1825 Birth Of Abraham Szaia Gutman in Kock

The birth of Abraham Siia Gutman in May, 1825 to Wolf Gutman, 45 year old tavern keeper (szynkarz)and Frieda, daughter of Josef (Frayda Josfowiczowna), age 40.

So the Gutman family was in Kotsk in 1825, long before Morgenstern came. On the other hand there is no other record of Gutman births in Kock in the period 1818-1825. Two of the children of Wolf and Frieda, Shaindel Ruchla and Chil, were born during this time. Perhaps their births went unrecorded. Perhaps they were born elsewhere and the Gutman family moved to Kotsk after they were born. What is certain is that the family did not move to Kotsk to follow Menachem Mendel Morgenstern.

There is no further record of Abraham Gutman; presumably he died in infancy.

Chil Gutman (1817-1885), son of Wolf, brother of Moszek and first cousin of David

Chil, said, like David, to be a teacher, married a woman named Sarah (maiden name unknown) who was the same age and who came from some other town. There are Kock birth records of two sons, Isaac (1850) and Mordko (1858). Isaac married twice in Kock in 1870 and, after the death of his first wife, in 1899. Sarah died in Kock in 1890. Those are all the known records of Chil, his wife, and their children

Death record: 1885 Left margin: No. 8 Upper right: Vodetskii

1. [It] occurred in Town Kotsk seventh [of] July thousand eight-hundred ei-

2. ghty Fifth year at ten o'clock [of] morning. Appeared Da-

3. vid Vartovnik years Forty nine and Iosef Gershen-

4. born years Seventy five having an[deleted] scho-

5. lars in Town Kotsk residing, and announced, that

6. sixth [of] July [of] this year at two o'clock [of] morning died in

7. Town Kotsk Khil Gutman years sixty

8. seven having in Town Gutman residing son

9. [of] Vulf and Fraida Spouses Gutman._ According-to per-

10. sonal confirmation about demise [of] Khil Gutma-

11. n, act this [to] announcers was-read and as

12. they [are] illiterate [by] us only was-signed.

13. Maintaining Act [of] Civil Status

14. HVodetskii

Birth Record For Maiya Gutman

I think this must be the same person as Malya Gutman who married in 1901. I wonder what became of her.

1878 (recorded 1891)

1. [It] occurred in town Kotsk eleventh (twenty third) [of] July

2. thousand eight-hundred ninety first year at eleven o'clock

3. [of] morning. Appeared Yankel Gutman, worker, forty seven years

4. resident [of] town Kotsk, in presence [of] Perets Klerman, trader

5. thirty five years, and David Vartovnik, scholar, fif- 6. ty four years, residents [of] town Kotsk and presented

7. [to] us infant [of] female sex, announcing, that it was-born

8. in town Kotsk third (fifteenth) day [of] July month

9. thousand eight-hundred seventy eighth year, but in what

10. hour [does] not remember, from lawful his wife Shaindlya born

11. Gandelsman, forty seven years. [To] infant that was-given name

12. Maiya. Delay in completing this act followed, as

13. explains announcer Yankel Gutman, on-account-of sickness his. Act this

14. [to] announcer and witnesses was-read and then [by] us was-signed,

15. announcer said Yankel Gutman and witnesses Perets Klerman

16. and David Vartovnik [are] illiterate.---

17. Maintaining acts [of] civil

18. status A.Fal'kovskii

Birth Record For Charna Gutman

Filed 10 years after the fact. Evidently she was born in Kock, not Michow. Czarna seems like a nickname to me; since she was 10 years old that might have been what everyone called her, but her real name was more likely Hannah (Chana) since that is the Yiddish name that Jenny is usually adopted from. The similarity of Chana and Czarna is just a coincidence. 1. [It] occurred in town Kotsk eleventh (twenty third) [of] July

2. thousand eight-hundred ninety first year at eleven o'clock

3. of morning. Appeared Yankel Gutman, worker, forty seven years,

4. resident of town Kotsk in presence [of] Perets Klerman, trad-

5. er, thirty five years, and David Vartovnik, scholar,

6. fifty four years, residents [of] town Kotsk, and presented

7. [to] us infant [of] female sex, announcing, that it was-born

8. in town Kotsk on seventh (nineteenth) day [of] July thousa-

9. nd eight-hundred eighty first year but in what hour [does] not

10. remember, from lawful his wife Shandlya born Gandelman

11. forty seven years. [To] infant that was given name: Charna De-

12. lay in completing this act followed, as explains announ-

13. cer Yankel Gutman on-account-of circumstance [of] frequent his absences from ho-

