Waldman family

alternate spelling: Valdman

Leyb (Yudel Leyb) Waldman was born in Rogeve (Raguva) in 1808 to Nosel Waldman, the family's patriarch.  In ~1829 Leyb married Sora Rocha Skudovich, who was born ~1812, likely in Raguva. Sora Rocha died in Troskunai before 1882. Leyb died in Troskunai in 1900. They had four known children who settled in Troskunai, and one who settled in nearby Anyksciai.

The five known children of Leyb Waldman and Sora Rocha Skudovich:

I.  Leyzer (Eliezer) Waldman was born in Troskunai in 1830. He married Feyga, who was born in 1833 and died before 1900. "Feter Leyzer" (Uncle Leyzer), as he was known to the family, kept all of his money in a money belt and, according to family lore, "lived out in the woods and where he was presumably killed by either wolves or thieves [highwaymen] at some point in the early 1900's." Leyzer died in Troskunai in 1900.

The five children of Leyzer Waldman and Feyga:

• Zelman Moshe Waldman was born in Troskunai in 1863. He married Dobra, who was born in Lithuania in 1864. Dobra died ~1917, and Zelman Moshe died in 1934, both in 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. Zelman is mentioned in an account of the 1915 pogrom in Troskunai.
  PORTRAIT Zelman Moshe Waldman
• The five children of Zelman Moshe and Dobra Waldman:
• Joseph (Yosel Ber) Waldman was born in Troskunai on 15 January 1880. On 12 September 1902 in Anykščiai (Aniksht) he married Rose (Dveyra Rochel) Lesowitz, who was born in Subačius (Subotch) on 2 June 1885. Joseph emigrated in 1900 and settled in Cleveland, Ohio. Rose joined him in 1904, and they had four children. Joseph died on 12 May 1944, and Rose died on 1 August 1975, both in Cleveland, Ohio. The four children of Joseph Waldman and Rose Lesowitz:
• Sarah (Sora Taube) Waldman was born in Troskunai on 1882. She left Troskunai in 1905 and immigrated to the US, settling in Cleveland, Ohio. Sarah married a Cohen, and she died on 11 March 1973 in Cleveland.
• David Waldman was born in Troskunai on 24 March 1883. Around 1902 he married Sarah (Sore Rivka) Kravitz, who was born ~1883, likely in Kavarskas, Lithuania. They emigrated in 1903 and settled in Cleveland, Ohio. They had three children. Sarah died on 18 April 1960, and David died on 7 September 1960, both in in Cleveland, Ohio.
• Isadore (Israel Rachmiel) Waldman was born in Troskunai in 1887. He emigrated between 1909 and 1910, and settled in Toledo, Ohio. On 20 December 1917 in Lucas Country, Ohio, he married Esther Leah Levine, who was born 18 December 1898 in the Suwalki region of Lithuania. They had five children. Isadore died on 16 June 1962 in Toledo, Ohio. Esther died on 11 October 1977 in Detroit, Michigan.
• Yudit Waldman was born in Troskunai in 1899. She married Abram Likhter, who was born in Poland in 1890. They had five children. Yudit died in Vilnius on 16 December 1967. Her husband Abram died in Penza, Russia, on 12 August 1975.
• Reva (Rivka) Waldman was born ~1872 in Troskunai. In 1896 she married Yeshua Henoch Levin (later Henry S. Levey, who was born ~1870 in Russia. The couple emigrated in 1905 and settled in Toledo, Ohio. Henry died on 25 July 1944, and Reva died on 12 March 1961, both in Toledo.
• The six children of Reva Waldman and Henry Levey:
• Nathan Cyril (Nochum Zisl) Levey was born in England on 25 December 1897. On 18 December 1933 in Allen County, Indiana, he married Hilda Moyer, who was born in "Russia" on 24 March 1905. They had one child, a daughter. Nathan died on 13 June 1976 in Toledo, Ohio.
• Philip J. Levey was born in Ohio on 14 September 1899. In ~1926 he married Oline Eldridge, who was born on 18 October 1900 in Kentucky, and died on 9 February 1984 in Sylvania, Ohio. Philip died on 20 December 1985 in Toledo, Ohio.
• Louis E. (Aryah Leib) Levey was born ~1902 in Cleveland, Ohio. He married Doris (Dora) B. Roberts, who was born 29 August 1900 in Grand Rapids, Ohio. Doris died on 24 April 1941, and Louis died on 26 July 1953, both in Chicago, Illinois.
• Rose (Rachel) Levey was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on 20 August 1903. In Lucas County, Ohio, on 31 August 1924 she married Max Coen, who was born in Poland in ~1903, and they had one son. On 14 July 1940, in Sandusky, Ohio, Rose married her second husband, Max Joseph Abrams, who was born 12 April 1891 in Boston, Massachusetts. They also had one son. Rose died on 16 June 1966, and Max died on 2 June 1975, both in Toledo, Ohio.
