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Father's Names Reported in 18th and 19th Century Lyakhovichi Records:
Lyakhovichi Patronymics D-F
by Deborah Glassman, copyright 2007, 2008.
All indices on this page are copyright to Deborah Glassman and may not be used without her written permission

Shared Introduction across all the Pages of Patronyms
The full Patronymic List, in May 2008, is around 4000 names long. Its earliest records are those of the 1784 Grand Duchy of Lithuania Census of Lyakhovichi and its small dependent towns. It includes any names given with patronymics or with a clear father stated. It includes names found in the 1816, 1819, 1834, 1850, and 1850 supplemental Revision Lists. It utilizes the records created by the municipal authorities of Lyakhovichi of the tax lists of 1883-1884, the voters list for municipal elections (starosta) in 1885, and the signatures that accompanied a petition to allow the rebuilding of a synagogue in Lyakhovichi following its destruction in 1875. Records related to Military service and discharge created by the Lyakhovichi municpal authorities are also included, as are those published by the Minsk guberniya authorities in the official gazetter the Minsk Vedemosti. The burial society records of the Slutsk Chevra Kadisha that specify a Lyakhovichi person are also included regardless of the date at which they were created. Other lists on our pages will be added in the future. Most of the underlying records have been donated to JewishGen for inclusion in their database by the Lyakhovichi Research Group, it is the additional analysis and the intensive indexing which gives us a new window into the materials included here.

The webmaster moved through the list alphabetizing in an unusual manner – assuming there were standardized spellings for given names and putting all variants in the same order. The materials which were ordered first by fathers name and then by the given names of the “child” were ordered a third time by surname to bring together the same individual in multiple documents. Finally they were ordered chronologically from the earliest record source to the latest. A person with two given names was indexed under both, until the variations by which it might appear at a later date, were determined. At least, the description of the process just given is the intent – this table is a work in progress and in adding hundreds of new names in an update cycle where many projects were pending, the work is still ongoing.

Specifically for the Patronyms D-F
The D through F Given Names by which they are organized are the following and regardless of the spelling given in a particular document, they are alphabetized as if they conform to this list (but the original spelling is given).
David, Dan,
Elya, Efrem, Ezra,
Faivel, Falya, Fishel

Not in this list are:
Evel ( this is the name Abel it is indexed as Yevel);
Ekhiel (indexed as Yehiel)
Eda (indexed as Yeda, a form of Yedidiah)
Evna (the name Jonah, indexed as Yevno)

Co-Names:
There is a tradition in Jewish naming to associate certain names: Benjamin and the Hebrew Zev and the Yiddish Wolf; Naftali and the Hebrew Zvi and the Yiddish Hirsh, Russian Girsh; Judah and the Hebrew Ariya and the Yiddish Leib. There are also associated names that are less well-known: Yehiel and Michael; Asher and Anshel; Efrem and Fishel; et al. The webmaster has not yet achieved the consistency she would like in the ways these names are indexed. For this edition Benjamin and Wolf remain separate but all of the Judah, Aryeh, and Leib, names are indexed as if written Leyba (the most common version found in our records). Look under each possible co-name and we will try to let you know when we get standardized.

Notes by the webmaster in the table:
The first column is the name of the father. It is usually given as a single generation’s name in the particular record cited but this table was constructed to add to our knowledge, not to do an exact reproduction of any given record. As time allows, the webmaster is going back into the records cited, to see if there is a clear indication of that father’s parentage. If the father is listed in a way that easily draws a connection to a previous generation, (as when it is the father’s father that is the head of household), that information is being added to the patronymic table. When the father’s age is given in the record that the child is cited in, it is one of the facts being added to that column as we progress.

Surname (Column 5). The surname is that given in the record of the child. It is that of the child not necessarily that of the parent – i.e. married daughters, sons who take the names of their fathers-in-law, sons who take surnames different from their fathers, and sons who take surnames where their fathers had none. Not all surnames are hereditary and not all are hereditary in the male line. The 1805 Tavern Register uses a number of names to refer to individuals that were replaced in 1816 with other surnames. The 1816 Revision List reports a number of people as dead or missing since 1811 who turn up in 1819 with the same first name, patronymic, and comparable age, but a new surname. We have numerous instances of brothers with different surnames and we have multiple cases in Lyakhovichi where a son-in-law takes his father-in-law’s name. In the 1784 Grand Duchy of Lithuania Census, there were no surnames, but we can identify many of the individuals named, some by placing them in this patronymic list and observing the results. Individuals who can be conclusively identified from the 1784 Census are listed with the surname of their family members in 1816 and 1819 written in brackets.

