja, Guetel, 236n8
Chajes, Julius, 321, 322ill
Chajes, Oscar, 321
Chajes, Yossi Hillel, 321, 322ill
Chajes see also Chayes
Chalfan, Abba Mari Delmedigo
ancestry of, 60tab
background and movement of, 8
children of, 270
family connections of, 332tab
family tree, 288tab
Kalonymos family, connection to, 333tab
Chalfan, Abba Mari (of Prague), 288tab
Chalfan, Chaim Menachem Man, 9
Chalfan, Elias ben Abba Mari, 288tab
Chalfan, Elias Menachem (of Venice)
ancestry of, 60tab
descendants of, 270
family connections of, 332tab
family tree, 288tab
Henry VIII's divorce case, role in, 8
Kalonymos family, connection to, 333tab
Chalfan, Isaac, 288tab
Chalfan, Joshua Heschel, 288tab
Chalfan, Loeb Heschel, 288tab
Chalfan, Mordecai ben Yechiel, 251tab
Chalfan, Yechiel
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ancestry of, 60tab
children of, 270
family tree, 288tab
Kalonymos family, connection to, 333tab
Chalfan, Yitzchak, 288tab
Chalfan family, 323–24
background and movement of, 270–71
family connections of, 251tab
family tree, 288tab
origin of, 5
Charif, Moses Phineas, 269, 292tab
family tree, 289tab, 290tab, 294tab
Charif, Yaacov (ABD of Leshnov), 269, 278n27
Charif, Yehoshua Heshel (of Cracow), 38
Charif, Yisrael (of Brodshin), 40tab, 269
Charif, Yutta, 289tab, 290tab
Charlaps family, 309, 310
Chasdei Avoth, 35–36
Chasidic movement, 330
Enlightenment era, challenges to, 253–54
foundation of, 253–54
Gelles family, connection to, 255–56
Poland, rise of, 328
sages of, 261tab
socio-economic background to, 254
teaching, 254–55
Chavot Yair Hadas (Kallir, Eleazar), 236n7, 276n13
Chaya, Sarah, 290tab
Chayes (Chajes), Abraham, 321
Chayes (Chajes), Beile (of Kolomea), 59tab
Chayes (Chajes), Chaim (of Kolomea), **SAME AS REB ISAAC CHAIM CHAYES**? 55
Chayes (Chajes), Chana, 56, 57
family tree, 59tab
Chayes (Chajes), David Tebele (of Brody), 45, 55
family connections of, 252tab
family tree, 59tab
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Chayes (Chajes), Eliezer (of Brody), ancestry of, 60tab
Chayes (Chajes), Eliezer (of Cracow), 45, 334tab
Chayes (Chajes), Ephraim Fischl, 56
Chayes (Chajes) family, 321–22
ancestry of, 60tab
archives and records relating to, 88
Brody (Ukraine), presence in, 326
coral trade, role in, 43
dispersal of, 316
Drohobycz (Ukraine), presence in, 54, 55
family connections of, 54–57, 59tab, 60tab, 61
history and background of, 42–45, 86, 94, 334tab
Katzenellenbogen family, connections to, 45
Kolomea (Ukraine), presence in, 54, 55
Livorno (Tuscany, Italy), presence in, 48, 50ill, 326
origin of, 5
Wahl family (of Nadworna), connection to, 45
wealth and business interests of, 137
Chayes (Chajes), Guido, 43, 49
Portuguese National Archive, documents relating to, 52ill
Chayes (Chajes), Hirsch Perez (**same as Zvi Hirsch Perez?**), history and background of, 44–45
Chayes (Chajes), Isaac ben Abraham, 324, 334tab **CHECK** - do both these entries refer to the same person?
Chayes (Chajes), Isaac ben Meir (of Brody), 61 **IS THIS THE SAME AS ISAAC CHAYES (OF BRODY)?**
Chayes (Chajes), Isaac Chaim (of Kolomea), 45, 55, 56, 86
death of, 56
family connections of, 92tab
family tree, 59tab
Chayes (Chajes), Isaac (of Brody), 45, 56, 334tab
ancestry of, 60tab
family connections of, 252tab
family tree, 59tab
Chayes (Chajes), Isaac (of Skole), 56, 60tab
Chayes (Chajes), Isaac Reuven, 56
Chayes (Chajes), Jacob, 60tab, 334tab
Chayes (Chajes), Jacob Isaac, 45
Chayes (Chajes), Jenta, 59tab
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Chayes (Chajes), Josef, 45
Chayes (Chajes), Julius, 45
Chayes (Chajes), Leibush, 55
Chayes (Chajes), Leone, 48, 51tab
Chayes (Chajes), Mechel (Michael), 55
Chayes (Chajes), Meir (of Brody and Florence), 43, 48, 55, 334tab
ancestry of, 60tab
family tree, 59tab
Chayes (Chajes), Meir (of Tysmienica), 56, 60tab, 334tab
Chayes (Chajes), Menachem Manish (of Vilna), 334tab
ancestry of, 60tab
Council of Four Lands, role in, 42
Chayes (Chajes), Menachem Manish (wood merchant of Brody), 42–43, 326, 334tab
coral trade, role in, 43
Chayes (Chajes), Regina, 55, 59tab
Chayes (Chajes), Riva Hesse, 59tab
Chayes (Chajes), Salomon (of Brody), 334tab
Chayes (Chajes), Sarah Matel, 6, 16, 45, 56, 57, 70
ancestry and background of, 54
children of, 105, 109tab
family connections of, 92tab, 94, 139tab
family tree, 21tab, 59tab, 110tab
marriage of, 54, 86, 105
Chayes (Chajes), Saul, 45
Chayes (Chajes), Schaya (of Kolomea), 55, 59tab
Chayes (Chajes), Solomon, 56, family tree, 59tab
Chayes (Chajes), Teyvel, 55
Chayes (Chajes), Yossel, 55, 56
Chayes (Chajes), Zelig, 55, 56
Chayes (Chajes), Zissel (of Kolomea), 86
Chayes (Chajes), Zvi Hersch (of Drohobycz), 55, 59tab
Chayes (Chajes), Zvi Hirsch (of Zolkiew), 54, 55, 56, 326, 334tab
children of, 61
family tree, 59tab
history and background of, 43–44
marriage of, 61
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Chayes (Chajes), Zvi Hirsch Perez (Chief Rabbi of Vienna), 6, 9, 41ill, 48, 54, 61, 334tab
family tree, 59tab
Chayes (Chayes), Zeida, 55
Chayes, David Tebele, ancestry of, 248n19
Chayot (Chayes) family, background and movement of, 8
Chayot, Isaac ben Abraham (of Prague), 5, 44, 219
ancestry and background of, 42, 54
ancestry of, 60tab
family connections of, 271
Poland, move to and name change of, 48
Chayot, Judah ben Jacob, 42
Chidushei Hagershuni, 35
Chinitz, Phyllis, 190
Chmielnicki, Bogdan, 26, 328
Chmielnicki massacres (1648), 9, 10, 26, 220, 328
Colon, Joseph, 8
ancestry of, 60tab
family connections of, 332tab
family tree, 288tab
Committee of Rescue (Istanbul), 114–15
Copernicus, Nicolas, 25
Council of the Four Lands, 275, 278n27
Chajes, Menachem Manish, role in, 42
function of, 275
records of, 275
Wahl, Saul (of Padua), role in, 29
Yaffe, Mordecai (of Prague), role in, 221
Cypres, Malka (of Cracow), 120, 121tab
Czortkow dynasty, 256
D
Da'at Kedoshim (Berman, J.), 230
David of Vilna
descendants of, 251tab
family tree, 287tab
Davidic descent, 307–10
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claims of, 5
discussion of, Jewish genealogy, 311
and the divine right of kings, 307, 308
Hillel, ancestry of, 309
importance of, xv
Jewish lineage, and claims of, 309
Merovingian kings, claim of, 308
Dayan family, 310
Delmedigo, Elijah, 8
Delugatch, Moshe, 296tab
Delugatch, Shmuel, 267
Agudas Shmuel, 277n18
family tree, 296tab
Delugatch, Uri, 296tab
der Neuer Morgen Tagblatt (newspaper), 267
DNA studies, 'seed of Aaron', testing relating to, 10
Dov, Shmuel
ancestry of, 267
family tree, 296tab
Drohobycz (Ukraine), 54, 55
Drucker, Deborah
Ashkenasi rabbinical origins, 33tab
family connections of, 332tab
Dubnow, Simon, 14
Dunai, Alexander, 150n13
Dzikow (Galicia), 93, 100
Yizkor (Memorial) Book, 122, 136
E
Eberles, Abraham, 271
Eberles, Moses Yankiles, 294tab
Eberles, Moshe (of Cracow), 280n36
Eberles, Rosa, 280n36
family tree, 294tab
marriage of, 271
Eberles, Roza Yankiles, 294tab, 295
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Eberles, Yaacov, 294tab, 295
Edelmann, Hirsch, 32
Efrati, David Tebele, 270
family connections of, 252tab
Toldot Anshei Shem, 247n3
Eibeschuetz, Jonathan, 232
Eis, Israel Chaim, 115
Eleazar of Dubno, 271, 291tab
Eliezer, Israel ben (Baal Shem Tov), 253
Eliezer of Lvov-Komarno, 289tab
Encyclopaedia Judaica, 44
Encyclopaedia of Jewish Communities in Poland, 196
Engelhard-Fraenkel, Blume, 80
family connections of, 298tab
generational connections (Loew family), 79tab
Englard, Adela, 109tab
Englard, Shlomo, 279n30, 280n31
Enlightenment era, 9, 10, 253–56
Chasidic movement, challenges to, 253–54
socio-economic background to, 254
Epstein, Abraham (of Brest), 221
Epstein, Yechiel Michel, 39tab
Heilprin connections, 285tab
marriage of, 221
Yaffe-Rapaport connection, 284tab
Erlich, Tami, 154tab
European heritage, xxiiill, xxiii
F
Falk, Yosef, 144, 148n3
Farnmann, Jacob Josef, 101
Farnmann, Moses, 101
Farnmann, Salaman Leib, 101
Feivish, Meshullam, 263tab
Feivush, Uri (Chief Rabbi of Vilna), 6, 61, 243, 246n2
background and movement of, 9
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career of, 265–66
descendants of, 266, 270
family connections of, 251tab
family tree, 287tab
Holy Land, return to, 313
Yaffe-Rapaport connection, 284tab
Feiwel, Jacob Kopel ben Nehemia (of Kolomea), 112
Feniger, Moshe, 79tab
Finkelstein, Abraham, 149n7
