Reznikovich family

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The earliest known family member is Wulf Reznikovich, born in Raguva (yiddish: Rogeve) sometime before 1798. The name of Wulf's wife is unknown.

Wulf's son Meyer Reznikovich was born in Raguva in 1816. He married Malka, who was born in 1819 and died before 1892. Meyer died in Troskunai (yiddish: Trashkun) in 1895.

The five children of Meyer Reznikovich and Malka were:

I.  Chaim Itzik Reznikovich was born in Raguva in 1834. He married Etta, who was born in Lithuania before 1848. The daughter of Chaim Itzik and Etta:

• Merka Gitel (later Mary) Reznikovich was born ~1866 in Raguva or Troskunai. Mary emigrated in 1905 and settled in New York City. She married Meyer Daniel Leshowitz, who was born in Raguva on 30 May 1860 and came to the US in 1898-1900. Mary died on 27 September 1936, and Meyer died on 3 June 1942, both in Brooklyn, New York.
• The nine children of Merka (Mary) Gitel Reznikovich and Meyer Daniel Leshowitz:
• Rose (Dveyra Rochel) Lesowitz was born in Subacius (yiddish: Subotsh) on 2 June 1885. In Anyksciai (yiddish: Aniksht) on 12 September 1902, she married Joseph (Yosel Ber) Waldman, who was born in Troskunai on 15 January 1880. Joseph died on 12 May 1944 in Cleveland, Ohio. On 11 January 1950 in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Rose married Raymond (Rachmiel) Amder, who was born 5 August 1886 in Dvinsk, Latvia, and died 23 March 1970 in Cleveland, Ohio. Rose died on 1 August 1975, also in Cleveland.
• The four children of Rose Lesowitz and Joseph Waldman:
• Harry (Hyman) Waldman was born in New York City on 1 January 1905. Harry married four times. On 2 September 1927 in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, he married Bessie Gordon (born 31 August 1906 in Cleveland, Ohio; died 26 April 1992 in Chicago, Illinois). On 23 May 1931 in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Harry married Agnes Newman (born 16 June 1902 in Cleveland, Ohio; died 23 March 1945). On 4 November 1934 in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Harry married Margaret Nolan (born in Ireland on 2 October 1909; died in Cleveland, Ohio, in February 1973). On 19 September 1937 in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Harry married Rebecca (Beckie) B. Goda (born 6 September 1913 in Cleveland, Ohio; died 27 November 1999 in Beachwood, Ohio). Harry died in Euclid, Ohio, on 6 August 1973.
• Florence Beverly Waldman was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on 15 November 1906. On 15 June 1930 in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, she married William Russell Kwait, who was born ~1904 in Massachusetts. William died in November 1954 in Shaker Heights, Ohio. Sometime after 1960, Florence married Joseph Kohn, born in Hungary on 4 November 1900. Joseph died 28 April 1983 in Miami, Florida. Florence died 16 February 1999 in Beachwood, Ohio.
• Edward (Isidore) Waldman was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on 8 November 1908. On 26 October 1937 in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, he married Aldea Louise Shaw (born in Chicago, Illinois, on 19 January 1914; died in Lamar County, Texas, on 20 July 2000). On 10 July 1947, Edward married his second wife, Gladys Faye Jones (born 30 December 1923 in Trenton, Tennessee; died 23 June 2016 in Cleveland, Ohio). Edward died in Painesville, Ohio, on 19 August 1975.
• Dorothy A. Waldman was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on 9 August 1917. Sometime before 1944, she married Harold J. Chalkley (born in Ohio on 2 November 1914; died in Norwood, Massachusetts, on 5 October 1973. Sometime after 1944, Dorothy married Joseph Benjamin (born in Cleveland, Ohio, on 4 January 1908; died in Cleveland on 19 February 1997). Dorothy died in Beachwood, Ohio, on 1 April 1995.