• Maurice M. Levey was born 7 October 1905 in Cleveland, Ohio. On 22 August 1952 in Lucas County, Ohio, he married Sylvia E. Paul (born 16 June 1911 in Dayton, Ohio; died 6 July 1999). Sometime after 1952, Maurice married his second wife, Florence. He later married Eleanor M. Friedlander (born 19 December 1910 in Ohio, died 2 April 1984 in Perrysburg, Ohio). On 14 June 1986 in Lucas County, Ohio, he married Elaine B. Karp (born 3 November 1933 in Ohio). Maurice died on 8 September 1996 in Perrysburg, Ohio.
• Ethel Yetta (Esther) Levey was born 15 December 1906 in Cleveland, Ohio. On 2 September 1928 in Toledo, Ohio, she married Morris Bernard (Moshe Berel) Altman, who was born 16 November 1906 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. They had four children. Morris died on 11 November 1981 in Dade County, Florida. Ethel died on 7 December 1994 in Southfield, Michigan.
• Bernard (Yehoshua Dov) Waldman was born in Troskunai on 5 May 1873. He married Lena (Lieba) Oppenheim, who was born ~1875 in Konigsberg [Kaliningrad]. They emigrated in 1899 to Port Elizabeth, South Africa. Lena died on 25 November 1939 in Somerset East, South Africa. Bernard died on 14 August 1961 in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
• The five children of Bernard Waldman and Lena Oppenheim:
• Yosel Boruch Waldman was born in Troskunai on 6 June 1898, and died in Lithuania as a young child sometime before 1900.
• Fannie (Feiga) Waldman was born 1 December 1899 in Vištytis, Lithuania. On 1 July 1931 in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, she married Joshua (Joe) Aaronowitch Tarlie, who was born 14 June 1903 in Cape Town. They had three children. Joshua died 24 June 1976 in Port Elizabeth, and Fannie died 28 October 1990, both in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
• Lewis (Yehuda Leib) Waldman was born on 3 March 1905 in Somerset East, South Africa. He married Ruth Doris (Rebecca) Cohen, who was born in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, on 21 May 1912. Lewis died on 5 December 1949, and Rebecca died on 18 June 1973, both in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
• Isaac (Itzky) Waldman was born on 2 March 1906 in Somerset East, South Africa, and died on 28 December 1986 in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
• Ida Waldman was born in Somerset East, South Africa, on 18 January 1909. She died in Queenstown, South Africa, at one year of age, on 24 January 1910.
• Alex (Eliyahu Shimshon) Waldman was born in Troskunai in ~1878. He emigrated in 1900 and settled in Toledo, Ohio. On 31 January 1904 in Cleveland, Ohio, he married Martha (Masha) Kander, who was born in Lithuania in ~1880. Alexander died on 8 February 1945, and Martha died on 14 July 1963, both in Toledo, Ohio.
• The three children of Alexander Waldman and Martha Kander:
• Florence (Feiga Tsipora) Waldman was born in Ohio on 2 April 1906, and died in Toledo, Ohio, on 16 May 1980.
• Milton Louis (Mordecai Leib) Waldman was born on 10 June 1907 in Bowling Green, Ohio. On 3 April 1947 in Detroit, Michigan, he married Ann Adeline Davis, who was born in Detroit, Michigan, on 20 October 1919. They had one daughter. Milton died on 23 February 1966, and Ann died on 11 January 2000, both in Toledo, Ohio.
• Edward B. Waldman was born 22 February 1911 in Ohio, and died 12 April 2008 in Pompano Beach, Florida.

II.  Nosel (Nisan) Waldman, later Nathan Waldman, was born in Troskunai or Raguva in 1832. In ~1868 he married Ita Ras (Edith Ross), who was born in 1833 in Pušalotas (Pushalat) In ~1875 he married his second wife, Etta Labo, who was born in 1844, likely in Raguva. According to their granddaughter, Nathan mostly studied the Torah and Talmud while Etta (Labo), was the 'breadwinner'.  Etta was an herbalist and would collect herbs from the forest to create medicinal blends which she would then trade with the non-Jews of Troskunai for their eggs, milk, etc. Etta died in Troskunai on 23 October 1900. In 1903 Nathan married his third wife, Basia Nema (Bessie) Mesco, who was born in Kavarskas in November 1864. Nathan and Bessie emigrated in 1906 and settled in New York City, where Nathan died on 29 February 1908.  Bessie died in Brooklyn, New York, on 19 November 1927.
PHOTO Nosel (Nathan) Waldman

