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| Aisengard: | Spellings: Eisengart, Eizengart, Eisengarth, Eisengard, Aisengard, Eizengarden
Our family: Taube or Tuba Aisengart was married to Schmarie Erlichman. The picture from an Aisengard (probably the marriage of a nephew of Taube) was taken at Odessa in 1906, so the family presumably came from that city.
Surname origin(*): Eisen means iron in german. Garde means guard also in german. So it's probably in reference to a soldier.
Gart or Gard was used also as prefix/suffix meaning garden in names like Gart, Gartner, Dugard, Gardinier, etc.
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| | Cherniavsky: | Spellings: Cherniavsky, Cherniavski, Cherniawsky, Chernyavskiy, Czernavschi, Chernowski, Chernavsky, Czarnowiecki, Chernovsky, Charnefsky, Zernovsky, Zarnowiecki, Karnovsky, Zarnowski
Our family: The only thing we know about Fanny Cherniavsky according to family sources is that she married Meyer Dubin and have three children. Her death record from 1883 shows her name (Feyga Rosya Dubin), her age (28) and the place (Kishinev). According to new evidences (a 1873 birth record of a son) she could have had more than 3 children.
Surname origin(*): There's plenty of places in Poland, Russia, Belarus, Bulgaria, Ukraine with names like (Czerkasy, Czerniawka, Czernica, Chern', Cherna, Cherni, Chernyy, etc.). The suffix ky or sky was used in Czech to show a place of origin.
On other side, cerny is black in Czech and it was common to name black haired or dark skin people because it was not common. Cerny is one of the more common surnames in Czech Republic
Cheren or Chern means handle in russian and Chernak is black.
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| | Cut: | Spellings: Cut, Cott, Kot, Kott, Kots, Kotter, Kats, …
Our family: The only thing we know about Chana Lea Cut is that she was married to Shimen Sitkof and they probably lived in the area of Podolia (actual Ukraine). The only place where appears her last name is in the argentinean death record of her daughter Jacinta (1911).
Surname origin(*): Cut means jacket in german.
Kot means cat in polish, yiddish and other slavic languages.
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| | Dubin: | Spellings: Dubin, Dobin, Dubbin, Dufine, Duvine, Tuvin, Tobin, Divine
Our family: Meyer Dubin (abt 1850) lived in Kishinev. He first married Fanny Cherniavsky having at least three kids: Levi (1873), Jaime (1882) and Golde (1883). Fanny died in 1883 and then he married the same year Shifra Urvits having at least another six: Leib (1884), Abraham (1888), Gregorio (1889), Enna (1891), Federico (1894) and Ana (1895). It seems that Meyer and Sheindele died in Russia but most of their children emigrated to Argentina (in different years) except Levi and Leib (who stayed at Calarasi where he had a store).
Surname origin(*): Duvet is David in yiddish, so it's probably a derivation.
Dubin surname appeared in ancient medieval records in Auvergne (France) in 11th or 12th centuries.
I also find that "dub" is stupid in russian and "dubina" means club.
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| | Erlichman: | Spellings: Erlichman, Ehrlichman Ehrlichmann, Erlijman, Erlich, Ehrlich
Our family: Schmaje (or Schmarie) Erlichman (1851-1907) arrived to Argentina in 1891 with his wife Taube (or Tuba) Eisengart (or Aisengard) and his sons Aron (1868), Breine (1883) and David (1884).
The origin place of the Erlichmans is still a mistery:
Passenger records and Argentina's immigration records of Schmaje say he was originally from Kiev.
According to the argentine ID card, his son Aron was born in Neporotovo (actual Ukraine).
The Aisengard family seems to come from Odesa.
Guillermo Erlijman told me that his father Salvador used to say that his father David was from Kishinev (actual Moldova).
Surname origin(*): Ehrlich means in german honest, so the name means honest man.
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| | Ferdman: | Spellings: Ferdman, Fertman, Freedman, Fredman, Frydman, Fridman, Friedman, Friedmann, Bertman, Wertmann
Our family: A family legend sais that Mases "Ersh" Glass (1862) was originally Ferdman and he changed his last name, apparently to escape from pogroms or the military service, one of his brothers who also emigrated to Argentina keeping the original last name.