• Isaac (Ike) Lesowitz was born in Panevezys (yiddish: Ponevezh) on 15 January 1887. He emigrated between 1901 and 1903, settling in New York City, where on 11 January 1914 he married Sadie (Sheina) Waldman, who was born in Troskunai on 8 July 1885. Sadie died on 20 November 1970, and Ike died on 27 November 1972, both in Brooklyn, New York.
  PHOTO Ike Lesowitz and Sadie Waldman (1910s)
• The four children of Ike Lesowitz and Sadie Waldman:
• Nathan Lesowitz was born in New York City on 11 December 1914 and died the next day, 12 December 1914.
• Nathan (Nat) Lesowitz was born in New York, New York, on 8 January 1916. In Washington DC on 28 March 1947, he married Belle Edna Kaplan, who was born in the Bronx, New York, on 13 July 1918. Nat died on 30 April 1988, and Belle died on 12 October 1997, both in Silver Spring, Maryland.
• Edward Lesowitz was born in New York, New York, on 8 May 1917. On 11 March 1978 in Crescent City, Florida, he married Inez Marie Ryals, who was born in Putnam County, Florida, on 1 February 1923. Edward died on 27 September 2003, and Inez died on 16 February 2015, both in Daytona Beach, Florida.
• Ethel (Etta) Lesowitz was born in Brooklyn, New York, on 30 July 1924. In 1949 in Brooklyn, New York, she married Gustave (Gus, Gedaliah) Stanley Daniels, who was born in Brooklyn on 6 April 1923. Gus died on 15 March 1997, and Ethel died on 26 April 2022, both in Brooklyn, New York.
• Samuel (Shmuel) Leshowitz was born Kurkliai (yiddish: Kurkl), Lithuania, on 7 October 1889. In New York City on 17 March 1912, he married Annie Pearl (Anna) Alper, who was born in "Russia" in ~1890. Samuel died in New York on 9 June 1963. The three children of Samuel Leshowitz and Annie Pearl Alper:
• Ethel Leshowitz was born in New York City on 17 August 1912. In New York on 20 February 1938 she married Seymour Maximillian Last, who was born 9 January 1914 in New York City and died 20 July 2011 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. In 1950 in New York, Ethel married Reuben H. Singer, who was born in Brooklyn, New York, on 31 March 1919. Reuben died in Pompano Beach, Florida, on 12 January 1998. Ethel died in Fairfax, Virginia, on 12 March 2013.
• Edward (Eddie) Alper Leshowitz was born in New York on 12 April 1915. He married Esther Helen Sandson, who was born 17 May 1914 in the Bronx, New York, and died 18 April 1988 in Verona, New Jersey. Edward died on 21 April 2008 in Cranford, New Jersey.
• Sylvia Leshowitz was born in New York City on 10 November 1919.
• Mollie (Malka) Lesowitz was born ~1893 in Kaunas gubernia, Lithuania. In New York, New York, on 29 July 1917, she married Philip (Feivush) Bleiberg, who was born 27 March 1896 in Bołszowce, Galicia (now Bilshivtsi, Ukraine), and died in Los Angeles, California, on 20 September 1962. Mollie died on 11 December 1991 in Brooklyn, New York. The three children of Mollie Lesowitz and Philip Bleiberg:
• Ethel Bleiberg was born in New York, New York, on 2 September 1918. She married David Blank (later Blanc), who was born in Focsani, Romania on 30 August 1913, and died in Brooklyn, New York, on 12 August 1977. Ethel died on 2 February, 2006.
• Frances Ruth Bleiberg was born in New York, New York, on 1 April 1920. In 1942 in Brooklyn, New York, she married Theodore Rappaport. In 1950 in Brooklyn, New York, she married Eli George Nicoll, who was born on 16 March 1916 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Frances died on 3 August 1989 in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Eli died on 7 January 2004 in Orlando, Florida.
• Harriet Bleiberg was born in New York, New York, on 4 April 1923. In 1943 in Brooklyn, New York, she married Irving (Isaac) Tucker, who was born in New York, New York, on 24 August 1916. Irving died on 16 August 1995, and Harriet died on 27 December 2015, both in Brooklyn, New York.
• Sara (Sylvia) Lesowitz was born ~1895 in Kaunas gubernia, Lithuania. In 1919 she married Benjamin Farber, who was born ~1894 in Russia, and died in 1935 in New York. Sylvia died in 1984 in Somerset, New Jersey. The two children of Sylvia Lesowitz and Benjamin Farber:
• Wallace Farber was born in New York, New York, on 28 July 1920. He married Leonora (born ~1923), and he died on 30 May 1987 in Oceanside, New York.
• Elaine Farber was born in Brooklyn, New York, on 29 September 1924. On 24 July 1942 she married Virgil H. Corlazzoli (later Carrol), who was born 24 April 1921 in Berdine, Pennsylvania, and died 26 January 2003 in Princeton Junction, New Jersey. Elaine died on 4 June 2001 in Cranbury, New Jersey.
• Charles (Charlie) Leshowitz was born 12 January 1897 in Kaunas gubernia, Lithuania. In New York, New York, on 22 August 1920 he married Beatrice Rebecca Gronsbell, who was born on 27 June 1900 in Brooklyn, New York. Charles died on 12 October 1947, and Beatrice died in August 1977, both in Brooklyn, New York. The two children of Charles Leshowitz and Beatrice Gronsbell:
• Celia M. Leshowitz was born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania on 27 July 1921. In 1945 in New York she married Newton Taylor, who was born on 31 October 1918 in Newark, New Jersey. Newton died in August 1972. Celia died on 24 December, 2008.
• Dorothy Leshowitz was born in Ridgewood, Queens, New York, on 27 May 1923. In 1946 in New York she married Morton Joseph Shapiro, who was born 1 November 1918 in the Bronx, New York, and died in May 1979 in Fair Lawn, New Jersey. Dorothy died on 7 December 1999 in Monroe Township, New Jersey.
• Edward Isidore (Idel) Leshowitz was born in Panevezys, Lithuania, on 12 January 1897. In New York, New York, on 6 June 1925 he married Elsie (Alice) Alper, who was born ~1902 in Russia. Edward died on 26 February 1944 in Brooklyn, New York. Elsie died sometime after 1957. The three chldren of Edward Isidore Leshowitz and Elsie Alper:
• Harriet Leshowitz was born in New York, New York, on 6 April 1926. She died as a young child in Brooklyn, New York, on 14 October 1929.
• Ethel (Edith) Leshowitz was born on 9 September 1930 in New York, New York. In 1957 in New York she married Theodore P. Blasberg, Jr., who was born in Dobbs Ferry, New York, on 28 June 1931.
• Erwin Leshowitz was born on 12 May 1933 in New York, New York. In Brooklyn, New York, he married Margherita, who was born in 1940 in Naples, Italy.
• William (Schabs) Lesowitz (later Lewis) was born ~1901 in Kaunas gubernia, Lithuania. In Queens, New York, on 16 June 1929 he married Martha Kaufman, who was born in New York in ~1907. The son of William Lewis and Martha Kaufman:
• Robert (Bobby) Lewis, born ~1931 in New York.
• Florence (Freda) Lesowitz was born on 23 December 1906 in New York, New York. She married Anthony SanGiorgio, who was born on 3 November 1899 in Riposto, Italy. Florence died in New Jersey on September 1995, and Anthony died in Toms River, New Jersey, on 22 June 1996. The two children of Florence Lesowitz and Anthony SanGiorgio:
• Michael J. SanGiorgio, born 26 October 1943.
• Spencer SanGiorgio