Finkelstein, Hinde, 149n7
Fischl, Efraim (ABD of Brisk)
family tree, 289tab
wife and children of, 272
Fischl, Efraim (of Lvov), 295
descendants of, 272
family tree, 289tab, 294tab
Fischl, Juta, 272, 289tab
Fischl, Zvi Hirsch, 272
Fischler, Rabbi, 36
Fischls, Aryeh Leib (of Cracow), 149n7, 272, 328
ancestry of, 60tab
background and movement of, 9
family connections of, 252tab, 332tab
family tree, 287tab
Fischls, Efraim, 60tab **CHECK**
Fischls, Esther, 149n7
Fleckeles, Eleazar (of Prague), 224
Fleckeles, Wolf, 224
Foote, Gretchen, 155tab
Fortgang, Rega, 109tab
Fraenkel (Engelhard), Nahum 'Pashawer', 298tab
Fraenkel, Abraham Zeev Wolf (of Przeworsk), 80
ancestry of, 273
career of, 273
family connections of, 298tab
marriages of, 273
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Fraenkel, Benjamin ('Reisher'), 298tab
Fraenkel, David, 242tab, 242n3
Fraenkel, Dov Ber (of Brody)
family connections of, 298tab
Finkel, daughter of, 210, 212n6
Fraenkel, Finkel, 273
synagogue seats, sale of, 210, 212n6
Fraenkel, Hinde, 298tab
Fraenkel, Juda Leib (of Dessau), 230, 242tab
Fraenkel, Meir Shlomo (of Brody), 214tab, 273, 298tab
Fraenkel, Michael, 242tab
Fraenkel, Moshe (of Przeworsk), 298tab
Fraenkel, Shmuel (ABD of Grodno), 298tab
Fraenkel, Yehuda Aaron (of Brody), 274, 298tab
Fraenkel, Zvi Hirsch (of Przeworsk), 298tab
Fraenkel family
Horowitz rabbis, links to, 274
name, and variations of, 273
origin of, 273
Fraenkel-Teomim, Jacob, 192n1
Franciscan land register (Austria), 203, 205
Frankfurt (Germany), persecution of 1612, 9
Frankfurter, Professor Solomon, 45
Freilich, Feiga, 109tab, 114
Freilich, Rebeka, 109tab
Friedman, David Moshe (of Czortkow), 261tab, 262tab
Friedman, Israel (of Czortkow), xvii, 107, 256, 267
Chasidic connections of, 261tab
death of, 137
family connections of, 262tab
funeral of, 255
grave of, 258n
Friedman, Israel (of Manchester), 256
Friedman, Israel (of Ruzhyn), 261tab, 262tab
Friedman family (of Czortkow), 267
Friedman family (of Ruzhyn), 105, 137
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G
Gadd, Michele, 155tab
Galicia, xxivill, xxv
borderland of (Bukowina), 283ill
Chajes family, presence in, 42
economic and political position of, 134–35
Gelles family, origins in, 13
geography of, 134–35
Jewish community in, 129, 134, 329
oilfields of, 112
Galitzki, Serala, 101
Galmarini, Paolo, 49
Game of Creation, The (Sachs, V.), 178
Gans, Chaim, 222, 224
America, visit to and work in, 164, 225, 314
England, move to and work in, 225
family background of, 225
metallurgy, interest and career in, 225
Gans, David, xvii, 4, 164, 265, 276n12
background and family of, 222
early life and education of, 222–24
family of, 224
tombstone of, 224, 227ill
Zemach David, 222–24
Gans, Yoshua Seligman (of Bischitz), 224
Gans family, tombstones and Prague burial lists of, 224
Gaunse, Joachim see Gans, Chaim
Gedullath Shaul (Edelmann, Hirsch), 32
Gelber, N.M., 201, 247n6
tombstone transcriptions of, 264, 269, 276n7
Gelernter, Israel Dov Ber, 56
Gelles (Gellis), Max, 13, 192n2, 192n5, 193ill, 194ill
career of, 186–87
death of, 187
marriage and children of, 190
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Gelles (Kallmann), Lotte, 13, 187, 194ill, 315
marriage and children of, 189–90
Gelles (Levush), Moshe, family tree, 214tab
Gelles (Vaskievonie), Joseph, 189
business interests of, 202
family tree, 214tab
issue of, 210
Gelles, Abraham Jonah
family tree, 214tab, 289tab
marriage of, 271
Gelles, Benjamin (of Krotoschin), 277n14, 317
Gelles, Bertha (Feiga Rivka), 189, 315
Gelles, Chaim Naftali, 214tab
Gelles, David Isaac (Dr), 17ill, 86, 88, 183ill, 315, 330, 336tab
background and ancestry of, 264
birth of, 186, 275n1
career and interests of, 186
children of, 189
death and burial of, 275n1
Doctor Juris, 184ill, 186
early life of, 13
education of, 192n4
family connections of, 92tab, 139tab
family tree, 21tab, 59tab, 121tab, 214tab
marriage of, 14, 18ill, 97, 189
testimonial, from J.Schumpeter, 185ill
tombstone of, 19ill
Zionist movement, role in, 186
Gelles, David Isaac (Rabbi), 189, 250tab, 276n4, 297, 336tab
background of, 233, 264
burial at, 192n1
descent of, 256
family tree, 21tab, 296tab
rabbis of Solotwina, 299tab
tombstone of, 202, 233, 264, 276n5
Gelles, Edward, 17ill, 189, 336tab
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childhood and early life, 13, 187
England, move to, 97
family connections of, 92tab, 139tab
family tree, 21tab, 121tab
Gelles, Efraim Fischel
death of, 268
family tree, 214tab
rabbis of Solotwina, 299tab
Gelles, Elsa, 190, 194ill
Gelles, Gershon, 203
Gelles, Jeremiah M., 318
Gelles, Jonanthan, 318
Gelles, Joseph
education of, 256
family and background of, 268
family tree, 289tab
rabbis of Solotwina, 299tab
Gelles, Lea, 202–03
Gelles, Leo (Ahron Leib), 189, 256, 268
Gelles, Ludwig, 13, 189, 194ill
death of, 97
family connections of, 92tab
Gelles, Malka Chaye, 192n6
tombstone inscription, 236n8
Gelles, Moredechai (of Brody), 202, 336tab
family tree, 214tab, 265, 287tab, 289tab, 296tab
issue of, 210
Landau family, connection to, 291tab
marriage and children of, 207
Gelles, Moses, 5, 186, 297, 336tab see also Levush, Menachem
ancestry of, and research in to, 201–05
Brody Klaus, scholar of, 6, 16, 255
descendants of, 207, 255, 330
descent from, 16
family tree, 214tab, 289tab, 296tab
Landau family, connection to, 291tab
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Levush, Menachem, ambiguity relating to, 202, 209, 210
marriage and children of, 207, 265
property records, and family research, 203–05
rabbinical records relating to, 201
Rokeach, Shalom (Belz dynasty), connection to, 156
tombstones, and family research, 202–03
Gelles, Moses Gershon, 289tab
Gelles, Moshe, 210-11, 214tab, 255
Gelles, Moshe Gershon, 210–11
family tree, 214tab
marriage and children of, 207
property records of, 212n7
Gelles, Nahum Uri, 15–16, 137, 188ill, 236n9, 336tab
background and ancestry of, 186, 244
birth of, 186, 189, 275n1
children of, 189–90
death and burial of, 275n1
descent of, 256
family tree, 21tab, 195ill, 214tab
Horowitz rabbis, links to, 274
letterhead used by, 191ill
pedigree of, 240ill
rabbis of Solotwina, 299tab
tombstone and grave of, 15–16, 19ill, 202, 258n, 264
Gelles, Nathan, 214tab
Gelles, Osias, 204, 278n25
Gelles, Philip (Ephraim Fishel), 189
Gelles, Rosa, 189
Gelles, Shmuel, 287tab, 336tab
Gelles, Shmuel Dov, 202, 250tab, 257n
Chasidic connections of, 261tab
descent of, 256
family tree, 214tab, 289tab
letter of appointment of, 259ill
marriage and children of, 207
marriage of, 255–56
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Gelles, Shmuel (of Siemiatycze), 250tab
family connections of, 251tab, 252tab
Gelles, Siegfried (of Krotoschin), 277n14, 317
Gelles, Yankel, 214tab
Gelles family
ancestry of, 264–65
Brody (Ukraine), origins in, 5–6
burial lists (Prague), 224
candle making, trade and supply of, 203–04, 210
Chasidic connections of, 255–56
cultural heritage of, 314–15
dispersal of, 320ill
family connections of, 323–24
Friedman family (of Czortkow), connection to, 267
Galicia, origins in, 13, 319
history and background of, 336tab
Hungary, presence in, 319
of Kishinev, 318–19
of Krotoschin and Lissa, 317–18
Margoshes family, marriage contract (1817), 210, 211n5
modern displacement of, 315–16
name, variations and meaning of, 201, 204–05, 209, 211n4, 243, 250tab, 320ill
rabbinical connections of, 214tab
Rokeach family, connection to, 156
Sephardic roots of, 323
tombstones of, 276n12
Yaffe, Mordecai (of Prague), ancestry linked to, 222
Gellis, David Isaac, tombstone of, 16, 20ill, 211
Gellis, Harold, 317
Gellis, Isaac, 318
Gellis, Israel (of Jerusalem), 313, 317
Gellis, Yaacov, 317
Gellis family
of Gorzd and Kretinga, 317
of Grodno, 317
genealogy
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and Davidic descent, 309, 311
difficulties with, 3–4, 14
and lineage, xv, 10
methodology of research, 71
property records, and family research, 203–05
research and importance of, xv
'seed of Aaron', 10
ships' manifests, use of in research, 76–77, 100
tombstones, and family research, 202–03
vital records, use of, 203–205
Germany
Ashkenasi Jews, persecutions of, 327
Frankfurt (persecution of 1612), 9
Gelnhausen, 325
Habsburg emperors, 27
Italy, Jewish migrations from, 26–27