• The two children of Nathan Waldman and his first wife, Ita Ross:
  (see below for the children of Nathan Waldman and his second wife, Etta Labo)
• Chana Waldman was born in Troskunai in 1869.
• Samuel (Shlioma Zev) Waldman was born ~1870 in Kaunas gubernia, Lithuania. He married Mary (Mirka/Miral) Shevtsovich, who was born ~1869, likely in Troskunai. Mary died in Queens, New York, on 6 November 1962. Samuel died in New York City on 23 November 1936.
• The five children of Samuel Waldman and Mary Shevtsovich (see more details on the Shevtsovich family page):
• Hyman (Chaim Itsik) Waldman was born 4 May 1891 in Troskunai. He emigrated in 1908 and settled in New York City. On 31 October 1915 in New York he married Helen (Naja Necha) Ringer, who was born ~1890 in Vilnius. They had three children. Hyman died on 5 February 1950 in Brooklyn, New York. Helen died on 2 February 1992 in Bronx, New York.
• Isidore "Izzy" (Eisig) Waldman was born 24 May 1896 in Troskunai. He emigrated in 1912 and settled in New York City. On 15 March 1919 in New York he married Ida (Chaya) Tannenbaum, who was born 15 March 1897 in Nemirov, Ukraine. They had three children. Ida died on 19 October 1971, and Hyman died 22 September 1992, both in Miami, Florida.
• Sadie (Sheina Rivka) Waldman was born 2 July 1899 in Troskunai. She emigrated in 1914 and settled in New York City. On 7 December 1919 in New York she married Irving "Izzy" (Yitzhak) J. Dembowitz, who was born in New York on 2 August 1898. They had four children. Irving died in New York on 18 May 1959. Sadie died on 28 January 1994 in Commack, New York.
• Oscar (Chatzkal) M. Waldman was born ~1902 in Troskunai. He emigrated in 1914 and settled in New York City. On 1 December 1923 in New York he married Ida T. Wohl, who was born in New York in ~1906. They had two children. Oscar died on 18 April 1938 in Brooklyn, New York. Ida died in New York City.
• Lena (Leah Chiene) Waldman was born 13 March 1903 in Troskunai. She emigrated in 1914 and settled in New York City. On 28 July 1923 in New York she married Harry (Chaim) Gard, who was born 8 November 1900 in Mielnik, Bielsk, Poland. They had two children. Lena died on 14 March 1968 in Dade County, Florida. Harry died on 4 July 1971 in New York.

The five children of Nathan Waldman and his second wife, Etta Labo:
(see above for the children of Nathan Waldman and his first wife, Ita Ross)

• Jennie (Zelda) Waldman was born ~1879 in Troskunai. She emigrated in 1897 and settled in New York City. On 15 February 1898 in New York she married Morris (Moshe) Levine, who was born 8 November 1873 in Kaunas Gubernia, Lithuania. Jennie died in New York on 2 September 1928. Morris died sometime before 1951.
  PHOTO Jennie Waldman and Morris Levine, wedding photo (1898)
• The nine children of Jennie Waldman and Morris Levine:
• Fannie Levin was born in New York in October 1898. She died in childhood between 1900 and 1905 in New York.
• Benjamin (Benny, Bersek) Levine was born in New York on 18 January 1899. On 28 October 1926 in New York, he married Shirley (Sarah) Bankowsky, who was born 10 July 1906 in New York. They had three children. Shirley died on 8 July 1962. In 1964 in Brooklyn, New York, Benjamin married Hannah (Hinda) Weintraub, who was born 24 July 1903 in New York. Hannah died in Brooklyn, New York, on 26 May 1994. Benjamin died in Florida on 20 January 1965.
• Etta (Ettie) Levine was born in New York on 9 February 1901. On 31 December 1925 in New York she married Samuel (Sam) Herman Rosenthal, who was born 23 May 1896 in Szerencs, Hungary. They had two children. Sam died on 3 April 1960. Etta died in Hollywood, California, on 9 April 2002.
• Jack (Yankel) H. Levin was born in New York on 13 January 1904. On 29 January 1928 in New York he married Ethel Binder, who was born in Austria in ~1906. They had one son. In 1943, Jack married Roni (Rachel) Mehlman, who was born 10 July 1909 in New York. They had two children. Jack died 17 March 1973 in Irvington, New Jersey. Roni died 4 December 1985 in Newton, Massachusetts.
• Julius (Yudel Leyb) Levine was born in New York on 5 March 1906. On 4 March 1934 in New York he married Esther Schmell, who was born in Russia in ~1906. They had two daughters. Julius died in New York on 7 January 1939.
• Nathan Levine was born in New York on 1 October 1908, and died in New York as young child on 20 April 1910.
• Rose (Rochel) Levine was born in New York on 9 May 1911. In 1941 in the Bronx, New York, she married Morris Bernstein, who was born 10 August 1885 in Idessa, Ukraine. In New York in 1963, Rose married Stanley W. Hirschhorn, who was born in Brooklyn, New York, on 7 December 1914. Rose died on 2 November 2002 in the Bronx, New York.
• Lillian "Lillie" (Chana Leah) Levine was born in New York on 12 February 1914, and died in the Bronx, New York, on 15 December 2004.
• Bernie (Shimon) Levine was born in New York on 11 January 1918. On 7 August 1937 in Brooklyn, New York, he married Blanche Joslowitz, who was born in New York on 2 April 1920. Bernie died on 8 August 2009, and Blanche died on 26 May 2012, both in Florida.