II.  Moshe Itsik ("Meshitse") Reznikovich^[NOTE]Meshitse is a contraction of Moyshe + Itse. was born in Raguva in 1836. He married Hinda Zisla, who was born in 1838. Moshe Itsik, a kosher butcher, was an esteemed member of the Troskunai community who was literate, educated, and responsible for recording all the births, marriages and deaths in the town. Hinda Zisla died in 1909, and Moshe Itsik died sometime after 1926.
PHOTO Moshe Itzhak Reznikovich

• The seven children of Moshe Itzhak and Hinda Zisla:

• Louis (Leyb) Reznikovich was born in Raguva on 20 January 1866. On 6 January 1893 he married Gita Freyda Puner, who was born in Troskunai in 1868. Gita died in ~1910, and Louis emigrated to the US in 1913. His three surviving children joined him in New York in 1922-23. Leyb died in Brooklyn, New York, on 19 February 1927. The eight children of Louis Reznikovich and Gita Freyda Puner:
• Liba (Libby) Reznikovich was born in Troskunai in 1894. She attended gymnasium (high school) in Vilna, but she died young in 1917, during World War I.
• Malka Reznikovich was born in Troskunai in 1894. She died as a young child in Troskunai in 1895.
• Shakhne Reznikovich was born in Troskunai in 1896, and died as a child in Troskunai in 1901.
• Hena Feyga Reznikovich (later Anna Resnick) was born in Troskunai in 1898. She emigrated to the US in 1923. Anna married Nison Weisberg, who was born on 24 March 1897. Anna died on 21 February 1979, and Nison died in September 1979, and both in New York, New York.
• Meyer Eliash Reznikovich was born in Troskunai in 1901. He died in Troskunai on 20 January 1902 at the age of nine months.
• Sheyna Leta Reznikovich (later Shirley Resnick) was born in Troskunai in 1902. She emigrated to the US in 1922. In ~1929 she married a "landsleit from Russia" and moved to Nicaragua. She died in Nicaragua in the 1930s.