Jewish communities in, 325
Jews, migrations from, 26–27
Poland, Jewish migrations from, 26
Gewurz, Moses
children of, 124tab
Safier, Marcel (family website of), 124tab
Gillis, Bernard, 317
Ginsberg, Golda, 123, 124tab, 147
Glina, rabbis of, 276n4
Goldberg, Isaac, 152tab, 160
Goldberg, Wilhelmine, 152tab, 154tab, 160
Goldstein, David S., 106
Gottesman, Chanah Gitel, 149n7
Gottleib, Noach, Ohalei Shem, 239n39, 240ill, 275n1
Gracian-Shaltiel, Moshe, 309
Grand Sanhedrin (convened by Napolean I, 1806), 9
Griffel (Rose), David, 105, 112
Griffel (Rose), Max, 105–06,
Griffel, Andrew, 106, 117–18
Griffel, Beila, 109tab
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Griffel, Benjamin, 109tab
Griffel, Chaya, 106, 109tab, 110tab
Griffel, Clara, 110tab
Griffel, David, 98
children of, 110tab
family connections of, 92tab
family tree, 110tab
life and career of, 107
Griffel, David Mendel, 6, 34
archives and records relating to, 91
business interests of, 86
children of, 65, 104
death of, 65
family connections of, 92tab, 98tab, 139tab
family tree and descendants of, 21tab, 59tab, 106–07, 109tab, 121tab, 131tab, 151tab
inheritance from his father, 114
marriage of, 94, 129
records relating to, 70
Griffel, David (of Boston), 87, 315
Griffel, Edward, 13, 108ill, 315
business interests of, 87, 97
family connections of, 92tab
family tree, 59tab
life and character of, 107
marriage of, 98
Griffel, Eliezer (Zeida) (of Nadworna), 6, 16, 45, 56, 57, 70
archives and records relating to, 91
background and career of, 86
birth of, 104
business interests of, 86, 94, 112, 137
character of, 94
children of, 94, 105, 109tab
death of, 114
family connections of, 92tab, 139tab
family tree, 21tab, 59tab, 110tab
life of, 105, 130
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marriage of, 54, 86, 105
Nadworna Memorial Book, mention of in, 105
Griffel, Eric, 70–71, 87, 119
career of, 315
family connections of, 92tab
family tree, 121tab
life and career of, 97, 107
Griffel, Eve, 92tab
Griffel, Frieda, 110tab
Griffel, Gittel (of Nadworna), 105, 110tab
Griffel, Isaac Chaim, 97
archives and records relating to, 91
business interests of, 86, 94
children of, 106
family connections of, 92tab
family tree, 109tab
inheritance from his father, 114
Griffel, Jacob, 7, 15, 57, 87, 89, 105, 113ill
business interests of, 112
career of, 137, 315
Chasidic faith of, 106
Committee of Rescue (Istanbul), role in, 114–15
family connections of, 92tab
family tree, 109tab
life of, 114
marriage of, 114, 115
rescue missions of, 114–16, 156
Rokeach, Ahron and Mordecai, rescue of, 156–57
World War II, impact on, 98
Griffel, Joseph Isaac Chaim, 92tab, 115
Griffel, Lea, 105
Griffel, Leah, 110tab, 112
Griffel, Leibish, 109tab
Griffel, Leibish Arie, 110tab, 112
Griffel, Leo, 110tab
Griffel, Ludwig, 85ill
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Griffel, Machla, 109tab
Griffel, Max, 110tab, 112, 315
Griffel, Meir Leib, 110tab, 105
Griffel, Moshe, 110tab
Griffel, Rachel, 109tab
Griffel, Regina, 34, 85ill
background and early life of, 13, 65, 70, 86
family connections of, 92tab, 139tab
family tree, 21tab, 59tab, 121tab
Low (Loew), Abraham, postcard from, 65, 67, 68ill–69ill, 88
marriage of, 14, 18ill, 87, 97
Griffel, Ruben, 110tab
Griffel, Sara Rivka, 109tab, 112, 115
Griffel, Shalom, 109tab
Griffel, Shaya, 109tab
Griffel, Shmuel Shmelke, 106, 109tab
Griffel, Tali, 118
Griffel, Taube (of Nadworna), 104, 109tab
Griffel, Yehoshua Heshel (Henry)
education and career of, 106
family tree, 109tab
life of, 117
Griffel, Yigal, 112
Griffel, Zissel
family connections of, 92tab, 139tab
family tree, 109tab, 133tab
marriage of, 129, 137
Griffel, Zygmunt, 13, 55, 107ill, 315
business interests of, 87, 97
children of, 107, 120
family connections of, 92tab
family tree, 59tab, 121tab
Griffel family (Nadworna and Stanislau), 104, 120
archives and records relating to, 87–88
descent of and from, 6, 7, 86, 105
family connections of, 56, 59tab, 129, 138tab–39tab, 315–16
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Galicia, origins in, 13
lines and branches of, 105
Nadworna Memorial Book, 88
Tarnobrzeg (Poland), presence in, 73, 129
wealth and business interests of, 130, 137
World War II, impact on and movements of, 97–98
Grodno (Lithuania), 317
Gross, Reuben, 57
Gruenfeld, Samuel, 106, 110tab
Gruenfeld, Shlomo, 106, 109tab, 110tab
Gruss, Riane, 120
Guenzburg, Benjamin Wolf, 221
Guttman, Matityahu Yecheziel (of Jassy), 202
descendants of, 263tab
Guttman, Shalom, descendants of, 263tab
H
Habsburg emperors, 27
Hager, Baruch, 112
Hager, Chaim, 112
Hager, Eliezer, 115
Hager, Menachem Mendel, 112
Hager, Sitka, 106, 110tab
Hager Chasidic dynasty, 105, 106
ancestral connections of, 112
family connections of, 110tab
Hakohen, Aaron Zvi Hirsch, family tree, 296tab
Hakohen, Feige, 273, 297, 296tab
Hakohen, Joshua Heschel (of Brody), 272, 273
Hakohen, Moshe, 296tab, 297
Hakohen, Rachel, 298tab
Hakohen, Samson (?), 296tab
Hakohen, Samuel, 298tab
Hakohen, Yoshua Heschel, 296tab
Halberstam, Yechezkel (of Siniawa), 136
Halevi, Ascher Lemel
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family tree, 242tab
tombstone inscription, 236n8
Halevi, Moshe ben Yekutiel Landau, 295
Halfin (von Fürstenberg), Diane, 319
Halfon, Zundel, 221
Halpern, Abraham (of Stanislau)
Ashkenasi rabbinical origins, 33tab
career of, 269
family tree, 300tab
marriage of, 269
Halpern, Eliezer Lipman
Ashkenasi rabbinical origins, 33tab
family tree, 300tab
Halpern, Israel Charif (ABD of Ostrog), 300tab
Halpern, Israel (of Krotoschin), 231, 269
Ashkenazi rabbinical origins, 33tab
Council of the Four Lands, records collected by, 275
family tree, 294tab
marriage and children of, 231
Halpern, Joel (ABD of Lesniov), 300tab
Halpern, Joel (of Stanislau), 300tab
Halpern, Moses Ashkenazi, 33tab, 231
Halpern, Zebulon Eliezer Ashkenazi, 33tab
Halpern family
Ashkenazi rabbinical origins, 33tab
background and movement of, 8
family connections of, 269
Wahl family (of Nadworna), links to, 36
HaMagid (newspaper), 133
Hart, Aaron, 295
Ha-Sandelar, Johanan, 309
Hauser, Baruch Mordko, 131, 132
Hauser, Bracha
family connections of, 139tab
family tree, 133tab
life and family of, 132–33
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marriage of, 129, 130, 138, 147
Hauser, Caroline, 131
Hauser, Hirsch
children of, 131
family connections of, 139tab
family tree, 133tab
life and family of, 132
marriage of, 130, 138
Hauser, Moses, 88, 137
business interests of, 130
Hauser, Moshe (of Tarnobrzeg)
children of, 131, 147
family connections of, 129, 139tab
family tree, 133tab
wealth of, 130
Hauser family (Tarnobrzeg), 131, 137–38
family connections of, 129, 138tab–39tab
Hauser-Auerbach, Lucy
birth and life of, 131
family connections of, 92tab, 131, 139tab
family tree, 133tab
marriage of, 137
parents of, 132
Hayyim (Joachim), xvii
Heilprin (Heilpern), Moshe (of Berdichev), 36, 37, 38, 39tab
Heilprin (Heilpern), Yosef, 38
Heilprin (Heilpern), Zak, 238n22
Heilprin, Abraham (of Kowel), 39tab, 285tab
Heilprin, Abraham Zorach Juda Leib (of Brzezany), 285tab
Heilprin, Chanania Joseph (of Brzezany), 285tab
Heilprin, Eliezer (of Fuerth), 33tab
Heilprin, Isaiah (of Vitkov and Brody), 39tab
Heilprin, Israel Nachman (of Brzezany), 285tab
Heilprin, Israel (of Svierz), 39tab, 285tab
Heilprin, Jechiel (of Minsk), 38
Heilprin, Tuvia Yechiel Michel (of Brzezany), 285tab
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Heller, Esther, 40tab
Heller, Meir, 204
Heller, Yomtov Lipmann, 35, 40tab, 204
Hermann, Risie, 59tab
Hersch, Zvi (ABD of Drohobycz), 38
Herzkes, Beila, 40tab
Herzog, Chaim, 234
Herzog, Yitzchak Halevi, 234
Heschel, Abraham Joshua (of Cracow), 112, 149n7, 293
ancestry of, 60tab
background and movement of, 9
descendants of, 272
family connections of, 251tab, 332tab
family tree, 296tab
Landau family, connection to, 291tab
Wahl, Saul (of Padua), 292tab
Heschel, Rebecca, family tree, 288tab
Heymann, Menachem Mendel, 261tab
Hillel, 309
Hillman (Helman), Beila, 230, 242tab
Hillman (Helman), Chana, 236n8
Hillman (Helman), Deborah
family tree, 242tab, 290tab
marriage of, 230
tombstone of, 230
Hillman (Helman), Hinde, 291tab
Hillman (Helman), Jached
family tree, 242tab
marriage and children of, 230
tombstone inscription, 236n8
Hillman (Helman), Moshe (of Glognau), 290tab
