Skudovich family

alternate spellings: Skudowitz, Skudewitz, Scudewitz
(changed to Supovitz, Scudder, Scuddy, Scott in the US)

Leyb Skudovich, the earliest known family member, was born before 1765, possibly in Skudutiškis in Ukmerge district, Kovno gubernia, Lithuania. Skudutiškis is located 20 miles southeast of Trashkun (Troskunai). Leyb died before 1812.

Berko Skudovich, the only known son of Leyb Skudovich, was born in Rogeve (Raguva) in 1783 and died sometime before 1848. The six known children of Berko Skudovich:

I.  Leybe Yudel Skudovich was born in Rogeve (Raguva) in 1812. His wife was Tauba, who was born in 1812 and died after 1857. Leybe Yudel died sometime after 1874.

• The three known children of Leybe Yudel Skudovich and his wife Tauba:
• Asher Hirsh (later Harry) Skudovich was born in ~1835, likely in Raguva. He married Elka Tauba (later Tillie aka Fannie), who was born in ~1841 in Tavrik (Taurage), Lithuania. Tillie died in ~1902 in Carmel, New Jersey. Harry died on 27 February 1919 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The four children of Harry and Tillie Skudovich:
• Simche Yehuda (later Julius) Skudewitz was born in Subotsh (Subacius), Lithuania, on 22 February 1870. In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on 3 April 1900 he married Rose (Rachel) Cohen, who was born in ~1881 in Volodarsk-Volynskiy, Ukraine. Julius died in Philadelpia on 25 April 1941. Rose died in Marple, Pennsylvania, on 15 January 1961. The four children of Julius Scudewitz and Rose Cohen:
• Frances (Fannie) Scudewitz was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on 8 February 1901. In 1923 in Philadelphia she married Irving Eagle, who was born in "Russia" on 6 May 1901. They had three sons. Irving died on 27 February 1977 in Orange, Connecticut. Frances died in Broward County, Florida, on 4 February 1991.
• Charles C. Scudewitz (later Scudder) was born in Philadelphia on 7 September 1902. In Philadelphia on 29 November 1930 he married Victoria Shalowicz, who was born on 3 February 1908, en route from Iasi, Romania. They had three children. Charles died in Broward County, Florida, on 15 May 1985. Victoria died in Florida on 14 June 2001.
• Tillie (Taibel) Scudewitz (later Scudder) was born in Carmel, New Jersey, on 6 September 1904. In Philadelphia in 1923 she married Julian Bellenghi, who was born in Philadelphia on 22 July 1900. They had one son. Julian died in Philadelphia on 15 June 1956. Tillie died in Silver Spring, Maryland, on 14 May 1989.
• Manuel (Mendel) Scudewitz (later Scudder) was born in Philadelphia on 6 January 1911. He married Frances P. Rosenberg (later Ross), who was born in Philadelphia on 4 May 1912. They had one son. Manuel died in Florida on 24 April 2002. Frances died in Florida, date unknown.
• Leyzer Nisen (later Nathan) Scudewitz was born in ~1874, likely in Subotsh (Subacius), Lithuania. In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1898 he married Mollie Sarah Kohen, who was born in ~1876 in Kaunas gubernia, Lithuania. Nathan died before 1927. Mollie died in Philadelphia on 4 March 1937. The four children of Nathan Scudewitz and Mollie Kohen:
• Louis Scudewitz (later Scuddy) was born in Maryland on 25 January 1900. He died in Philadelphia on 20 July 1969.
• Morris Scudewitz (later Scuddy) was born in Baltimore, Maryland, on 25 December 1902. In Philadelphia in 1926 he married Katherine (Katie) Levin, who was born in New Jersey on 15 August 1908. They had two sons. Sometime after 1940, Morris married Frances Rita Andrulonis (later Andrews), who was born in Philadelphia on 16 November 1922. They had one son. Morris died in Philadelphia on 29 January 1989. Katherine died in December 1992. Frances died in Philadelphia on 2 May 1993.
• Myer Scudewitz was born in Baltimore, Maryland, on 21 January 1904. He died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on 13 October 1979.
• Ellis (Elia) Scudewitz was born in Baltimore, Maryland,on 21 January 1904. He died in Tucson, Arizona, in June 1968.
• Nechama (later Anna) Scudewitz was born in May 1974, likely in Subotsh (Subacius), Lithuania. In May 1893 she married Samuel (Pinchas Shleme) Heisman, who was born in Kiev, Ukraine, in February 1872. Samuel died on 2 February 1936, and Anna died on 5 December 1955, both in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The eight children of Anna Skudewitz and Samuel Heisman:
• Benjamin (Dov Ber) Heisman was born in Carmel, New Jersey, on 28 July 1895. He married Bertha (Blima) Bleeden, who was born in January 1899 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They had two children. Benjamin died on 17 January 1958, and Bertha died on 30 April 1959, both in Philadelphia.
• Louis Heisman was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on 15 January 1898. In 1921 or 1922 he married Bess Markowich, who was born in New York, New York, on 27 April 1900. They had three childen. Louis died in Philadelphia on 1 March 1958. Bess died in Bethesda, Maryland, on 18 October 1992.
• Albert Bernard (Abraham) Heisman was born in Pennsylvania on 8 August 1899. In Philadelphia in 1929 he married Ann (Chana) Koplin or Kaplan, who was born in Pennsylvania on 25 May 1907. They had two daughters. Ann died in Dade County, Florida, on 27 December 1979. Albert died in Philadelphia on 20 February 1983.
• Emanuel (Mendel) Heisman was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on 8 December 1900. In Philadelphia in 1927 he married Jean Barr, who was born in Philadelphia on 13 August 1907. They had two children. Emanuel died on 28 January 1973, and Jean died on 13 December 1973, both in Philadelphia.
• Matilda Ella (Tillie) Heisman was born in Philadelphia on 8 March 1906. In Philadelphia on 30 March 1928 she married William Lane Brownstein (later Brownie), who was born in Philadelphia on 24 June 1903. They had two daughters, but the second daughter died soon after birth. William died in Philadelphia on 3 January 1984. Tillie died in Princeton, New Jersey, on 11 June 1993.
• Jeanette Heisman was born in Pennsylvania on 12 February 1908. In Philadelphia in 1929 she married Bernard Feigenberg, who was born in Philadelphia in October 1904. They had two children. Bernard died in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, on 12 April 1984. Jeannette died in Philadelphia on 17 April 1989.
• Rose Heisman was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on 25 November 1911. In Philadelphia on 25 November 1932 she married Martin Myers, who was born in Philadelphia on 16 April 1907. They had two sons. Martin died on 24 May 1961, and Rose died on 13 October 1982, both in Philadelphia.
• Elizabeth Cecile Heisman was born in Pennsylvania on 6 July 1916. In Philadelphia on 27 May 1940 she married Tefuis Dectrow, who was born in "Russia" on 3 April 1903. They had two daughters. Tefuis died in Philadelphia on 17 November 1969. In September 1972 in Havertown, Pennsylvania, Elizabeth married John F. Trainer, who was born in Philadelphia on 4 March 1911. Elizabeth died on 23 September 1997, and John died on 26 May 2003, both in Havertown, Pennsylvania.
• Chaya (later Ida) Scudewitz was born in ~1879, likely in Subotsh (Subacious), Lithuania. In New York in 1899 she married Louis Leopold, who was born on 20 February 1877 in Uman, Kiev, Ukraine. Louis died in Brooklyn, New York, on 3 June 1957. Ida died in New York on 7 March 1962. The four children of Ida Scudewitz and Louis Leopold:
• Michael (Mike) Leopold was born in Brooklyn, New York, on 20 June 1900. In Brooklyn on 21 December 1924 he married Rachel Kaplan, who was born in New York on 4 January 1902. They had two children. Michael died in Jamaica, Queens, New York, on 13 November 1977. Rachel died in Long Beach, New York, on 27 November 1998.
• Nathan Leopold was born in Brooklyn, New York, on 4 October 1903. In Brooklyn on 23 June 1929 he married Hannah Lesnick, who was born in Brooklyn on 3 June 1908. They had two children. Nathan died on 31 May 1967. Hannah died on 2 March 1980.
• Simon (Solomon) Leopold was born in Brooklyn, New York, on 18 October 1905. In Brooklyn on 18 February 1933 he married Lena (Lee) Corman, who was born in New York, New York, on 23 June 1909. They had two sons. Simon died on 13 September 1985, and Lena died on 22 June 1992, both in Flushing, Queens, New York.
• Tillie Leopold was born in Brooklyn, New York, on 4 December 1914. In Brooklyn on 20 June 1936 she married Benjamin Monte, who was born in Brooklyn on 9 April 1911. Benjamin died in Brooklyn on 9 April 1964. Tillie died in Long Beach, New York, on 14 June 1998.
• Rocha Chaya (Rasha Chaya) Skudovich was born in ~1843 in Trashkun (Troskunai). She married Leyzer Markel, who was born in Troskunai in 1838. Leyzer died before 1891, and Rocha Chaya died after 1891.
• The five children of Rocha Chaya Skudovich and Leyzer Markel:
• Chana Etel Markel . . .
• Leah Toyba Markel . . .See details of the Markel family on the Markel family page.
• Noyma Markel . . .
• Shifra (Rochel Shifra) Markel . . .
• Eliash Zelman (later Ellis) S. Markel (later Merkle) . . .
• Yankel Ber Skudovich was born in Rogeve in 1848. He married Leya (born in 1851), and he died before 1906. The only known child of Yankel Ber Skudovich and Leya:
• Lipka Skudovich was born in 1873 in Miglinai, Trakai, district, Vilnius gubernia, Lithuania.

II.  Sora Rochka Skudovich was born in Lithuania in 1812. She married Leyb (Yudel Leyb) Waldman (born in Rogeve in 1808). Sora Rochka died before 1882, and Leyb died in 1900, both in Trashkun.

• The four known children of Sora Rochka Skudovich and Leyb Waldman:
• Leyzer (Eliezer) Waldman . . .
• Nathan Nosel (Nisan) Waldman . . . See details of the Waldman family on Waldman family page.
• Leah Tauba Waldman . . .
• Freda Waldman . . .

III.  Benjamin (Binel) Skudovich was born in Rogeve (Raguva) in 1820. He married Hena (born 1826), and he died sometime after 1896.

• The three known children of Benjamin Skudovich and Hena:
• Hirsh Skudovich was born ~1855 in Rogeve. He married Leah (born in 1855) and he died after 1915. Hirsh Skudovich and his wife are mentioned in an account of the 1915 pogrom in Trashkun. The five children of Hirsh Skudovich and his wife Leah:
• Chaya Sora Skudovich was born in Trashkun in 1877. She married Mortchel Sender Sipel (born 11 May 1883 in Ponevezh [Panevezys], died 30 April 1928 in Ponevezh). The five children of Chaya Sora Skudovich and Mortchel Sender Sipel:
• Zalman Sipel, born 3 October 1909 in Ponevezh (Panevezys).
• Nechama Sipel, born 19 January 1913 in Ponevezh.
• Frieda Sipel, born 6 February 1915 in Ponevezh.
• Hirsh Sipel, born 21 May 1920 in Ponevezh.
• Tsila Sipel, born 5 December 1920 in Ponevezh.
• Chana Rocha (later Gertrude Augusta) Skudovich was born in Troskunai in ~1880. In ~1904 she married Samuel (Sam) Silver, who was born on 25 September 1880 in "Russia." Gertrude died on 5 November 1953, and Sam died on 16 June 1955, both in Los Angeles County, California. The three children of Gertrude Skudovich and Samuel Silver:
• Lilian (Lena) Silver was born in Toledo, Ohio, on 5 October 1906. In Cuyahoga County, Ohio, on 15 June 1930 she married Henry S. Feldman, who was born in "Russia" in ~1907. They had two daughters. Lilian died in Lake Forest, California, on 31 August 2001.
• Rose Silver was born in Toledo, Ohio, on 10 March 1910. In Lucas County, Ohio, on 8 June 1945 she married Samuel G. Cohen, who was born in Windsor, Essex, Ontario, Canada, on 28 August 1908. Samuel died in Dayton, Ohio, on 8 March 1998.
• Irving Silver was born in Dayton, Ohio, on 16 May 1913. In Napoleon, Ohio, on 6 December 1942 he married Lois Mary Duncan, who was born in Madison, Wisconsin, on 24 August 1912. They had two sons. Lois died in July 1988 in Orange County, California. Irving died in California on 17 January 2007.
• Rivka Skudovich was born in Trashkun in 1888. She had a daughter whose father's name is unknown. Later, Rivka married Yisrael Bolel, who was born ~1891 in Rogeve (Raguva) and died in ~1941 in the Shoah. The daughter of Rivka Skudovich:
• Sora Skudovich, born 8 September 1904 in Kovno (Kaunas).
• Eliash Boruch Skudovich, born in Trashkun in 1889.