• Chaim Daniel (Alter) Reznikovich (later Albert Alter Resnick) was born in Troskunai on 26 January 1904. He was probably given the apotropaic name Alter (meaning "old") because three earlier siblings had died very young, and it was hoped that Alter would live to old age. He emigrated to the U.S. in 1923. Officially he took the name Albert, but he was always known as Alter. In New York on 9 June 1935 he married Ida Greenspan, who was born in New York City on 25 May 1911. Alter died on 8 September 1982, and Ida died on 27 April 1997, both in Brooklyn, New York. The three children of Alter Resnick and Ida Greenspan:
• Gail Joy Resnick was born in Brooklyn, New York, on 28 October 1939. On 30 August 1959 in Brooklyn, she married Lewis Henry Rosen. They had two children. Sometime after 1971, Gail married Jack Eagelfeld, who was born in New York City on 23 December 1927 and died on 1 June 1989.
• Ronda Resnick was born in Brooklyn, New York, on 26 September 1943. On 22 February 1962 in Brooklyn, she married Robert Glassman, who was born in Brooklyn on 31 December 1940. They had two children.
• Francine Sharon Resnick was born in Brooklyn, New York, on 2 April 1948. In Great Neck, New York, on 7 June 1969 she married Donald Shames, who was born in Brooklyn on 14 April 1947. They had two children.
• Melech Shapshel Reznikovich was born in Troskunai in 1908. He died in Troskunai during World War I, in 1919, at the age of 11.
• Mendel Reznikovich was born in Raguva on 5 October 1871. In Raguva in 1900, he married Pere Libe (Perel) Vin, who was born in 1866. The four children of Mendal Reznikovich and Pere Libe Vin:
• Eizer Reznikovich was born in Troskunai on 20 June 1902.
• Berel (later Boris) Reznikovich was born in Troskunai in 1903. He married Ester S., who was born in ~1909 in "Poland." Boris probably died Uruguay.
• Kopel Reznikovich was born in Troskunai in 1904.
• Mikhel (later Miguel) Reznikovich was born in Troskunai in 1906. In 1934 in Montevideo, Uruguay, he married Raquel Lea Podbielevich, who was born in Montevideo in 1937. Miguel most likely died in Uruguay. The two children of Miguel Reznikovich and Raquel Lea Podbielevich:
• Aida Reznikovich Podbielevich, born in 1937 in Montevideo, Uruguay.
• Perla Reznikovich Podbielevich, born on 29 December 1949 in Montevideo, Uruguay.
• Boruch Sholom Reznikovich was born in Raguva in 1872.
• Mortkhel (Motel) Wulf Reznikovich was born in Raguva in 1874. On 12 March 1913 in Linkuva, Lithuania, he married Rocha Rosenblum, who was born in Linkuva in ~1885. The three children of Motel Reznikovich and Rocha Rosenblum:
• Shmuel Reznikovich was born in 1914 in Joniskis, Lithuania.
• Chaim David Reznikovich was born in 1915 in Vitebsk, Russia (now Belarus).
• Zisel Reznikovich was born in 1917 in Vitebsk, Russia (now Belarus).
• Ekel Reznikovich was born in Raguva in 1878. In 1906 he married Maryasha, who was born in 1879.
• Shneyer Zelman Reznikovich was born in Troskunai in 1881. He married Chaya Lichtenstein, who was born in 1892 in Orlov, Russia. "Reb Shneyer" was venerated throughout the region as an exceptionally kind and virtuous man.
  VIDEO "Reb Shneyer" remembered by Miriam Shumacher Krakinowski

• Sora-Tzipe Reznikovich was born in Troskunai in ~1882. She married Nachman Voskoboinik, son of Noah and Sara. Nachman was born in Troskunai in 1876. He was a rabbi and a shochet (ritual slaughterer), and he encouraged his children to join the Zionist movement. During World War I, the family, including Sora-Tzipe's father, were evacuated to Lyakhovichi, Russia (now Belarus).^[NOTE]In 1915, during World War I, tens of thousands of Jews were forcibly expelled to the east by the Russian authorities. Most returned to their homes after the war. They returned to Troskunai in 1922. During World War II, both Sora-Tzipe and Nachman were murdered at Pajuoste (yiddish: Payost) outside of Panevezys in August 1941.