Relevant Facts (Column 6) This column ties together the listings in multiple years but has not been consistently filled in, in some cases the pattern of the same person with the same patronym and surname in multiple years has been allowed to speak for itself, most often clarification is offered when the surname changes or when the person goes from using a double name to a single name. There are special notes relevant to the 1784 Grand Duchy of Lithuania Census and to the 1884 Tax List.

What does it mean when the webmaster includes the note “His placement in the tax list indicates that his immediate family does not appear in RL before 1874?” A number in the 1884 tax list higher than 265 indicates that the taxpayer, or his father, or the head of his household, did not get recorded in Lyakhovichi in the 1850 Revision List (or its 1851 and 1852 Supplements) and probably appears in 1874 or arrived some time since that date. How can that be when the taxpayer has an old Lyakhovichi surname that has been appearing for decades? His father may not have been recorded in 1850 because of having been absent or missed. His father may not have been recorded because he is a son-in-law rather than a son of the ancient-named family. His father may have lived in another town as a legal resident and only made his residence official since the 1850 Revision List.. The webmaster has an ongoing policy of investigating why someone who appears in one Revision List does not seem to appear in the previous and the subsequent. It has allowed her to find name variants, and simple indexing errors, and it has uncovered the correlations between the 1884 tax list and the earlier Revision Lists.

What does it mean when someone who appeared in the 1850 Revision List does not appear in a subsequent tax list, but you know they still lived in the town? It probably means that they were among the almost fifty percent of Lyakhovichi people who were counted among the Poor Jews of the town. See our notes at the 1883-1884 Tax List. It may also reflect a legal residence elsewhere, that they were in the military at the time, or something else we have not yet clarified.

What can you do to help make this list more complete? Contact Gary Palgon to find out about ongoing projects such as the indexing of the 1874 Revision List for Lyakhovichi. Point out when you have found someone on our pages who is not noted in this index. Share your photographs of tombstones of people born in Lyakhovichi so we can extract their fathers’ names. Send the webmaster info on your family members that she can add to these records. There are a lot of projects that can add to this data, be in touch to find out how you can help!