Hillman (Helman), Shmuel (of Metz), 14, 186, 266, 295
achievements of, 232
ancestry of, 6, 230–32, 243–44, 264
approbations of, 231–32, 235n3, 241ill
Ashkenazi rabbinical origins, 33tab
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background and movement of, 9, 328
birth and early life of, 229
children and descendants of, 230, 233-34, 256, 328
family tree, 242tab, 290tab
Landau family, connection to, 291tab
life of, 6, 243–44
marriages of, 229
rabbinical connections of, 229, 232–33
Hillman (Helman), Uri Feivush, 237n11
family tree, 242tab
Landau family, connection to, 291tab
marriage and children of, 230, 242n2
Hillman, Harold, 234
Hillman, Samuel Isaac, 234
Hillman, Sidney, 234
Hirsch, Abraham, 262tab
Hirsch, Nita, 154tab
Hirsch, Yehudah Arieh Zvi, 36
Hirsch, Zvi (of Korostyshev), 262tab
History of the Samuels, The (Samuel, J.B.), 15
Hochgelehrter, Joseph (of Zamosc), 289tab
holocaust
memorials relating to, 105, 148
Taube family, impact on, 148
Holzer, Aaron, 121n4, 121tab
Holzer, Feigla (of Cracow), 119, 120, 121n4, 121tab
Holzer, Lolek, 121n4
Holzer, Marta Chaya, 162
Honey, Michael, 14, 72
historical chart of, 130, 131
Honigsman, Jacob, 150n11
Hoover Institution, 163
Horovitz, Isaiah Halevi, 6, 243
Frankfurt persecution (1612), 9
Holy Land, return to, 313
ideas and beliefs of, 254
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Horovitz, Zvi Hirsch, Kitvei HaGeonim, 278n27
Horowitz, Abraham, 80, 298tab
Horowitz, Beile, 195ill
Horowitz, Chaim, 281n44
Horowitz, David Halevi (of Stanislau), 299tab, 300tab
Horowitz, Dovberish, 261tab
Horowitz, Efraim Fischel, 300tab, 301tab
Horowitz, Efraim Fischel (of Munkacz), 192n1, 195n4, 274, 281n45
ancestry of, 269
family tree, 195ill, 300tab
rabbis of Solotwina, 299tab
Horowitz, Eleazar (of Rohatyn), 192n1, 299, 299tab, 300tab
Horowitz, Heinde, 33tab
Horowitz, Isaac (ABD of Hamburg), 195n2
family tree, 195ill, 300tab, 301tab
Horowitz, Isaiah Halvei, 270
Horowitz, Jakob, Jokel (of Bolechow)
family connections of, 298tab
family tree, 195ill, 300tab, 301tab
Horowitz, Meir, 255
Chasidic connections of, 261tab
family tree, 195ill, 301tab
Horowitz, Meshullam Feivel, 261tab
Horowitz, Meyer, letter from, 80, 81ill **IS THIS THE SAME AS MEIR HOROWITZ?**
Horowitz, Pinchas, 29–30, 33tab, 59tab, 255
Horowitz, Samuel, 59tab
Horowitz, Sarah, 21tab
Horowitz, Shmuel Shmelke (of Nikolsburg), 55–56, 255, 273
Nezir Hashem and Semichas Moshe, 278n25
Horowitz, Yehuda Aaron, 195n5, 281n44
career of, 274
family connections of, 298tab
family tree, 195ill
rabbis of Solotwina, 299tab
Horowitz, Zalman, 109tab
Horowitz dynasty of Sedziszow, 80, 281n44
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Fraenkel family, links to, 274
Horowitz family, 323
Hortola, Maria, family tree, 152tab
Hundert, Professor Gershon David, xvii
Hungary
Eisenstadt, 329
Jewish community in, 329
I
Iberian peninsula, Jews, expulsions from, 27
Il Messaggero Israelitico, 44
Imrei Da'as (Shapira, Yehuda Meir), 278n26
Isaac, Chaya Sarah, 263tab
Isaac, Jacob (of Zamosc), 289tab
Isaac, Levi (of Berdichev), 263tab
Isaac, Levi (of Nigresti), 263tab
Isaac, Mattithiah Ezekiel, 263tab
Isaac, Pinchas, 263tab
Isaac, Salomon ben (Rashi of Troyes), 4
ancestry of, 309, 310, 324
birth of, 324
descent claimed from, 5, 11, 253, 309
education of, 324
Geoffrey of Bouillon, meeting with, 8
miracles associated with, 310
Isaac ben Uri (of Gilna), 250tab
ancestry of, 266
death of, 244
family connections of, 245, 251tab
marriage of, 266
Isaac of Gilna, family tree, 296tab
Isaac of Siemiatycze
descendants of, 244, 266
family connections of, 251tab
family tree, 287tab
Israel, establishment of state of, 9
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Israel of Pikov (Derbarmdiger), 263tab
Israel of Ruzhin, 255
Israelitische Kultusgemeinde (Vienna), 14
burial records of, 150n12
Isser, Israel (of Lublin), 293
Wahl, Saul (of Padua), descent from, 292tab
Isserles, Dreizel, 267
Chasidic connections of, 261tab
family connections of, 332tab
family tree, 296tab
Isserles, Moses (of Cracow), xvii, 8, 30, 244
ancestry of, 297
Chasidic connections of, 261tab
descendants of, 6, 253, 266–267
family connections of, 332tab
family tree, 296tab
ideas and beliefs of, 253
Issers, Hirsch Reb, 292tab
Italy
German Jews, migrations in to, 26–27, 325
Jewish communities in, 325–26
Padua, importance of, 325
J
Jacob of Lublin, 332tab
Jacob of Ludmir, 60tab, 295, 289tab
Jacob of Posen, 301tab, 302
Jewish Agency (role in Committee of Rescue, Istanbul), 115
Jewish Encyclopaedia, 220
Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain, 14
Jewish Theological Seminary (New York), 44, 209
Jewish Volunteer Corps, 118
Joel of Brest, 40tab
Joseph, Jacob (of Polnoye), 255
Josephine land register (Austria), 203, 205
Josipovici, Mina, 153tabn1
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JRI-Poland project, 119, 145, 146, 149n9, 170, 278n25
Popper family, records relating to, 160
Przemysl records, 150n17
Judah, Samuel (of Padua and Venice), 45, 332tab
K
Kadosh, Yitzchak Chalfan
family connections of, 332tab
family tree, 288tab
Kalonymos family, connection to, 333tab
Kahan, Chana, 109tab
Kalamankes (Yaffe family), from Kalonymos, 220
Kalamankes, Sender Loeb, 220
Kalischer, Joseph, 289tab
Kallmann, Kurt (of Berlin), 190
Kalonymos, ben Trodos (of Narbonne), seal of, 345ill
Kalonymos, Fioret, 288tab, 332tab, 333tab
Kalonymos ben David, 270
Chalfan family, connection to, 333tab
Kalonymos family
background and movement of, 8, 324
Jewish community, and intermarriages, 312
origin of, 270
Kanner, Leah, 100, 101
family connections of, 98tab
family tree, 151tab
Kaplan, Anna, 152tab, 162
Karmel, Rachel, 120, 121n4, 121tab
Katvan, Beile, 245, 292tab, 333tab
ancestry of, 60tab, 266
family tree, 195ill, 300tab
Landau family, connection to, 291tab
marriage of, 266
Katvan, David, 278n27
family connections of, 251tab, 332tab
Landau family, connection to, 291tab
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marriage and children of, 244–45
Katvan, Reizel, 195ill
Katz, Bezalel, 301tab, 302
Katz, Efraim Fischel, 301tab
Katz, Isaac, 301tab
Katz, Isaiah, 301tab, 302
Katz, Jonah Nachum, 40tab
Katz, Josef, 294tab, 295
Katz, Malka, 79tab
Katz, Meir, 38, 40tab
Katz, Menachem Meinish, 301tab
Katz, Mendel, 39tab, 40tab
Katz, Michel, 39tab, 40tab
Katz, Moses, 292tab
Katz, Moshe, 38
Katz, Naftali, 301tab
Katz, Naftali Hirsch, 301tab, 302
Katz, Nisan, 301tab
Katz, Rivka, 294tab
Katz, Shabatai, 4, 36, 38, 40tab, 244
descendants of, 267
family connections of, 251tab, 332tab
Landau family, connection to, 291tab
Wahl family (of Nadworna), links to, 35
Katz, Shmuel, 40tab
Katz, Shprintze, 301tab, 332tab
Katz, Yehudah Leib, 40tab
Katzenellenbogen, Abraham, 39tab
Katzenellenbogen, Abraham ben Yoel Ashkenazi, 45
Katzenellenbogen, David Tebele (Chief Rabbi of St.Petersburg), 9, 270
ancestry of, 248n19
family connections of, 252tab
Katzenellenbogen, Dinah, 301tab
Katzenellenbogen, Eliezer (of Hagenau & Bamberg)
ancestry of, 269
Ashkenazi rabbinical origins, 33tab
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family tree, 242tab
marriage and children of, 230
Katzenellenbogen, Ephraim Zalman, 261tab
Katzenellenbogen, Ezekiel, 39tab, 40tab
Katzenellenbogen, Isaac, 28
ancestry of, 60tab
Ashkenasi rabbinical origins, 33tab
Katzenellenbogen, Jacob Joseph, 39tab
Katzenellenbogen, Judah Wahl, 261tab
Katzenellenbogen, Meir Judah, 33tab
Katzenellenbogen, Meir (of Padua), 34, 39tab
ancestry of, 60tab
Ashkenasi rabbinical origins, 33tab
background of, 28
Chasidic connections of, 261tab
family connections of, 332tab
Katzenellenbogen, Meir Wahl, 60tab, 332tab
Katzenellenbogen, Moses (of Anspach), 33tab
Katzenellenbogen, Moses (of Chelm), 33tab, 60tab, 261tab
Katzenellenbogen, Naftali Hirsch, 242n6
Ashkenasi rabbinical origins, 33tab
family tree, 242tab
Grand Sanhedrin (1806), summons to, 9
life and career of, 230
marriage of, 230
Katzenellenbogen, Phineas ben Moses, 30, 32
Yesh Manhilin, 235n2
Katzenellenbogen, Samuel Judah (of Venice), 28, 33tab, 34, 35, 39tab, 219
ancestry of, 60tab
Chasidic connections of, 261tab
Katzenellenbogen, Saul ben Judah see Wahl, Saul
Katzenellenbogen, Saul (of Pinczow), 33tab, 261tab
Katzenellenbogen, Yached, 33tab
Katzenellenbogen, Yoel Ashkenazi, 39tab