• The three children of Sora-Tzipe Reznikovich and Nachman Voskoboinik:
• Ziskind (Ziske) Voskoboinik (later Ziske Arazi) was born in Troskunai in 1911. After finishing his studies at the Ponevezh Yeshiva, he went to Palestine in 1932 and changed his surname to Arazi. He married Pnina. Ziske lived in Kibbutz Shefayim until his death in 1952.
  PHOTO Ponevezh Yeshiva graduation photo (1927)
  PHOTO Ziske and Nechama at Foehrenwald DP camp in Germany (1946)
  PHOTO Ziske with his son Dov and sister Nechama (~1948-50)
  PHOTO Grave of Ziske (Voskoboinik) Arazi
  
• The child of Ziske and Pnina Arazi:
• Dov Arazi, born in early 1940s. He married Eve, and he died in 1971.
• Yerachmiel (Rachmilke) Voskoboinik was born in Troskunai in 1915 and, like his older brother, studied at the Ponevezh Yeshiva. He and his wife Lea (née Kaplan) were living in Kovno when World War II broke out. Both were members of the underground resistance in the Kovno ghetto, where they were both killed on 13 July 1944.
  PHOTO Rachmilke and Nechama Voskoboinik with Hashomer Hatzair (1933)
  PHOTO Voskoboinik family in Troskunai (~1936-39)
• Nechama Voskoboinik was born in Russia in 1919.^[NOTE]In 1915, during World War I, tens of thousands of Lithuanian Jews were forcibly expelled by the Russian authorities and spent the war years in Russia. Most returned home after the war. She survived World War II by fleeing to the east (see map). In 1946, on the way to Palestine, she spent time at a displaced persons camp in Germany, where her older brother Ziske was serving as a soldier in the Jewish Brigade (see photo at right). She arrived in Palestine in June 1946 and was detained by the British at Atlit Detention Camp for six months before being released. Nechama married Moshe Halamish. In 1953, she provided testimony about what happened in Troskunai during the war. She died in Israel in 2006. The son of Nechama Voskoboinik and Moshe Halamish:
• PHOTO Nechama Voskoboinik with Troskunai branch of Hashomer Hatzair (1930)
  PHOTO Nechama and Rachmilke Voskoboinik with Hashomer Hatzair (1933)
  PHOTO Voskoboinik family in Troskunai (~1936-39)
  PHOTO Ziske and Nechama at Foehrenwald DP camp in Germany (1946)
  DOCUMENT Nechama Voskoboinik's identity card in Palestine (Haifa, 1946)
  PHOTO Nechama with her brother Ziske and Ziske's son in Israel (~1948-50)
  PHOTOS Nechama, her husband, and others at reunion of survivors from Troskunai (Tel-Aviv, 1987)
  MAP Nechama Voskoboinik's escape route (1941) and return route (1944-46)
• The son of Nechama Voskoboinik and Moshe Halamish:
• Boaz Halamish, born in Israel in ~1950.

