Meyerowitz/Goldin Family

The Meyerowitz family was originally from Birziai, Lithuania, and came to Kupiskis in approximately 1886 when several of the children of Eliash Meyerowitz married women from there.   The children of Eliash were:  Gershon-Zvi, Naftoli, Efraim, Itsyk "Isaac", Yisroel, Benjamin, Perel and two other females whose names are not known.  The branch that follows is that of Naftoli Meyerowitz, born 1869, the son of Eliash and Malka Peres.   



The photo above was taken on July 27, 1937, in Kupiskis, and the inscription on the back from Braine Meyerowitz Krengel states: "I am sending you (Sam) a memory of our expanded family". The photo was taken in front of a typical wood frame home in Kupiskis which was probably located at 18 Turgaviete Gatve, the home of Naftoli Meyerowitz. In the photo are left to right, in the back, the Meyerowitz children and their spouses: Braine Meyerowitz Krengel, Shmuel Krengel, Sheina Meyerowitz Mieskaukas (wife of Abram Mieskaukas, mother of Gitel Mieskaukaite), Base-Dveire bat Mendel-Leib Rabinowitz Meyerowitz, and her husband Beno-Leizer ben Naftoli Meyerowitz. Seated in the front are the Meyerowitz parents Naftoli ben Eliash Meyerowitz, originally from Birziai, and his wife Malka bat Israel Peres, from Kupiskis.





The Goldin family is shown in this photograph which was taken in Kupiskis by Josel Shapiro, the photographer, c.1928. The Goldin children are standing from left to right: Hinda Goldin Shatt, Sheina Goldin Meyerowitz (later Meyer), and Khaim-Shepsel Goldin. Missing is the fourth child, Aron-Nokhim Goldin, who had already left for Argentina. The Goldin parents, Yekutiel or Kusel-Girsh ben Nisan Goldin, from Dusetos, and Zelda bat Shepsel Gafanovich Goldin, from Kupiskis, are seated in front.

The photo was taken prior to Sheina Goldin's departure in 1929 for Cape Town, SA. Once in England, she traveled by train to London, then Southampton and thence onto Cape Town via a vessel of the Union Castle Line. In Cape Town, Sheina was met by Shmuel-Judel "Sam" Meyerowitz (later Meyer) and they married in Port Alfred, SA.






The wedding photo of Shmuel-Judel ben Naftoli Meyerowitz and Sheina bat Yekutiel Goldin was taken in 1929 in Port Alfred, SA. The wedding was arranged by Shmuel's uncle Ben Meyerowitz (Meyer) and his wife Jennie, and their children Freida and Stanley (twins), Archie, and Broche.

Shown in the photo are left to right, seated: Rev. and Mrs. Blechman, Mr. and Mrs. Leventhal, Ben Meyerowitz (later Meyer) and his wife Jenny Meyer. Standing are: Solly Leventhal, Unknown Woman, Shmuel-Judel Meyerowitz (groom), Sheina Goldin (bride), Jack Abramowitz (uncle of Shirley Abramowitz Epstein), Abraham Radomsky, Unknown Man, Unknown Man.

In memory of the Meyerowitz and Goldin families from their grandchildren, Norman and Alec Meyer.


Breine Meyerowitz Krengel and Sheine Meyerowitz Miskauskas, daughters of Naftoli and Malka Meyerowitz, taken on March 3, 1936 in Kupiskis


(Photo donated by Helen Glass Katz, daughter of Hinda Meyerowitz Glass)



The Trapido family visiting their friends from Kupiskis, the Meyer (formerly Meyerowitz) family, who lived in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, circa 1957.
Back row, left to right: Samuel ben Naftoli Meyerowitz (later became Meyer), Pam bat Israel-Mendel Trapido Boner, Ethel Segal Trapido (from Plunge) and Sheine "Janie" bat Yekutiel-Girsh Goldin. Front row, Fay Trapido bat Israel-Mendel Trapido Morris.

Samuel ben Naftali Meyerowitz (later became Meyer), Ethel Segal Trapido (from Plunge), Sheine "Janie" bat Yekutiel-Girsh Goldin, Fay bat Israel-Mendel Trapido Morris and Israel-Mendel ben Yankel Trapido.

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