• Berel (Berko) Skudovich was born in Trashkun in 1894. He married Frida Zalk, who was born in Trashkun in 1898. Berel was a soldier in the Russian army and was wounded during the first year of World War I. He was awarded the Cross of St. George (a military decoration) for his bravery. He is mentioned in Sholom Eyzer's account of the 1915 pogrom in Trashkun. Berel and Frida were evacuated to Penza, Russia,^[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. for the remainder of World War I, returning to Trashkun in December 1921.
  PHOTO Berel Skudovich passport photo (1931?)
• The two known children of Berel (Berko) Skudovich and Frida Zalk:
• Leya Skudovich, born on 21 June 1921 in Penza, Russia.
  PHOTO Leya Skudovich (1939)
  DOCUMENT Leya Skudovich internal passport application (Trashkun, 1939)
• Yankel Boruch Skudovich, born 2 September 1930 in Trashkun.
• Boruch Yankel Skudovich was born ~1856 in Kaunas Gubernia, Lithuania. He married Beyla Pesha Gil (born ~1858), and he died between 1915 and 1930. Boruch Skudovich is mentioned in an account of the 1915 pogrom in Trashkun.
• Shapsel Skudovich was born ~1859 in Kaunas Gubernia. He married Lena (Liba Reyza) Pass, who was born in Trashkun on 15 June 1866. Shapsel died in Trashkun on 5 December 1911. Lena died in Connecticut, USA, on 31 October 1926. The four known chldren of Shapsel Skudovich and Lena Pass:
• Zelda Skudovich was born in Trashkun in 1890. On 22 May 1909 in Trashkun she married Meyer Jacobson (born in 1880 in Rakeshok [Rokiškis]). Meyer died on 25 March 1938, and Zelda died on 5 September 1941, both in Ponevezh (Panevėžys). The six children of Zelda Skudovich and Meyer Jacobson:
• Nechama Jacobson was born in Rakeshok (Rokiškis) on 20 February 1910. On 28 September 1932 in Kovno (Kaunas) she married Moshe Rogozin (born 1898 in Kremenets, Volyn Gubernia, Ukraine). Nechama died in 1941, presumably killed in August 1941 along with the other Jews of Rakeshok.
• Moshe Yudel Jacobson was born 13 July 1911 in Ponevezh (Panevezys). He married Lyuba, and they had one known child. Moshe died in 1950.
• Shapsel (Shabtay) Jacobson was born 10 December 1913 in Ponevezh. On 3 April 1939 in Kovno, he married Mira (Miriam) Malkin, who was born 29 August 1917 in Chernyshevskoya (Eydtkuhnen), Russia, or Marijampole, Lithiuania. Shapsel died in Ponevezh in 1941. Mira died on 30 September 2002 in Maryland, USA.
• Chaya Hena (Annya) Jacobson was born in 1917 in Yaroslav, Russia.^[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. She died ~1941 in Kovno, Lithuania.
• Brayna Jacobson was born in Ponevezh in 1921. She married and had one child.
• Berel Jacobson was born in Ponevezh in 1926, and died in Ponevezh in 1941 (presumably killed at Pajuoste).
• Emma (Nechama) Skudovich was born 8 April 1894 in Trashkun. She married Solomon (Simon) Lunine (born 24 December 1893 in Mogilev, Belarus. Simon died in December 1980, and Emma died on 20 November 1987, both in Brooklyn, New York. The five children of Emma Skudovich and Simon Lunine:
• Edward Israel (Isaac) Lunine, born 22 May 1919 in Ponevezh; died 26 June 1995 in New York City.
• Ethel M. Lunine was born in Lithuania on 9 April 1922. She married William (Bill) Holtzman (born 3 July 1918, died in New York City on 20 May 1998). They had two daughters.
• David I. Lunine was born in Connecticut, USA, on 28 April 1926. On 19 November 1955 in Los Angeles County, California, he married Phyllis G. Shuman (born ~1930). They had three children.
• Esther Dora Lunine was born in Connecticut in 1926. She married Herbert K. Weissman (born 3 June 1923 in New York), and they had three children.
• Leo Robert Lunine was born 24 August 1928 in New York. In Brooklyn, New York, in 1950 he married Ruth E. Coopersmith, and they had three daughters. Leo died on 28 February 2012.
• [name unknown] Skudovich, born before 1905.
• Moshe Yude (later Morris) Skudovich was born 15 November 1905 in Trashkun. He emigrated to the US in 1921 and settled in the Bronx, New York. In ~1939 he married Ethel Stern (born 5 October 1909). Ethel died on 26 February 1995, and Morris died on 2 March 2000, both in the Bronx, New York. The two children of Morris Skudowitz and Ethel Stern:
• Helaine Glenda Scott was born 2 November 1940 in the Bronx, New York. She married Leonard M. Applebaum (born 19 December 1936), and they had two daughters. Helaine died on 26 September 2003 in Glendale, California.
• [son], still living

IV.  Hirsh Skudovich was born in Rogeve (Raguva) in 1823. Sometime before 1848 he married Sarah Riva (Shula), who was born 1823 in Rogeve and died before 1880. Sometime before 1860 Hirsh married his second wife, Liba Leah Ferdall or Rosen, who was born in Lithuania before 1842. Hirsh died in Lithuania before 1888.