III.  Etka (Etel) Reznikovich was born in Raguva on 7 December 1839.

IV.  Sophie Reznikovich was born before 1842. She married Boruch Leyb Shepsel, who was born in Raguva before 1942.

• The six children of Sophie Reznikovich and Boruch Leyb Shepsel:
• Basia Miriam (later Bessie) Shepsel was born ~1860 in Rokiskis, Lithuania. She married Shimon (Simon) Menachem Nasatir, born ~1856 in Rokiskis, son of Yeshiahu Itzhak Nasatir. Basia and Shimon emigrated to the US in 1907 and settled in Chicago, Illinois. Bessie died on 16 December 1930, and Simon died on 19 February 1948, both in Chicago. The seven children of Bessie Shepsel and Simon Nasatir:
• Rachmiel (later Richard) Nasatir was born 3 July 1882, likely in Rokiskis. He married Anna Friedman, who was born in Germany in ~1883. Anna died on 11 May 1944, and Richard died in ~1952, both in Chicago, Illinois.The five children of Richard Nasatir and Anna Friedman:
• Deborah Nasatir, born in 1905.
• Victor Nasatir, born in 1906.
• Gloria Nasatir, born in 1910.
• Bernard Nasatir was born on 14 June 1914 in Chicago Illinois. He married Alyce Miriam Galinsky, who was born on 25 August 1920 in Cook County, Illinois. Bernard died on 27 April 1990 in Santa Rosa, California. Alyce died on 1 July 2009 in Highland Park, Illinois.
• Maynard Nasatir was born in 1928.
• Sarah (Sora) Nasatir was born ~1883 in "Russia." In ~1905 she married George Menn, who was born in ~1874 in "Russia." Sarah died on 29 January 1969 in Los Angeles, California. The son of Sarah Nasatir and George Menn:
• Benjamin Webster Menn was born in Chicago, Illinois, on 14 January 1906. He died in Phoenix, Arizona, on 11 July 1991.
• Malka (later Molly) Nasatir was born ~1886 in Rokiskis. She married Frank Klotz.
• Moshe Yudel (later Morris) Nasatir was born ~1888, likely in Rokiskis or Pandelys. He married sometime before 1940. His first wife's name is unknown. On 9 July 1940 in Clinton, Iowa, he married his second wife, Elizabeth Warren, who was born ~1891 in "Russia."
• Feyga (later Gertrude Edith) Nasatir, was born ~1889 in "Russia." She died on 20 October 1957 in Portland, Oregon.
• Bentsel (Ben) Nasatir was born in Rokiskis on 16 March 1892. In October 1919 in Chicago, Illinois, he married Ruth Rabson, who was born in Chicago in 1901. The three children of Ben Nasatir and Ruth Rabson:
• Harry (Aaron) Nasatir was born in Rokiskis on 14 April 1893. He married Elsie Markus. The two children of Harry Nasatir and Elsie Markus:
• Maimon Nasatir was born in 1929 and died in 2008.
• David Nasatir was born in 1934.
• Yosel Shepsel was born in 1864 in Rēzekne,^[NOTE]Rēzekne, Rezhitsa in Russian. City in the Vitebsk Governorate of the Russian Empire. Now in Latvia. Latvia. He died there as a young child on 29 November 1865.
• Bentzion Shepsel (later Benjamin Rosenberg) was born in ~1865 in Varaklani,^[NOTE]Town in Rezhitsa District, Vitebsk Governorate, during Russian Empire. Now in Latvia. Latvia. In Varaklani on 3 March 1895, Bentzion married Tzira Enta (later Minnie) Alterman, who was born in ~1875 in Rezhitsa. The eleven children of Bentzion Shepsel (Benjamin Rosenberg) and Tzira Enta (Minnie) Alterman:
• Wulf Shepsel was born in Varakļāni, Latvia, in 1892. He died as a young child in Varakļāni on 14 January 1895.
• Jacob Shepsel (later Jack Rosenberg) was born in Latvia on 20 December 1895. He married Nellie Jacobson (later Jacobs), who was born in ~1898 in Kolyshki, ^[NOTE]Town in Vitebsk Governorate during the Russian Empire. Now in Belarus. Belarus. Nellie died in 1959. Later Jack married Grace, his second wife. Jack died on 27 July 1982. The two children of Jack and Nellie Rosenberg:
• Mona Rosenberg was born in 1918 in Manchester, England. In 1943 in New York City she married Louis Fisher, who was born in ~1916 in New York. Mona died in Yonkers, New York, on 28 September 2016.
• Harvey Rosenberg (later Ross) was born in New York City on 12 June 1928. On 3 March 1951 in Bronx, New York, he married Frances Korman. Harvey died in Florida on 12 March 2008.
• Myer Shepsel (later Rosenberg) was born in ~1897 in Latvia.
• Chaya Rachel Shepsel (later Rachael/Rae Rosenberg) was born in Rezhitsa/Rēzekne, Latvia, on 15 March 1897. She died in Clifton, Jew Jersey, on 3 August 1982.
• Wulf Shepsel (later William Rosenberg) was born in "Russia" in ~1899. His wife's name is unknown. The only known child of William Rosenberg:
• Michael Hamilton
• Yosef Shepsel (later George Rosenberg) was born in "Russia" on 15 March 1901. He married Basia (later Bessie) Yafshanesky, who was born on 1 May 1904 and died on 22 April 1986. George died in Pomona, New York, on 24 January 1996. The four children of George Rosenberg and Bessie Yafshanesky:
