REVISION LIST

JEWISH SETTLEMENT OF MEZHIRECH (EVREISKIY KOLONYA MEZHIRECH)

MAY 25, 1858

Donated by Michoel Ronn, New York

A “?” after a name or word denotes that the transliteration or translation is uncertain.

All statements in square brackets are from the translator.

Since Russian has no letter “h,” names have been corrected accordingly, e.g., Hilel instead of Gilel; Henia instead of Genia; Hirsha instead of Girsha.

Gubernia = province

Uyezd = district

Cities & Towns Mentioned
Tsarist Name	Soviet Name	Current Belarussian Name
Bikhov	Bikhov	Bychau
Bunich	Buynichi	Bujnicy
Belinicha	Byelynichi	Bjalynicy
Chausy	Chausy	Cavusy
Cherikov	Cherikov	Cerykau
Cherniavki	Cherniavki	Chernyavka
Golovchin	Golovchin	Haloucyn
Kopys’	Kopys’	Kopis
Krasnopol	Krasnopol	Krasnopolle
Krichov	Krichov	Krycau
Mogilev	Mogilev	Mahileu
Orsha	Orsha	Orsa
Propoisk	Slavgorod	Slauharad
Rogachov	Rogachev	Rahacou
Senno	Senno	Sjanno
Shklov	Shklov	Sklou
Starosele	Starosel’je	Staraselle
Tolochin	Tolochin	Talacyn
Zhlobin	Zhlobin	Zlobin

Sampling of the Distortion of Yiddish Names in the Revision List
Russian	Northeastern Yiddish	Modern Hebrew
Dvera	Dveyra	Dvorah
Gamshei	Yeheyshua	Yehoshua
Getsel	Getsl	--
Girsha (transliterated as Hirsha here)	Hirshe	--
Itsko	Itsik (nickname of Yitskhok)	Yitshak
Mordukh	Mordkhe	Mordekhai
Revzia	Reyzye (northeastern Yiddish variant of Reyze)	--
Shlema	Shleyme	Shlomo
Shmerko	Shmerke (nickname of Shmaryohu)	Shmaryahu
Simon	Shimen	Shimon
Sora	Sore	Sarah
Vulf	Volf	Z’ev
Yesel	Yosl (nickname of Yeysef)	Yosef
Yevel	Yeyl	Yoel
Yevna	Yeyne	Yonah

Column	Description
1	[Family] Number in Last Revision Census List [1850]
2	[Family] Number in Current Revision Census List [1858]
3	Males
4	Age at Last Revision Census List [1850] [of person in Column 3]
5	Date of Departure [of person in Column 3]
6	Age at Current Revision Census List [1858] [of person in Column 3]
7	Females
8	Date of Departure [of person in Column 7]
9	Age at Current Revision Census List [1858] [of person in Column 7]

1.	2.	3. Males	4.	5.	6.	7. Females	8.	9.
45	1	They came in 1846 from Mogilev gubernia, town of Belinicha
		Leiba (son of Movsha) Shulkin	48		56	Leiba’s wife Braina (daughter of Leiba)		38
		His son from 1^st wife: Izrael	26		36	Israel’s wife Dvosia (daughter Mendel)		30
		Izrael’s son Nokhum Aron	Newly born		6	His daughter Sara Henia		1

15	2	[from the] community of Mogilev
		Zavel (son of Leiba) Vilenich	37		45	Zavel’s wife Nekhama Shmerkova		54
		His sons from his 1^st wife:
		1. Shmerko	21		29	Shmerko’s wife Khana (daughter of Peisakh)		32
		2. Getsel	19		27	Getsel’s wife Estra Khana (daughter of Itsik)		25
		3. Mikhel	13		21	Mikhel’s wife Yenta (daughter of Tsalko)		19
		Zavel’s foster son Oser (son of Peisakh) Lifshits	15		23	Oser’s wife Tema (daughter of Beniamin)		19

25	3	City of Orsha				The widow Kuna (daughter of Sholom) Yevzelmanova [i.e., feminine of surname Yevzelman]		57
		Kune’s son from 1^st marriage: Meer Ber (son of Izrail) Yevzelman				Meer Ber’s wife Henia		25
		Kune’s 2^nd son: Faivish (son of Hesel) Malkin	18	Converted to Lutheranism in 1857
		Faivish’s son Movsha Hesel	Newly born		5
		Kune’s 3^rd son Hesel	14		22	Hesel’s wife Yenta (daughter of Hirsha)		19
		[from the] community of Mogilev:
		Kune’s 1^st foster son Abram Itsko (son of Hirsha) Khavkin	15		23
		Kuna’ 2^nd foster son Khatskel (son of Nison) Bekaler	23	Taken?in 1852

