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Jessica Feinstein
Jan 15, 20182 min read
Hinda (or Jane)
One of Ari’s 4x great-grandmothers was Hinda, later called Jane, who was born in about 1845, probably in Ekaterinoslav (now...
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Jessica Feinstein
Jan 14, 20182 min read
Judith
Ari has two 11x great-grandmothers whose names I know. One of them was called Judith, and she was born in about 1640, somewhere near...
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Jessica Feinstein
Dec 29, 20172 min read
It’s not all about long-ago ancestors: writing about Rose
Ari’s great-great-grandmother Rose Hurwitz was a very special person in my life. Rose was the daughter of Louis Koppel (LK) Hurwitz and...
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Jessica Feinstein
Dec 28, 20171 min read
William Day of Huddington
Ari’s 7x great-grandfather William Day was born in 1735 in Huddington, Worcestershire and christened on 30 September, the son of John Day...
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Jessica Feinstein
Dec 27, 20172 min read
Isaac Katz, draper
Isaac Katz was the father of Maurice Katz, and was Ari’s 4x great-grandfather. He was born in about 1842 in Ekaterinoslav, Ukraine (now...
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Jessica Feinstein
Dec 15, 20171 min read
John Holloway of Hampshire
John Holloway, of Upper Clatford in Hampshire, was Ari’s 7x great-grandfather. The village of Upper Clatford is described as “long and...
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Jessica Feinstein
Dec 15, 20172 min read
Jennie, Janie or Gesa from Silale
The mother of Missing Minna was called Jennie, Janie or Gesa. How do we know this? On 29 May 1858 she appears in a Lithuanian Revision...
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Jessica Feinstein
Dec 11, 20172 min read
Thomas Castledine of Dale Abbey
Thomas Castledine was Ari’s 7x great-grandfather and I don’t know much about him yet. On 30 January 1787 he married Alice Warren at Dale...
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Jessica Feinstein
Dec 10, 20171 min read
Alice Holmes
One of Ari’s 6x great-grandmothers was Alice Holmes, who was born in Cromford in 1778, the second daughter of Samuel Holmes and Lydia...
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Jessica Feinstein
Dec 9, 20172 min read
Joshua Eyre of Hazelwood
One of Ari’s 9x great-grandfathers was Joshua Eyre, born in 1706 in Hazelwood, Derbyshire. He was baptised at the church in Duffield on...
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Jessica Feinstein
Nov 26, 20172 min read
Which William of Winfrith?
I have previously written about William Orchard who was born in 1813. I’ve now researched his family back a few more generations. His...
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Jessica Feinstein
Nov 18, 20171 min read
Nisel Shnaiderovich
Ari’s 6x great-grandfather Nisel lived in Svencionys, Lithuania. Nisel (a variant of Nisn) is a name that was given to boys during the...
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Jessica Feinstein
Nov 12, 20172 min read
Andrew Mullens of Tisbury
Ari’s 5x great-grandfather Andrew Mullens or Mullins was born in 1797 in West Hatch, Tisbury, Wiltshire. It is thought that there was an...
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Jessica Feinstein
Nov 12, 20171 min read
Joseph Sheppard of Worcestershire
Joseph Sheppard (or Shepherd) was one of Ari’s 6x great-grandfathers, born in 1752 in Worcestershire, possibly in Hanbury, as that is...
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Jessica Feinstein
Nov 5, 20171 min read
William Cawthorn of Pinchbeck
Pinchbeck in Lincolnshire was home to one of Ari’s 5x great-grandfathers, William Cawthorn. William was married to Mary Chapman on 12 May...
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Jessica Feinstein
Nov 3, 20173 min read
Seventeenth-century ancestors
Recent research has allowed me to find a few ancestors of Ari’s who lived in England in the seventeenth century, some in Dorset and some...
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Jessica Feinstein
Oct 31, 20171 min read
Joseph Goodall of Bradley
Joseph Goodall was Ari’s 6x great-grandfather, born in 1758 in Bradley, Ashbourne, Derbyshire and christened on 5 October at All Saints’...
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Jessica Feinstein
Oct 27, 20172 min read
Mary Anne Tilley
One of Ari’s ancestors (a 4x great-grandmother) was Mary Anne Tilley. Her christening record at St James in Poole helpfully gives her...
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Jessica Feinstein
Oct 25, 20173 min read
Meyer Loshak from Hritsiv, Ukraine
Ari’s 3x great-grandfather Meyer Loshak was born on 4 April 1884 in a town that is now called Hritsiv in Ukraine. Before WWI the town was...
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Jessica Feinstein
Oct 20, 20172 min read
Moses Gurvich of Svencionys
One of Ari’s Lithuanian ancestors was Moses Gurvich, the father of LK Hurwitz. Moses was known as Movsha or Moshe, and his middle name...
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