• Celia (Tsirel) Waldman was born ~1882 in Troskunai. She emigrated in 1897 and settled in New York City. In New York on 10 April 1902 she married Sholom Chertes (later Charles Levine), who was born ~1881 in St. Petersburg, Russia. Charles died 9 February 1910 in New York. Celia died on 13 September 1962 in Brooklyn, New York.
  PHOTO Celia Waldman and Charles Levine, wedding photo (1902)
  PHOTO Celia Waldman Levine with Sadie Waldman Lesowitz and Ike Lesowitz (1940s)
• The two children of Celia Waldman and Charles Levine:
• Alexander (Elia) Levine was born in New York on 30 January 1903. On 27 November 1930 in Brooklyn, New York, he married Ethel Dorothy (Yetta) Cantor, who was born in New York on 28 October 1907. They had one son. Alexander died on 5 June 1969 in Miami Beach, Florida. Ethel died on 6 March 1985 in Hollywood, Florida.
  PHOTO Alexander Levine at his Bar-Mitzvah (1916)
• Julius (Yudel) Levine was born in New York on 12 August 1905. In Brooklyn, New York, on 13 June 1937, he married Ruth (Chaya) Kapner, who was born in New York on 12 January 1913. Julius died on 15 December 1985 on Long Island, New York. Ruth died on 21 February 2000 in West Palm Beach, Florida
• Harry (Aron Mendel) Waldman was born in Troskunai on 13 November 1884. He immigrated to the US in 1902, settling first in New York City, then in Passaic, New Jersey. On 7 June 1914 in Passaic County, New Jersey, he married Fannie Taylor, who was born 2 February 1894 in Whitechapel, London, England. On 12 February 1925 in New York, Harry married his second wife Sonia Landow, who was born in ~1892 in Kaunas, Lithuania. Harry died on 11 July 1933 in Pinconning, Bay County, Michigan. Sonia also died in Pinconning, date unknown.
  PHOTO Harry Waldman and Sadie Waldman (1900s)

• Sadie (Sheina) Waldman was born in Troskunai on 8 July 1885. She emigrated in 1901 and settled in New York City, where on 11 January 1914 she married Isaac (Ike) Lesowitz, who was born on 15 January 1887 in Panevezys (Ponevezh), Lithuania. Sadie died on 20 November 1970, and Ike died on 27 November 1972, both in Brooklyn, New York.
  PHOTO Sadie Waldman and Ike Lesowitz (1910s)
  PHOTO Sadie Waldman Lesowitz, Ike Lesowitz, and Celia Waldman Levine (1940s)
• The four children of Sadie Waldman and Ike Lesowitz:
• Nathan Lesowitz was born in New York on 11 December 1914, and died the next day on 12 December 1914.
• Nathan (Nat) Lesowitz was born in New York on 8 January 1916. In Washington DC on 28 March 1947, he married Belle Edna Kaplan, who was born on 13 July 1918 in the Bronx, New York. They had two children. Nathan died on 30 April 1988, and Belle died on 12 October 1997, both in Silver Spring, Maryland.
• Edward Lesowitz was born in New York on 8 May 1917. On 11 March 1978 in Crescent City, Florida, he married Inez Marie Ryals, who was born in Putnam County, Florida, on 1 February 1923. Edward died on 27 September 2003, and Inez died on 16 February 2015, both in Daytona Beach, Florida.
• Ethel (Etta) Lesowitz was born in Brooklyn, New York, on 30 July 1924. in Brooklyn in 1949 she married Gustave (Gus) Stanley Daniels, who was born in Brooklyn on 6 April 1923. They had two daughters. Gus died in Brooklyn on 15 March 1997.
• Chaya (Chayka) Waldman was born in Troskunai in 1890, and died as a child before 1905.

III.  Leah Tauba Waldman was born in ~1849 in Lithuania, likely in Raguva. She married Abram Shaya Klatzko, who was born in ~1842 in Raguva or Troskunai. Abram Shaya died before 1897. Leah Tauba died in Troskunai on 18 November 1922.