Fathers whose First Names Start with D-F
Father’s Name (notes  about the father’s parentage, age, et al are a work in progress – not complete)	Child’s Name	Child’s Age	Date of Child’s known Age/ Source Document	Name applied to Household of Child (not necessarily a hereditary surname)	Facts relevant to Father (namesakes et al) This column is a work in progress, many details have not been examined or included
David	Abram	18	1819RL	BLYAKHAR	In 1819 Vigdor son of David Blyakhar and his wife are listed separately from Abram. Vigdor is 30.  In 1834 Vigdor is recorded with a brother Itska.There is no further info on David in the listings of any of the three in either year. Vigdor Blyakhar is the same as Avigdor Berkovich son of David in 1811 so perhaps Abram appears as a Berkovich.
Dovid	Abram	Died in 1819	1834RL	BLYAKHAR	Not clear if he is connected to Vigdor son of David Blyakhar. In 1819 Vigdor son of David Blyakhar and his wife are listed separately from Abram. Vigdor is 30.  In 1834 Vigdor is recorded with a brother Itska.There is no further info on David in the listings of any of the three in either year.
David	Abram	25	1819RL	KERBEL
Dovid	Abram	41	1834RL	KERBEL
Dovid	Abram	Died 1850, 41 in last RL	1850RL	KERBEL
Dovid (son of Matus son of Gershon), 34	Abram	14	1850RL	SHTEIN	His deceased grandfather Matus son of Gershon, his absent uncle Kasriel son of Matus, and his father’s sister Khaya, all live in the household with David, his wife, and his children including Abram.
Tevel	Abram? (Alram)	21 by 1874 cen	1889 Draft	CHARNY
Davyd (son of Rubin son of Girsh)	Abram		1884 TL #240	KAPLAN	His order in the tax list indicates that he is one of the Kaplan family from Medvedichi recorded Medvedichi list #5  (26 Oct 1850)  KAPLAN, Rubin b Girsh (dead): and son Movsha b Rubin with wife and dtrs and son Sholom b Movsha;  and son Itska b Rubin; and son  Dovid b Rubin with wife and dtrs;  and son Girsh b Rubin (recruited). In 1884 the representatives of this fam were: #237 KAPLAN, Sholom Movshov  #238 KAPLAN , Abram Sholomov 239 KAPLAN, Dovid Rubinov     #240 KAPLAN, Abram Dovidov  #241 KAPLAN, Sholom Dovydov #242 KAPLAN, Vulf Rubinov      #243 KAPLAN , Rubin Vulfov     #244 KAPLAN , Abram Vulfov    #245 KAPLAN, Leiba Yudelev (not sure whether he is part of Medvedichi family #5 or #6 in 1850)
David (Dovid)	Abram	21 by 1874 cen	1880 Draft	FINDEL
Dovidko	Anshel	21 by 1874 cen	1890 Draft	BUSEL
David Yitzhak Yankelovitz	Asher	16	Slutsk Chevra Kad 11/27/1919	YANKELOVITZ	Bachelor,
Dovid	Beniamin	25	25Jan1851 -Supplement	LEV	Says he was missed in previous RL, so we don’t have a good indication of family.
Dowid	Bejlia	dtr	1784 GDL Podhory
Dovid	Beylya	13	1834RL	GANTSEVICH
Dovid	Bogdana	5	1834RL	EPSHTEIN	There is no female using this first name in 1850
Dovid	Don	32	1850RL	KARABEYNIK	He is in household of Nison b Evna Elina, dead and defacto headed by Nison’s brother Srol. May be a son-in-law. Don was missed in 1834.
David (Davyd)	Donya		1884 TL #97	KARABELNIK (KARABEINIK)	Order in tax list indicates that he is a member of the family listed in 1850RL as #82 VEINER, Shender b Matus and wife and son Yudel. Shender is enum in household of ELINA. Head is Srol b Evna Elina, dead, and defacto head is Srol’s brother Nison b Evna. Shender may be Nison’s son-in-law. Also in same household is KARABEYNIK, Don b David with his wife and dtrs who may also be a son-in-law of Nison b Evna Elina. In 1884 the reps of this family in the tax list are: #95 VEINGER, Yudel Senderov          #96 VEINGER, Abram Yudelev     #97 KARABEINIK, Donya Davidov
David	Dvosha	15	Slutsk Chevra Kad 08/13/1920	KHVEDIK	Maiden,