• The six children of Hirsh Skudovich and his first wife, Sara Riva:
  (see below for the two children of Hirsh Skudovich and his second wife, Liba Leah)
• Chaim Skudovich was born ~1848 in Kaunas Gubernia, Lithuania. He married Malka. The three children of Chaim Skudovich and Malka:
• Rachel Sarah (Rashel) Skudovich was born ~1879 in Vilkomir (Ukmerge) District, Lithuania. In ~1900 she married Israel Rudnitsky (born ~1879 in Kaunas Gubernia, Lithuania). In 1908, the couple and their two Lithuanian-born children emigrated to the US and settled in Brooklyn, New York. Israel died between 1910 and 1920, likely in New York. Rachel died on 23 January 1964, likely in Brooklyn, New York. The four children of Rachael Skudovich and Israel Rudnitsky:
• Meyer Rudnitsky (later Rodnitsky) was born 17 October 1902 in Vilkomir (Ukmerge) District and emigrated to the US in 1908. He died in October 1980 in Flushing, New York.
• Rose (Leia) Rudnitsky was born 26 November 1905 in Vilkomir (Ukmerge) District, and emigrated to the US in 1908. On 4 January 1925 in Brooklyn, New York, she married Aaron Shapiro (born ~1897 in Stolin, Belarus). They had four children. Rose died in January 1985 in Far Rockaway, Queens, New York.
• Pauline Rudnitsky was born 30 April 1909 in Brooklyn, New York. She married Julius (John Rye) Ryfkogel, who was born in Holland in ~1903. They had two children. Julius died on 22 May 1931 in New York, New York. Pauline died in Brooklyn, New York, in October 1981.
• Irving Rudnitsky (later Rodney) was born 20 October 1910 in Brooklyn, New York. On 20 March 1932 in Brooklyn he married Irene (Ida) Levine (born 4 January 1912 in Brooklyn). They had three sons. Irving died on 1 May 1990, and Irene died on 21 April 1997, both in Brooklyn, New York.
• Basha Skudovich was born ~1885 in Slobodka, Vilijampole, Lithuania. On 20 October 1924 in Sloboda, Zarasai, Lithuania, she married Yakov Yona Kirkel (born 11 April 1890 in Kovno [Kaunas]), Lithuania. Basha and Yakov died after 1940, likely in Kovno. The child of Basha Skudovich and Yakov Kirkel:
• Rocha Hinda Kirkel was born in 1921, likely in Kovno. She died after 1940, likely in Kovno.
• Beyla (later Becky) Skudovich was born 20 December 1895 in Kaunas Gubernia, Lithuania. She emigrated to the US in 1913 and settled in Brooklyn, New York. In ~1917 she married Asher (Osher) Fatelson (born 29 September 1892 in Byeshankovichy, Vitebsk, Belarus). The child of Becky Skudovich and Asher Fatelson:
• Dorothy Fatelson was born 26 August 1920 in Brooklyn, New York. In 1948 in New York, New York, she married Peter J. Janunas (born 2 September 1919 in Brooklyn). They had one son. Dorothy died on 15 July 1988, and Peter died on 2 February 1991, both in Levittown, New York.
• Abraham (Avram) Skudovich was born ~1856 in Remigole (Ramygala), Lithuania. His first wife was Dina Riva Zarts, who was born in Remigole before 1860.. Dina Riva died sometime before 1901. On 23 January 1901 in Ponevezh (Panevezys) Abraham married his second wife, Pera Basia Fram, who was born in 1869 in Panevezys district, Lithuania. Pera died in Lithuania. Abraham died before 1932.
• The six children of Abraham Skudovich and his first wife, Dina Riva Zarts:
• Esther (Gitel) Rose Skudowitz was born in Lithuania in 1878. In ~1898 she married Benjamin Kriger (born 10 March 1874 in Russia). Esther died on 13 October 1918, and Benjamin died on 1 February 1940, both in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. The four children of Esther Skudowitz and Benjamin Kriger:
• Robert (Ruben) Manuel Kriger was born 28 July 1900 in Russia. In New York on 10 March 1924 he married Mary A. Aaronson, who was born 7 January 1902 in New York. They had two children. Robert died on 25 August 1969, and Mary died on 23 February 1978, both in Pittsfield, Massachusetts.
• Samuel (Simon) Kriger was born in Russia in ~1903.
• Doris R. Kriger was born 23 September 1907 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. She died on 27 September 1993.
• Morris Kriger was born 24 July 1909 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts; died in Pittsfield on 31 October 1925.
• Ida (Chaya) Skudowitz was born ~1880 in Remigole (Ramygala). She emigrated in 1900 and settled in New York City. On 1 September 1903 in New York City she married Samuel (Zalman Dovid) Shaffer (born ~1868 in Russia). Samuel died on 13 December 1928. In Brooklyn, New York, 22 December 1930 Ida married her second husband, Ely Gootnick (born 24 November 1874 in "Russia". Ida died on 2 December 1946 in New York. Ely died on 11 April 1959. The daughter of Ida Skudowitz and her first husband, Samuel Shaffer:
• Dorothy (Dina Riva) Shaffer was born 25 June 1904 in New York City. On 9 August 1925 in New York she married Abraham (Avram Yitzhak) Medjuck (born 17 September 1900 in Hlybokaye, Belarus). They had three children. Abraham died on 3 June 1983, and Dorothy died on 27 April 1964, both in Brooklyn, New York.
• Yitzhak Dov (Isador Bernard) Skudowitz was born 27 March 1883 in Lithuania. He emigrated in 1902 and settled in New York City. On 15 June 1913 in New York he married Jeanette (Tzivia Sheyna) Orlans (born 20 August 1892 in New York). Isador died on 18 January 1940, and Jeanette died on 3 November 1956, both in New York, New York. The three children of Isador Bernard Skudowitz and Jeanette Orlans:
• Daniel Richard (Daniel Reuven) Skudowitz was born 9 June 1914 in New York, New York. In New York on 8 March 1942 he married Joyce Shirley Balter, who was born 12 April 1919 in the Bronx, New York. They had one son. Daniel served in the US Army Medical Corps in World War II and died in Munster, Germany, on 24 July 1945. Joyce died on 25 August 2000 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
• Shirlee Rose Skudowitz (later Skudder) was born on 8 December 1919 in New York, New York. She died on 13 July 1988 in New York, New York.
• Robert E. Skudowitz (later Roberts) was born in New York, New York, on 20 July 1923. In June 1947 he married Sara Herskowitz, who was born on 7 August 1911 in Meriden, Connecticut. Robert died in Orange County, California, on 18 December 1980. Sara died in Woodbridge, Connecticut, on 26 September 2004.
• Zev Wolf Velvel (William) Skudowitz was born 20 October 1888 in Remigole (Ramygala). He emigrated in 1902 and settled in New York City. On 8 February 1914 in Brooklyn, New York, he married Bertha/Betty (Basha) Pashinsky, who was born ~1892 in New York, New York. William died on 25 December 1948 in Brooklyn, New York. Bertha died on 26 February 1967. The four children of William Skudowitz and Bertha Pashinsky:
• Daniel Richard Skudowitz (later Scudder) was born 4 December 1914 in Brooklyn, New York. In Brooklyn in 1952 he married Eleanor Barbara (Henya Bracha) Belsky (born 15 April 1928 in Brooklyn). They had three children. Daniel died on 23 February 1980, and Eleanor died on 25 December 2002, both in Brooklyn, New York.
• Morton J. Skudowitz (later Scudder) was born 22 January 1916 in Brooklyn, New York. He married Carolyn (born 21 December 1920), and they had two children. Morton died in Brooklyn in April 1980.
• Muriel Skudowitz was born on 22 January 1916 in Brooklyn, New York. She married Irving Ribner, who was born 15 September 1910 in Wyszkow, Poland. They had one daughter. Muriel died on 4 October 1997 in Flushing, Queens, New York. Irving died on 14 December 2002 in Port Jefferson Station, New York.
• Lawrence Lester (Eliyahu) Skudowitz (later Scudder) was born 7 August 1922 in Brooklyn, New York. He died on 25 June 2003 in Far Rockaway, Queens, New York.
• Lena Skudowitz was born ~1889 in Remigole (Ramygala), Lithuania. On 24 January 1911 in New York, New York, she married David Frank (born ~1887 in New York). Lena died in May 1961 in New York, and David died sometime after May 1961.
• Harry (Hirsh) Henry Skudowitz was born 13 November 1890 in Remigole (Ramygala). In December 1916 he married Dorothy (Dora) Hamburger (born ~1895 in Maryland). Dorothy died on 15 October 1940 in Frederick, Maryland. Sometime after 1943 Harry married his second wife, Sarah H. Berchenko (born 26 January 1901 in "Russia"). Harry died on 5 April 1960 in Norwalk, Connecticut. Sarah died on 21 July 1968.
• The five children of Abraham Skudovich and his second wife, Pera Fram:
• Riva (Sarah Rivka) Skudovich was born in 1903 in Remigole (Ramygala), Lithuania. On 11 June 1926 in Krakinove (Krekenava), she married David Gordon (born 23 July 1899 in Pumpyan [Pumpenai]). They emigrated in 1933 and settled in Cape Town, South Africa. Riva died on 8 September 1986 in South Africa, and David died on 22 September 1987 in Cape Town, South Africa. The four children of Riva Skudovich and David Gordon:
• Wolfie Gordon was born 15 June 1927 in Ponevezh (Panevezys). On 10 June 1955 in Cape Town, South Africa, he married Pearl Tilly Kesler (born 22 July 1937 in Wellington, Cape Town). They had two sons. Wolfie died on 23 August 1993 in Perth, Australia.
• Roy (Rachmiel) Gordon was born 3 July 1934 in Cape Town, South Africa. He married Julia Margaretta Camelia Alford (born 5 June 1942 in England), and they had three children.
• Yetta (Chaya Etta) Gordon was born 13 May 1936 in Cape Town, South Africa. She married Alan Michael Evan Ellenbogen (born 28 March 1936 in Cape Town), and they had two children.
• Esther Gordon was born 28 May 1938 in Cape Town, South Africa. On 28 February 1960 in Cape Town she married Morris Kleviansky (born 11 March 1932 in Cape Town), and they had three children.
• Sheyna Skudovich was born ~1904 in Remigole (Ramygala), Lithuania. On 21 February 1939 in Remigole she married Leyb Shimel Parason (born 1 January 1907 in Yasven (Josvainiai), Lithuania. The child of Sheyna Skudovich and Leyb Shimel Parason:
• Avraham Parason, born 12 April 1940 in Ponevezh (Panevezys).
• Rachil Skudovich was born ~1907 in Remigole (Ramygala). On 6 October 1930 in Remigole she married Moshe Zavel Shvarts (born ~1902 in Remigole). Both Rachil and Moshe died in 1941 (presumably killed in the Holocaust), Rachil in Ponevezh and Moshe in Remigole. The four children of Rachil Skudovich and Moshe Zavel Shvarts:
• Esther Shvarts was born 31 July 1931 in Remigole (Ramygala). She died as an infant on 20 August 1931 in Remigole.
• Avraham Shvarts, born 21 July 1932 in Remigole.
• Berel Shvarts, born 13 June 1937 in Remigole.
• Hirsh Shvarts, born 2 May 1939 in Remigole.
• Dina Skudovich was born 15 February 1910 in Remigole (Ramygala). She married Aron Azriel Zilbert (born in 1902). The son of Dina Skudovich and Aron Azriel Zilbert:
• Moshe Zilbert, born 25 November 1934 in Ponevezh (Panevezys).
• Israel Skudovich was born in Remigole (Ramygala) in 1911. He died in the Holocaust in ~1941.
• Leyzer Berko Skudovich was born in 1856 in Kaunas Gubernia. He married Shira Tsirel (later Sylvia), and he died on 12 June 1898 in Vilna (Vilnius). The five children of Leyzer Skudovich and Sylvia:
• Minka Skudovich married and had five children (names and birthdates unknown).
• Velvel Skudovich
• Rashel (Ita Rasha) Skudovich was born ~1879 in Vilkomir (Ukmerge). On 2 April 1904 in Yaneve (Jonava), she married Elye Shabses (born 15 September 1878 in Yaneve). The five children of Rashel Skudovich and Elye Shabses:
• Leya Shabses, born 30 November 1904 in Yaneve (Jonava).
• Leyzer Idel Shabses, born 4 May 1907 in Yaneve.
• Menucha Shabses, born 5 February 1910 in Yaneve.
• Vulf (Wolf) Shabses, born 5 July 1911 in Yaneve.
• Chaya Sora Shabses, born 20 December 1913 in Yaneve.
• Hirsh (later Harry) Skudovich was born 15 May 1890 in Yaneve (Jonava). On 23 July 1927 in Portland, Maine, he married Ida Riva Kirsner/Kirsner, who was born 10 June 1897 in Skaudvile, Kaunas, Lithuania.
• Chaya (later Ida) Skudovich was born 25 April 1898 in Yaneve (Jonava). She emigrated in 1912 and settled in the Bronx, New York. On 3 June 1917 in the Bronx, she married Irving Gitelson, who was born 4 December 1894 in "Russia." Irving died in February 1980 in Glen Oaks, Queens, New York. Ida died in June 1984 in Flushing, New York. The daughter of Ida Skudovich and Irving Gitelson:
• Lillian Gitelson was born 11 March 1920 in New York. She married Nathan (Nat) Milgrim (born 20 December 1908 in New York), and they had two sons. Nathan died on 24 May 1988 in New York. Lillian died on 10 May 2003 in Bellerose, New York.
• Esther Leah (Lillian) Skudovich was born ~1858 in Kaunas Gubernia. She married Shimen (Samuel Sydney) Edelstein (born ~1861 in Zeym [Zeimiai], Lithuania). Lillian died sometime after 1914. Shimen died between 1908 and 1920. The six children of Lillian Skudovich and Samuel Edelstein:
• Hershel Selig Edelstein
• Sarah Nesi Edelstein
• Chana Mirel (later Annie) Edelstein was born ~1888 in Kaunas Gubernia. She emigrated in 1900 and settled in Massachusetts. On 1 January 1910 in Boston, Massachusetts, she married Jacob Kaplan (born 17 March 1885 in Grodno, Belarus). Jacob died before 1949, and Annie died after 1949. The two children of Annie Edelstein and Jacob Kaplan:
• Sydney Stanley Kaplan was born 14 November 1910 in Somerville, Massachusetts. On 19 March 1938 in Seabrook, New Hampshire, he married Irene Estelle Shapiro (born 23 September 1919 in Chelsea, Massachusetts). They had three children. Sydney died on 22 July 1982, and Irene died on 27 February 2002, both in Brookline, Massachusetts.
• Arthur Edward Kaplan was born 1 October 1914 in Somerville, Massachusetts. On 27 June 1936 in Seabrook, New Hampshire, he married Lillian Olympia Cundari (born 12 January 1914 in Boston, Massachusetts; died 4 April 1972 in North Miama, Florida). In 1942 in Revere, Massachusetts, Arthur married Mildred (Millie) Ansin (born 7 December 1916 in Revere, Massachusetts), and they had two children. Arthur died on 17 August 1977 in Revere, Massachusetts. Mildred died on 23 August 2009 in Milford, New Hampshire.
• Label (later Louis) Edelstein was born 14 March 1889 in Kaunas Gubernia. In Chicago, Illinois, on 13 December 1919 he married Ethel Ozeransky, who was born in "Russia" in ~1899. Louis died on 1 November 1951 in Los Angeles County, California. The four children of Louis Edelstein and Ethel Ozeransky:
• Sidney Edelstein was born in Chicago, Illinois, on 15 November 1920. On 8 June 1953 in Arlington, Virginia, he married Maudie Nora Todd, who was born 2 January 1926 in Dothan, Alabama. They had one daughter. Sidney died in Orangevale, California, on 11 July 1996. Maudie died on 1 October 1996.
• Alex Alfred Edelstein was born in Chicago, Illinois, on 25 May 1922. On 5 July 1946 in California he married Sylvia Estersohn, who was born in Los Angeles, California, on 6 August 1924. They had two daughters. Alex died on 16 November 2004, and Sylvia died on 6 March 2018, both in Valley Village, California.