Katzenellenbogen family
background of, 28
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Chayes (Chajes) family, connections to, 45
descent of, 39tab, 253
family connections of, 251tab
name, background of, 28
Taube family, connections with, 145
Wahl-Heller family, link to, 35
Katzenellenbogen Rabbis (Padua and Venice), 4, 28
Ashkenasi rabbinical origins, 33tab
establishment of dynasty, 8
Kerem Shlomo (Zelig, Shlomo Ahron), 246n2
Kerschen, Paula, 153tabn1, 166n9
Kirschbaum, Sarah Chaja, 154tab
Kirschen, Paula, family notes of (Weinberg family), 166n9 - **ASSUME THIS IS PAULA KERSCHEN
ABOVE?**
Kitvei HaGeonim (Horovitz, Zvi Hirsch), 278n27
Klarman, Jacob (of the Zionist Revisionists), 115
Kloisner, Efraim Fischel (of Ludmir), 301tab, 302
Kloisner, Zacharya Mendel
ancestry of, 60tab
family connections of, 270, 332tab
family tree, 287tab
Knot, Moysze, 203
Kohanim, representations of, 4
Kol Todah (Weber, Dov), 231
Kol Yehuda (Selig, Yehuda ben Chanina), 232
Kolesnik, Rabbi (Stanislau), 15
Kolomea (Ukraine), 55
Chayes (Chajes) family, presence in, 54, 55, 56
Kolomea Yizkor Book, 55
Kopel, Chaim, 112
Kopel, Menachem Mendel, 112
Koret, Joseph
Koret Charitable Foundation, 163
Taube, Thaddeus, work with, 163
Kornbluth, Simone, 100
Kosloff, Samuel, 112
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family tree, 110tab
marriage of, 105
Kosnoth Or (Isaac, Meir ben, of Horochow), 236n5
Kossow dynasty, 112
Krakower, Isaac
ancestry of, 60tab
career of, 245
Chalfan family, connection to, 333tab
children of, 269
descendants of, 300tab
family connections of, 251tab, 332tab
family tree, 195ill
Landau family, connection to, 291tab
marriage of, 245
Wahl, Saul (of Padua), descent from, 292tab
Kranzler, David, 115
Krystynopol, Taube family, presence in, 145
L
Lamm, Arnold, 87
family connections of, 92tab, 131, 139tab
family tree, 133tab
marriage of, 137
Lamm, Salomon, 88
Lamm, Shlomo
business interests of, 130
family connections of, 139tab
family tree, 133tab
life and family of, 132–33
marriage of, 129, 130, 138, 147
Lamm, Steven, 106
family connections of, 92tab, 131, 139tab
Lamm, Zygmunt
family connections of, 92tab, 139tab
family tree, 109tab, 133tab
marriage of, 129, 137
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Lamm family (Stanislau), 137–38, 147
descendants of, 131–32
family connections of, 129, 138tab–39tab
Landau, Ezekiel (Chief Rabbi of Prague), 6, 244, 280n34, 295
background and movement of, 9, 271
family tree, 242tab
Landau family, connection to, 291tab
sermons delivered by, 237n14
Landau, Gitel, 294tab, 295
Landau, Judah, 291tab
Landau, Shmuel, 242tab, 291tab
Landau, Zvi Hirsch Witeles, 244, 271, 291tab
Lauterbach, Jacob Bezalel, 55
Lauterbach Chronicle, 55
Lauterbach family (genealogical study of), 55
Lazare, Isidor (Chief Rabbi of France), 9
Leah, Yente, 291tab
Leghorn see Livorno (Tuscany, Italy)
Leib, Aryeh
marriage of, 149n7
Wahl, Saul (of Padua), descent from, 292tab
Leib, Aryeh (ABD of Anikst), 252tab
Leib, Aryeh (of Slutsk and Grodno)
birth of, 267
career of, 267
family connections of, 252tab
family tree, 287tab, 289tab
Leib, Hirsch, 192n6, 196
Leib, Jacob (of Lemberg), 105
Leib, (Moshe) Aryeh Yehuda (Reb Leib Chasid), 277n19
Leibovici, Rosa Filip, 153tabn1
Leibus, Mordecai, 292tab, 293
Leifer family (of Nadworna), 268
Leinkram, Nellie, 190
Lemberg
Register of Births, 150n13
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Taube family, 150n11
Taube family, presence in, 145
Lemberger Togblatt, 144
Levitzer (Babad), Israel (of Rovno), 292tab, 293
Levush (Gelles), Michel, 212n6, 297
family and family tree, 207, 214tab, 296tab
issue of, 210
marriage of, 272
Levush, Abraham (of Kostiokowitz), 204
Levush, Menachem, 201, 336tab see also Gelles, Moses
business interests of, 201–02
family tree, 289tab, 296tab
Gelles, Moses, ambiguity relating to, 202, 209, 210
marriage of, 265
rabbinical records relating to, 201–02
Levush, Moredechai, 202
family tree, 214tab, 296tab
marriage and children of, 207, 272
property records of, 204
Levush, Nehemia (of Svierz), 204, 221
Lichtenstein, Chaim Jacob, 57
Lichtenstein, Hillel, 56, 59tab
Lichtenstein, Wolf Leib, 56, 57, 59tab
Lichtenstein, Zeev Judah, 57
Lichtenstein family (of Kolomea), 56
Lichtman, Abraham Isaac, 79tab
Liebeskind, Marceli, 152tab, 162
Lima, Moses, 244
Lipman, Busha, 110tab
Lipman, Max, 110tab
Lipshitz, Aidel, 33tab
Lithuania
Brest, and Lithuanian Jewry, 28
Council of, 32
Gelles family origins in, 6
Poland, formal union with, 26
An Ancient Lineage – Edward Gelles - Index 39
Radziwill family, influence of, 28–29
Livorno (Tuscany, Italy)
Brody (Ukraine), connection to, 48
Chayes (Chajes) family, presence in, 50ill
coral trade in, 43, 47
Jewish community of, 47
Jewish settlers in, 43
Llewellyn, Dai, 170, 171
Llewellyn, Harry Morton, 171
Llewellyn, Morton, 170, 171
Locke, Dianne, 189
Loew, Bezalel ben Chaim (of Worms), 60tab, 332tab
Loew, Esther (Erna), 80
Loew, Gitel, 79tab
Loew, Hana, 79tab
Loew, Imanuel, 79tab
Loew, Jacov Shaya, 76
Loew, Judah (of Prague), 4, 219, 309, 310
Davidic descent claimed from, 5
descendants of, 301tab, 302
family connections to, 270
family tree, 220
ideas and beliefs of, 254
marriages of, 226n1, 302
Loew, Judah (the Elder), 309–10
Loew, Leah, 79tab
Loew, Nahum Wolf, 80
Loew, Nathan Nata (of Sedziszow), 76, 94
business interests of, 136
children of, 79tab, 80
generational connections, 79tab
Loew, Sara, 79tab
Loew, Vögele, 301tab
Loew, Willy Zeev, 78n6
Loew, Yacov Shaya (of Sedziszow), 79tab, 80, 298tab
Loew, Zeev William, 80
40 Index
Loew, Zeev Wolf (Mayor of Sedziszow), 79tab
Loew family (Sedziszow), 94, 316
generational connections, 79tab
religious allegiance of, 136
Wahl family (of Tarnobrzeg), connections to, 77, 80, 136
Loewenstam, Saul, 149n7
Loewenstein, Leopold, Index Approbationum, 231
Lopez, Aaron, 314
Lost Childhood, The (Nir, Yehuda), 106
Low (Loew), Abraham, 6, 69ill, 87, 100
ancestry of, 77tab
background of, and research in to, 65–66
biography of, 75ill
career and achievements of, 76, 95–96, 316
family connections of, 92tab
medical career of, 66
postcard from, 65, 67, 68ill–69ill, 88
ships' manifests, use of in research on, 76–77, 78n7, 88, 100
WWI, service of, 65, 67
Low (Loew), Eliezer (Lazar), 66, 71
background and family of, 76
birth and death of, 78n3
character of, 95
children of, 79tab, 80, 95
family connections of, 92tab, 98tab
family tree, 151tab
marriage of, 94
Low (Loew), Nathan S, 77
Low (Loew), Selma, 71, 72
birth certificate of, 73, 76, 78n4
Low, Berel (of Sedziszow), 80
Low, Marilyn, 316
Low, Max, 80, 81ill
Low, Willy, 80, 316
Low family (USA), 95
Luria, Isaac, 253-54, 313
An Ancient Lineage – Edward Gelles - Index 41
Luria, Shlomo (of Lublin), 8, 272
Luria, Yechiel (of Alsace & Brest), 8, 28
ancestry of, 60tab, 309
Ashkenasi rabbinical origins, 33tab
Luria family, 4, 8
M
Mach, Stefanie, 120
Maharam of Padua, 112
Maimonides, Moses, 253, 309
Man, Chaim Menachem (of Vienna), 288tab, 332tab
Man, Yisrael Yitzchak (of Cracow), 288tab, 332tab
Mandel, Rahel, 55
Manhilin, Yesh, 32
Manson, Susan, 15, 88, 107
family connections of, 92tab
family tree, 59tab
marriage of, 98
Margolioth, Menachem Meinish, 293
Margoshes, Aryeh Shmuel, 272
Margoshes, Berach, 211, 289tab
Margoshes, Eliezer, 272
Margoshes, Joseph, 80
descendants of, 272
Lemberger Togblatt, article in, 144
memoirs of, 130
Margoshes, Joseph Eliezer, 272
Margoshes, Zalman, 289tab
Margoshes family
Gelles family, marriage contract (1817), 210, 211n5
origin of, 272
Marmorstein, Yissochor, xix, 14
marriage, women and name changes, 3–4
Maximilian II (Habsburg), 27
Medici, Jewish community, tolerance towards, 47
Megilas Eivah, 35
42 Index
Meir Chajes & Son (Brody), 43
Meir of Horodycze
family connections of, 251tab
family tree, 287tab
Landau family, connection to, 291tab
Meisel, Mordecai Marcus ben Samuel, 27, 329
Meisels, Leib Chasid, 296tab
Meisels, Moshe (of Ludmir and Lvov), 267, 296tab
Meisels, Simcha Bonem, 267
Chasidic connections of, 261tab
family connections of, 332tab
family tree, 296tab
Meisels, Uri, 296tab
Meisels, Yente Leah, 244
descendants of, 267
family connections of, 251tab, 332tab
Memorial Book of Glina (Halpern, H. ed.), 276n4
Mendel, Menachem, 293
marriage and children of, 269
Wahl, Saul (of Padua), descent from, 292tab