 

• The seven children of Leah Tauba Waldman and Abram Shaya Klatzko:
• Shimen Zalman Klatzko, later Sam Clark, was born ~1869 in Raguva. Around 1890 he married Sarah Yuter (born ~1865 in Lithuania). Sam emigrated in 1904, followed by Sarah in 1905. They settled in Port Chester, New York, later in New Haven, Connecticut, and finally in Brooklyn, New York. Sarah died 24 November 1957, and Sam died on 7 December 1960, both in Brooklyn, New York.
• The six children of Sam Klatzko/Clark and Sarah Yuter:
• Sera Klatzko was born in Troskunai ~1890, and died before 1904, before reaching adulthood.
• Shlioma Klatzko was born in Troskunai in 1895, and died as a child before 1904.
• Harry Shaya (Aron Shloime) Klatzko, later Clark, was born in Troskunai on 11 April 1897. In England in 1921 or 1922, he married Jessie H. (Zisel Katarin) Glassman, who was born in England on 10 December 1899. They had two children. Jessie died on 28 January 1986, and Harry died on 29 March 1989, both in New Haven, Connecticut.
• Liba Klatzko was born in Troskunai in 1900. She died as a young child before 1904.
• Ethel (Chana Mera) Klatzko, later Clark, was born in Troskunai on 28 December 1901. Around 1924, she married Clayton Frederick Coder, who was born in Jersey City, New Jersey, on 20 November 1901. They had two children. Clayton died on 8 March 1976, and Ethel died on 26 November 1993, both in Brooklyn, New York.
• Mollie (Malke) Clark was born in New York on 8 July 1908. Around 1926, she married Irving Feinstein, who was born in New York on 19 May 1900. They had three daughters. Irving died in Brooklyn, New York, in February 1972. Mollie died on 5 April 1996 in New Jersey.
• Hirsh Klatzko was born in Raguva in 1873. He married Chana Zeleznik, who was born ~1875 in Anyksciai.
• The three children of Hirsh Klatzko and Chana Zeleznik:
• Liba (later Lillian) Klatzko was born in Troskunai on 12 August 1899. She emigrated in 1914 and settled in the Bronx, New York. In New York on 28 April 1923 she married Jacob (Jack) Frank, who was born ~1892 in Lithuania. They had one son. Jack died on 15 July 1940 in the Bronx, New York. In May 1946 Lillian married her second husband, Bennie Serebransky, who was born in Minsk, Belarus, on 24 July 1892. Bennie died on 14 November 1970 in Miami, Florida. Lillian died in New York in March 1991.
• Rivka (later Rebecca) Klatzko was born in Troskunai or Taurage, Lithuania, in 1906. On 15 October 1929 in Mosedis, Lithuania, she married Joshua Glass, who was born in 1902 in Salantai, Lithuania. They had eight children.
• Shaya Klatzko was born in 1900 in Salantai, Lithuania. On 15 August 1924 in Vaškai, Lithuania, he married Hinda Zak, who was born in Vaškai in 1902. They had two sons. Shaya died in Israel (year of death unknown).
• Eliash Ekel Klatzko was born in 1874. He married Gitel Shevchovich, who was born in 1876. Eliash died before 1929.
• The three children of Eliash Klatzko and Gitel Shevchovich:
• Etel Klatzko was born in Troskunai in 1901. On 19 September 1924 in Troskunai she married Daniel Rach, who was born ~1901 in Skiemonys, Lithuania. Sometime after 1924 she married David Katz, and they had one daughter who died in infancy in Skiemonys.
• Shaya Isai Klatzko was born in Troskunai ~1903, and married Chana Jacobson. They had four children.
• Yudisa Klatzko was born in Troskunai in ~1909. On 12 June 1929 in Troskunai she married Rachmiel Gordon, who was born in 1905 in Troskunai, son of Boruch Gordon and Basha Yuzent. Yudisa and Rachmiel had four children. (See recollection of Yudisa and Rachmiel in Berl Glezer's memoir.)