• Howard Paul Edelstein was born in Chicago, Illinois, on 8 March 1927. On 21 February 1948 in Los Angeles, California, he married Carol Hibbert, who was born in Parker, Idaho, on 5 February 1927. They had two children. Howard died in Los Angeles on 11 October 1956. Carol died on 23 September 1963.
• Arthur Leonard (Oscar) Edelstein was born in Los Angeles, California, on 12 June 1937. On 25 June 1961 in Los Angeles he married Elayne Jean Spitalnick, who was born 29 October 1934. They had two sons.
• Rose Reisel (Razeka) Edelstein was born in Vilkomir (Ukmerge) on 20 September 1890. On 21 September 1909 in Boston, Massachusetts, she married Max (Mack) Klein (born 23 December 1891 in Everett, Massachusetts). Max died in February 1969 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Rose died on 25 July 1972 in Brookline, Massachusetts. The son of Rose Edelstein and Max Klein:
• Sydney Stanley Klein was born 28 July 1910 in Boston, Massachusetts. In 1933 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, he married Esther (Estelle) Beatrice Glass (born 7 December 1912 in Chelsea, Massachusetts). They had two children. Sydney died on 17 September 1983 in Salem, Massachusetts. Esther died on 15 September 1999 in Swampscott, Massachusetts.
• Rocha Ida (later Rachael Ray) Edelstein was born in Vilna (Vilnius) in ~1895. In ~1912 she married Harry Israel Galpert (born in Vilna on 25 December 1894). Rachael died on 27 June 1973 in Lynn, Massachusetts. Harry died on 15 May 1977 in Danvers, Massachusetts. The three children of Rachael Edelstein and Harry Galpert:
• Sylvia (Celia) Galpert was born 16 October 1914 in Somerville, Massachusetts. She married Rouben Goldman (born 28 May 1910 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England), and they had four children. Rouben died in August 1975 in Exeter, New Hampshire. Sylvia died on 22 September 2009 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
• Albert (Abraham) Galpert was born 1 June 1916 in Dorchester (Boston), Massachusetts. He married Sylvia White (born 1 October 1922 in Lynn, Massachusetts), and they had two children. Albert died on 15 November 1990 in Massachusetts. Sylvia died on 15 May 1994 in Swampscott, Massachusetts.
• Herbert Galpert was born 14 March 1919 in Revere, Massachusetts. In ~1943 he married his first wife, Debora Springer (born in New York, New York, on 23 November 1920. On 11 July 1948 in Bristol, Vermont, he married his second wife, Charlotte Bernice Abrams (born 10 August 1928 in Burlington, Vermont), and they had two children. Charlotte died on 2 March 1993 in Salem, Massachusetts. Herbert died on 9 January 2012 in Swampscott, Massachusetts.
• Karpel Dov (later Carl Barry) Skudovich was born before 1859 in Lithuania. He married Yocheved Dekovner, who was born before 1861. Carl died ~1915, and Yocheved died before 1924. The seven children of Karpel/Carl Skudovich and Yocheved Dekovner:
• Yosel (Joseph) Skudovich, born ~1878.
• Itsyk Skudovich, born ~1884.
• Rasha Etel (later Fannie Ethel) Skudovich was born ~1887 in "Russia." Between 1902 and 1904 she emigrated to the US, settling in Brockton, Massachusetts. On 23 February 1908 in Brockton, she married Moshe (later Morris) Stone (born ~1885 in Russia). The five children of Fannie Ethel and Morris Stone:
• Sadie Lena (Sarah) Stone was born 15 December 1908 in Brockton, Massachusetts. She died in Brockton on 7 August 1922.
• Stella Stone was born 1911 in Brockton, Massachusetts. She married and had a child, but the names of her husband and daughter unknown.
• Louis (Label) Stone was born 5 July 1913 in Brockton, Massachusetts. He died on 24 November 1999 in Ajo, Arizona.
• Clara (Calie) Stone was born 2 February 1916 in Brockton, Massachusetts. In 1937 in Chelsea, Massachusetts, she married Israel Borofsky (born 1 January 1917 in Chelsea, Massachusetts), and they had three children. Clara died in 1949 in Boston, Massachusetts. Israel died 23 September 1988 in Everett or Saugus, Massachusetts.
• A stillborn son was born and died on 15 March 1920 in Brockton, Massachusetts.
• Malka (later Molly Bedonna) Skudovich was born in 1889 in Vilkomir (Ukmerge). She emigrated to the US in 1906 and settled in Brockton, Massachusetts. On 19 April 1910 in Brockton, she married Leo (Aaron Lipman) Shality (born 27 April 1887 in Volyn, Ukraine). Molly died on 23 September 1949. Leo died on 25 January 1970, in Brockton, Massachusetts. The five children of Molly Skudovich and Leo Shality:
• Morris (Moshe) Shality was born 24 August 1911 in Rhode Island. In 1939 in Taunton, Massachusetts, he married Hilda Dovner (born 10 April 1921 in Taunton, Massachusetts), and they had four daughters. Morris died on 5 October 1987 in Brockton, Massachusetts. Hilda died on 23 April 2008 in Middleboro, Massachusetts.
• Bella Shality was born 4 May 1913 in Brockton, Massachusetts. Sometime before 1940 she married Louis Berman (born 13 May 1914 in Massachusetts). They had three sons. Bella died on 15 September 1986, and Louis died on 19 April 1995, both in Brockton, Massachusetts.
• Clara (Calie) Shality was born 10 November 1916 in Brockton, Massachusetts. In 1943 in New Bedford, Massachusetts, she married Julius Goldberg (born in Massachusetts on 28 February 1911), and they had three children. Julius died on 3 March 1986, and Clara died on 5 January 2003, both in New Bedford, Massachusetts.
• Freada (Freedom) Shality was born 11 November 1918 in Brockton, Massachusetts. She married Harold George Dovner (born 10 March 1916 in Taunton, Massachusetts), and they had two children. Harold died on 29 March 1997 in Taunton, Massachusetts. Freada died on 21 August 2012 in Stoughton, Massachusetts.
• Eunice (Yocheved) Shality was born 14 February 1924 in Brockton, Massachusetts. In 1979 in New York, New York, she married Donald Birchfield Moffett (born 11 July 1927 in New York, New York). Donald died on 6 February 2018, and Eunice died on 28 August 2018.
• Hirsh Skudovich (later Harris Skondovitch) was born in Lithuania on 9 February 1891. He left Lithuania in 1910 and briefly lived in Massachusetts, USA, before settling in England. He married Molly Gdansky. Molly died in 1934 in Stepney, London, England. In 1935 in Stepney, Harris married Hannah (Chana) Segal, who was born 19 December 1888 and died in Stepney in 1949. In 1949 in Croydon, Surrey, England, Harris married Anna Botsman, who was born ~1887. Harry died in 1956, and Anna died in 1957, both in Croydon, Surrey, England.
• The six children of Hirsh (Harris) Skondovitch and his first wife, Molly Gdansky:
• Sydney (Israel) Skondovitch was born on 15 July 1912 in Paris France. In 1951 in Watford, Hertfordshire, England, he married Evelyn (Eva) Hadley. Sydney died in 1964 in Bethnal Green, London, England.
• Maurice Skondovitch was born on 30 June 1913 in Paris, France. In 1948 in Poplar, Middlesex, England, he married Betty Levy Rosencovitch (born 10 January 1913 in Whitechapel, London, England). They had two daughters. Betty died in 1990, and Maurice died in 1992, both in Malaga, Spain.
• Lizzie Skondovitch was born in 1916 in England, and died as a young child in 1917 in Greenwich, London, England.
• Pearl Skondovitch was born 19 September 1918 in Holborn, England. In 1942 in Poplar, Middlesex, England, she married Clive (Kurt Emanuel) Newman (born 27 March 1916 in Bonn, Germany). They had two children. Clive died in September 1988 in Waltham Forest, England. Pearl died on 29 October 1998 in Barking, England.
• Jack (Jacob) Skondovitch was born 19 September 1920 in Whitechapel, London, England. He married Ruth (born in January 1929). Jack died in September 1980, and Ruth died in April 1999.
• Alfred (Abraham) Skondovitch was born 10 February 1927 in Holborn, London, England. On 24 August 1963 he married Patricia (Patti) Howard, who was born 8 July 1940). They had two children. Alfred died on 15 July 2011.
• Sarah Eva (Sora Rifka) Skudovich was born 18 April 1897 in Vilkomir (Ukmerge) District, Lithuania. She emigrated to the US in 1914 and settled in Brockton, Massachusetts. On 10 April 1915 in Brockton, she married Joseph Sorin (born 15 April 1892 in Bobruisk, Belarus). Joseph died in October 1967, and Sarah died on 30 December 1988, both in Brockton, Massachusetts. The five children of Sarah Skudovich and Joseph Sorin:
• Carl Marx (Karpel) Sorin was born 2 January 1916 in Brockton, Massachusetts. He died in Massachusetts on 21 May 2005.
• Adolph Sorin was born 28 October 1917 in Massachusetts, and died on 4 February 1996 in Brockton, Massachusetts.
• Rose L. Sorin was born 26 July 1919 in Brockton, Massachusetts. Her first husband was David M. Siegel (born in Michigan on 5 August 1911). They had two children. David died on 19 March 1993 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Rose then married her second husband, surname Segal, who also died. Her third husband was Theodore H. (Ted) Perlman. Rose died on 9 July 2007 in Lake Worth, Florida.
• Ralph Sorin was born 26 July 1924 in Brockton, Massachusetts. In Brockton in 1949 he married Eleanor J. Weinberg (born 6 November 1927 in Brockton). They had three daughters. Ralph died on 2 September 1983, and Eleanor died on 30 September 1994, both in Brockton, Massachusetts.
• Gerald David (Jerry) Sorin was born 15 February 1929 in Brockton, Massachusetts. He died in New Jersey on 6 March 2015.
• Chaim Ruven Skudovich was born ~1901 in Kaunas Gubernia, Lithuania.
• The two children of Hirsh Skudovich and his second wife, Liba Leah:
  (see above for the six children of Hirsh Skudovich and his first wife, Sara Riva)
• Etel (Ethel) Skudovich was born in Lithuania in ~1859. She married her first husband before 1898 (husband's name unknown). In ~1898 in "Russia" she married her second husband, Leyb (later Louis) Schlachter, who was born in Kovarsk (Kavarskas) in ~1852. The couple immigrated to the US. Ethel died on 30 July 1911, and Louis died on 19 September 1914, both in Brooklyn, New York.
• Chasya (Esther) Skudovich was born in Lithuania on 16 August 1863. In 1886 she married Yudel (later Julius) Koven, who was born in Malat (Moletai), Lithuania, in September 1855. Their family emigrated to the US. The eight children of Esther Skudovich and Yudel/Julius Koven:
• Yetta Maly (Yenta) Koven was born in 1886, likely in Kovarsk (Kavarskas). In New York, New York, on 1 September 1906 she married Isadore (Israel) Meislich, who was born in "Russia" in ~1881. The two children of Yetta Koven and Isadore Meislich:
• Rose Meislich was born in New York in 1907.
• Celia (Sylvia) Meislich was born in Brooklyn, New York, on 19 March 1909.
• Harry (born Hirsh) Koven was born in Kovarsk (Kavarskas) on 24 March 1888. In New York, New York, on 19 October 1912 he married Ida Gilstein, who was born in "Russia" in 1891. Harry died in New York, New York, on 17 August 1953. Ida died in Brooklyn, New York, on 24 August 1963. The two children of Harry Koven and Ida Gilstein:
• Sylvia Koven, born in New York in ~1916
• Lillian Koven was born in New York on 6 September 1918. In Brooklyn, New York, around December 1946, she married Aaron Zaloshinsky, who was born in New York City on 1 December 1916. The couple had four sons. Aaron died in New York City on 16 September 1972. Lillian died in November 1975.
• Benjamin Bernard (born Berel) Koven was born in Kovarsk (Kavarskas) on 15 August 1890. In Brooklyn, New York, on 26 May 1910 he married Ida Goldstein, who was born in New York on 27 February 1891. Benjamin died in Salt Lake City, Utah, on 22 April 1941. Ida died in Paducah, Kentucky, on 29 April 1980. The two children of Benjamin Koven and Ida Goldstein:
• Edward (Eddie) Raymond Koven was born in New York, New York, on 22 September 1910. In Washington DC on 16 July 1939 he married France Rose Nachman, who was born in New York on 15 May 1909. They had two children. In ~1943 Edward married Adrienne E., who was born in 1905. Edward died in Denver, Colorado, on 11 November 1965. His first wife Frances died in Maryland on 28 November 1977.
• Robert John Koven was born in New York, New York, on 22 June 1915. Sometime before 1949 he married Shirley Louise Payne, who was born in Paducah, Kentucky, on 27 September 1924. They had four children. Robert died on 14 January 1967. Shirley died in Clearwater, Florida, on 7 February 2002.
• Anna (born Hinda) Koven was born in Kovarsk (Kavarskas) on 4 July 1892. In New York, New York, on 6 September 1913 she married Joseph Greenberg, who was born in "Russia" in ~1890. On 25 October 1940 in New York, New York, Anna married Abraham Seltzer, who was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on 29 October 1884. Anna died in Dade County, Florida, on 8 March 1977. The two children of Anna Koven and Joseph Greenberg:
• Albert Greenberg was born in the Bronx, New York, on 11 June 1914. In New York, New York, on 15 August 1937 he married Ruth Epstein, who was born in New York City on 13 June 1914. They had one daughter. Albert died in Palm Beach County, Florida, on 7 April 1987.
• Melville Greenberg (later Granby) was born in New York City on 4 December 1915. In New York on 14 August 1938 he married Jean Rochelle, who was born in New York City in February 1914. They had two children. Melville died on 28 March 1973, and Jean died on 1 November 2005, both in Cincinnati, Ohio.
• Joseph Albee Koven (later Lewis) was born in Kovarsk (Kavarskas) in ~1893. In New York, New York, on 27 July 1915 he married Eta Davidson (born in ~1887). In New York on 1 July 1920 he married Betty Itzkowitz (born in Minsk, Belarus, on 2 January 1904; died in Mineola, New York, on 12 August 1997). In Brooklyn, New York, on 13 June 1924 he married Bertha (Birdie) Silverman (born in New York on 16 October 1890; died in New York on 20 December 1954). Sometime before 1944 he married Sophia.
• Marion (born Miriam Nechama) Koven was born in ~1897, likely in Kovarsk (Kavarskas). Sometime before 1925 she married Hirsh (Henry, Harry) Gershonowitz (later Gersh), who was born in Plock (Plotzk), Poland, on 14 April 1890. In Dade County, Florida, in 1952 she married William Ewigkeit, who was born in ~1880, and died in Miami Beach,Florida, on 24 March 1961. Marion's first husband Hirsh died on 15 November 1958, likely in Monticello, New York. The child of Marion Koven and Henry/Harry Gersh:
• Gabriel Gersh was born in Monticello, New York, on 11 March 1927. He married Norma Ramos, who was born on 6 December 1935. They had two children. Gabriel died on 10 June 2020.
• Samuel (born Shmuel) Koven was born in ~1898, likely in Kovarsk (Kavarskas), Lithuania.
• Wolfe (William) Koven was born in Carmel, New Jersey, on 1 November 1902. In New York, New York, on 25 November 1935 he married Nan (Fanette) Nussbaum (later Spero), who was born in New York on 14 October 1901. Nan died in January 1972. William died in Dade County, Florida, on 27 November 1972.