Mendel, Zacharya Mendel (the prophet), 332tab
Mendel, Zacharya (of Belz), 287tab, 289tab, 332tab
Mendels, Beinish Reb (of Posen), 60tab, 287tab
Mendels, Sarah, 60tab
Mendelssohn, Moses, xvii, 9, 253
Chasidic connections of, 261tab
ideas and beliefs of, 255
Meorei Galicia (Wunder, M.), 196, 281n44
Mieses, Teresa, 120
migrations, 3, 312–13
Babylonian exile, impact of, 312
causes of, 4
from Germany, 26–27
Holy Land, and pilgrimages to, 313
Iberian peninsula, expulsions from, 27, 312
impact of, 10
An Ancient Lineage – Edward Gelles - Index 43
to Italy, 26–27
Ottoman Empire, exile in, 312
to Poland, 26
Minz, Hannah, 33tab, 39tab
Minz, Judah Halevi, 33tab
Modena, Leone da, 28
Mormons' Family History Library (South Kensington), 15
Moses of Pikov, 263tab
Moshe of Glogau, 230
children of, 233
family tree, 242tab
Landau family, connection to, 291tab
N
Nachman (of Bratslav), 255
Nadworna, 104
Nadworna Memorial Book, 88, 91, 97
Griffel, Eliezer (Zeida), mention of, 105
holocaust victims, names of, 105
names
and alternative spellings, xxi
conventions of, 3, 243
first names, and conventions of, xxi
place names, use of and changes to, xxi, 4
women and marriage, 3–4
Uri, use of and meaning, 243–44
Narayow (Galicia), 186
Nasi, Joseph, 27
Nata, Nathan (ABD of Brody), 61
ancestry of, 270
family connections of, 251tab, 252tab, 332tab
family tree and family of, 245, 248n19, 287tab
Landau family, connection to, 291tab
Yaffe-Rapaport connection, 284tab
Nata, Nathan (of Tarnigrad and Belz), 287tab
Natan Nata of Posen (**CHECK**), 33tab
44 Index
Neches, Leiser (of Lemberg), 105
Ner Tamid: Yizkor LeBrody (1994), 278n27
Nir (Gruenfeld), Yehuda, 106, 132
pedigree of, 110tab
O
Ohalei Shem (Gottleib, Noach), 239n39, 240ill, 275n1
Ohrenstein, Bonya (Abraham), 109tab
Ohrenstein, Chaim Simon, 87, 170
children of, 147
family connections of, 92tab, 98tab
family tree, 151tab
marriage of, 94, 96, 147, 158
Ohrenstein, Lucia (Countess Tripcovich), 6, 87, 88, 147, 158, 176ill, 177, 326
birth of, 96, 169, 170
family connections of, 92tab, 169
Italy, move to, 159
life and character of, 169–71
marriages of, 171, 173ill
Tripcovich, Oliviero, affair with, 97
'Oil in Galicia', The Galitzianer (Schatzker, V.), 112
Or Chachamin (Katzenellenbogen, Benjamin), 231
P
Padua (Italy), 27
Jewish community in, 325
university of, 27
Padwa, Akiwa, 149n7
Padwa, Eliezer Wolf Taube (of Belz), 149n7
Padwa, Hanoch Dov, 149n7
Padwa family (of Brody), 149n7
Panos, Dianne Marie, 155tab
Parnes, Chaja Ittel, 242tab
Pennell, Joseph
Brody, drawings and descriptions of, 216–17, 217ill, 218ill
Eastern European tour, record of, 216–17
An Ancient Lineage – Edward Gelles - Index 45
Peregrinatio Hierosolymitana (Radziwill, Nicholas Christoph), 29
Perels, Meir, 220
Perez of Constance (**CHECK**), 33tab
Pinchas (Gelles), Eliyahu
Chasidic connections of, 261tab
descendants of, 263tab
family connections of, 262tab
letter of appointment of, 260ill
Pipesberg, Herta, 152tab
Poland
Bathory, Stefan (King of), 26, 27, 29
Chasidic movement, rise of, 328
Chmielnicki massacres (1648), 9, 26, 328
elective kingship, 26
German Jews, migrations in to, 26
interregnum of 1587, 30, 31
Jagiellonian kings of, 25, 26
Jews, presence in and influence of (Renaissance period), 26, 327–28
Katzenellenbogen rabbis, presence in, 327
Lithuania, formal union with, 26
migrations and refuge in, 8, 25, 328
Renaissance period, 25–26
Sforza, Bona (Queen of), 25
Sigismund I (King of), 25
Sigismund II (King of), 26
Sigismund III Vasa (King of), 26
Valois, Henri (King of), 26, 27
Polish Cultural Institute (London), 72
Polonski, Abraham Isaac, 202, 263tab
Polonski, Samson (Shimson) Aaron, 202, 263tab
Pomerantz, Venia (of Mapai), 115
Popper, Adolf, 160
Popper, Armin, 152tab
Popper, Artur Henryk
family connections of, 154tab
family tree, 152tab
46 Index
marriage of, 162
Popper, Benjamin Wolf (of Bresnitz), 159
Popper, Chaim, 159
Popper, Elizabeth, 152tab
Popper, Heinrich, 160
Popper, Honoria, 152tab
Popper, Irene
birth of, 162
death of, 159
family connections of, 154tab
family tree, 152tab
marriage of, 162
Popper, Isidor Moritz, 152tab
Popper, Jacques
birth and early life of, 162
family tree, 152tab
marriages of, 162
Popper, Leopold (of Bielitz)
birth of, 164n5
business interests of, 160
children of, 162
family connections of, 154tab
family tree, 152tab
tombstone of, 161ill
Popper, Lola
family connections of, 92tab, 154tab
family tree, 124tab, 152tab
marriage of, 96, 158
Popper, Moritz, 152tab, 160 **CHECK**
Popper, Rudolf, 162
family connections of, 154tab
family tree, 152tab
marriage of, 162
Popper, Samuel, 160
Popper, Sir Karl, 159
Popper family (of Bielitz)
An Ancient Lineage – Edward Gelles - Index 47
Bielitz (Austrian Silesia), presence in, 160
history and background of, 159–62
Popper-Lynkeus, Josef, 159
Portuguese National Archive, 52ill
Potocki grant (1662), 104
Pozza, Ermenegilda, 170
Prague
Jewish community in, 326–27
Jewish migrations to, 220
rabbis of, 326–27
Pshivorggarski, Shlomo, 61
Purini, Romeo Puri, 96, 169, 171
R
Raab, Leon, 120
Radzichow Memorial Book, 136
Radziwill, Nicholas, 28
Radziwill, Nicholas Cristoph (the 'Orphan'), 29
Radziwill family, 28–29
Lithuania, influence in, 29
Poland, position in, 29
Wahl, Saul (of Padua), links to, 29–30
Ramraz, Yehuda Leib Zundel, 156
Rapaport, Abraham Jekutiel Pereles, 293
Rapaport, Abraham Shrentzel, 277n19
family tree, 294tab
Rapaport, Baruch (of Fuerth), 290tab
Rapaport, Berish, 109tab
Rapaport, Chaim, 244
family connections of, 251tab
Kalonymos family, connection to, 333tab
marriage of, 266
Yaffe-Rapaport connection, 284tab
Rapaport, Gele, 269, 295
family tree, 289tab, 290tab, 294tab
Wahl, Saul (of Padua), descent from, 292tab
48 Index
Rapaport, Isaac, 289tab
Rapaport, Isaac (of Hanau), 238n16, 290tab
family tree, 242tab
marriage of, 230
Rapaport, Israel, Tifereth Israel, 278n25
Rapaport, Mordecai, 292tab
Rapaport, Nachman ben Chaim, 251tab, 284tab
Rapaport, Nachman ben Simcha, 332tab
Rapaport, Nachman (of Vaskiai), 244
family connections of, 245, 251tab
marriage of, 266
Rapaport, Simcha ben Nachman Hakohen
children of, 244
descendants of, 244, 266
family connections of, 251tab
Kalonymos family, connection to, 333tab
Rapaport, Simeon
family tree, 294tab
Wahl, Saul (of Padua), descent from, 292tab
Reich, Abraham Yonah, 207
Reich, Chaya, 214tab, 271
Reich, Isaac, 271
Reis-Tobe clan (Belz), 149n4
Resnick, Asher, 192n3
Resnick, Edythe, 189
Resnick, Isidore, 189
Resnick, Nathan, 189
Resnick, Oscar, 189
Rhode, Harold, 234
Riess, Riekel, 242tab
Rimalt, Zvi Hirsch, 80
Ritter, Judith, 71
Ritterman, Avraham, 79tab
Riva, Hessi, 61
Rivka, Esther, 299tab, 300tab
Rofe, Samuel, 224
An Ancient Lineage – Edward Gelles - Index 49
Roisel, Zlate
family connections of, 92tab
family tree, 121tab, 133tab, 151tab
Rokeach, Ahron, 156
Griffel, Jacob, rescue mission by, 156–57
Rokeach, Eleazar (of Brody & Amsterdam), 61
family tree, 215tab
Rokeach, Liebish (of Berdichev), family tree, 215tab
Rokeach, Mordecai, 156
Griffel, Jacob, rescue mission by, 156–57
Rokeach, Shalom (Belz dynasty), 6, 144, 149n7, 156, 255
family tree, 215tab
Gelles, Moses, connection to, 156
Rokeach family (of Belz)
Chasidic movement, teaching and ideas of, 255
Gelles family, connection to, 156
Rose, Chaim Yoshua (of Stanislau), 105, 110tab
Rosefeld, Chana, 109tab
Rosenbaum, Shmuel, 109tab
Rosenstein, Neil, 14, 34, 55
tombstones, research project on, 15
Unbroken Chain, The, 14, 269
Roth, Cecil, 28
Roth, Joseph, 201
Rothenberg, Murray (Moshe), 189
Rothenberg, Robert, 189, 315
Rothenberg, Stuart, 189, 315
Rottenberg, Miriam
family connections of, 92tab
family tree, 109tab
marriage of, 115
Rubin, Beile, 300tab, 301tab
Rubin, Menachem Mendel, 195ill, 195n3
Rubin, Naftali Zvi, 195n3
Rudolph II (Habsburg), 27
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S
Sachs, Ignacy, 97
marriage of, 159, 177
Sachs, Viola, 7, 87, 88, 97
birth and early life of, 177
education of, 177–78
family connections of, 92tab, 139tab, 154tab, 177
Game of Creation, The, 178
marriage of, 159, 177
written works of, 177–78
Sachsenspiegel, 34
Safed (Israel), 313
Safier, Ahron, 136
Safier, Beila
Census (1880 & 1925), Tarnobrzeg, 124tab
children of (Tarnobrzeg Census, 1880 & 1925), 124tab, 125tab
Safier, Carola, 123
Safier, Marcel (family website of), 125tab
Safier, Chaim (?)
