Khariton/Sabbath Story
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Mordchel Khariton (1878-1956) was born in Dashev.  Below is a photo of him, his "aunt" and grand parents about 1884.
(In a search for earlier records our researcher found father Leib's birth record in 1851 as shown here.)



Mordchel was conscripted into the Russian Army.    After some time in the Army and after considerable violence against Jews in the Ukraine, he managed to obtain an internal passport in February 1906 from the officials in Dashev.


Mordchel, along with his wife and two young children, then immigrated to the US. They sailed from Bremen and arrived in Baltimore 21 May 1906.  They went to stay with his wife's uncle, Simon Falkovitch, in Aledo, Illinois.  It was difficult to locate their passenger record because they had adopted different names by the time of the 1910 US census.  Mordchel became Max Sabbath, taking a simplified version of his wife's maiden name, Shabashkewitz; Zissel became Cecile, Boruch became Ben, and Chajke became Charles.




Here is a photo taken in Illinois showing the family in 1908 with US-born baby Nathan.  Max adopted his wife's name, shortened from Shabashkewitz, possibly because there were no males to continue that family name.


The Sabbath family grew to include 8 children.  Cecile became ill after her last child was born and could no longer live with the family.  Many years later, Max remarried and moved to Rock Island, Illinois, where he is buried.  Charlie stayed in Mercer county, Illinois, but Max's other children moved away, mostly to Chicago and later to the American West.

Among papers passed from Max to son Charlie are these photos of Max's family members who apparently stayed in the Ukraine.



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