V.  Abram Abel (Aba) Skudovich, also known as Abram Yudel Skudovich, was born in Raguva/Rogeve in 1826. His first marriage, before 1858, was to Vikhna, who was born in Raguva/Rogeve in 1825. His second marriage, after 1858, was to Reyza (Hannah Rachel), who was born 1827. Abram Abel died in Troskunai/Trashkun in 1892.

• The eight children of Abram Abel Skudovich: ^[NOTE]It is not clear which were children of Vikhna and which were children of Reyza. We suspect that at least the first four children were from Abram's first wife Vikhna.
• Nosel Leyzer (Natan) Skudovich was born in Troskunai/Trashkun in 1853. Sometime before 1882 he married Chana Ita (Hanna, Anita) Katz, who was born in 1854 in Lithuania. Chana Ita died 7 March 1904 in Viljandi, Estonia, not long after the birth of her seventh child. In 1911 in Riga, Latvia, Nosel/Natan married his second wife, Dvora Shenkman (born ~1866 in Subacius/Subotsh) Dvpra died on 19 October 1933 in Viljandi, Estonia. Natan died sometime after 1922.
• The seven children of Natan Skudovich and his first wife, Chana Ita Katz:
• Daniel Oriya Skudovich (later Daniel Eli Skudwick) was born 17 December 1882 in Viljandi, Estonia. On 27 August 1916 in Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada, he married Lena Bomberg (born 22 February 1895 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada). Daniel died in January 1970, and Lena died on 24 December 1974, both in Buffalo, New York.
• Sholom Yuda Skudovich (later Julius Skudwick) was born in 1883, likely in Viljandi, Estonia. He married Florence (born ~1891 in Buffalo, New York). Julius died on 17 August 1934 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Florence died on 3 September (year unknown). The two children of Julius Skudwick and Florence:
• Evelyn Gertrude Skudwick was born 30 June 1914 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Her first husband was Harry Berk, who died (date unknown). Her second husband was David Fagan (born 23 September 1914 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada), with whom she had two children. David died on 21 January 1971 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Evelyn died in 2006 in Hamilton, Ontario.
• Anita Skudwick was born ~1917 in Ontario, Canada. On 20 August 1939 in Hamilton, Ontario, she married Saul Smurlick (born 1 October 1914 in Hamilton, Ontario), and they had three children. Saul died on 23 August 1999 in Naples, Italy.
• Sara (Shora) Skudovich was born 7 January 1885 in Viljandi, Estonia. In 1908 in Riga, Latvia, she married Ruben Rudolf Eitelberg (born 9 April 1872 in Tukums, Latvia). Ruben died on 17 January 1962, and Sara died on 6 May 1971, both in Tallinn, Estonia. The three children of Sara Skudovich and Ruben Eitelberg:
• Hanno (Henoch) Eitelberg was born in Viljandi, Estonia, on 1 January 1910. He married Gertrude Fanny Mirvitz, who was born 13 February 1912 in Tartu, Estonia. Hanno, Gertrude, and their three children were all killed in the Shoah in 1941.
• Eduard Eitelberg was born in Viljandi, Estonia, on 26 May 1912. He was killed in 1941 in the Shoah.
• Moris Eitelberg was born in Viljandi, Estonia, on 10 February 1921. He married Helja Jerlakas and they had four sons. Moris died between 1990 and 1999 in Oldenburg or Weisbaden, Germany.
• Shimon Ber Skudovich (later Samuel Skudwick) was born in Estonia in October 1887. On 1 September 1916 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, he married Sadie (Shara) Siegel (born in Poland in December 1888). Sadie died on 18 July 1935 in Hamilton, Ontario. The two children of Samuel Skudwick and Sadie Siegel:
• Anita Skudwick was born 21 July 1917 and married I. Marcus.
• Abraham Skudwick was born 29 June 1919.He died on 24 January 1970 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
• Rochel Skudovich was born in Viljandi, Estonia, in October 1981.
• Anna Skudovich (later Skudwick) was born in October 1891, likely in Viljandi, Estonia. On 20 February 1916 in Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada, she married Frank Messer (born ~1887 in "Russia"). The son of Anna Skudwick and Frank Messer:
• Harold Herman Messer was born 22 October 1918 in Detroit, Michigan. Sometime before 1954 he married Laveta Mary Cram (born 29 September 1910 in Hughes, South Dakota). Harold died on 7 August 1993 in Palm City, Florida. Laveta died on 19 April 2009 in Hobe Sound, Florida.
• Miriam Skudovich (later Skudwick) was born in Viljandi, Estonia, on 1 February 1904. She married Robert Wanks (born 30 September 1901). Robert died on 13 September 1963 in Los Angeles, California. Miriam died on 12 February 2001 in Glendale, California.
• Chaya Hode Skudovich was born in Lithuania in 1858. She married Levi (Leyb Zelik) Dodelzon (born 1852 in Lithuania). Levi died on 20 August 1932 in Balninkai, Ukmerge. The nine children of Chaya Hode Skudovich and Levi Dodelzon:
• Idel Dodelzon was born 10 February 1879 in Aniksht (Anykščiai), Lithuania.
• Isaac Benjamin Dodelson was born 10 June 1882 in Aniksht/Anyksciai. He emigrated in ~1905 and settled in Oil City, Pennsylvania. In ~1906 he married Rose (Rochel) Ida Perell (born 1881 in Lithuania). Rose died in 1952 in Pennsylvania. Isaac died on 8 March 1937 in Oil City, Pennsylvania. The six children of Benjamin Dodelson and Rose Perell:
• Bert (Benjamin) Dodelson was born 1 January 1907 in Erie, Pennsylvania. He married Beatrice (Bea) Rothman (born 15 September 1913 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania). Beatrice died on 19 July 1981 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Bert died on 19 September 1986 in Hampton Township, Pennsylvania.
• Meyer Dodelson was born 4 February 1908 in Erie, Pennsylvania. On 8 June 1964 in Carson City, Nevada, he married Marie Agnes Cohlhepp (born 28 July 1905 in Pennsylvania). Marie died in August 1986 in Folsom, Sacramento County, California. Meyer died on 11 December 1997 in Sacramento, California.
• Clara Dodelson was born 1 September 1909 in Erie, Pennsylvania, and died on 26 February 1999 in Folsom, Sacramento County, California.
• Bessie L. Dodelson was born 10 June 1911 in Pennsylvania. Sometime before 1940 she married David Berenson (born 6 September 1908 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania). They had two daughters. David died on 25 October 2004, and Bessie died on 5 August 2009, both in Florida.
• Jess Dodelson was born in Pennsylvania on 16 July 1914, and died as a young child on 6 January 1917 in Franklin, Pennsylvania.
• Abraham Carl (Abie) Dodelson was born 9 November 1917 in Franklin, Pennsylvania. He died on 8 March 1990 in Sacramento, California.
• Shaya (Yehoshua) Dodelzon was born ~1888 in Lithuania. He died on 28 April 1928 in Malat/Moletai, Utena District, Lithuania.
• Leyzer Ber Dodelzon was born 8 June 1889 in Aniksht/Anyksciai, Lithuania.
• Abram (Abel) Dodelzon was born in 1893 in Bolnik (Balninkai), Ukmerge, Lithuania. On 17 May 1926 in Skudutiskis, Vilnius, Lithuania, he married Leya Ribak (born ~1905 in Malat/Moletai).
• Bentsel Dodelzon was born 5 September 1895 in Kurkl/Kurliai, Ukmerge, Lithuania. On 8 September 1922 in Bolnik/Balninkai he married Rochel Shmuilevich (born 1897 in Bolnik/Balninkai).
• Sora Rocha Dodelzon was born ~1899 in Bolnik/Balninkai. On 1 September 1922 she married Ruvin Fain (born 1895 in Malat/Moletai).
• Shimel Dodelzon was born in 1901 in Vilkomir/Ukmerge, Lithuania.
• Hillel Dodelzon was born ~1903 in Bolnik/Balninkai. On 19 July 1929 in Dubinik/Dubingiai, Lithuania, he married Liba Krengel (born 1910 in Dubinik/Dubingiai).
• Kasriel Khonel Skudovich (later Carl Garber Supovitz) was born ~1861, likely in Troskunai, Lithuania. On 9 June 1881 in Kupeshok/Kupiskis he married Keyla Dina Shapiro, who was born in 1861. In ~1884 he married his second wife, Chana (Annie) Geffen, who was born in ~1857. In ~1889 he married his third wife, Batsheva Blekh/Block, who was born between 1868 and 1872, and died between 1897 and 1901. After Batsheva's death, on 3 October 1901 in Kupeshok/Kupiskis, Lithuania, he married Batsheva's sister Sara (Sora Ita) Blekh/Block, who was born in 1869 in Pandelys, Lithuania. In 1909 the family left Lithuania and settled in Auburn, Maine. Carl died on 22 February 1932 in Lewiston, Maine. Sara died on 29 December 1949.
  PHOTO Gravestone of Carl Supovitz
• The two children of Kasriel Skudovich (Carl Supovitz) and his second wife Chana Geffen:
  (see below for children of Kasriel Skudovich (Carl Supovitz) and his third wife, Batsheva Block)
• Benjamin Supovitz (born Dov Berel Skudovich) was born 15 March 1885 in Subotsh (Subačius). On 3 August 1909 in Boston, Massachusetts, he married Frances (Feyga) Ginsburg (born 14 July 1885 in Karlstadt, Sweden). Benjamin died on 5 August 1952 in Portland, Maine. Frances died on 15 April 1965 in Lewiston, Maine.
  PHOTO Gravestone of Benjamin and Frances Supovitz
• The four children of Benjamin Supovitz and Frances Ginsburg:
• Sylvia Eleanor Supovitz was born 21 June 1910 in Lewiston, Maine. On 25 February 1946 in Newton, Massachusetts, she married Howard Stanley Slosberg (born 25 March 1917 in Augusta, Maine). Sylvia died on 16 March 1990 in Winthrop, Maine. Howard died on 12 June 2003 in Bowie, Maryland.
• Paul Supovitz was born 13 December 1911 in Lewiston, Maine, and died as a young child on 11 November 1916 in Lewiston, Maine.
• Irving Supovitz (later Brooks) was born 31 August 1917. On 24 February 1946 in Massachusetts he married Evelyn Muriel Levenson, who was born 31 August 1914 in Boston, Massachusetts. They had two children. Evelyn died 9 July 2001, and Irving died 5 August 2011, both in Boynton Beach, Florida.
• Warren Paul Sherwood was born 5 November 1925 in Lewiston, Maine. On 16 February 1964 in Miami Beach, Florida, he married Janice Kane (born 27 April 1934 in Brooklyn, New York), and they had one son. Warren died on 24 November 2001 in Boynton Beach, Florida.
• Samuel Supovitz (born Shmuel Skudovich) was born 19 April 1888 in Subotsh/Subačius. On 4 July 1911 in Boston, Massachusetts, he married Frances (Fanny) Ginsburg (born 11 December 1885 in "Russia"). Frances died 2 June 1969. Samuel died 26 May 1972 in Quincy, Massachusetts. The two children of Samuel Supovitz and Frances Ginsburg:
• Edith Harriet (Eidla) Supovitz was born 26 October 1912 in Lewiston, Maine, and died 20 January 1999 in Quincy, Massachusetts.
• Annie Supovitz was born 8 March 1918 in Lewiston, Maine, and died as an infant on 30 March 1918 in Lewiston, Maine.
• The five children of Kasriel Skudovich (Carl Supovitz) and his third wife Batsheva Block:
  (see above for children of Kasriel Skudovich (Carl Supovitz) and his second wife, Chana Geffen)
  (see below for children of Kasriel Skudovich (Carl Supovitz) and his fourth wife Sarah Block)
• Harry (Hirshel, Tzvi) Supovitz (born Skudovich) was born 15 March 1890 in Subotsh/Subačius. Sometime before 1921 he married Sara Richelson (born 24 December 1896, likely in Minsk Belarus). Harry died on 10 January 1965 in Lewiston, Maine. Sara died on 3 June 1997 in Portland, Maine.
  PHOTO Gravestone of Harry and Sara Supovitz
• The three children of Harry Supovitz and Sara Richelson:
• Stanley Shepard was born 11 November 1921 in Lewiston, Maine. On 10 August 1947 in Framingham, Massachusetts, he married Reba Miller (born 6 November 1925 in Fitchburg, Massachusetts). They had four children. Stanley died on 22 November 2017 in Boynton Beach, Florida.
• Barbara Selma Supovitz was born 14 May 1926 in Lewiston, Maine. On 8 December 1953 in Maine she married Robert S. Brenner (born 4 December 1923 in Portland, Maine). They had one son. Barbara died on 7 December 2007, and Robert died on 2 May 2009, both in Portland, Maine.
• Arthur Mitchell Shepard was born 29 April 1931. In October 1956 in Hartford, Connecticut, he married Beverly Faye Geetter (born 5 August 1933). They had two children.
• Lena Supovitz (born Skudovich) was born 12 November 1893 in Subotsh/Subačius. She emigrated in 1907 and settled in Boston, Massachusetts. On 11 November 1913 in Lewiston, Maine, she married Max (Mordechai Avrum) Zone (later Bloom), who was born 24 January 1891 in Kovno/Kaunas. Max died on 1 February 1967 in Mattapan, Massachusetts. Lena died on 25 January 1971 in Brookline, Massachusetts. The four children of Lena Supovitz and Max Bloom:
• Benjamin (Barney) Bloom—later Bernard Blaine—was born 22 August 1914 in Boston, Massachusetts. He married Phyllis A. Goldstein (born 21 January 1931 in Malden, Massachusetts), and they had two sons. Bernard died on 22 December 1977 in Mattapan Square, Milton, Massachusetts. Phyllis died on 30 March 2012 in Randolph, Massachusetts.
• Irving (Yitzhak) Bloom—later John Blaine—was born 21 August 1915 in Boston, Massachusetts. On 14 December 1937 in Concord, New Hampshire, he married Brina (Beatrice) Hyman (born 12 August 1914 in Boston, Massachusetts; died 28 February 1985 in Los Angeles, California). On 6 June 1974 in Dade County, Florida, he married Janina Draszczyk (born in Poland on 15 April 1930). John died on 12 November 1975 in Dade County, Florida. Janina died on 29 October 1985 in Boston, Massachusetts.
• Violet Bloom was born 3 April 1919 in Boston, Massachusettes. In 1939 in Boston she married Nathan Rosenthal (born 28 April 1917 in Chelsea, Massachusetts). They had two children. Nathan died on 21 September 1993, and Violet died on 24 January 2006, both in West Palm Beach, Florida.
• Edward (Eddie) L. Bloom—later Blaine—was born 2 April 1923 in Boston, Massachusetts. In Boston in 1944 he married Shirley Eleanor Sher (born 5 March 1923 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvanie). They had three children. Edward died on 10 January 1982 in Boston. Shirley died on 25 January 1996 in Brockton, Massachusetts.
• Morris (Moshe) Supovitz (born Skudovich) was born 15 April 1894 in Subotsh (Subačius). He emigrated in 1911 and settled in Lewiston, Maine. He married Edith Gold (born 1899 in Boston). Edith died on 14 March 1937 in Lewiston. On 5 February 1939 in Maine, Morris married his second wife Celia (Tzila) Abromson (born 2 April 1900 in Maine). Morris died on 19 December 1986, and Celia died on 24 January 1996, both in Lewiston, Maine.
  PHOTO Gravestone of Morris Supovitz and Celia (Abromson) Supovitz, Morris' second wife
• The three children of Morris Supovitz and Edith Gold:
• Josephine Supovitz, born ~1926.
• Beverly Sevra Supovitz was born 4 June 1927 in Lewiston, Maine. On 23 June 1946 in Poland Spring, Maine, she married Paul David Hurwitz, who was born in St. Louis, Missouri, on 15 January 1916. They had four children. Paul died on 20 April 1993 in Pennsylvania. Beverly died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on 3 November 2019.
• Paul Allan Supovitz was born 19 January 1931 in Lewiston, Maine. In 1957 he married Marjorie Jacobsen, and they had two children. Sometime after 1962, Paul married his second wife Maria Bata (born 5 January 1933 in Zlin Moravia, Czechoslovakia). Maria died on 6 July 1995 in North Hampton, New Hampshire. Paul died on 21 May 2005 in Roslindale, Massachusetts.
• Abraham (Abie) Supovitz (born Skudovich) was born 4 September 1895 in Subotsh (Subačius). He emigrated to the US in 1909 and settled in Boston, Massachusetts, where he died on 21 July 1947.
• Saul (Shlioma) Supovitz (born Skudovich) was born 6 August 1897 in Subotsh/Subačius. He emigrated in 1911 and settled in Lewiston, Maine. On 26 June 1927 in Lewiston, he married Frances Gertrude (Feigel Gitel) Stachowitz (born 7 August 1901 in London, England). Saul died on 1 March 1955. Frances died on 13 October 1987 in Lewiston, Maine.   PHOTO Gravestone of Saul, Frances, and Ruth Supovitz
• The three children of Saul Supovitz and Frances Stachowitz:
• Beatrice (Bebe) Sheila Supovitz was born 18 September 1928 in Maine. On 22 June 1952 in Lewiston, Maine, she married Marvin Baer. They had two sons. Beatrice died on 21 January 2012 in Framingham, Massachusetts.
• Ruth Sybil (Sora Rivka) Supovitz was born 20 December, 1932. She died on 27 November 1952, before reaching her 20^th birthday.
• Claire Supovitz was born 16 April 1935 in Boston, Massachusetts. On 23 February 1958 in Brookline, Massachusetts, she married Lawrence (Larry) Glovin (born 17 April 1931, died 11 September 2022). They had three children.
• The four children of Kasriel Skudovich (Carl Supovitz) and fourth wife Sarah Block:
  (see above for children of Kasriel Skudovich (Carl Supovitz) and his third wife, Batsheva Block)
• Philip Supovitz (born Pinchas Peretz Skudovich) was born 3 April 1902 in Subotsh/Subačius. He emigrated in 1911 and settled in Massachusetts. His first marriage was to Dorothy Julia (Dina Yehudit) Brickman (born 3 October 1920 in Worcester, Massachusetts; died 4 December 1962 in Worcester, Massachusetts). His second marriage, in 1923 in Worcester, Massachusetts, was to Sadie Shear (born 1905 in Lithuania, died 12 July 1952 in Worcester). Philip died on 4 December 1962 in Worcester, Massachusetts.
• The three children of Philip Supovitz and his first wife, Dorothy Brickman:
• Ellen Shelley Supovitz was born 30 April 1954. On 26 February 1976 in Monroe County, Florida, she married Stephen Michael Gardell (born 12 August 1952) They had two children.
• Marcy L. Supovitz was born 15 June 1955. On 19 November 1988 in Worcester, Massachusetts, she married Van G. Leichter (born 1 March 1949).
• Lori B. Supovitz (later Feingold) was born 23 July 1962. On 7 October 1989 she married Ronald A. Hall (born 26 December 1958) They had three children.
• The four children of Philip Supovitz and his second wife, Sadie Shear:
• Robert M. Supovitz (later Shepard) was born 12 February 1925 in Massachusetts. He married Roaine Rockoff (born 15 January 1932 in Bayonne, New Jersey; died 2 September 2001 in Palm Desert, California). They had three children.
• Irving Louis Supovitz was born 19 March 1927 in Worcester, Massachusetts. In ~1954 he married Marilyn Greenfield (born 15 July 1930 in New Hampshire). They had three children. Irving died on 16 April 2005 in Bridgewater, New Jersey.
• Carol Supovitz was born 21 October 1932. She married Bernie Feingold (born 28 November 1928 in Boston, Massachusetts; died 22 May 1977 in Cambridge, Massachusetts). They had three children.
• Stanley H. Supovitz was born 28 July 1931 in Worcester, Massachusetts. He died in Worcester as a young man on 27 June 1954.
• Hyman (Chaim) Supovitz (born Skudovich) was born ~1905 in Subotsh/Subačius. He left Lithuania in 1911 and eventually settled in Jacksonville, Florida.
• Betty E. (Rebecca/Rivka) Supovitz (born Skudovich) was born 20 September 1906 in Subotsh/Subačius. She emigrated in 1911 and settled in Brockton, Massachusetts. On 7 September 1930 in Maine she married Robert Samuel L. Karp (born ~1910 in Massachusetts). Robert Karp died sometime before 1987, and Betty died on 25 August 1987, both in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. The two children of Betty Supovitz and Robert Karp:
• Carl Louis Karp was born 7 September 1932 in Warwick, Rhode Island. In 1955 he married Shirley (born 28 August 1932), and they had three children.
• Donald Karp was born 7 July 1936 in Brockton, Massachusetts. In 1964 he married Roberta D. Berry (born 10 June 1942), and they had two sons.
• Rose (Rochel) I. Supovitz (born Skudovich) was born 22 November 1908 in Subotsh/Subačius. She emigrated in 1911 and settled in Worcester, Massachusetts. On 30 August 1931 in Maine, she married Louis (Leybe) H. Ruch (born 19 April 1907 in Rakeshok/Rokiškis, Lithuania). Rose died on 24 August 1998 in Plainview, New York. Louis died on 10 July 2002 in Farmingdale, New York. The two children of Rose Supovitz and Louis Ruch:
• Carl M. Ruch, born 1932 in Worcester, Massachusetts. On 17 November 1962 he married Mollie, and they had one daughter.
• Marjorie (Margie) F. Ruch was born 27 June 1937 in Worcester, Massachusetts. In 1959 she married Normand Kurtz (born 10 September 1937 in Worcester, Massachusetts). They had two children.

