Gafinowitz/Feldman Family |
| The Gafinowitz or Gafanowitz family was one of the largest in Kupiskis and there are many branches. The following branch married into the Feldman family and later went to South Africa. |
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Chaia bat Shmuel-Nokhim Gafinowitz at the time of her marriage, Kupiskis, 1914 |
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Chaia bat Shmuel-Nokhim Gafinowitz and Mendel ben Iankel Feldman at the time of the wedding, Kupiskis, 1914 |
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Chaia bat Shmuel-Nokhim Gafinowitz, born 1890, from Kupiskis, and Mendel ben Iankel Feldman, born 1878, from Plissa, were married on June 20, 1914, in Kupiskis. Mendel had left for South Africa in 1905 and returned in 1913 to locate a wife. He found his match in Chaia and returned with her to Johannesburg, South Africa. Chaia’s family lived on the market square in Kupiskis. Her brother Falke Gafinowitz, his wife and son were killed in 1941, but their daughter Anna survived and went to Israel. The Feldman family was active participants in the Kupiskis Society in Johannesburg. |
| Note: Information and photos contributed by Michael Feldman in memory of his parents, Chaia and Mendel. |