28	4	[from the] community of Mogilev
		Aizik Lipa (son of Leiba) Shulman	31		39	Aizik Lipa’s wife Fruma (daughter of Iankel)		34
		His son: 1. Hirsha	9		17	His daughter Sora Liba		5
		2. Nison Movsha	Newly born		7
		Aizik’s 1^st brother: Iakov Aron	27		35	Iakov Aron’s wife Khasia (daughter of Movsha)		30
		His son Movsha	Newly born		5	His daughters: Liba		13
						Nekhama		1
		Aizik’s 2^nd brother: Nota Khaim	19		27
		Aizik’s brother-in-law Zalman Zaitsev	32	Left 1848		Zalman’s wife Rokhlia Dvera (daughter of Leiba)	Left 1848
						Zalman’s daughter Khana Tsivia	Left 1848
		Aizik Lipa’s [foster son]: Hirsha (son of Shae) Shaevich	14		22	Hirsha’s wife Makhlia (daughter of Sholom)		23
		His son Shae	Newly born		½

49	5	City of Chausy
		Hirsha (son of Iankel) Lifshits	59	Died in 1852		Hirsha’s wife Estra (daughter of Shlema)		67
		His 1^st son: Shlema	30		38	Shlema’s wife Khava (daughter of Khaim)		35
		Shlema’s son Lipa	6		14	His daughter Nekhama		7
		Hirsha’s 2^nd son Iankel	13		21
		[Hirsha’s 1^st] Foster son [from] Chernigov gubernia, town of Krasnopola: Gamshei (son of Neukh) Morozov	24		32	Gamshei’s wife Rokhlia (daughter of David)		30
		His son Khaim	Newly born		½	His daughter Feiga		5
		[Hirsha’s] 2^nd foster son [from] Orsha uyezd, town of Dobromisl: Hirsha (son of Vulf) Alter	21		3[0]	Hirsha’s wife Rasia Zelikova		34
		His son Zalman	Newly born		2

34	6	[from the] community of Mogilev
		Sender (son of Meer) Cherkover [a.k.a., Tserkover]	48	Died in 1852		Sender’s wife Pesia (daughter of Gamshei)		59
		His 2 sons, 1^st Sholom Movsha	29		37	Sholom Movsha’s wife Gitel (daughter of Vulf)		37
		His sons: 1: Vulf	Newly born		3
		1 of Twins {2:Elia	Newly born		½
		1 of Twins {3. Sender	Newly born		½
		Sender’s 2^nd son: Iankel	14		22
		Sender’s son-in-law Yesel (son of Leiba) Zilberman	29		38	Yesel’s wife Feiga (daughter of Sender)		32
						His daughter Tomara		¼
						Sender’s niece Masia (daughter of Hertsik)	Left 1851

22	7	Zusman (son of Abram) Kabrin	43	Died in 1854		Zusman’s wife Masia (daughter of Itsik)		57
						His daughter Fruma GitElia		6
		Zusman’s son [Berko]	11		19	Berko’s wife Sora Braina (daughter of Gershen)		17
		His son Gershen	Newly born		½
		Zusman’s son-in-law Leiba Baranshinokh	22	Disappeared for no reason in 1851
						Zusman’s relative from city Chausy: the widow, Sura (daughter of Yevzel) Tsyudikova		74
		Sora’s son David Itzko (son of Iuda) Tsyudikov	27		35	David Itsko’s wife Pesia (daughter of Nakhum)		26
						His daughter 1: Iudas [i.e., Iudis]		6

18	8	[from the] community of Mogilev
		Yesel (son of Shmul) Knopov, widower(?)	59	Died in 1856		Shmuel’s wife Reizia (daughter of Itsik)		41
		His son Shmuel	33		41	His daughter Enta		1
		Shmul’s sons 1: Itsko	12
		2: Leiba	9		17
		3: Gamshei	Newly born		7
		Yesel’s son-in-law from Rogachov uyezd, town of Zhlobin:
		Abram (son of Khaim) Gamper	29		37	Abram’s wife Sora (daughter of Yesel)		37
		His son Tsfania Gdalye	Newly born		7	His daughters: 1, Khaia		6
						2, Hinda		4
		Yesel 2^nd son-in-law Nokhum Starozhitsky	31	Died in 1852		Nokhum’s son Estra		14

37	9	Iuda Gamshev Dolgoi	46		54
		His son Abram Hesel	26		34	Hesel’s wife Sima (daughter of Iankel)		30
		Iuda’s relative Berko (son of Iankel)	13		21
		Iuda’s foster sons: 1, Shmerko (son of Itsko) Pecherekhov	21		29	Shmerko’s wife Merka (daughter of Neukh)		24
		Shmerko’s sons: 1, Itsko	Newly born		6
		2, Gershen	Newly born		2
		Shmerko’s brother Simkha Beniomin	13		21
		[Iuda’s] 2^nd [foster son]: Mikhel (son of Simon) Merkhasin	56	Died in 1851