• Sheyna Rivka Skudovich was born in Trashkun/Troskunai in 1866. She married Binyomin Yosef Itzikovich (born ~1862 in Trashkun/Troskunai). Sheyna Rivka, Binyomin, and their daughter were killed in 1941, presumably at Pajuoste.
  PHOTO Sheyna-Rivka (Skudovich) Itzikovich
  DOCUMENT Sheyna-Rivka (Skudovich) Itzikovich internal passport application (1920)
• The two children of Sheyna Rivka Skudovich and Binyomin Itzikovich:

• Dov Ber Itzikovich, later Berel (Barnett) Ichikovich, was born in Trashkun/Troskunai in 1889. On 26 August 1919 in Ponevezh/Panevėžys he married Chane-Golda Yuzent of Trashkun, born ~1897, daughter of Zussman Leyb Yuzent and Sheyne Shapiro (both were born in 1868 and died in 1936). Dov Ber emigrated to Winburg, South Africa, in 1925, followed two years later by his wife and daughter. Chane-Golda died on 31 July 1974, and Dov Ber died on 30 September 1980, both in Germiston, Gauteng, South Africa.
  PHOTOS Dov Ber Ichikovich, his wife Chane-Golda, and their daughter Fanny
  DOCUMENT Barnett Ichikovich passport
• The only child of Dov Ber and Chana Golda (Yuzent) Itzikovitz/Ichikovich:
• Fanny (Feyga Masha Chaya) Ichikovich was born in Ponevezh/Panevėžys on 15 January 1922, and emigrated to South Africa in 1927. In Johannesburg, South Africa, she married Issy (Yisroel Eliyohu) Bolel, who was born in Rogeve (Raguva) in 1920, son of Chaim Leyb and Pesha. The Ichikovich and Bolel families had met during World War I, when both families had been expelled from Lithuania into the interior of Russia. Fanny and Issa had two sons. Issy died on 14 January 1990, and Fanny died on 31 December 1991, both in Johannesburg, South Africa.

• Vichna Itzikovich was born in Trashkun/Troskunai ~1900. On 15 August 1924, she married Eliash Shmit, born in Trashkun/Troskunai in 1895, son of Mendl and Sora Shmit. Vichna, Eliash, and their children were killed in the Holocaust in 1941.
  PHOTO Vichna at age 10 with aunt, uncle and cousins (1910)
• The two children of Vichna Itzikovich and Eliash Shmit:
• Feyga Shmit, born 7 October 1928 in Ponevezh/Panevezys; killed in the Holocaust in 1941.
• Reyna Shmit, born 19 April 1930 in Trashkun/Troskunai; killed in the Holocaust 1941.
• Menachem Mendel Skudovich (later Mendell Supovitz) was born in Trashkun/Troskunai in 1868. He married Etta (later Ethel) Ward, who was born in Lithuania on 10 October 1864.^[NOTE]Ethel's sister Flora Ward married Mendell's younger brother Hillel Wulf (Harry Supovitz). Mendell came to the US in 1899, stayed briefly, then returned to his family in Lithuania before permanently resettling in the US. In 1905, Etta/Ethel and their five Lithuanian-born children joined him in Auburn, Maine. A sixth child was born in the US. Mendell died on 24 September 1906 in Auburn, Maine. Ethel died in February 1965 in Massachusetts.
  NEWS CLIPPING Ethel Supovitz and the return of her nephews Myer and Abraham (originally published 1920)
  DOCUMENT Ethel Supovich's alien registration in Auburn, Maine (1940)
  PHOTO Ethel Supovitz with her daughter and son-in-law, Miriam and Louis Crystal
  PHOTO Ethel Supovitz with her granddaughter Marjorie and her great-grandchildren
  PHOTO Gravestone of Mendell and Ethel Supovitz
• The six children of Mendell Supovitz and Ethel Ward Skudovich:

