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My great-grand father Salomon (Shlomo) BERLIN travelled by foot and railway from Rostov on the Don to Paris when he was 15, around 1880. He eventually settled in Paris and married a catholic girl( his neighbour). He was alone, his parents had remained in Russia. The family was originally from Grodno guberniya (Slonim and Derechin, now Belarus). He lived by working on the way. I have little idea why he headed to Paris.

That is something I would be very interested to learn.

I know that his father was an " enlightened jew". Maybe there was a group of them in Paris? after all, Theodore Herzl dreamed of Israel in Paris at that time, the time of Dreyfus affair.

Nicole BERLINE, Paris
 

From: Martin Liebman <pmartyl@...>
Date: Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 9:47 AM

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In the "Deretchin" section, in the first picture (http://www.eilatgordinlevitan.com/deretchin/deretchin_pix/043004_101_b.gif #dere-1"), I can identify the following people:

Standing in the back row, second from the left: Sheva (Bas-Sheva) BESHKIN (BESZKIN). She was my great aunt. She moved to Canada in the early 1930's, married David MATLOW (MATLOVSKY), and died in 1988.

Back row, 4th from the left (in the middle): Rivka BESHKIN (BESZKIN), Sheva's sister. She was married to Moshe TABOLSKY, who became a cantor in Derechin (after Rivka's father, the cantor, Tsvi Hirsh, died). Rivka was killed in the Holocaust.

Back row, 2nd from right: my great aunt, Teme ORZHECHOWSKY. Her husband's name may have been ZELVIANSKY. She died in the Holocaust. (Teme's sister, Sora Golde, was my grandmother. She moved to Canada in around 1929 and died in Detroit in 1973.)

Great site! Thanks,
Marty Liebman
 
Hi Eilat:

My name is Joseph Bekinschtein from Melbourne, Australia.
I am researching Bekenstein in Zelwa, Belarus.
Our research locate the family in Derechin as far as 1750-1790.
Around 1850 there were six different branches in Derechin. At that time some of then move to Volkovysk,Wolpa,Zelwa
and maybe Bialystock and Slonim
We have got data about two of the families.When we were working in the other four families
problems happen and the research stopped.
Another genner here in Melbourne suggested me to contact you
because maybe you have any info of any of the branches.


Hoping that maybe you can help me and thanking you in advance


Regards


JBekinschtein

Bekenstein,Salmanovich,Kancepolsky.Chelevitsky( Belarus )
Monastersky,Kutzkel,Kaplan ( Ukraine )
 


From: Michael Lewis <mdlewis@bigpond.net.au>
Date: Thu, Apr 30, 2015 at 9:32 PM
Subject: Deretchin
To: egl.comments@gmail.com

Hi
 
I’m from Sydney Australia.
 
I was “Googling” today after I noticed from a family history, that one member (whom I don’t know) said that (some part) of the family came from Deretchin.
I looked at JewishGen which I do occasionally and found your page of pictures (from the Yiskor book?).
I noticed that 2 of the young people in one picture had the surname Gorinofsky – or thereabouts, in Yiddish.
I’ve always known that my late grandparents on my father’s side, came originally (via London) from the Grodno Gubernia – somewhere “near” Bialystock - guess they left – probably just after marriage, in the 1890s.
Their surnames were Lourier/Lurie/Luria – the family in England changed it to Lewis and Goronfsky (G and H interchangeable ex Russian) who eventually changed their name to Goron.
 
I’m moderately interested in family history – I have very little information and those who could have provided some information have all passed on. I’m more interested in those descended from me, 2 daughters who have both married “in” – both with children - one daughter now lives in Israel.
But from time to time I check out various sources. I think that I’ve looked at you page before – but never read all of the descriptions of the photos. I can read names written in Hebrew or Yiddish without knowing the language – although I know a microscopic amount of Hebrew and quite a lot of the Yiddish in inscriptions, is similar to English.
 
The numbers of siblings in each family – who survived childhood – was still very large in the late 19th Century and because women so often died in childbirth or its after effects, the “patriarchs”, married again after 30 days and commenced yet another family. I think that the grandfather alluded to above, had a father – of whom I actually have a picture – who had a long life and married at least 3 times and had 2 large sets of offspring.
 
So, it was interesting seeing a picture of unknown people (who may have survived the Holocaust – their names did not have z’l after them) who might be related to me.
 
Shabbat Shalom, Good Shabbos
 
Michael Lewis
 

From: Tobi Love <tobyruth@.....>
Date: Mon, May 30, 2016 at 7:56 PM
Subject: my grandparents
To: egl.comments@gmail.com

I always thought my grandparents came from Kiev but I have recently learned that my grandfather, Chaim Azoff, was born in Derechin in 1892 and my grandmother, Esther Sandler Volin Guberniya (?) . Do you know of any relatives?
Thank you!
Tobi Ruth Love
 

From: Tobi Love <tobyruth@.....>
Date: Mon, May 30, 2016 at 7:56 PM
Subject: my grandparents
To: egl.comments@gmail.com

I always thought my grandparents came from Kiev but I have recently learned that my grandfather, Chaim Azoff, was born in Derechin in 1892 and my grandmother, Esther Sandler Volin Guberniya (?) . Do you know of any relatives?
Thank you!
Tobi Ruth Love