Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Birth Of Esther Handelsman, Rudno, 1844

Esther Shaindel Handelsman was Jenny Goodman's mother. This is her birth record from Michow in 1844. It mentions Rudno, which is a village in the town (gmina) of Michow. I cannot see "Ester" but I do see "Szandla" on line 10. On line 12 is the signature of Esther's father Dawid Handelsman.

Translation by Brian Kaczynski

It happened in the city of Michów on the 22nd of July, 1844 at 10am. Dawid Handelsbaum, of the Jewish faith, resident of the village of Rudno and working as a pacht (?), age 27, appeared before me in the presence of Jewish witnesses Leybuś Brzenbaum (or Bozenbaum) -- [Dozorcy Burniznego is some kind of profession, I'm not sure what), age 64, and Berech Goldsztain, a dzbelnich (again, another old vocation I can't translate), age 65 and showed us a female child born in the village of Rudno on the 14th of July of the present year at 12 midnight to his wife Perla of the house of Leybus (it's her maiden name, not "patronymic" which would seem to refer to her father's first name -- we do not use a patronymic in Polish, it is only used in Russian), age 24, to whom was given the name Szandla (I do not see the word "Ester" here anywhere) Apt ten (I couldn't translate this). This was read back to all parties present and was signed by the father as well as the witnesses.

Original Polish

Działo się w Mieście Michowie dnia dwudziestego drugiego Lipca Tysiąc Osiemset Czterdziestego Czwartego roku o godzinie dziesiątej zrana. Stawił się starozakonny Dawid Handelsmann we wsi Rudnie zamieszkały z pachtu (?) utrzymujący się lat dwadzieszcia siedem liczący w obecności świadków starorozakonnych Leybusia Brzenbaum Dozorcy Burniznego lat sześdziesiąt cztery i Berecha Goldsztain dzbelnicha (?) lat sześdziesiąt pięć liczączych i okazał nam Dziecię płci żeńskiej urodzone we wsi Rudnie na dniu czternastym Lipca roku bieżącego o godzinie dwunastej w nocy z małżonki jego Perli z Leybusów lat dwadzieścia cztery liczący, któremu nadane zostało Imię Szandla Apt ten (?). Stawiącemu i świadkom przeczytany i przez Ojca oraz świadkami podpisanum został. Jako Ojciec Dawid Handelsman Jako świadek Leybus Brzenbaum (or Bozenbaum?) Jako świadek Baruch Goldsztain

2nd Translation by Tomasz Jerzy Nowak:

All this took place in the Town of Michow on the twenty-second day of July in the year of one thousand eight hundred and forty-four at the hour of nine in the morning. Appeared personally Orthodox Jew Dawid Handeleman residing in the Village of Rudno, making a living from his tenancy*, twenty-seven years of age, accompanied by witnesses, namely Orthodox Jews Leybus Borenbaum, the member of synagogue supervisory board sixty-four years of age and Boruch Goldsztain, the szkolnik sixty-five years of age and showed us female baby who had been born in the Village of Rudno on the fourteenth day of July of the current year at the hour of twelve at night to his spouse Perla the daughter of Leybus, twenty-four years of age, to whom the name had been given Szandla. The above certificate as read aloud to the appeared and the witnesses and was subsequently signed by the father and the witnesses.

Dawid Handeleman, the Father (signed) Leybus Borenbaum, the Witness (signed) Boruch Goldsztain, the Witness (signed) Leopold Freimann, Responsible for maintaining the Civil Register (signed)

NOTES: The places referred to above are Michów & Rudno near Michów in the Lubelskie Voivodeship

*Dawid Handeleman's occupation is being described as "pachciarz" literally meaning "tenant"; although no direct indication is avilable as to what the object of his tenancy was, it was definitely the source of his income

Sunday, February 3, 2013

Deaths Of Esther Shaindel Handelsman's Parents

There are records of the death of Perla Handelsman in 1888 and David Handelsman in 1893, both in Michow. These might have been Esther's parents, or grandchildren of her parents. These are in Fond 1761 of the Lublin Archives - "Perla Handelsman" in Akt 4 and "Dawid Gandelsman" in Akt 38. Availability only PSA. Microfilm 742876 only goes until 1855 at LDS The 1899 death record of Esther Shaindel gave her parents' names as David and Perla nee Kave, so if these records are of Esther's parents, they will reveal the given name of her grandfather and the given and maiden names of her grandmother.

Friday, February 1, 2013

Leah Gutman (1875-1898)

Evidently Leah and her husband Moshe Boruch Frydman both died in 1898 in Kozienice, Radom. Record of this is in Akta 11 (Boruch Frydman) and 31 (Laia Frydman) of the Radom Archives Fond 186, Film 729360, available from PSA Her birth record from 1875 "Laja Gutman" in Kock is Akt 57 of Film 1496652, available from LDS.