birth of, 122
Census (1880 & 1925), Tarnobrzeg, 124tab
children of (Tarnobrzeg Census, 1880 & 1925), 124tab, 125tab
family connections of, 92tab, 139tab
family tree, 124tab, 151tab
Safier, Marcel (family website of), 124tab–25tab
wealth and business interests of, 136
Yizkor (Memorial) Book, Dzikow, 122, 136
Safier, Chaya, Census (1880 & 1925), Tarnobrzeg, 124tab
Safier, Elimelech (Meilech)
birth of, 122
Census (1880 & 1925), Tarnobrzeg, 124tab
children of (Tarnobrzeg Census, 1880 & 1925), 124tab, 125tab
Safier, Marcel (family website of), 125tab
wealth and business interests of, 136
Yizkor (Memorial) Book, Dzikow, 122, 136
Safier, Emil, 123
An Ancient Lineage – Edward Gelles - Index 51
Safier, Felicia, 125tab
Safier, Gitla, 124tab
Safier, Henry L., 125tab
Safier, Isaac, 122, 123, 147
Safier, Isaac ben Chaim
business interests and career of, 123
family connections of, 139tab
family tree, 124tab
marriage of, 123, 138
Safier, Marcel (family website of), 124tab
Safier, Josef, 122
Safier, Klara, 123, 124tab
Safier, Marcel, 123, 124tab–25tab, 147
Safier, Metka, 124tab
Safier, Moses, 122–23, 124tab, 138, 139tab
Safier, Rachel, 124tab
Safier, Sarah (Sara), 6, 93, 101, 130, 147, 316
Census (1880 & 1925), Tarnobrzeg, 122
children of, 93–94, 98tab, 122, 147–48
family connections of, 92tab, 138, 139tab, 147, 154tab
family tree, 21tab, 121tab, 124tab, 151tab
marriage of, 147
Tarnobrzeg (Poland), presence in, 73
Safier, Simon, 125tab
Safier, Szysia, 122–23, 124tab
Safier family, 6
birth records (Tarnobrzeg Census, 1880 & 1925), 124tab
descendants of, 6
dispersal of, 316
family connections of, 138tab–39tab, 316
name, and variations of, 122
Tarnobrzeg (Poland), presence in, 72, 122–24, 136
Taube family, connections with, 129
Safier of Dzikow, 122
Samson of Ostropol, 38
Samuel, J. Burnford, 15, 119
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Samuel family, 120
San Remo Peace Conference (1920), 44
Scharf, Shalom, 177
death of, 96
family connections of, 92tab, 154tab
Schatzker, Valerie, 112
Schieber, Sarah, 105, 110tab, 112
Schieber, Shlomo, 105, 110tab
Schieber, Taube, 110tab
Schmaus, Peter, 190
Schmaus, Walter, 190
Schmitt, Marilyn Low, 66, 80, 87
family connections of, 92tab
Schmulewitz, Sarah, 318
Schorr, Leon
death of, 159, 162
family connections of, 154tab
family tree, 152tab
marriage of, 162
Schorr, Nita, 159
birth of, 162
family tree (adopted), 152tab
marriage of, 162
Schreiber, Diana, 92tab
Schumpeter, Prof. J., 185ill
'seed of Aaron' (DNA testing relating to), 10
Sefer Yichus Belza (Yudlov, Yitzchak Shlomo), 280n36
Segal, Ahron Zelig ben Yehuda Zundel
descendants of, 272
family tree, 215tab
Segal, David Halevi (Chief Rabbi of Lvov), 6, 38, 40tab, 86, 104, 112, 330
descendants of, 245
Segal, Modechai, 40tab
Segal, Yechiel Michal, 230
career of, 242n5
family tree, 242tab
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Seidmann, Berta, 55, 59tab
Selim (Sultan), 27
Sennensieb, Sussel, 55
Settimana Israelitica, 44
Sforza, Bona (Queen of Poland), 25
Shachna, Rabbi Avraham Reb, 35
Shapira, Yehuda Meir, 267, 268
Imrei Da'as, 278n26
Shapira, Yehuda Meir (of Lublin), 286tab
Shapiro, Ette, 56, 59tab
Shapiro, Nathan Nata (of Grodno), 261tab **CHECK**
Shapiro, Pinchas (of Koretz), 5, 14, 105, 200, 202, 224, 253, 257n
background and movement of, 9, 267
Chasidic connections of, 261tab
Chasidic movement, teaching and ideas of, 254
children of, 265
family tree, 294tab
Shapiro line, connections, 286tab
Shapiro, Rebecca, 56, 59tab
Shapiro, Sarah, 262tab
Shapiro, Solomon, 286tab
Shapiro, Yaakov Shimson, 286tab
Shapiro, Yehuda Meir, 224
ideas and beliefs of, 256
Shapiro line, connections, 286tab
Shapiro family, 286tab see also headings for Spira and Spiro
descent of, 253
Shaprio, Nathan Nata (of Grodno), 286tab
Sheilath Shalom, 190
Sheindel, Sarah Rachel, 202
Chasidic connections of, 261tab
marriage and children of, 207, 255–56
marriage of, 265
Shem, Ohalei, 190
Shemot (magazine), 16, 34
Shlomo (**CHECK**), (Ashkenazi rabbinical origins), 33tab
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Shor, Alexander Sender, 292tab
Shor, Alexander Sender Haim, 292tab
Shor, Deborah, 292tab
Shor, Efraim Zalman, 292tab, 293
Shor, Hinde, 292tab, 293
Shor, Jacob, 33tab
Shor, Veitel, 292tab, 293
Shor, Yente, 33tab
Shrantzel, Gitel, 289tab
Sigismund I (King of Poland), 25
Sigismund II (King of Poland), 26
Sigismund III Vasa (King of Poland), 26, 31
Simson of Posen (**CHECK**), 33tab
Singer, Joan, 189
Sirkes, Joel (Chief Rabbi of Cracow), 38, 40tab, 104, 148n2, 245
Slomka, Jan, 72, 73
memoirs of, 130, 135
Solomon (**CHECK**), (Ashkenazi rabbinical origins), 33tab
Solotwina (Poland)
Encyclopaedia of Jewish Communities in Poland, 196
rabbis of, 299tab
Sousa, Bernardo Vasconselose, 49
Spira (Shapiro), Natan Nata (of Grodno), 33tab, 224
Spira, Samuel, 33tab
Spiro (Shapiro) family, 4, 8
Spiro (Shapiro), Nathan Nata (of Cracow)
Ashkenasi rabbinical origins, 33tab
Chasidic connections of, 261tab
background and movement of, 9
ideas and beliefs of, 254
Shapiro line, connections, 286tab
Spiro, Abraham Aba (of Shklov), 261tab, 286tab
Spiro, Dov (of Tlost), 286tab
Spiro, Lifsha, 33tab
Spiro, Moshe (of Shklov), 286tab
Spiro, Nathan Nata
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descent of, 256
family tree, 294tab
marriage of, 271
Spiro, Shlomo
Chasidic connections of, 261tab
Shapiro line, connections, 286tab
Spiro, Yehiel Meir (of Shipetovka), 286tab
Sprio, Nathan Nata (of Hildesheim), 261tab
Sprio, Pinchas, 286tab
Sprio, Yitzchak Yehiel Michel, 286tab
Stanislau (World War I & II, impact on), 104
Stariner, Israel, 35, 38, 40tab
Steinberg, Rabbi (of Brody), 190
Steinberg, Stuart, 234
Sternhel, Cypra, 59tab
Sternhel, Hersch, 59tab
Sternhel, Shaltiel Isaac (of Kolomea), 56
Sternhel, Yaakov, 56
Sternhel family (of Kolomea), 56
Stieglitz, Gisa, 120
Strasbourg municipal archives, 71, 72, 88
Suesser, Bendet (Benedikt), 120, 121tab
Suesser, Bernhard, 55, 59tab
Suesser, Maryla, 15, 55, 88
birth of, 120
family connections of, 92tab, 97
family tree, 121tab
Suesser, Salomon, 55, 59tab
Swincher, Israel, 266
ancestry of, 245
descendants of, 244
family connections of, 251tab
Kalonymos family, connection to, 333tab
Landau family, connection to, 291tab
life of, 244
56 Index
T
Tarnobrzeg (Poland), 72, 100
Austrian rule, period of, 93
Book of Inhabitants (1925), 73
Census (1880), 72, 73, 76, 78n5, 88, 101, 122, 124tab, 131
Census (1925), 101, 122, 124tab, 131
Jewish settlers in, 72, 93
natural resources and industry of, 135
Wahl family, presence in, 72, 73, 100
World War II, impact on, 93
Zygmunt III, royal charter of, 135
Tarnowski, Counts, 122, 130
Taube, Abraham (of Lemberg), 71, 87, 169
children of, 147
death of, 71
family connections of, 92tab, 98tab, 139tab, 154tab
family tree, 124tab, 146tab, 151tab
first wife of, 94, 96
marriage of, 94, 146, 146n3, 147, 158, 178–79
Wahl family, connections to, 146–47
Taube, Feivel
business interests of, 123, 129, 138, 147
children of, 123, 129–30, 144–45, 147
family connections of, 139tab
family tree, 124tab
Safier family, link to, 138
Taube, Feivel (of Belz), 149n7
Taube, Joseph
business interests of, 146
children of, 146
family connections of, 139tab, 154tab
family tree, 124tab, 145–46, 146tab
marriage of, 145–46, 150n13
Taube, Leon, 148
Taube, Mariam, 146tab
Taube, Mordechai (of Lvov), 123
An Ancient Lineage – Edward Gelles - Index 57
children of, 147
Taube, Rega, 96, 147, 158, 177
Brazil, move to, 159
family connections of, 92tab, 139tab, 154tab
life of, 96, 97
Taube, Samuel, 146, 146tab
Taube, Sarah
family connections of, 139tab
family tree, 124tab
marriage of, 123, 138, 147
Taube, Simon (of Krystynopol), 145
family connections of, 139tab, 158
family tree, 146tab
Taube, Thaddeus, xix, 6–7, 87, 88, 96, 168ill
background of, 162–63
birth and early life of, 158–59
business interests of, 143
children of, 164
education of, 163
family connections of, 92tab, 139tab, 154tab, 160
family tree, 124tab, 143, 152tab, 155tab
Hoover Institution, executive board member, 163
Koret Charitable Foundation, President of, 163
life and work of, 162–64, 316
Taube Family Foundation, 163
Taube, Yossel, 144
Taube, Zyga, 96, 147, 177, 179, 316
America, move to, 159
birth and early life of, 158
family connections of, 92tab, 139tab, 154tab
family tree, 124tab, 152tab
life and career of, 96
marriage of, 158
Taube, Zygmunt Wittels, 158
Taube family, 71, 158
Belz, roots in, 143–44, 145
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Belzer Chasidim, dispute with, 144, 148n3
descent of, 7
family connections of, 138tab–39tab, 144–45, 154tab
history and ancient links of, 143–44
Katzenellenbogen family, connections to, 145
Krystynopol, presence in, 145
Lemberg, presence in, 145, 150n11
Rokeach Rabbis of Belz, connections to, 156