According to other sources, the Ferdman were only relatives.
In any case, there were Ferdman "cousins" but the real relationship is to clear.
Surname origin(*): Pferd (german) and Ferd (yiddish) means horse (so the name meas profession a profession related to horses).
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| | Glas: | Spellings: Glass, Glas, Glaz, Klass, Klas, Klotz, Klacz, Gleic
Our family: According to some family stories, Mases "Ersh" Glass (1862) was originally Ferdman and he changed his last name, apparently to escape from pogroms or the military service. According to one version, one of his brothers who also emigrated to Argentina kept the original last name. Other versions say that Glasses and Fermans were family.
"Beba" Glas says that the first Glass (may be Simon) , living in Russia , took one "s" out (to Glas) before entrying to the Czar's army to appear German… this version could explain why Fabian Glas always said that Glas family came from Germany/Austria..
Mases come from the area of Bessarabia, apparently from Akkerman (two of his sons were born there) and he was married to Cyper Kesler and had four sons: Salomon, Charles, Lewy and Mendel. All the six emigrated to Argentina in 1890.
Surname origin(*): Glas is glas in german (meaning profession).
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| | Hochman: | Spellings: Hochman, Hochmann, Hojman, Hockman, Hokhman, Kocman, Kochman, Gochman, Gockman
Our family: David Hochman lived in Russia, probably Akkerman or Odessa(According to JCA settlers list they belonged to the Akkerman group. Amalia Erlijman told me that her aunt Luisa used to say "in Odessa we learned french 'comme il faut'..."). David was married to Reisa (in argentine's papers appears as Amalia Rosa Schartz) and they emigrated when already aged (53 and 48) with 8 children (Esther, Shulim, Luisa, Luis, Flora, Cecilia, Moises -already married-, Rebecca) by the end of 1894.
Accordingt to 1895 census Reisa had 14 children so the other 6 could have died before or have not emigrated to Argentina.
Surname origin(*): Hoch in german means tall or high, so the name means tallman or highman. That could be interpreted mainly as phisical characteristic but also as a social position.
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| | Kerzner: | Spellings: Karshner, Kershner, Kirschner, Kerschner, Kurshner, Kurschner
Our family: Cyper or Zipa Kerschner (some of the family thought it was Kessler) married Mases Glass and have four children. They lived in the area of Bessarabia (two of their children born in Akkerman, actual Ukraine), and emigrated to Argentina in 1890 with her husband and children, bringing also with them her mother Rosa and her brother Joel.
Zipa's father was Zeilik. Last informations show that a Zeilik Kerzner lived in Akkerman. By the moment the relationship is not fully confirmed but the probabilities are high.
Surname origin(*): The name of Karshner, Kershner, Kirschner, Kurshner, and Kurschner, belong to that group of names which owe their origin to a trade or occupation coming from "kursenaere", old high German "churinna", a middle high German "kursen" - a fur cloak, thus the implication is that the early bearer of the name as a furrier. There is another theory that "kirchner", a middle high German "kirchaere" mean a Sacristan or sexton.
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| | Lashock: | Spellings: Lashock, Lasko, Latzko, Laska, Lask, Lasky, Laskey, Loszek, Lyckzek, Loshak, Loitzky, Losic, Luschik, Lutsky, Lesko
Our family: The only thing we know is that Beile Lashock was married to Yosef Zukerman and she lived at Chechelnik.
Surname origin(*): There's plenty of cities in Russia and the Baltics with names as Lash, Lashe, Lasheva, Lashka, Lahskovka.
In addition, Lasko means woods in polish. Lachko or Lachek means hunger in russian and labko means white.
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| | Lejner: | Spellings: Lejner, Lechner, Lekhner, Lesner, Lessner, Leshner, Lachner, Lasner, Lashner, Leszner, Lesnar, Leiner, Lainer
Our family: The Lekhner family lived in Kishinev. Beile born there in 1863, daughter of Shulim, son of Yosek, and had at least 5 siblings. She married Usher Parkansky at Kishinev and seems to have moved to Tighina were they had at least Zeylik (Felix?) in 1883 and Seindlea in 1889. They emigrated to Argentina in 1905.