David HACOHEN LEKHIVITZER	Ester	wife	Slutsk Chevra Kad 2/15/1896	BROKERER  (dtrs married name)	Wife of Yakov Brokerer
David (Davyd)	Faivel'		1884 TL #258	KIRKHEL'	His order in the tax list is right after those who were present in the 1850RL. If he is the son of Dovid b Berka Kurkhin who was 15 and absent in 1850, perhaps he was recorded on an additional supplement we do not currently have.
David (Dovid)	Feiga	15	1819RL	GULICH
Dovid	Freyda	12	26Oct1850 1850RL	BREVDA
David (Dovid)	Girsh	61	1805 Register Lyakhovichi	FOLVARKOVICH
David	Girsh	47	1819RL	MASENZHNIK (see Masonchik and Mysondzik)
Dovid	Girsh	Died 1819	1834RL	MESIONZHNIK
David (Dovid)	Girsh		1884 TL #744	GRINBERG	His order in the tax list indicates that his immediate head of family was not recorded in RL before 1874
David	Khaim Zvi (also indexed as Girsh)	Father called Lekhivitzer; “ the young man”	Slutsk Chevra Kad 1/22/1895	LEKHEVITZER (not sure if descriptive or surname)	This name could be indexed as Khaim, Zvi, or Girsh. If it is a surname could also be related to David haKohen Lekhevitzer whose daughter Esther’s Slutsk burial notes that she is the wife of Yakov Brokerer
Dovid	Gitlya	8	26Oct1850 Medvedichi 1850Suplmt	KAPLAN
David	Shmuilo-Itsko	34 / died in 1814	1811/16RL	KLEYMAISTER
Dovid	Itska	18	1834RL	BLYAKHAR	Not clear if Abram Blyakhar b David is connected to Vigdor son of David Blyakhar. In 1819 Vigdor son of David Blyakhar and his wife are listed separately from Abram. Vigdor is 30.  In 1834 Vigdor is recorded with a brother Itska.There is no further info on David in the listings of any of the three in either year. Vigdor Blyakhar is the same as Avigdor Berkovich son of David in 1811
Dovid	Itska	Died in 1848	26Oct1850 1850RL	BLYAKHAR	The same one recorded in 1834.
Dovid	Keylya	18	1834RL	EPSTEIN
David	Khaim Zvi (also indexed as Girsh)	“ the young man”	Slutsk Chevra Kad 1/22/1895	LEKHEVITZER (not sure if descriptive or surname)	This name could be indexed as Khaim, Zvi, or Girsh.
Dovid	Khayim	21 by 1874 census o/a	1889 Draft	DUBINCHIK
Dovid (son of Lemka), 30	Lemka	14	25Jan18511850Suplmt	BREVDA	It says Dovid was missed in previous RL, but not clear whether that refers to 1834 or the main 1850RL.  David was 30 in this supplement so if he is the same as the David son of Lemka Brevda who was 23 in 1834 then he has taken nine years off his age at one end or the other.
Davyd (son of lemka)	Lemko		1884 TL #186+ Syn Petition 1875	BREVDA	The order in the tax list indicates that in the  1850RL  he was part of household #21  (25 Jan 1851)  BREVDA,  Dovid b Lemka w wife and son Lemka. In 1884 he was the family’s only representative.
Dovid (son of Lemka)	Lemko (Lemka)		PropOwners1874 PropOwners1877 PropOwners1886	BREVDA
Dovid (son of Iosel) age 46	Leyb	13	1834RL	KAPLAN	In 1834 Dovid is listed with wife two sons – Iosel and Leyb. Dovid was 30 in previous RL but there is no further info about his father in 1819
Dovid (son of Iosel) died in 1844	Leyb	29	26Oct1850 1850RL	KAPLAN
Dovid	Leiba		1884 TL #655	ZAETS	The order in the tax list indicates that his head of family not recorded in RL before 1874.
Dawid	Leyzor	Head	1784 GDL Lachowicze		His son was noted as a doctor in this record.
Dovid	Livsha	3	1850Sup-Oc251850	SHUSTER
Davyd	Matus		1884 TL #182	SHTEIN	The order in the tax list indicates that in the 1850RL he was part of household #12 (25 Jan 1851) SHTEINMAN, Kasriel b Matus w wife and dtrs. He is not recorded in the order indicated by the listing for Dovid b Matus father of Kasriel in 1850 in the main RL.