• Leonard Rosenberg, born in ~1926 in New York.
• Fay Vivian Rosenberg, born in ~1934 in New York. She died before 1997.
• Arlene (Sheri) S. Rosenberg, born in ~1941 in New York. Her married surname was Hecht.
• Joyce L. Rosenberg, born in ~1944 in New York.
• Mary Rosenberg was born in 1905 in Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England. She married Joseph Weiner. Mary died in 1996. The son of Mary Rosenberg and Joseph Weiner:
• Frederick G. Weiner, birth date unknown, died in 2001.
• Doris Rosenberg, born in ~1908 in Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England.
• Bertha (Betty) Rosenberg was born on 4 April 1909 in Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England. In the Bronx, New York, on 7 January 1933 she married Alex (Elias) Rabinowitz, who was born in "Russia" in ~1894.
• Nettie Rosenberg was born in Manchester, Lancashire, England on 16 August 1910. In the Bronx, New York, on 20 January 1932 she married Nicholas (Nick) Massella, who was born in New York City on 30 July 1909. Nick died on 1 November 1990. Nettie died in Dumont, New Jersey, on 19 February 1992. The three children of Nettie Rosenberg and Nick Massella:
• Joan Massella was born in New York in ~1933. On 6 September 1953 in Hackensack, New Jersey, she married Gerald C. Dahmer, who was born in October 1933.
• Mildred (Milli) Massella was born in New York in ~1937. Her married surname was Stellatos.
• Bernice Massella was born in the Bronx, New York, on 18 April 1939. In April 1957 in Dumont, New Jersey, she married Richard Schmidt. Sometime before 1983 she married her second husband, whose surname was Avery. Bernice died in Pierson, Florida, on 9 July 2007.
• Clara Rosenberg was born in Manchester, Lancashire, England on 21 May 1915. She married Alfred Horney, who was born on 20 May 1917 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Alfred died in Queens, New York, on 15 September 1964. Clara died in Manhasset, New York, on 13 October 1980. The three children of Clara Rosenberg and Alfred Horney:
• Barry H. Horney was born on 18 August 1941 in the Bronx, New York. His wife's name was Wilma. Barry died in Jacksonville, Florida, on 19 December 2011.
• Valerie D. Horney was born in New York City on 28 April 1947. In 1968 in New York she married Bernard Joel Rubin, who was born in January 1945. Sometime after 1971, Valerie married her second husband, Anthony J. Libasci, who was born in August 1948.
• Michael Sheldon Horney was born in the Bronx, New York, in June 1954. In 1979 in Queens, New York, he married Phyllis E. Radin.
• Eliash (Eliokum) Shepsel was born sometime before 1870 in Varaklani,^[NOTE]Varaklani, town in Rezhitsa District, Vitebsk Governorate, Russian Empire. Now in Latvia. Latvia. He married Rivka Dveira, who was also born before 1870, also in Varaklani. The three children of Eliash Shepsel and Rivka Dveira:
• Libka Shepsel was born 23 April 1888 in Varaklani, Latvia.
• Avram Chaim Shepsel (later Charles Shepsle) was born on 4 November 1889 in Varaklani, Latvia. He married Yetta Coonin, who was born in 1986 in Baltimore, Maryland. Charles died on 15 March 1939. The son of Charles Shepsle and Yetta Coonin:
• Philip Shepsle was born in 1920 in Hagerstown, Maryland. He married Edythe Mathews, who was born in 1924 in Brooklyn, New York. Philip died in 2001 and Edythe died in 2003, both in Silver Spring, Maryland.
• Chaya Sora Shepsel was born 16 November 1891 in Varaklani, Latvia.
• Sara Shepsel was born in ~1871 in Varaklani, Latvia. Sometime before 1898 she married Moshe Solomjak, who was born in ~1847 in Krustpils^[NOTE]Krustpils, town in Dvinsk District, Vitebsk Governorate, Russian Empire. Now in Latvia. (now Kreitsburg, Latvia). Moshe died before 1929. Sara died in 1942 in Riga, Latvia. The four children of Sara Shepsel and Moshe Solomjak:
• Itsik Solomjak, born 1 January 1899.
• Abram Pinchas Solomjak, born 30 April 1902.
• Rebeka (Rivka) Solomjak was born in 1904 in Krustpils, Latvia. On 6 September 1928 in Ukmerge, Lithuania, she married Benjamin Jaffe, who was born on 17 March 1875 in Vabalninkas, Lithuania. The two children of Rivka Solomjak and Benjamin Jaffe:
• Moshe Jaffe, born on 18 May 1929 in Troskunai, Lithuania.
• Joshua Jaffe, born on 8 January 1932 in Troskunai, Lithuania.
• Fania Solomjak was born in 1909 in Krustpils, Latvia.
• Leyzer Ber Shepsel was born in Varaklani, Latvia. On 4 February 1899 in Birzai, Lithuania, he married Shora Feyga Rebe, who was born in Birzai on 7 January 1874. Shora Feyga died in Pandelys, Lithuania, on 12 July 1927. The child of Leyzer Ber Shepsel and Shora Feyga Rebe:
• Pere Reize Shepsel, born in Birzai, Lithuania, on 1 December 1899.