• Menachem Mendel Klatzko (later Max Clark) was born ~1877 in Troskunai. On 4 March 1897 in Panevezys, he married Eta Shapira, who was born ~1875 in Panevezys. They emigrated in 1897 and settled in Port Chester, New York. Eta died in New York ~1898. On 11 February 1899 in New York, Max married his second wife Ida Perlstein, who was born ~1879 in Russia. Max died on 10 December 1915, and Ida died on 6 January 1929, both in Port Chester, New York.
• The three children of Max Clark and Ida Perlstein:
• Samuel (Sam) Clark was born in New York on 14 February 1900. Sometime before 1 June 1925, he married Sarah Astershinsky, who was born in Russia on 1 January 1903. They had two children. Samuel died in September 1972, and Sarah died on 8 December 1994, both in Port Chester, New York.
• Irving (Isadore Israel) Clark was born in New York, New York, on 6 April 1904. On 1 December 1929 in New York he married Pauline M. Friedman, who was born in Lublin, Poland on 26 January 1911. They had two sons. Irving died on 21 July 1958, and Pauline died on 17 September 1987, both in Port Chester, New York.
• Benjamin (Beryl) Clark was born in New York City on 8 December 1909. On 7 March 1939 in New York, he married Anita Altman, who was in New York on 19 July 1917. In 1945 in New York, he married Sally Sklarowitz (later Claire), who was born 7 September 1910 in New York City. He and Sally had two children. Benjamin died on 8 March 1970, and Sally died on 12 August 1988, both in Port Chester, New York.
• Abram Klatzko was born in Lithuania in 1878.
• Leyzer Moyshe (Hillel) Klatzko was born ~1879 in Troskunai. He married Tzipa-Hoda Neiman or Shmit, who was born in Troskunai 1879.
• The four sons of Leyzer and Tzipa-Hoda:
• Shaya Klatzko was born in Troskunai in 1907. On 4 July 1930 in Labanoras, Lithuania, he married Eta Liulinski, who was born ~1907 in Labanoras, Lithuania. They had one daughter.
• Chaim Elia Klatzko was born in Troskunai in 1913. He and his two younger brothers were among the first Jews in Troskunai to be murdered by Lithuanians in July 1941. All three brothers were buried in the mass grave at the Old Jewish Cemetery, just outside of Troskunai.
• Nosel (Noske) Klatzko was born in 1916 in 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. In Kaunas (Kovno) on 12 December 1937, he married Raya Katz, who was born in Troskunai in 1911. Noske and his two brothers were killed by Lithuanians in July 1941 and buried in the mass grave at the Old Jewish Cemetery.
• Zelman Tuvia (Tevke) Klatzko was born in Troskunai in 1923. Along with his two older brothers, he was murdered by Lithuanians in July 1941 and buried in the mass grave at the Old Jewish Cemetery.
• ACCOUNTS of the killing of the Klatzko brothers in July 1941:  Itzhak Konkurovich testimony; Berl Glezer memoir (Part I and Part II);  Miriam Shumacher Krakinowski video.
• Rachmiel Klatzko was born in Troskunai in 1882. In Kupiškis on 2 September 1905, he married Chaya Sora Jaffe, who was born in Kupiškis in 1878. Chaya Sora died in Kupiškis in 1926. On 21 February 1927 in Panevezys, Rachmiel married Chaya Rocha Kritser, who was born in 1900 in Rimsiai (Rimse), Lithuania.
• The only known child of Rachmiel Klatzko and his first wife, Chaya Sora Jaffe:
• Berke Leibe Klatzko was born in 1915 in Mogilev, Belarus.^[NOTE]In 1915, during World War I, tens of thousands of Jews were forcibly expelled to the east by the Russian authorities. Mogilev, Belarus, is on the route from Troškūnai to Penza, Russia, where most Trashkuners settled. Most returned to their homes after the war. In Panevėžys on 10 January 1935 he married Leya Kravitz, who was born in Kupiškis in 1907. They had two daughters. Berke died ~1941 in Kupiškis.
• The only known child of Rachmiel Klatzko and his second wife, Chaya Rocha Kritser:
• Leah Taube Klatzko was born in Kupiškis in 1928.

