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Gorodok, Ukraine

"Greiding", “Grayding” “Graydung”, “Graydunk” (Yiddish), (Hebrew) הורודוק

Horodok” [Ukr] Городок ,Gorodok” [Rus] , "Gorodok-Proskurovskiy” [Rus], “Gródek” [Pol]

Region: Podolia

Lat: 49°10’ N, Long: 26°34' E



 

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Compiled by Marc Goldberger and Steven Schreiber


Updated: Feburary 2015

Copyright © 2013 Marc Goldberger and Steven Schreiber

 

Family Histories

 

This page is, as are all others on the Gorodok website, a work in progress. Please contact us with any additional family information you might have.

 

 

Surnames listed on the JewishGen Family Finder webpage as of May 6, 2013 are:

 

Agid

Goldstein

Bass

Grossman

Bekelman

Keterov

Dincen

Khoch

Dinsen

Mailshanker

Dovoroza

Schesten

Doweresky

Schwartz

Doweretsky

Skaliter

Fruchtman

Suvalski

Gieser

Wittels

Gisser

Zlotnik

 

Note: To access additional information on researchers of the above families, Go to JewishGen home page> Login> Database> Family Finder> Search> enter Town: “Horodok” Country: “Ukraine”.

 

A compilation Jewish Family names in Gorodok from various historical documents can be seen here.

 

Additional names of known families include Levites, Schneiderman (this was the family name of the Schreibers before emigration), Begelman, plus names referred to in D. Schreiber’s memoirs below:

 

Name

Note

Kessler

The Druggist

Ehrlich

The Photographer

Sarah Kernitzke

Father owned the Lumber Yard

"Booyah's" father

The Butcher

"Moishe's" father

The Carpenter

Reb Ruben

 

Next door neighbor of D. Schreiber Family

Ben Zion

 

Son of Reb Ruben; immigrated to New York City

Tronski

 

Wealthy Polish landowner who owned an orchard.

 

An interesting article in the YIVO encyclopedia notes that Jews in Eastern Europe did not have family (inherited) names until the beginning of the 19th century. In the case of Russia, the acquisition of family names occurred in 1804 as part of the Pale of Settlement Law.

 

We will also be researching the records of the Gorodok landsmanshaftn that were incorporated in New York County in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Four such organizations have been identified:

 

·        First Gradinger Podolian Benevolent Association

·        First Greadinger Youth Literary Circle

·        First Gradinger Podoler Friends Association

·        Gradinger Podolier Relief Society

 

See Index to Incorporations of Jewish Locality-Related Organizations in New York County (Manhattan), 1848-1920.

 

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