14. me. Act this [to] announcer and witnesses was-read and th-

15. en [by] us signed, announcer said Yankel Gutman and witnes-

16. ses Perets Klerman and David Vartovnik [are] illiterate.---

17. Maintaining acts [of] civil

18. Status AFal'kovskii

1829 Death Of Herszel Gutman, 92 years old, in Kock

The death was reported by "Beryl Gutman, baker" so Herszel and his wife Sarah (85 at the time) were relatives of some sort. If these ages are right Herszel and Sarah were 59 and 52 when Beryl was born, so they might have been his grandparents (or even great grandparents), or Herszel a brother of Beryl's father or grandfather.

Herszel's age is further evidence that the Gutman family was in Kotsk before Mendel Morgensztern moved there.

There were three Gutman's named after Herszel. First was Josef Hersz, son of Wolf & Frieda, who lived 1831-1833. After his death Wolf & Frieda named another son Herszel, who died in Kotsk in 1874, leaving behind wife Leah, sons Wolf, Josef, and Raszka, and daughter Basia. Dawid Gutman also had a son named Herszel Mendel, who lived 1857-1858. So whatever the relationship, Herszel was beloved.

Polish text:

Działo się w Kocku dnia siedemnastego październiku tysiąc osiemset dwudziestego dziewiątego roku o godzinie ósmy zrana. Stawił się starozakonny Fiezel Rucktman szkolkik lat sześdziesiąt siedem mający i Berek Ickowicz Gudman piekarz lat trzydzieści trzy liczący tu zamieszkali i oświadczyli, że w dniu piętnastym października o godzinie 5 wieczór umarł Herszek Gudman lat dziewięćdziesiąt dwa mający zostawiwszy po sobie owdowiałą żonę Surę Wolfowną lat osiemdziesiąj pięć mającą i córkę małoletnią po przekonaniu się naocznie podpisanego o zejściu Herszka Gutmana. Akt ten stawającym, który pierwszy [??] szkolnikiem a drugi [zreciomy?] zmarłego przeczytany i przez Fiezla Ruchtman podpisany został, Berek Ickowicz Gutman pisać nie umiejący.

English translation by Brian Kaczinski

Death Certificates For Dvora Kawa (1867) and Leybus Kawa (1871)

Dvora's is in Polish. I think it states that her parents were Hercyk and Szajndla (Shaindel) and that she was survived by husband Leybus and daughter Perla. No surname given for her parents, but they might have lived before the era of surnames.

Translation from the Russian by Igor Solomatin:

Josef Friedmacher 7 Rudno Leibus Kawa

Happened in the Michow town 11/23 May/1871 at 8 am appeared Jozef Friedmacher, Peer and son of Dozorets (?), 43 y.o., and Ejzyk Ejlbaum, student, 46 y.o., residing in the Michow town, and reported that Leibus Kawa, resident of the Rudno village, widows’ day-laborer, his deceased wife was called Dwojra, daughter of deceased parents (names unknown, age unknown) of their unknown parents, 10/22 May this year at 9 pm died at the age of 75. – Upon the above witnessing of Leibus Kawa’s death this record has been read out to the present and signed by them. – Superintendent Registrar District Scribe Wikentij Kowalskij

Signed: Ejzyk Eilbaum

Josef Friedmacher

1893 Death Of David Handelsman (Russian)

Translation by Asia David Gluzman:"It happened in Michow on 15 October 1893, at 5:00 PM. Moshko Handelsman, merchant, 50 years old, living in the village Rudno, near Michow. There were two witnesses: Lazor Malts, tailor, 43 years old, living in Michow; Gershko Figenbaum, 33 years old, living in Michow. They announced that today at 8 АM, died David Handelsman, widower, 75 years old, living in village Rudno, survived by son Binish and daughter Ester Handelsman. This act was read to the present persons and then signed."

Moshe Handelsman is not mentioned as one of the surviving children; maybe Moshe was David's nephew. He also reported the death of Esther in 1899. Note the mention of a son named Binish.