Wahl-Safier familes, connections with, 129
wealth and business interests of, 138, 144
Taube Family Foundation, xix, 163
Taube-Wittels, Frederica (Fradel)
family tree, 146tab
marriage of, 146
Tebele, David (of Brisk), family connections of, 252tab
Tebele, David (of Lissa), 246n2, 247n7, 328
ancestry of, 245, 270
family connections of, 251tab, 252tab, 332tab
family tree, 287tab
Landau family, connection to, 291tab
Yaffe-Rapaport connection, 284tab
Teitelbaum, Moshe, 35
Teomim, Moshe, 190
Thaler, Chanah, 110tab
Tifereth Israel (Rapaport, Israel), 278n25
Todros, Rabbi
descent of, 6
family tree, 215tab
Toldot Anshei Shem (Efrati, David Tebele), 247n3
tombstones
Gelles family, 276n12
symbols on, 346
transcriptions of (Gelber, N.M.), 201, 247n6, 264, 269, 276n7
use of in genealogical research, 15
Tosafot Yomtov (Heller, Yomtov Lipmann), 35, 204
Tov, Baal Shem, 56
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Trabot, Shlomo, 270
Treivish, Chana
family tree, 294tab
marriage of, 271
Treves, Eliezer, 271
Treves, Mattityahu (Chief Rabbi of Paris), 33tab
Treves family, 4
background and movement of, 8
family connections of, 271
origin of, 325
Tripcovich, Diodato, 97, 170, 171
Tripcovich, Oliviero, 97, 170, 176ill, 326
death of, 175ill
marriage of, 171, 173ill
Tripcovich family
background of, 169–70
ennoblement of, 174ill
Twersky, Feige, 262tab
Twersky, Leah, 262tab
Twersky, Malka, 262tab
Twersky, Menachem Nachum, 253
ancestry of, 267
Chasidic connections of, 261tab
Chasidic movement, teaching and ideas of, 255
family connections of, 262tab
Twersky, Sarah Ephrati, 262tab
Twersky, Shalom Shakhna, 262tab
Twersky, Sima, 262tab
U
Unbroken Chain, The (Rosenstein, N.), 14, 269
Uri of Satanov, 277n19
Urquhart, Margaret, 105, 110tab, 112
V
Valois, Henri (King of Poland), 26, 27
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Vaskivonie, Joseph Gelles, 207
Vassilover, Lippa, 145
Villa Chajes (Livorno, Italy), 49, 53ill
Vilner, Gershon (of Shklov), 61, 244
family connections of, 251tab, 252tab, 270, 271
family tree, 287tab
Landau family, connection to, 291tab
Yaffe-Rapaport connection, 284tab
Vishnitz dynasty, 112
W
Wahl (Moise), Abraham Sulim, 100, 101
Wahl, Bella Rachel, 261tab
Wahl, Blossom (Blume), 66, 72
ancestry and background of, 71, 76
archives and records relating to, 71, 72, 88
birth and death of, 78n3, 93–94
children of, 71, 79tab, 80, 95
family connections of, 92tab, 98tab
family tree, 151tab
life of, 94–95
marriage of, 94
research in to, 72–73
Wahl, Chaim, 93–94
Wahl, Chaim Leib
birth of, 101
family connections of, 98tab
family tree, 151tab
Wahl, Chaim Shimon, 101
Wahl, Chawa (of Tarnobrzeg), 14, 16, 34, 72, 86
ancestry and background of, 70, 73, 86
birth of, 93–94
character of, 94
children of, 65
death of, 65, 94
descent of, 6
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family connections of, 92tab, 98tab, 139tab
family tree and descendants of, 59tab, 106–07, 109tab, 121tab, 133tab, 151tab
life of, 97
marriage of, 94, 129
Wahl, David, 35, 38, 40tab
Wahl, Deborah, 292tab
Wahl, Dinah, 296tab
Wahl, Ester, 101
Wahl, Eva, family tree, 21tab
Wahl, Frieda
children of, 131
family connections of, 139tab
family tree, 133tab
life and family of, 132
marriage of, 130, 138
Wahl, Gestar, 100
Wahl, Gitel, 101
Wahl, Hanele, 31
Wahl, Isaac Naftali, 100, 101
Wahl, Jacques Henri, 100
Who's Who in France, 103
Wahl, Judah (Shmuel), 296tab
Wahl, Leiser, 73, 88
birth of, 135
business interests of, 122, 130, 135–36
children of, 147–48
family connections of, 92tab, 129, 139tab
family tree, 121tab, 133tab, 151tab
Wahl, Meir (Rabbi of Brest), 29–30
Chasidic connections of, 261tab
Council of Lithuania, 32
Wahl, Saul (of Padua), descent from, 292tab
Wahl, Miriam, 294tab
Wahl, Monique, 101
Wahl, Moses, 77, 93–94
birth of, 101
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family connections of, 98tab
family tree, 151tab
life and death of, 100
probate of, 78n9, 88
Tarnobrzeg (Poland), presence in, 122
wife and children of, 100
Wahl, Muriel, 100–01
Wahl, Pinchas David, 101
Wahl, Rachel, 72, 99ill, 169, 177
background of, 71, 147
birth of, 93–94
Brazil, move to, 159
children of, 87, 96, 97, 147, 170
death of, 94
family connections of, 92tab, 98tab, 139tab, 154tab
family tree, 124tab, 151tab
life of, 96
marriages of, 71–72, 87, 94, 96, 147, 158, 178–79
Wahl, Rivka, 40tab
Wahl, Samson, 40tab
Wahl, Samuel, 122
Wahl, Sarah (of Tarnobrzeg), 71, 76
Wahl, Saul (of Dessau), 261tab
Wahl, Saul (of Padua), xvii, 4, 8, 27, 39tab
ancestry of, 60tab, 100
Ashkenazi rabbinical origins, 33tab
Bathory, Stefan (King of Poland), permissions granted by, 29
birth and background of, 27–28, 34
Brest, presence in and influence of, 29–30
business interests of, 29
Chasidic connections of, 261tab
children of, 29–30, 34
Council of the Four Lands, role in, 29
descent from, 6, 14, 34
education of, 325
family connections of, 332tab
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family tree, 289tab, 296tab
king for a day (Poland), 30–31
name, and use of, 30, 34, 74n1, 93
Poland, life in and king of, 25, 28, 329
Radziwill family, links to, 29–30
Wahl, Shalom (of Tarnobrzeg), 71, 178
Wahl, Shaya, 101
Wahl, Shmuel Judah
Ashkenazi rabbinical origins, 33tab
Chasidic connections of, 261tab
Wahl, Shulem (Zulim), 6, 21tab, 76, 86, 88, 93, 101
business interests of, 122, 130
children of, 93–94, 98tab, 122, 147–48
family connections of, 92tab, 139tab, 154tab
family tree, 121tab, 124tab, 133tab, 151tab
marriage of, 147
Tarnobrzeg (Poland), presence in, 73
Wahl, Sypora, 93–94
family connections of, 98tab
family tree, 151tab
Wahl, Taube Hinde, 101
Wahl, Zvi Arieh, 34, 135
ancestry of, 70
descendants of, 36–37
family background of, 35–36
family tree **CHECK**, 40tab
letters of, 35–36
Wohl family (of Zurich), descent from, 15
Wahl family (of Nadworna), 15, 34–37, 70, 86
Chayes (Chajes) family, connections to, 45
family connections of, 106
Halpern family, links to, 36
Katzenellenbogen family, link to, 35
Wahl family (of Tarnobrzeg), 73, 86, 98tab, 101
family connections of, 138tab–39tab
family tree, 121tab
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Loew family, connections to, 77, 80
Tarnobrzeg (Poland), presence in, 72, 135–36
Taube family, connections with, 129
Wohl family (of Krakow), links with, 119
Wahrman, Yaakov Yitzhak, 263tab
Waichselbaum, Diana, 79tab, 80
Wald, Leon, 120
Walsch, Meir
family tree, 289tab
Wahl, Saul (of Padua), descent from, 292tab
Weber, Dov, 14
Kol Todah, 231
tombstones, research project on, 15
Weidner, Paul, 28
Weinberg, Ariel Nuta (of Bucarest)
children of, 162
family tree, 153tab
Weinberg, Clara, 154tab, 162
Weinberg, Ernestine
family connections of, 154tab
family tree, 152tab
marriage of, 162
Weinberg, Georges, 153tabn2
Weinberg, Marcus, 153tabn1
Weinberg, Natalie (of Bucharest), 153tab, 162
Weinberg, Robert, 153tabn1
Weinstein, Esther, 315
birth of, 192n6
death of, 192n6
family tree, 21tab, 214tab
marriage of, 189, 196
Weinstein, Howard, 197ill
Weinstein, Malka (Molly), 196
Weinstein, Nancy, 197ill
Weinstein, Philip, 197ill
Weinstein, Zvi Aryeh, 189
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career of, 274
family of, 196, 197ill
family tree, 21tab
rabbis of Solotwina, 299tab
responsa, and references to, 196–97
Weiser, Barbara (Bracha), 71, 146
family connections of, 154tab
family details given by, 150n14
Weissmandel, Michael Dov, 115–16
Weitgeschichte des Jüdischen Volkes (Dubnow, S.), 14
Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine, 66, 88
Welner, Alan, 316
Welner, Barbara, 123, 147, 316
family connections of, 139tab
life of, 123
Safier, Marcel (family website of), 124tab–25tab
Welner, Michael Mark, 123, 316
Welner, Nick, 123, 316
Welner, Sarah, 316
Welner family, 123
Werchaizer, Pola (Sura-Perl), 109tab
Wertheim, Aryeh Leib, 261tab, 262tab
Wertheim, David Samuel
Chasidic connections of, 261tab
descendants of, 263tab
family connections of, 262tab
Wertheim, Menachem Nahum
Chasidic connections of, 261tab
descendants of, 263tab
family connections of, 262tab
Wertheimer, Samson (of Vienna), 38, 329
Who's Who in America, 66
Who's Who in France, 100, 103
Wiesel (Weisel), Fishel Ephraim, 105, 110tab
Wiesel (Weisel), Mendel, 105, 110tab, 112
Wiesner (Weisner), Louis, 105, 110tab
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Wiesner (Weisner), Mordechai, 105, 110tab
Wiesner (Weisner), Rachel, 105, 110tab
Wiesner (Weisner), Rosa, 105, 110tab, 112
Willett, Mae, 92tab
Wilner, Benzion, 109tab
Wischnitzer, Jetti, 152tab, 160
Wisliceny, Dieter, 116
Wittels, Ahron Leiser, 154tab
Wittels, Beile
children of, 146
family background of, 146
family connections of, 154tab
family tree, 124tab
marriage of, 145–46, 150n13
Wittels, Brandel, 96
death of, 146–47
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