V.  Benjamin Wulf Reznikovich was born in Raguva on 21 August 1852. He married Feyga Sharfanovich, who was born in ~1856, likely in Kupiskis, Lithuania. Benjamin died before 1921. Feyga died on 27 October 1924 in Panevezys.

• The six children of Benjamin Wulf Reznikovich and Feyga Sharfanovich:
• Eliash Reznikovich was born in Troskunai in 1873.
• Abram Reznikovich was born in Troskunai on 5 May 1874. In 1903 he married Rivka Penianko, who was born in Kavarskas, Lithuania in 1876, daughter of Kalman. During World War I, the family was evacuated^[NOTE]In 1915, during World War I, tens of thousands of Jews were forcibly expelled to the east by the Russian authorities. Many Trashkuners settled in Penza. Most returned to their homes after the war. to Penza, Russia. They returned to Lithuania in 1921. The known child of Abram Reznikovich and Rivka Penianko:
• Meyer (Shmuel Meyer) Reznikovich was born in Troskunai on 2 February 1904. He married Chaya Gurwich, who was born in Panevezys in ~1904. Meyer was a history teacher in a Jewish gymnasium (high school), and his wife Chaya was a nurse. At the outbreak of World War II, the Reznikovich family fled by train to Siberia. The couple's second child was born during this trip. After the war, the family returned to Lithuania and settled in Vilnius, where Meyer died in 1975 and Chaya died on 27 February 1990. The two children of Meyer Reznikovich and Chaya Gurwich:
• Misha (Moshe) Reznikovich was born in Paneveys on 24 May 1936. He was a child when the family fled to Siberia in 1941. In Vilnius on 29 July 1961, Misha married Alexandra (Shira) Pazhol, who was born in Panevezys on 25 September 1937 to Grigory and Genia (Leibovich) Pazhol. They had one son, David, who emigrated to Israel in 1995. Misha and Shira emigrated to Israel the following year.
• Luba Reznikovich was born in Belarus on 22 June 1941, as her family was fleeing toward Siberia at the outbreak of World War II. According to family memory, the newborn was small and weak, and the family was urged to dispose of her. Her mother, a nurse, refused, and the child survived. She attended university in Vilnius after the war, when the family had returned to Lithuania. In 1963 Luba married Evgeny Berlovich. Evgeny was born in Saratov, Russia, in 1941 to Mordecai and Judith (Vitz) Berlovich, when the Berlovich family also was fleeing eastward at the outbreak of war. They returned to Vilnius after the war. Luba (Reznikovich) and Evgeny Berlovich had two children.
• Itzik Berko Reznikovich was born in Troskunai in 1878. In 1901 he married Mera (born 1866). The child of Itzik Berko and Mera:
• Rochel Reznikovich was born in Troskunai in 1907.
• Daniel Reznikovich was born in Troskunai on 3 March 1882. On 29 January 1910 in Panevezys he married Eta Bloch, who was born in Troskunai in ~1884. Daniel Reznikovich and his family are mentioned in an account of the 1915 pogrom in Troskunai. When tens of thousands of Jews were forcibly expelled to the east in 1915, the family went to live in Kharkov, Russia (now in Ukraine), where their two youngest children were born. They returned to Lithuania in 1921. The five children of Daniel Reznikovich and Eta Bloch:
• Aria Reznikovich was born in Troskunai on 28 November 1911.
• Rebeka Reznikovich was born in Troskunai on 8 August 1913.
• Sara Reznikovich was born in Troskunai on 25 March 1915.
• Rochel Reznikovich was born in Kharkov in 1918.
• Benjamin Reznikovich was born in Kharkov in 1919.
• Meylach Reznikovich was born in Troskunai in 1884. He died in Troskunai in 1919.
• Malka Reznikovich was born was born in Troskunai in 1891.

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