Surname origin(*): There's a river named Lech in Germany and a city in Austria.
Lein means "to read" in yiddish, and the leiner reads the Torah in the Synagogue.
Lechner surname appeared in Bavarian records between 11th and 12th centuries.
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| | Lerman: | Spellings: Lerman, Lehrman, Lehrmann, Learman
Our family: The only thing we know about Berta Lerman is that she was married to Saiñi Sitcoff, according to the death record of their son Shijmen. They probably lived in the area of Podolsky (actual Ukraine).
Surname origin(*): Composed from german's Lehrer (teacher) and Mann (man).
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| | Parkansky: | Spellings: Parkansky, Parcansky, Parsanschi, Parcanschi, Parkanski, Parcanski
Our family: Our Parkanskys come from the area of Bessarabia (actual Moldova). Some of them lived in Kishinev, others lived in Tighina. The first Parkansky we know was Leizer (b. circa 1740). Usher Parkansky (b. abt 1850) was grand-grand child of Leizer and was married to Beile Lejner. They had six children (Rosa, Esther, Berta, Jacobo, Felix (1884) and Seindlea (1889)) Felix was married to Golde Dubin and Jacobo to her sister Enna. Seindlea was married to another Parkansky, probably a cousin, Mendel Iosef and they lived at Tighina. Beile, her children and families (except Seindlea) emigrated to Argentina escaping of Kishinev Pogrom of 1905. Seindlea emigrated to Argentina in 1920 with her son after her husband died in World War I. Usher never emigrated to Argentina so we asume that he died before 1905 even when he appears in the Duma voters lists of Tighina of 1906 and 1907.
Surname origin(*): The most probable is that it comes from Parkani (small village just in face of Tighina on the other side of the Dniestr river). The suffix ky or sky was used to show a place of origin.
There are other cities Parani and Parkanovka in Russia and Ukraine and also several cities named Parkan in Iran but I find it less probable.
Also from polish Parka (park) and parkan (fence).
Someone told me that it could also be a deformation from Barkansky that comes from Barkan - Bar-kahn - Bar Kohen.
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| | Schartz: | Spellings: Schartz, Chartz, Schwartz, Schvartz, Zarch, Scharch, Scherz, Zartz
Our family: The only thing we know is that Amalia Rosa Schartz she was married to David Hochman and she probably lived at Odessa.
Surname origin(*): There's a city name Schart in Germany, so the name could be in relation to this city.
It could also be a deformation from:
- Schacht, from hebrew schochet, ritual butcher.
- Schatz (treasure), apparently created in France from assembly of initials when Napoleon forced the jews to take a family name.
- Schwartz, black in german.
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| | Schwarzberg: | Spellings: Schwarzberg, Schwartzberg, Schuarzberg, Szwarcberg, Szwarzberg, Szwarzberd, Schwarzburg
Our family: Our Schwarzbergs come from the city of Kiliya, Bessarabia, in the actual border between Romania and Ukraine.
Schica Schwarberg (1833c) and Alta Kohan (1837c-1927) emigrated to Argentina in 1894. They had at least 12 children that emigrated to Argentina between the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th. Others went apparently to USA. Najtule, one of their sons, married to Haike Vaisben in Russia in 1889.
Surname origin(*): Schwartzberg means Black Mountain in german, schwartz = black, berg = mountain.
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| | Sitkof: | Spellings: Sitkof, Sitkov, Sitcoff, Sitko
Our family: Shimen "Simja" Sitkov (Sitcoff) born in Podolia region (actual Ukraine), Russia in 1859. He emigrated to Argentina at the age of 50 with his wife Chane Lea Cut and sons, settling in Bernasconi (La Pampa).
His brother Isaias, who had lived in Odessa, also emigrated to Argentina with his wife and sons (probably around 1896) and settled in Entre Rios.