Dovid	Meyer	14	1834RL	EPSHTEIN	This name combination repeats father –to – son from the early 1800s until World War I. David father of Meyer Epstein who was 14 in 1834 is the father of David Epstein who owned a hotel in Lyakhovichi who is the father of Meyer Epstein who died unmarried in 1916.
Dovid	Meyer	30	26Oct1850 1850RL	EPSHTEIN	See the note for Meyer’s namesake grandson who was Yakov meir b David Ephstein but called Meir Epshtein. That grandson was born 1888.
DAVID HALEVY EPSHTEIN	Yakov Meir	28, bachelorom the refugees from Lakhovits	Slutsk Chevra Kad 5/15/ 1916	HALEVI-EPSHTEIN	the bachelor; from the refugees of Lyakhovichi. Is the same as Meir b Daivd Epshtein described in My Devastated Shtetl. His parents owned the hotel and his father was Dodi son of Meir Agushkes.  Since he was named for his grandfather, Meyer b David Epshtein who was 30 in 1850, that grandfather had to have been dead by the time of this Meir’s 1888 birth.
David (Dovid)	Mikhel'	48	1884 E +1884 TL #305	EPSHTEIN	The order of the tax list indicates that his immediate head of family was not recorded in RL before 1874.
Dowid	Meriem	Dtr	1784 GDL Podhory
Dawid	Morduch	Head	1784 GDL Lachowicze
Dovid  (Dovid Itska son of Berka) 52	Mordukh	14	1834RL	PINCHUK
Dovid (Dovid Itska son of Berka)  died in 1846	Mordukh	absent	1850	PINCHUK	Widow still living with son Iosel’s  wife and ch; and son Mordukh’s wife and ch. Iosel is dead and Mordukh is absent. Household headed by women.
Dawid	Mowsza	Head	1784 GDL Lachowicze
Dovid	Movsha	14	1819RL	DUBINCHIK
Dovid	Movsha	30	1834RL	DUBINCHIK
Dovid (son of Sholom)	Movsha	46	26Oct1850 1850RL	DUBINCHIK	Yankel son of Sholom Dubinchik is listed as head of household and Dovid son of Sholom is his brother. Both men are dead in 1850, having died in 1848 and 1838 respectively. Movsha b Dovid and a relative the same age Dovid b Movsha are the only living members of household.  Another deceased Dubinchik is also reported.
Dovid  (son of Shlioma), 44	Movsha	8	1834RL	GANTSEVICH
Dovid (son of Shlioma) died 1848	Movsha	24	26Oct1850 Supplement	GANTSAVICH
Dovid	Movsha		1884 TL #744	GRINBERG	Order in tax list indicates that head of family not recorded before 1874RL
Dovid (son of Meyer Shliomo), age 42	Nakhemya	8	1834RL	EPSHTEIN
Dovid (son of Meyer Shliomo) age 58  and of David’s wife the dtr of Movsha Feivishovich VInogrod	Nekhemya	24	26Oct1850 1850RL	EPSHTEIN	See notes on Movsha son of Feivish Vinogrod, Nekhemya’s grandfather, to see connections to the name Nekhemya in that family
David	Nekhesh'ya		1884 TL #21	EPSHTEIN	Order in tax list indicates that this is 1850 household #12 EPSTEIN,  David son of Meyer and wife and dtrs and son Nekhemya, Nekhemya’s wife and son-in-law Wolf b Ayzik.  In 1884 the representatives of the fam are #21 EPSTEIN, Nekheshya Davidov and #22 EPSTEIN, Mordukh Nekheshya – that is Nekhemya of 1850 and his son Mordukh
Davyd	Nevakh		1884 TL #394	EPSHTEIN	Order in tax list indicates his head of family not recorded before 1874RL
Dovid	Noson	46	1805 Register Lyakhovichi	DUBINETS
Dovid-Itsko son of Berka	Pesya	x/4	1811/16RL	PINCHUK
Dovid	Riva	2	1834RL	EPSHTEIN
David (Dovid)	Shimen	21 by 1874 cen	1880 Draft	FINDEL
Dovid son of Nosel (misindexed as Iosel in 1834, correctly Nosel in 1816) died 1833	Shimshel	18	1834RL	KUSHNER
Dovid son of Nosel	Shimshel	18 at last RL, recruited 1840		KIRSZNER (Kushner > Kirszner)	He appears in 1850 RL but was recruited 1840. He is among 12 dead or absent people appended to the household of Busel, whose only surviving members are Fayva Busel and wife.
David	Shimshel'	48	1884 TL +1884 E	BREVDA
David (Dovid)	Shloma	44	1805 Register Lyakhovichi	CHERNIKHOVSKY	Shlioma son of David was head of family. He had son David who was  claimed as 18 so his father had been dead that long.