IV.  Feiga Leah (Fay) Waldman was born ~1854 in Anyksciai or Troskunai.  She married Michael Leib Dubovsky, who was born in Anyksciai in ~1854. Michael died before 1912 in Lithuania. Fay died in Cook County, Illinois, on 17 December 1929.

• The six children of Feiga Leah (Fay) Waldman and Michael Leib Dubovsky:
• Tillie (born Toyba) Dobovsky was born ~1877 in Anyksciai. In Lithuania sometime before 1904, she married Nathan (Nachum) Levine, who was born in Kaunas in 1885. Nathan died on 6 November 1958, and Tillie died on 25 June 1972, both in Chicago, Illinois.
• The six children of Tillie Dobovsky and Nathan Levine:
• Ische Levine was born in Lithuania around 1902, and died in the United States before 1920.
• Nathan T. Levine was born in New York City on 18 September 1908. Sometime before 1937, he married Mary T. Wallin, who was born in Illinois on 23 October 1912. They had one daughter. Sometime after 1940, Nathan married his second wife, Helen Lathrop. Nathan died on 26 August 1986 in Park Ridge, Illinois. Mary Wallin died on 31 March 2006 in Chicago, Illinois.
• Gertrude Roslyn Levine was born in Spring Valley, Illinois, on 31 October 1910. Around 1929, she married Abe Suckov, who was born in "Poland" on 17 July 1904. They had three children. Gertrude died on 5 September 1990, and Abe died on 23 January 1991, both in West Palm Beach, Florida.
• Max Louis Levine was born in Spring Valley, Illinois, on 30 June 1912. He married Mildred "Mickey" (Masha) Speller, who was born in ~1915 in Chicago, Illinois. They had two children. Max died in West Palm Beach, Florida, on 1 July 1997. Mildred died on 8 January 1981.
• Sydelle (Sarah) Levine was born in Illinois on 23 June 1914. Sometime before 1941 she married Russell Joseph (Ruben Yosef) Friedman, who was born in Toledo, Ohio, in 1903. They had one son. Russell Joseph died in Oregon, Ohio, on 28 January 1958. Sydelle died in Sylvania, Ohio, on 14 March 1992.
• Sally Sadie Levine was born in Spring Valley, Illinois, on 12 April 1916. She married Salvador Fuentes. They had one son. Sally died in San Joaquin County, California, on 17 December 1993.
• Nosen (Nosel) Dubovsky was born in Anyksciai ~1879. Sometime before 1907 he married Freyda Weinbren, who was born in Anyksciai in ~1882. Freyda died in Anyksciai in ~1910. Sometime before 1913 Nosen married his second wife, Musia Garber, who was born in Anyksciai before 1895. Both Nosel and Musia died in Anyksciai in 1941.
• The two children of Nosel Dubovsky and his first wife, Freyde Weinbren:
• Tsipe Hinda Dubovsky was born in Anyksciai in August 1907. On 7 March 1939 in Kaunas, she married Hirsh Rubinstein, who was born in 1904 in Sakiai, Lithuania They had two daughters.
• Sara Dubovsky was born in Anyksciai in ~1910. On 15 May 1934 in Ukmerge, she married Boruch Mordkhel Misnuner, who was born in Ukmerge on 25 March 1910. They had two sons, the first born in Lithuania and the second born in South Africa. Boruch died in Uitenhage, South Africa, on 18 March 1963. Sara died in Pinelands, South Africa, on 14 January 1995.
• The two children of Nosel Dubovsky and his second wife, Musia Garber:
• Michael Leib Dubovsky was born in Anyksciai in 1913. He died in Anyksciai in 1941.
• Peisach Dubovsky was born in Anyksciai in 1926. He died in Anyksciai in 1941.
• Flora (born Fruma) Dobovsky was born in Anyksciai on 15 April 1882. In the United States around 1906, she married Philip Gordon, who was born on 15 April 1881, likely in Ukmerge. Flora died on 12 September 1961, and Philip died on 2 July 1969, both in Chicago, Illinois.
• The eight children of Flora Dobovsky and Philip Gordon:
• Benjamin Gordon was born on 11 November 1906 in Spring Valley, Illinois. He died on 24 February 1934 in Chicago, Illinois.
• Julius Gordon was born in Illinois on 28 February 1909. He married Esther D. Poggioli, who was born in Illinois on 12 June 1910. Julius died on 8 February 1988, and Esther died on 9 November 1993, both in Rockford, Illinois.
• Rose L. Gordon was born in Spring Valley, Illinois, on 6 April 1911. On 9 April 1948 in Cook County, Illinois, she married Harold Seymour Eisenberg, who was born in Chicago, Illinois, on 25 March 1915. They had two daughters. Harold Seymour died on 15 July 1993, and Rose died on 1 November 1999, both in Chicago, Illinois.
• Mary Gordon was born in Spring Valley, Illinois, on 14 March 1913. She died in Spring Valley, Illinois, on 9 March 2006.
• Louis Gordon was born ~1917 in Illinois. He died in the Second World War on 12 February 1945.
• Morris Gordon was born in Granville, Illinois, on 14 January 1918. In 1946 he married Lillian (Lolly) Jacobs, who was born in Illinois on 19 July 1924. They had four children. Morris died in Granville, Illinois, on 3 January 2012.