The Mondrik family, cousins of the Sitcoff (on the side of the Lerman) that emigrated also to Argentina, came from the town of Bershad, near Olgopol, in Podolia. Other Sitcoff that I'm in touch with, came also from Bershard and from the near town (15km) of Obodovka.
A birth record of Dashev (Vinnytsia Province in Ukraine) shows a Simkha Sitkov, son of Sana and Basia, born in 1849 (some 10 years before the theoretical birth date of our Shimen, son of Sany and Basia). Either it's our Shimen or a relative.
Bershad and Olgopol are about 100km south of Dashev. The family could have easily moved south. We know that before emigrating, Shimen lived in an agricultural colony named Gilbanow near Balta (south of Bershad) and at least part of the family passed by Odessa.
Surname origin(*): Sitko ("SHEET-ko") is thought to come from the noun sitko, "strainer, dredger," a diminutive of sito, "sieve, strainer." Polish name expert Prof. Kazimierz Rymut mentions this name in his book Nazwiska Polaków [The Surnames of Poles], saying it appears in records as early as 1389. As of 1990 there were 4,387 Poles by this name, including 261 in Bialystok province.
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| | Urvits: | Spellings: Urvits, Urwitz, Urwicz, Urvich, Hurvitz, Hurwitz, Gurvich, Urevich, Urovich, Orovits, Horowitz, Horovitz, Horowicz, Hourwitz, Harrwitz, Gurewicz, Gorwitz, Gorowitz, Gurevitz, Gurovich
Our family: According to relatives and the argentinean documents of her children, Sheindele Fisman was the second wife of Meyer Dubin. According to Kishinev's marriage record of 1883, her name was Shifra Urvits, daughter of Duvid. Shifra and Meyer had at least 6 children.
Surname origin(*): The names in this group are derived from the town of HORVICE in Bohemia. Slavonic forms replace the initial H with G because the Cyrillic Alphabet has no H.
Horowitz is documented as a Jewish surname in Prague since 1500, and in Poland since 1550.
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| | Vaisben: | Spellings: Vaisben, Vaysbeyn, Weissben, Weissbein, Waisben, Weisbane, Weisbein, Washbein, Wajswajn
Our family: Haike Vaiben probably born in Kiliya or Odessa abt 1860. She married Najtule Schwarzberg in 1889 and they had five children.
In 1909 she emigrated to Argentina together 2 of their children and other women and children of the Schwarzberg family. Najtule and their 3 elder children left 4 month before.
We know that Haike's parents lived at Odessa in the beginning of 20th century because Rebecca (Haike's daughter) stayed with them while she studied at the Gymnasium in Odessa.
A picture of whom we think a brother of Haike was taken in Odessa.
Surname origin(*): Weiss is white in german and weise wise.
Weisswein is white wine.
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| | Zukerman: | Spellings: Zukerman, Zuckerman, Zuckermann, Sukermann, Sugarman, Cukerman, Shugarman, Cukierman, Sugerman, Czukermann, Zuker, Zucker
Our family: Yosef Zukerman lived in Chechelnik (actual Ukraine) where he had an Inn. He was married to Beile Lashock.
Their son Chaim Zukerman (1876-1937) escaped from the Russian Army he had been forced to join, arriving to Argentina abt 1908. As he came alone, we know nothing about the rest of the family except that he had a nephew named Pinkhas that would have gone to USA.
Surname origin(*): Zucker means sugar in german. So our ancestor was probably a farmer, sugar dealer or confectioner.
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(*) NOTE: Surnames origin usually was:
1) Based on the first name of the ancestor's father (patronymic).
2) Recording localities or places where ancestors originated.
3) Names reflecting the occupation or status of the ancestor.
4) Description of the ancestor's face, figure, temper, morals, or habits.
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- Aisengard
- Cherniavsky
- Cut
- Dubin
- Erlichman
- Ferdman
- Glas
- Hochman
- Kerzner
- Lashock
- Lejner
- Lerman
- Parkansky
- Schartz
- Schwarzberg
- Sitkof
- Urvits
- Vaisben
- Zukerman
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