• Miriam (Mera) Supovitz was born in ~1892 in Tavyan/Taujenai, Lithuania. She emigrated in 1905 to Auburn, Maine. On 13 April 1924 in Chicago, Illinois, she married Yosel Leyb Krisal (later [Joseph] Louis Crystal), who was born in September 1894 in Zager/Žagarė, Lithuania. Miriam was his second wife. (His first wife was Leah Oppenheim, born in Kalvarija, Lithuania, with whom he had one daughter.) Miriam and Louis settled in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Miriam died on 1 July 1953, and Louis died in November 1953, both in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
  PHOTO Miriam Supovitz Crystal portrait
  PHOTO Miriam Supovitz Crystal
  PHOTO Miriam Supovitz Crystal with her husband Louis and daughter Marjorie
  PHOTO Miriam Supovitz Crystal with her husband Louis and her mother Ethel (Ward) Supovitz
  PHOTO Gravestones of Miriam and Louis Crystal
• The child of Miriam Supovitz and Louis Crystal:
• Marjorie Crystal was born on 14 May 1927 in Kenosha, Wisconsin. She married Sam Scholar and they had two children. Marjorie died in California on 16 September 2006.
  PHOTO Marjorie Crystal with her parents Miriam and Louis Crystal
  PHOTO Marjorie Crystal Scholar with her children and her grandmother Ethel Ward Supovitz
• Bella Esther (Asna Beyla) Supovitz was born 14 July 1895 in Lithuania. In 1905, she emigrated to the US and settled in Auburn, Maine. On 26 August 1919 in Auburn, she married Joseph Philip (Yosef Fayvel) Lelansky (born 15 October 1891 in Lewiston, Maine). Joseph died in Lewiston, Maine, on 17 April 1953. Bella Esther died on 15 February 1980 in Poland Spring, Maine. The three children of Bella Esther Supovitz and Joseph Philip Lelansky:
• Edward Milton Lelansky (later Laine) was born 1 July 1920 in Auburn, Maine. On 2 September 1951 in Maine he married Renee I. Fogelsohn (born 26 August 1929 in New York, New York). They had one son. Renee died on 26 November 1999 in Lewiston, Maine. Edward died on 28 March 2010 in Auburn, Maine.
• Ruth Ann Lelansky was born 3 September 1936 in Lewiston, Maine. In May 1956 she married Elliott Seymore Kravetz (born 27 July 1928 in Chelsea, Massachusetts). They had five children. Elliott died on 16 April 1998 in West Palm Beach, Florida.
• Arnold George Lelansky was born 30 October 1923 in Auburn, Maine. He died on 24 April 1998 in Poland Spring, Maine.
• Mae (Mariasha) Supovitz was born in "Russia" in 1897. In 1905, she emigrated to the US and settled in Maine, later in Massachusetts. On 30 November 1920 in Auburn, Maine, she married Meyer Ruttenberg (born 23 January 1895 in Auburn, Maine). Mae died in April 1966, and Meyer died in ~1969. The three children of Mae Supovitz and Meyer Ruttenberg:
• Edward Oliver (Israel Aba) Ruttenberg was born 18 October 1921 in Maine. On 26 January 1946 in Massachusetts he married Agnes Bertha Shulman (born 2 December 1926). They had five children.
• Robert Barry Ruttenberg was born 21 December 1926 in Boston, Massachusetts. In Boston in 1952 he married Frances Marcia Cohen (born 7 December 1926 in Malden, Massachusetts; died 6 November 2002 in Sharon, Massachusetts). They had two children.
• Marilee Faith (Miriam) Ruttenberg was born in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1930. She died as a child in 1935 in Boston.
• Israel Abraham Supovitz was born 12 October 1898 in "Russia" and emigrated to the US in 1905. He died on 26 December 1918 in Auburn, Maine.
• Harold (Hillel) Wilfred Supovitz was born 6 November 1903 in Lithuania. In 1905 he emigrated to the US and settled first in Maine, later in Massachusetts. On 28 June 1925 in Maine, he married Mildred S. Werber (born 15 April 1901 in Lithuania). Harold died on 28 October 1974, and Mildred died on 28 August 1983, both in East Setauket, New York. The three children of Harold Supovitz and Mildred Werber:
• Stanley M. Supovitz was born 2 July 1926 in Maine. In 1957 he married Rosalyn Kaizer (born 20 March 1932). They had two children. Stanley died in December 2017.
• David Bernard Supovitz was born in Massachusetts on 31 January 1929. In ~1955 in New York he married Barbara Mona Rosing (born 11 May 1934). They had two children. David died on March 15, 2017.
• [son], still living
• Mildred (Mindel) Supovitz was born 19 March 1907 in Auburn, Maine. She died on 21 September 1987 in Poland Spring, Maine.
• Berel (Berko) Skudovich was born in 1869 in Shkumyan/Skiemonys, Lithuania. He married Sora Rivka Shevach (born ~1872 in Aniksht/Anyksciai). Sora Rivka died on 25 January 1938 in Aniksht. Berel died ~1941 in Lithuania. The four children of Berel Skudovich and Sora Rivka Shevach:
• Mariasha Skudovich was born ~1896 in Aniksht/Anyksciai. On 20 February 1931 in Aniksht/Anyksciai she married Wulf Zamelan (born in Kovno/Kaunas on 28 March 1907). Mariasha died in ~1941 in the Shoah.
• Moshe (Meyshe Binke) Skudowitz was born in 1897 in Aniksht/Anyksciai. On 20 October 1926 in Aniksht/Anyksciai he married Feyga Bulovkin (born 15 August 1902). Moshe died in 1942 in Moscow, Russia. Feyga died on 9 July 1969 in Vilna (Vilnius), Lithuania. The five children of Moshe Skudowitz and Feyga Bulovkin:
• Israel (Shrol) Skudowitz was born in 1928. He married Nadezhda Stepanova (born 1921 in Yegorlyk, Rostovskaya oblast, USSR). They had two children. Israel died on 25 May 1978 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, USSR.
• Judah Skudovitz was born in 1930 in Aniksht/Anyksciai. Before 1933, he died in Aniksht/Anyksciai as a young child.
• [Twins], names unknown, were born in Aniksht/Anyksciai in 1933.
• Chana Skudowitz was born 25 March 1937 in Vyatka (now Kirov), Russia. She married Benyamin Gamer, and they had one son. Chana died on 17 January 2015 in Vilna (Vilnius).
• Yudel (Yudke) Skudovich was born in 1901 in Shkumyan/Skiemonys. On 3 February 1928 in Aniksht/Anyksciai he married Tauba Berzon (born in Aniksht/Anyksciai in 1906). Yudel died on 12 February 1957, and Tauba died on 26 December 1981, both in Vilna/Vilnius. The three children of Yudel Skudovich and Tauba Berzon:
• Dobra Skudovich was born after 1928 and is now deceased.
• Lipman (Leybe) Skudovich (later Skudowitz) was born 5 May 1931. He married Margarita Borodianski (born 17 April in Ukraine). They had one son. Lipman died on 24 August 2007 in Beer Sheva, Israel.
• Riva Skudovich
• Aron Leybe Skudovich (later Louis Skudowitz) was born 29 June 1902 in Aniksht/Anyksciai. On 1 October 1928 in Trashkun/Troskunai he married Yokhved (later Jean) Copans (born 28 June 1907 in Aniksht/Anyksciai). The couple emigrated to Cape Town, South Africa, in 1929. Jean died on 18 May 1977, and Louis died on 8 November 1994, both in Johannesburg, South Africa. The five children of Louis Skudowitz and Jean Copans:
• Samuel Wolf Skudowitz was born 16 December 1928 in Aniksht/Anyksciai. He married Mollie Glass (born 11 July 1932), and they had four children. Samuel Wolf died in February 2011.
• Israel Skudovitz was born and died in 1933 in South Africa.
• Hannah (Chana) Skudowitz was born 27 June 1935 in South Africa. On 26 June 1956 she married Jerry Jersky (born 31 July 1933), and they had four children.
• Reuben Benjamin (Ben) Skudowitz was born 20 October 1942 in South Africa. He married Shelley Muskat (born 9 July 1951). They had three daughters.
• Shirley (Sara Riva) Skudowitz was born 6 August 1946 in South Africa. She married Maurice Eliakim (born 14 April 1944 in Cairo, Egypt. They had one son. Shirley died on 23 April 2011.
• Mortchel (Mottel) Skudovich (later Max Supovitz) was born in Trashkun/Troskunai in ~1872. In 1897 in Riga, Latvia, he married Malka Yochved (later Mollie) Hertzberg (born ~1873 in Lithuania). Max emigrated to the US in 1900 and settled in Auburn, Maine. His wife and children joined him in 1903. Mollie died on 8 June 1913 in Auburn, Maine. On 10 January 1915 in Boston, Massachusetts, Max married his second wife Gussie (Goldie Dina) Silverman (born 11 February 1872 in Odessa, Ukraine). Max died on 29 September 1936 in Lewiston, Maine. Gussie died on 11 July 1968 in Brighton, Massachusetts.
  PHOTO Gravestone of Max Supovitz
• The three children of Max Supovitz and his first wife, Mollie Hertzberg:
• Eve Supovitz (born Chava Skudovich) was born 20 June 1899 in "Russia." In 1903 she emigrated from Zager/Žagarė, Lithuania, and settled in Wisconsin. In July 1924 in Kenosha, Wisconsin, she married Samuel Max Lapp (born 3 August 1896 in Sevastopol, Russia). Samuel died on 5 March 1960 in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Eve died on 20 May 1999 in Washington DC. The two children of Eve Supovitz and Samuel Lapp:
• Marilyn Lapp was born 25 June 1925 in Wisconsin. She married Paul Emil Myerson (born 7 October 1922 in Chicago, Illinois). They had two daughters. Paul died in February 2005.
• Richard Morton Lapp was born 26 March 1931 in Kenosha, Wisconsin. He married Susan L. Schmalhausen (born 17 February 1935 in Chicago, Illinois). They had two daughters. Richard died on 2 February 1979 in Chicago, Illinois.
• Bertha Supovitz (born Beyla Skudovich) was born 24 December 1899 in "Russia." In 1903 she emigrated from Zagar/Žagarė, Lithuania, and settled in Wisconsin. On 15 May 1941 in Cook County, Illinois, she married Hy Oscar (Yechazkel Chaim) Kast (born 15 December 1903 in Novograd Volynskiy, Russia). Hy died ln 29 April 1973 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Bertha died on 10 November 1986 in Bexley, Ohio. The child of Bertha Supovitz and Hy Oscar Kast:
• Suzanne M. (Suzi) Kast was born 29 September 1945. She married Lawrence P. Heiny (born 24 April 1945) and they had three children.
• Natalie (Nettie) Supovitz was born 13 February 1907 in Lewiston, Maine. On 17 June 1934 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, she married Benjamin Abromson (born 4 June 1907 in Lewiston, Maine). Natalie died on 12 October 1992 in Florida. Benjamin died on 29 March 1997 in West Palm Beach, Florida. The child of Natalie Supovitz and Benjamin Abromson:
• Michael Abromson was born 29 August 1939 in Lewiston, Maine. He married Judith S. Williams (born 15 October 1941 in Chicago, Illinois), and they had two sons. Michael died on 22 November 1993 in Lewiston, Maine.
• The two children of Max Supovitz and his second wife, Gussie Silverman:
• Marion Harris was born 17 October 1910 in Boston, Massachusetts. In ~1934 she married Louis I. Fishman (born 6 March 1910 in Boston, died on 17 March 1970 in Boston). Marion's second husband was Saul J. (Shlioma Yehuda) Copellman (born 23 August 1901 in Boston, Massachusetts, died 11 November 1992 in Palm Beach County, Florida). Marion died in Needham, Massachusetts, on 6 November 2017. The three children of Marion Harris and Louis Fishman:
• Carole Mae Fishman was born 1 July 1937 in Massachusetts. In ~1957 in Brookline, Massachusetts, she married Stanley Miller. Sometime before 1964 she married David Shander (born 22 July 1935 in Brooklyn, New York). They had three children.
• Jane Paula Fishman was born 11 May 1939 in Boston, Massachusetts. In 1960 she married Allan Z. Gilbert. They had one son.
• Alan Mark Fishman was born 17 June 1942. In 1966 in Brookline, Massachusetts, he married Roberta Brown (born 8 February 1945). They had four children. Sometime after 1971 Alan married Joanne Wheeler.
• Manuel (Manny) Abraham Supovitz (later Manning) was born 8 November 1918 in Lewiston, Maine. On 10 April 1946 in Kenosha, Wisconsin, he married Gloria Mullen (born 21 August 1922 in Kenosha, Wisconsin). Manuel died on 14 December 1982 in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Gloria died on 5 June 2012 in Culver City, California. The three children of Manual Abraham Manning and Gloria Mullen:
• Rhoda Sue Manning was born 22 December 1950 in Kenosha, Wisconsin. On 5 September 1982 in Kenosha she married Michael Harold Pinchak (born 9 June 1951). They had three children.
• Linda Mae Manning was born 21 March 1954 in Kenosha, Wisconsin. On 24 July 1983 in Westwood, California, she married Paul R. Katona (born 17 February 1949). They had one son.
• Sandra Kay Manning was born 15 August 1960 in Kenosha, Wisconsin. On 23 July 1994 she married Daniel Jay Levy (born 25 November 1958 in Los Angeles County, California). They had two daughters. Daniel died on 18 August 2017 in Long Beach, California.
• Hillel Wulf Skudovich (later Harry Supovitz) was born in Trashkun/Troskunai in 1874. In Lithuania he married Fruma Beyla (later Flora) Ward (born ~1875 in Lithuania). Flora was a sister of Ethel Ward, who married Harry's older brother Mendell. Harry and Flora emigrated to the US in 1899 and settled in Lewiston, Maine. Harry Supovitz died on 14 May 1902 in Lewiston, Maine. Flora then took her children back to Lithuania and remarried, but the boys later returned to the US on their own (read account). Flora died in Lithuania. The two children of Harry Supovitz and Flora Ward:
• Myer Supovitz was born 10 October 1899 in Lewiston, Maine. He died 26 November 1944 in Boston, Massachusetts.
• Abraham (Abe) Supovitz was born 1 August 1901 in Lewiston, Maine. Sometime after 1940 he married Edvia Malloy (born 2 June 1910 in Maine). Abraham died on 21 February 1976 in Miami, Florida. Edvia died on 26 December 1978 in Caribou, Maine.
• NEWS CLIPPING Myer and Abraham Supovitz' return to the US (originally published 1920)