35	10	Leiba (son of Movsha) Yofa	47		55	Leiba’s wife Sima (daughter of Nota)		56
		His sons:				Leiba’s daughter Feiga		20
		1, Samson	22		30	Samson’s wife Keilia (daughter of Iankel)		30
		Samson’s son Movsha	Newly born		½
		2, Berko	20		28	Berko’s wife Khaia (daughter of Zelik?)		19
		3, Iankel	10		18
		Leiba’s foster son Leiba (son of Mendel) Pistitsky?	21		29	His wife Khiena (daughter of Sholom)		29

50	11	Mogilev uyezd, town of Shklov
		David Movshov Tsareikin	54		62
		His sons: 1, Khaim	31		39	Khaim’s wife Khana (daughter of Iudko)		26
		2, Shmuel	23		31	Shmuel’s wife Mera (son of Mendel)		31
		David’s foster son from Mogilev uyezd, town of Tolochin: Movsha (son of David) Makrevich	24		32	Movsha’s wife Leia (son of Khaim)		32
		Movsha’s son David	Newly born		7
		Movsha’s nephew Shmuyel (son of Zelik)	15	Converted to the Russian Orthodox Church in 1851
		[Movsha’s] foster son from city of Chausy: Leiba (son of Hirsh) Krasik	32	Left 1853
		[Leiba’s] son Berko	Newly born	Unknown to where disappeared(?)

39	12	[from the] community of Mogilev
		Itsko Izrailev Gildener	49	Died in 1853		Itsko’s wife Khaia Elka (daughter of David)		54
		His sons: 1, Izrael	13		21	Izrael’s wife Mariasia (daughter of Yekhonon)		20
		2, Yesel	11		19
		Itsko’s [1^st] foster son Abram (son of Itsko) Bayevsky	51	Died in 1854
		Abram’s 1^st son Abel	20		28	Abel’s wife Dinia (daughter of Leiba)		25
		[Abel;’s] son Hirsha	Newly born		½
		Abram’s 2^nd son Yesel	Newly born		7

		[Itsko’s] 2^nd foster son from town of Senna: Hirsha (son of Meer) Epshtein	45		53
		[Hirsha’s] sons: 1, Sholom	18		26	Hirsha’s daughter Khaika		23
		2, Beinos	11		19

23	13	[from the] community of Mogilev
		Iuda (son of Iankel) Pevzner	47		55
		His son Yeshel Aizik	28		36	Yeshel Aizik’s wife Rokhlia (daughter of Abram)		28
		His sons: 1, Abram	Newly born		5
		2, Movsha	Newly born		½
		Iuda’s brother Mordukh	45	Died in 1853
		Iuda’s [1^st] foster son from city of Chausy: Hirsha (son of Leiba) Zlotnikov	48	Died in 1853		Hirsha’s wife Estra Miriam (daughter of Beinos)		56
						[Hirsha’s] daughter Khaia Dinia		18
		His sons: 1, Abram Beinos	28		36	Abram’s wife Rokha (daughter of Iankel)		34
		2, Vulf	22		30	Vulf’s wife Zlata (daughter of Meilakh)		26
		[Vulf’s] son Khaim	Newly born		5
		Iudka [diminutive of Iuda] Pevzner’s 2^nd foster son [from] Mogilev uyezd, town of Tolochin: Movsha (son of David) Makrevich	24	Gone to [Family] No. 11		Movsha’s wife Leia (daughter of Khaim)	Gone to [Family] No. 11
		His son David	Newly born
		Hirsha Zlotnikov’s foster son: Abram Itsko (son of Hirsha) Khavkin	15	Gone to [Family] No. 3

21	14	[from the] community of Mogilev
		Khaim David (son of Movsha) Rotenfeld	37		45	Khaim Dovid’s wife Estra (daughter of Hirsha)		46
						His daughter Rokhlia Mera		17
		His son Sroel	17½		25½	Sroel’s wife Malka (daughter of Mordukh)		29
		[Srol’s] son Aron Movsha	Newly born		2	[Sroel’s] daughter Dinia		5
		Khaim David’s relative: Leib (son of Berko) Gildener	34		42	Leib’s wife Khana (daughter of Vigdor)		42
		His son A[v]igdor Berko	13		21

5	15	Irmia (son of Khaim) [a.k.a.., Firainer]	46	Died in 1853
		His sons: 1, Movsha Khaim	26		34	Movsha’s wife Zlata (daughter of Itsko)		34
		[Movsha Khaim’s] sons: 1, Vulf	5½			His daughters: 1, Dvera		6
		2, Hirsha Irmia	Newly born		2	2, Nekhama		5
		Itsko’s 2^nd son: Zelik	22		30	Zelik’s wife Sora Rokhlia (daughter of David)		31
						His daughter Dvera		¼