David (Dovid)	Shlioma	50	Jewish Townsmen Jan1885 +starosta voter	GANTSEVICH
David (Dovid)	Shlioma	51	1884 E	GANTSEVICH
David (Dovid)	Shlioma (Shlyoma)	50	1884 D, 1884 TL#665	GANTSEVICH	His placement in tax list indicates that his immediate head of family was not in RL before 1874
Tevel	Shlioma		1884 TL	CHARNY
David (Dovid)	Sholom	43	1805 Register Lyakhovichi	DUBINETS (Dubinets> Dubinchik > Rubinchik	DUBINETS OF 1805 became DUBINCHIK in 1816. He appears in 1784 GDL Census as Sholom of Lozowicze
David (Dovid)	Shlomo	50 /55	1811/16RL	DUBINCHIK (Dubinets> Dubinchik > Rubinchik	In 1805 and 1834 called Sholom not Shlomo but family is same. In 1805 surname was Dubinets not Dubinchik
Dovid	Sholom	-	1834RL	DUBINCHIK (Dubinets> Dubinchik > Rubinchik	Are the ages the same in previous RL cited. No ages but remainder of family is same
David (Davyd)	Sholom		1884 TL	KAPLAN
Dovid	Shmerka	1	1834RL	BREVDA
Dovid (son of Lemka son of Aron son of Lemka)Dovid is 39 in 1850	Shmerka	17	26Oct1850 1850RL	BREVDA
David (son of Lemka son of Aron son of Lemka)	Shmerko		1884 TL #32	BREVDA	His order in the tax list indicates that he is a member of the family listed in 1850RL as household #26 and #27. These are two large Brevda households containing 29 people. In 1884 Shmerka is one of 5 Brevdas representing those families. Specifically he was the 17 yr old son of Dovid b Lemka, whose father Lemka son of Aron was deceased head of household.
David	Shmuilo-Itsko	34 / died in 1814	1811/16RL	KLEYMAISTER
David (Davyd)	Shmuilo		1884 TL #267	ELINA	The order in the tax list makes it possible that the head of this family appeared in a supplement of 1852 that we do not have.
Dovid	Srol	17	24Apr1851 1850Suplmt	DOVIDOVSKY	Is in 18814 tax list.
Davyd	Srol'		1884 TL #217	DAVIDOVSKIY	Though he appears in the 1850 Supplement Apr 24, 1851, his order on this list indicates that he may have appeared on a second supplement that we do not have.  He is the 17 yr old of 1851 and he appears alone, though there is a separate listing for his wife in the supplements also.
David	Avigdor	20/ ran away in 1812	1811/16RL	BERKOVICH	Is the same as Avigdor b David Blyakhar (occupational surname – tinsmith) in 1819
David	Avigdor (Vigdor)	30	1819RL	BLYAKHAR	Same as Avigdor b David Berkovich in 1811. Living with brother Itsko in 1834.
Dovid	Vigdor	Died 1825	1834RL	BLYAKHAR	Same as Avigdor b David Berkovich in 1811. Living with brother Itsko in 1834.
Dovid-Mikhel	Avigdor-Yankel	x /40	1811/16RL	ARANOVICH (Aranovich > Malovitsky)	His order in the 1816 RL compared to the sequence in the 1834RL indicates that he is identical to Yankel son of Mikhel Malovitsky who was  58 in 1834
Mikhel	Yankel	58	1834	MALOVITSKY (Aranovich > Malovitsky)	His sequence in the 1816 RL compared to the sequence in the 1834RL indicates that  Avigdor-Yankel son of Dovid-Mikhel Aranovich who was 40 in 1816 is identical to Yankel son of Mikhel Malovitsky who was  58 in 1834
DAVID HALEVY EPSHTEIN	Yakov Meir	28, bachelorom the refugees from Lakhovits	Slutsk Chevra Kad 5/15/ 1916	HALEVI-EPSHTEIN	the bachelor; from the refugees of Lyakhovichi. Is the same as Meir b Daivd Epshtein described in My Devastated Shtetl. His parents owned the hotel and his father was Dodi son of Meir Agushkes.
Dovid	Yankel	10	1834RL	GANTSEVICH
Dovid	Yankel		26Oct1850 1850Suplmt	GANTSAVICH
David	Yankel-Vulf	40 / died in 1816	1811/16RL	VALTSMAN	Is the same as Yankel b David Zaltsman 1819
David	Yankel	45	1819RL	ZALTSMAN	Is the same as Yankel Vulf b David Valtsman iwho was 40 in 1811
Dovid	Yankel		1834RL	SALTSMAN
David (Dovid)	Yeda	40	1805 Register Lyakhovichi	DUBINETS
David (Dovid)