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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:
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Agid
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Goldstein
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Bass
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Grossman
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Bekelman
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Keterov
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Dincen
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Khoch
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Dinsen
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Mailshanker
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Dovoroza
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Schesten
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Doweresky
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Schwartz
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Doweretsky
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Skaliter
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Fruchtman
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Suvalski
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Gieser
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Wittels
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Gisser
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Zlotnik
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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from various historical documents can be seen here.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:
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Name
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Note
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Kessler
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The Druggist
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Ehrlich
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The Photographer
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Sarah Kernitzke
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Father owned the Lumber Yard
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"Booyah's"
father
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The Butcher
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"Moishe's"
father
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The Carpenter
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Reb Ruben
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Next door neighbor of D. Schreiber Family
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Ben Zion
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Son of Reb
Ruben; immigrated to New York City
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Tronski
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Wealthy Polish landowner who owned an
orchard.
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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:
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First Gradinger Podolian
Benevolent Association
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First Greadinger Youth Literary
Circle
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First Gradinger Podoler
Friends Association
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Gradinger Podolier Relief Society
See Index to Incorporations
of Jewish Locality-Related Organizations in New York County (Manhattan), 1848-1920.
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