VI.  Itsyk Skudovich was born ~1828 in Rogeve/Raguva and died sometime after 1912. His wife's name is unknown.

• The four known children of Itsyk Skudovich:
• Berel (Dov Moshe) Skudovich was born in Rogeve/Raguva in ~1848. He married Sheyna Rochel Kupowitz (born in Raguva in 1852) and took his wife's name. Berel died on 11 August 1898, and Sheyna Rochel died on 9 August 1927, both in Ponevezh/Panevezys. The nine children of Berel Skudovich and Sheyna Rochel Kupowitz:
• Yosel (later Joseph) Kupowitz was born in Ponevezh/Panevezys on 23 October 1874. In Ponevezh on 9 January 1899 he married Hinda (later Helen) Rosenberg, who was born in Subotsh/Subacius, Lithuania, in ~1878. They and all their children emigrated to South Africa. The six children of Yosel Skudovich and Hinda Rosenberg:
• Bertha (born Brokha) Kupowitz was born 22 February 1900 in Ponevezh/Panevezys. She married Louis Gafanovich/Gafenowitz (born ~1904), and they had one son. Louis died on 26 April 1969, and Bertha died on 26 June 1979, both in South Africa.
• Ethel Lily (born Eta Leyta) Kupowitz was born 21 June 1901 in Ponevezh. She married Max Levy. Ethel died in South Africa on 5 April 1975. Max died in Cape Province, South Africa, on 5 April 1980.
• Boris Kuper (born Berel Kupowitz) was born 19 September 1902 in Ponevezh. He married Elsa Strauss (born ~1914), and they had one son. Elsa died on 26 January 1965, and Boris died on 13 June 1977, both in South Africa.
• Maurice Hirshel Kuper (born Moshe Hesel Kupowitz) was born 21 October 1904 in Ponevezh. On 17 March 1940 in South Africa he married Sheila Tzippa Nathanson (born 22 June 1912 in Johannesburg, South Africa). They had two children. Maurice died on 29 June 1965, and Sheila died on 20 October 1993, both in Johannesburg, South Africa.
• Mendel Cooper (born Kupowitz) was born 3 August 1906 in Ponevezh. He married Doreen Melcher and they had three children.
• Ellis Cooper (born Ilya Kupowitz) was born 5 January 1910 in Ponevezh. His first wife was Vera Sands. He second wife was Evelyn Hirschowitz (born 1923, died 29 May 1979. His third wife was Mary Luszczycka Winderbaum.
• Shraga Fayvish (later Philip) Kupowitz was born 23 February 1876 in Ponevezh/Panevezys. On 30 August 1911 in Piquetberg/Picketberg, South Africa, he married Anne Sarah Klein (born ~1886). Philip died on 24 November 1946, and Anne died on 7 October 1972, both in South Africa. The five children of Philip Kupowitz and Anne Klein:
• Betty Kupowitz was born in 1914 in Piand died on 9 December 2000 in South Africa.
• Ettie Kupowitz was born before 1917 in Piketberg, South Africa. She married Hymie Orolowitz (born 2 May 1913 in Lithuania), and they had four children. Hymie died on 23 January 1994, and Ettie died in June 2003.
• Doreen (Dora) Kupowitz was born in Picketberg, South Africa, on 29 January 1917. On 11 August 1946 she married Isaac (Issy) Gidish, who was born in Lithuania on 29 October 1912. They had three sons. Isaac died on 24 December 1991 in South Africa. Doreen died on 19 July 2011 in Johannesburg, South Africa.
• Becky (Bucka) Kupowitz was born in ~1918. She married Jack Janks and they had three children.
• Molly Kupowitz was born 21 December 1919 in Cape Town, South Africa. On 22 August 1943 in Cairo, Egypt, she married Fredrick Arnold Sonnenberg (born 19 November 1917 in New York, New York). They had two children. Frederick died on 26 January 2009 in Thousand Oaks, California. Molly died in 2013.
• Ita Feyga (later Fanny) Kupowitz was born 15 May 1878 in Ponevezh/Panevezys. On 17 November 1902 in Ponevezh she married Isaac (Ike) Jaffe (born ~1875 in Kupeshok/Kupiskis, Lithuania). Isaac died in the Bronx, New York, on 21 September 1952. Fanny died in New York on 3 December 1976. The two children of Fanny Kupowitz and Isaac Jaffe:
• Bernard (Bennie) Jaffe was born in "Russia" on 13 October 1903. In New York, New York, on 4 June 1927 he married Rae (Rachel) Kaufman, who was born in New York City on 11 April 1901. They had two daughters. Bernard died in Long Beach, New York, in June 1973. Rae died in Pompano Beach, Florida, on 18 June 1997.
• Minna Jaffe married Norman. Minna died in 2001.
• Itsyk Leyzer Kupowitz was born 5 June 1880 in Ponevezh/Panevezys. He died in Ponevezh on 15 May 1881, before his first birthday.
• Itzyk Kupowitz was born 12 March 1882 in Ponevezh. He died in Ponevezh as a young child on 16 March 1884.
• Tzipa Kupowitz was born in 1883, and died as a child on 26 July 1889 in Ponevezh.
• [son] Kupowitz was born 1889, and died as an infant on 20 April 1889 in Ponevezh.
• Hirsh Leybe (Harry) Kupowitz was born ~1892 in Lithuania. He married Channah (Anne). Harry died on 23 October 1963, and Anne died on 25 June 1986, both in South Africa. The two children of Harry and Anne Kupowitz:
• Ruby Kupowitz was born in East London, South Africa, on 27 April 1922. On 25 March 1951 in Durban, South Africa, she married Bernard Gregory Schwartz (born 21 September 1920 in Cape Town, South Africa). They had three children. Ruby is deceased.
• Barney Symon (Dov Shimon) Kupowitz was born 23 May 1929 in Kroonstad, Orange Free State, South Africa. In Port Elizabeth, South Africa, on 27 January 1960 he married Anita Bertha Henen (born in Port Elizabeth on 24 March 1938). They had three children.
• Benny (Beynish) Kupowitz was born in Ponevezh/Panevezys on 16 March 1893. The name of his wife is unknown. The son of Benny Kupowitz:
• Felix Kupowitz
• Zisla Skudovich, born 1873.
• Gupla Skudovich, born 1875.
• Lota Skudovich, born 1881.

VII.  Fayvish Shraga Skudovich was born in Rogeve/Raguva in 1830. The name of his first wife is unknown. His second wife was Chaya Liba (born 1840). Fayvish is mentioned in an account of the 1915 pogrom in Trashkun. He died sometime after 1915.

• The eight children of Fayvish Shraga Skudovich and Chaya Liba:
• Avraham Hirsh Skudovich (later Harry Scott) was born in Trashkun/Troskunai on 10 January 1860. In ~1886 he married Lesa Yenta (later Lucy Elizabeth) Fingerhut), who was born ~1861 in Krustpils, Latvia. He and his wife left Latvia and arrived in Boston, Massachussetts, in 1907. Lucy Elizabeth died on 28 November 1941 in West Roxbury, Massachusetts. Harry died on 9 February 1942 in Boston, Massachusetts. The four children of Harry Scott and Lucy Elizabeth Fingerhut:
• David Julius Scott (born Leyb Yehuda Skudovich) was born in Trashkun/Troskunai on 27 October 1887. In 1905 he sailed from London to Boston, Massachusetts. On 30 November 1916 in Boston, he married Henrietta (Chiennah Ettel) Stone (born in Russia ~1889). David died in Boston on 22 December 1949. Henrietta died on 1 June 1958 in the USA. The two children of David and Henrietta Scott:
• Herbert Frances (Chaim Shraga) Scott was born in Winthrop, Massachusetts, on 14 December 1919. On 7 September 1947 in Brookline, Massachusetts, he married Ruth Estelle Silberman (born 18 August 1924 in Chelsea, Massachusetts), and they had two sons. Herbert died in Canton, Massachusetts on 2 November 1986.
• Helen Frances (Chana Fruma) Scott was born in Winthrop, Massachusetts, on 28 October 1929. She married Ruben (Reuven) Morrison (born 15 July 1927 in New York City), and they had three children. Ruben died on 7 June 1999, and Helen died on 11 September 1999, both in Brookline, Massachusetts.
• Israel Scott (born Skudovich) was born in Trashkun/Troskunai on 15 March 1889. He married Ruth (Rachel) Latt or Ginsberg (born ~1892 in Latvia). Ruth died in Boston, Massachusetts, on 24 August 1957. Israel died in Waltham, Massachusetts, on 18 October 1970. The child of Israel Scott and Ruth Latt or Ginsberg:
• Naomi Florence Scott was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on 16 February 1924. In New York, New York, in 1970 she married Eugene (Gene) Pfeiffer, who was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania, on 15 October 1918. They had one son. Eugene died in Monroe, New York, on 2 September 1978. Naomi died in Amherst, Massachusetts, on 14 February 2017.
• Alexander Scott (born Eliyahu Skudovich) was born in Krustpils, Latvia, on 15 March 1891. On 8 March 1917 in Boston, Massachusetts, he married Annie (Chana) L. Morin (born in Latvia on 11 October 1894). Alexander died in the USA on 19 December 1942, and Annie died in Los Angeles, California, on 4 May 1965. The child of Alexander Scott and Annie Morin:
• Henry Louis Scott was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on 9 January 1919. In California on 18 January 1944 he married Ethel Sperer, who was born 21 April 1921 in Cleveland, Ohio. They had two children. Henry died on 5 January 1998 in Beverly Hills, California. Ethel died on 17 November 2006 in Los Angeles, California.
• Rocha Skudovich (later Rose L. Scott) was born in Riga, Latvia, on 20 February 1893. in Boston, Massachusetts, on 22 July 1913 she married Israel Itzik Oppenheim (born 13 September 1885 in Dvinsk, Latvia). Rose died on 6 December 1978, and Israel died on 5 September 1982, both in Belmont, Massachusetts. The son of Rose Scott and Israel Oppenheim:
• David Julius Oppenheim was born in Boston, Massachusetts on 8 May 1918. In 1942 he married Miriam (Malka) Morrison (born 10 July 1920 in Boston, Massachusetts). They had one son. David died on 2 August 1975, and Miriam died on 25 October 1997, both in Belmont, Massachusetts.
• Bentzel Skudovich was born in Trashkun/Troskunai in 1868. His first wife was Musha Riva Tzivian (born in 1883, died in 1902 in Nevel, Belarus). On 22 February 1930 in Vitebsk, Belarus, Bentzel married his second wife, Hena (born in 1879). The three children of Bentzel Skudovich and Musha Riva Tzivian:
• Rafael Noah Skudovich, born 9 April 1894 in Daugavpils, Dvinsk, Latvia.
• Chana Rochel Skudovich, born in 1896 in Trashkun/Troskunai, Lithuania.
• Aron Skudovich, born in 1899 in Daugavpils, Dvinsk, Latvia.
• Berel (Berko) Skudovich was born in Trashkun/Troskunai in 1871. He married Kunes Kupa Brin (born in Ponevezh/Panevezys in 1871). The six children of Berel Skudovich and Kunes Brin:
• Tsalel Bine Skudovich was born ~1894 in Trashkun/Troskunai. On 2 May 1926 in Kovno (Kaunas) he married Chaya Dveyra Reznik (born ~1894 in Lithuania). The child of Tzalel Bine Skudovich and Chaya Dveyra Reznik:
• Beyla Skudovich was born in Lithuania in 1928, and died as a child in Kovno/Kaunas on 9 November 1934.
• Rocha Leah Skudovich was born in Trashkun/Troskunai in 1897. On 23 March 1923 in Kovno/Kaunas, she married Isak Kvietinsky (born in 1895 in Vilkovishok/ Vilkaviškis, Lithuania).
• Yudel Skudovich was born in 1903 in Verbelov/Virbalis, Lithuania. In 1938 in Kupeshok/Kupiškis he married Pessa Chana Tzigan (born in 1912). They lived in Ponevezh/Panevezys at the outbreak of World War II. Yudel, Pessa Chana, and their baby were all killed in the Shoah in 1941, presumably at Payost/Pajuoste near Ponevezh. The son of Yudel Skudovich and Pessa Chana Tzigan:
• Shmuel Skudovich was born in Ponevezh/Panevezys on 22 February 1940. He was killed in the Shoah with his parents in 1941 before reaching the age of two.
• Feiga Sara Skudovich was born in 1905 in Verbelov/Virbalis, Lithuania. On 17 August 1930 in Kovno/Kaunas she married Benjamin Shal (born in 1905 in Haydútsetshik/Adutiškis, Lithuania).
• Masha Skudovich was born in 1907 in Verbelov/Virbalis, Lithuania. On 25 May 1933 in Kovno/Kaunas, she married Yosel Khasman (born 1907 in Verbelov/Virbalis, Lithuania).
• Chaya Liba Skudovich was born in 1908 in Verbelov/Virbalis, Lithuania. On 27 November 1935 in Kovno/Kaunas, she married Yakov (Yankel) Matz (born 1916 in Utyan/Utena, Lithuania). Yakov died in Frunze, Kyrgyzstan, on 25 April 1977. The son of Chaya Liba Skudovich and Yakov Matz:
• Efim Matz was born 2 November 1942 in Vilna/Vilnius. His first wife was Galina Blinder (born 4 February 1944 in Komsomiosk-on-Amur, Russia), with whom he had one son. His second wife was Laura Gainariu, with whom he had one daughter.
• Kuna Rocha Skudovich was born in Trashkun/Troskunai in 1871. She married but her husband's name is not known.
• Sarah (Sora Zisla) Skudovich was born in Trashkun/Troskunai in ~1876. She married Morris (Moshe) Kozhenetz (later Cousins), who was born in 1871 in Lithuania. They emigrated to the US in 1905 and settled in Toledo, Ohio. Morris died in 1950, and Sarah died on 6 July 1967, both in Toledo, Ohio.
  PHOTO Gravestone of Sarah (Skudovich) Cousins
• The four children of Sarah Skudovich and Morris Kozhenetz (later Cousins):
• Mary Cousins (born Rachel Malka Kozhenetz) . . .
• Florence (Sheina Feiga) Cousins . . .See details of Cousins family on Kozhenetz family page.
• Harry (Chaim Hershel) Cousins . . .
• Lillian Irene (Chaya Leah) Cousins . . .
• Shimel Skudovich was born in Trashkun/Troskunai in 1882. He died as a young child in Trashkun on 24 August 1883.
• Rivka Skudovich was born ~1885.
• Mendel Skudovich was born in Trashkun/Troskunai in 1889. He married Kisa Sterna (born in 1883). The child of Mendel Skudovich and Kisa Sterna:
• Chaya Liba Skudovich was born in Nevel, Belarus, on 24 September 1906.

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