• Emma Gordon was in Granville, Illinois. She died in Granville, Illinois on 24 October 2008.
• Sam Gordon was born in Granville, Illinois, on 3 December 1922. He died in Henry, Illinois, on 30 January 2008.
• Max Dobovsky was born on 18 February 1883, likely in Anyksciai. Around 1903 in Lithuania, he married Sarah Leah Jaffe, who was born in Anyksciai on 27 August 1887. Sarah died before 1962. Max died on 21 September 1970 in Los Angeles County, California.
• The seven children of Max Dobovsky and Sarah Leah Jaffe:
• Chana Dobovsky was born ~1903 in Lithuania. She died in the United States between 1911 and 1920.
• Celia (Tsivie) M. Dobovsky was born in Lithuania on 9 September 1908. She married Nathan Barasch, born in Chicago, Illinois, on 12 October 1902. They had one son. Nathan died in Los Angeles, California, on 11 January 1994. Celia died in Valley Village, Los Angeles County, California, on 31 October 1994.
• Louis M. Dobovsky was born in Illinois on 7 August 1912. He married Lillian Klabel, who was born in Peru, Illinois, on 14 February 1915. They had five children. Louis died in February 1967. Lillian died in La Salle, Illinois, on 21 November 1995.
• Hyman Dobovsky was born in Illinois on 27 May 1914. On 24 October 1965 in Los Angeles County, California, he married Edith Tobman, who was born in Illinois on 15 January 1925. Edith died on 30 January 2004, and Hyman died on 30 July 2006, both in Los Alamitos, California.
• Nathan Dobovsky was born in De Pue, Illinois, on 11 June 1915. He married Beverly June (Jean) Lubman, who was born in Cook County, Illinois, on 8 January 1929. They had three children. Nathan died in Orange County, California, on 7 February 1996. Beverly died in Costa Mesa, California, on 15 June 2012.
• Mamie Dobovsky was born in Illinois on 3 March 1921. In Cook County, Illinois, on 4 December 1943 she married Michael A. (Mike) Greenberg, who was born in Illinois on 5 April 1912. They had two children. Mike died in Chicago, Illinois, on 25 May 1984. Mamie died in Illinois on 30 December 2011.
• Rosalie Dobovskywas born in Illinois on 11 August 1929. She died in Los Angeles, California, on 6 October 1962.
• Ida (born Chaya) Dobovsky was born in Anyksciai on 10 May 1888. In Lithuania she married Joseph (Israel Yosef) Shai (later Bender), who was born in Anyksciai in ~1885. Joseph died in Cook County, Illinois, on 24 January 1956. Ida died in Arlington Heights, Illinois, in October 1976.
• The five children of Ida Dobovsky and Joseph Shai/Bender:
• Max Lewis (Michal Leyb) Shai, later Bender, was born in Anyksciai on 10 November 1912. He married Jennie Gelbkron, who was born in "Poland" on 11 April 1914. They had one daughter. Jennie died on 11 August 1984, and Max died in December 1996, both in Chicago, Illinois.
• Helen Marie (Ayla Rivka) Bender was born in De Pue, Illinois, on 31 January 1919. She married Gerald (Gedalya) Barr, who was born in Skiemonys, Lithuania, on 20 June 1915. They had two children. Gerald died on 13 January 2000, and Helen died on 13 August 2003, both in Sharon, Pennsylvania.
• Jacob (Jake) Bender was born in De Pue, Illinois, on 29 January 1921. He died on 5 January 1947 in Bloomington, Illinois.
• Cecelia Jessie Bender was born in De Pue, Illinois, on 14 February 1923. On 11 August 1957 she married Isaac Pose, who was born in Sharon, Pennsylvania, on 24 September 1913. Isaac died on 31 December 2001, and Cecelia died on 7 August 2007, both in Hermitage, Pennsylvania.
• Abraham C. Bender was born in Illinois on 9 February 1926. He married Clara Goldman, who was born on 20 June 1920. Abraham died on 30 March 2014. Clara died sometime after 2014.
• Esther Dobovsky was born in Anyksciai on 29 September 1893. She married Henry (born Henoch) Barr, who was born 20 September 1893 in Skiemonys or Kurkliai. Esther died in Granville, Illinois, on 5 May 1974. Henry died in Chicago, Illinois, on 7 August 1987.
• The three children of Esther Dobovsky and Henry Barr:
• Herman Barr was born in Dekalb, Illinois on 17 May 1923. He married Fern. Herman died in Granville, Illinois, on 7 May 2007.
• Jessie Celia Barr was born in Dekalb, Illinois, on 17 December 1924. In Cook County, Illinois, on 24 June 1948, she married Marvin Fisher, who was born in Chicago, Illinois, on 27 August 1919. They had three children. Marvin died in Trenton, New Jersey, on 22 May 1980.
• Nathan (Noshke) Barr was born in Illinois on 15 May 1929. He married Gertrude Dobkin, who was born in Chicago, Illinois, on 27 February 1929. They had two children. Nathan died in Granville, Illinois, on 16 January 1983. Gertrude died on 29 September 1990.

V.  Freda Waldman was born in Raguva in 1858.  She married Wulf Mendel Puntik, who was born in Raguva in 1859. Freda died in Troskunai on 22 February 1924.

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