3	16	Abram Movsha (son of Hirsha) Poliakov	50		58	His wife Perla (daughter of Aron)		54
						His daughters: 1, Hoda		16
						2, Sora Rivka		12¼
		Abram’s 1^st son: Hirsha Aron	26		34	Hirsha Aron’s wife Rasia (daughter of Menakhem)		35
		Hirsha’s sons: 1, Iuda Elia	6		14	[Hirsha’s] daughter Gnesia		3
		2, Shabsa	Newly born		5
		Abram’s 2^nd son: Zelman	13	Died in 1857
		3^rd son: Itsko	11		19
		Abram’s son-in-law Berko (son of Iuda) Petrovitsky	27		35	Berko’s wife Stera (son of Abram)		32
						His daughter Itka		14

41	17	Itsko (son of Levik) Pomershchik Chetlin [a.k.a., Tsetlin]	50	Died in 1851		Itsko’s daughter Fruma		17
		Itsko’s 1^st son: Levik	24		32	Levik’s wife Elka (daughter of Falo [a.k.a., Fole, i.e., nickname for Refoel])		38
						His daughter Sheina Mera		7
						His step-daughter Tsirlia (son of Iankel)		14
		Itsko’s 2^nd son: Abram	21		29	Abram’s wife Mera (daughter of Movsha)		30
		Abram’s son Aizik	Newly born		½	His 1^st daughter Khasia		7
						His 2^nd daughter: Gruna		5

4	18	Movsha (son of Iuda) Grunin	52		60	Movsha’s wife Reizia (daughter of Movsha)		46
		Movsha’s sons from his 1^st wife:				His daughter from his 1^st wife: Guta		17
		1, Hertsik	13		21	Hertsik’s wife Khava (daughter of Simon)		22
		2, Iudko	8	Died 1853
		His son-in-law [from} Mogilev uyezd, Town of Shklov: Zalman (son of Yekhel) Bentsianov	30		38	Zalman’s wife Tsipa Feiga (daughter of Movsha)		32
		Zalman’s brother Vulf				Vulf’s wife Khaia (daughter of Mordukh)		3[ ]

30	19	[from the] community of Mogilev
		Iankel Movsha Shat	46		54	Iankel’s wife Basia (daughter of Nokhum)		37
		His sons:
		1, from 1st wife, Movsha	15	Died in 1856
		2, from 2^nd wife, David	Newly born		7
		3, also [from 2^nd wife], Abram Antsel	Newly born		½
		Iankel’s step-son Abram Petrovitsky	10		18
		Iankel’s nephew Aron (son of Itsko) Gaimshein?	15		23	Aron’s wife Rivka (daughter of Iudko)		21
						His daughter Khava		2
		Iankel’s foster son Abram (son of Simon) Lutsat	19		21	Abram’s wife Ita (daughter of Zalman)		25
		Abram’s sons: 1, Simon	Newly born		6	Abram’s daughters: 1, Khasia		21
		2, Movsha	Newly born		2½	2, Gruna		15

36	20	[from the] community of Mogilev
		Zusman (son of Hirsha) Bonderov	26		34	Zusman’s wife Sora (daughter of Leiba)		36
						Zusman’s daughter Khana		2
		Zusman’s brother Khaim	23		31	Khaim’s wife Elka (daughter of Izrail)		32
		Khaim’s (son Hirsha) Leivak	Newly born		2	His daughter Risia		7
		Zusman’s foster sons: 1, [from the] city of Chausy: Zkharia (son of Aizik) Melamed	21		29	Zkharia’s wife Estra (daughter of Shmerko)		29
		Zkharia’s sons 1. Aizik	Newlyborn		5
		2. Shmerko	Newly born		½
						Widow Dvera (daughter of Mordukh)	She went in 1855???
		[Zusman’s] 2^nd foster son from Bikhov uyezd, town of Propoisk: Dvera [1^st son] Naftoli (son of Shlema) Kazakin	28	Gone to [Family] No. 36		Naftoli’s wife Basia (daughter of Abram)	Gone to [Family] No. 36
		[Naftoli’s] son Hirsha	[Newly born]	Gone to [Family] No. 36		[Naftoli’s] daughter Rokha Leia	Gone to [Family] No. 36
		Dvera’s 2^nd son Khaim	24	Gone to [Family] No. 36		Khaima’s wife Henia (daughter of Vulf)	Gone to [Family] No. 36
		Khaim’s son Shlema Leiba	Newlyborn	Gone to [Family] No. 36

16	21	[from the] community of Mogilev
		Gamshei (son of Iankel) Tsopik	26		34	Gamshei’s wife Tsi[p]ka (daughter of Itsko)		27
		His sons: 1, Itsik Leiba	Newly born		7

Sampling of the Distortion of Yiddish Names in the Revision List