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Nathan Francis Harrison
of Darby PA in WWI Draft Registration Card
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Morris Mallove
of New London CT, in US's "Old Man Draft" Registration of WWII in 1942
Abe Xveduk
of Pittsburg PA, in US's "Old Man Draft" Registration of WWII in 1942
Primary Records of North America - Canada
by Deborah G. Glassman, copyright 2007
Canada’s birthplace-citing records, are more diverse, and in many cases, more accessible, than those from the United States. It is only the time limitations of the webmaster that have kept this from being the larger documented section of North American records.
Birthplace and “last residence abroad” reporting records include:
Immigration records of each port with some of the most complete records being in the provinces whose ports were where Jews were most likely to enter – New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Quebec.
Conscription and service records from World War I.
Canadian Russian Consulate records for those who maintained their Russian allegiance shows several Lyakhovichi-born Jews.
As you look for your family names here, please send us them and other Lyakhovichi folk you find!
This Space is Reserved for other North American Records (including Mexico, Cuba, the Caribbean) related to Lyakhovichi which we need your help to find and search!
 The New Havana Custom House in 1914
Coming Attractions - Help us Build a Page for South America including the vibrant Lechovicher communities in Buenos Aires' Parque Chas neighborhood, and the Polish-Jewish communities of the 1920s and 1930s across Argentina, Chile, and Brazil! See the photo at the bottom of the center column of the 1895 Buenos Aires Census including Lechovicher Mauricio Gitlin
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Primary Records of Other Nations Created about those from Lyakhovichi
This is a page in our Documents section. Click the button labeled "Documents" in the left-hand column to reach all of the other resources of the Document area.
Primary Records of North America - United States
by Deborah G. Glassman, copyright 2007
The United States has few records in the national jurisdiction and even less of them cite a specific town of birth. Social Security applications were a fairly late innovation for the last generations born in Lyakhovichi and privacy considerations prevent their release (except to next of kin) before a certain number of years. The major US record types that provide this information are immigration records, which we discuss on other pages of our site, and military registration and service records, which we look at here.
The massive mobilization of manpower that was witnessed as modern nations geared-up for a Twentieth Century war, coincided with the arrival in the United States of the largest numbers of Lyakhovichi natives. It also impacted those who were still living in Lyakhovichi and those who had settled elsewhere. World War One moved and registered men on a massive scale. Lyakhovichi Jews still in their town were mobilized ieven if they had fulfilled their "reserve" phase of compulsary service. Lyakhovichi emigrants in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and British territories (including Canada, Palestine, Australia, and more) were required to register for service even if they would claim an exemption. In the United States, if you were born between 1874 and 1900, you were legally required to go to your draft board for an examination, the filing of an officially witnessed draft registration card, and an opportunity to state your reasons that you thought yourself exempt from service. Those who had not begun the process of American citizenship and wished to be considered as Russian subjects, were required to go to the Russian consulate and file that country's necessary documentation. There was no relief though from service, through that route, the Russian government told you to pay your own way back to Russia and report for duty.
Before we look at the specific records created for Draft Registration in 1917 and 1918, it is handy to juggle some numbers. Try this breakdown, which is just rough guessing and I would like to have someone knowledgeable handle the numerical evidence and come to some real conclusions.
Of approximately 2,000 immigrants specifically from our town, (so not counting people from the immediate surrounds and excluding those from Baranovichi specifically,)
1. Remove all of the women and daughters who emigrated (say 60% of total emigrants which is stated as the usual percentage in various reports of movement through NYC and Philadelphia. There was a smaller percentage through the specialized recruitment for Galveston.)
2. Remove all of the men who were born before 1874 (I've no idea - twenty percent?)
3. Remove all of those of the right age group who died between their date of arrival and 1917 (this number should be low - adult men without close proximity to violence shouldn't die in great numbers between 18 and forty - so 3 percent?)
Conclusion - This would seem to me to suggest that there are around 300 draft-eligible men we should expect to find in US records between those who actually served and those who registered for the draft as required. Help us find them, count them, and learn about them. Or help me learn why this reasoning is flawed and the real number for which to search.
The materials collected below are part of a general search for the town of Lyakhovichi in the hundreds of thousands of US draft cards of men from Russia. Because that remains too daunting a task for a website whose field of interest is one specific town, not Russian Jewry as a whole, I ask for your help in looking for people of your family names and connected families in these records. Please send me copies of anyone whose record states they were born in our town. A very small percentage of these cards also designates a specific birthplace for the father of the young men: if you have such a find, please share it. It would be valuable to know if a father was born in Lyakhovichi and the son elsewhere, or vice versa.
Following the images of World War I Draft Registration cards below, there is another list.
Seventy men who registered for another war mobilization - the 1942 "Old Man's Draft" which registered men born between 1874 and 1900. The age breakdown was unusual and in my family, it meant that older siblings of my grandparents were listed and younger ones were not. As a data source, it also provides interesting information. People who had entered the United States claiming a younger age, were less concerned about keeping up that pretense as they became aware that they were not going to be "sent back to Russia" for fibbing about their age on entry forms. Often, the later document shows a shared "birthday" but an earlier year, than the document created for World War I's registration, twenty-four years earlier. I am sure there are many more of these to find as well, please share the finds you make in your research!
Though this page currently includes only Draft Registration information, we would like to post any US government record that shows Lyakhovichi as a specific town of birth. We would like your help in identifying such records and searching them for our people.
We have also created the first additional pages of supporting documentation in the Nations of Settlement. A Death Certificate may not be able to be used to identify a Lyakhovichi birthplace, but the death certificate of a person born in Lyakhovichi may identify his parents and spouse who were also born in Lyakhovichi and give a date of birth, and the number of years since immigration. Cemetery Stones occasionally state "Lechovich" on their face, but they are more useful for other key biographical data than birthplace. We invite you to submit Marriage records of those born in Lyakhovichi, Census data, and other primary records created in the land of settlement and the webmaster will build the pages to hold your data! To see the pages that have been created so far - click on the Documents button in the left-hand column.
Original Records of Lyakhovichi Natives in United States
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Robert ANGELOWITZ, registering in NYC for WWI Draft |
Abraham BERGER, registering in NYC for WWI Draft |
Jacob BERGER, registering in Brooklyn for WWI Draft
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Irving Bernard BROOK, registering in CT for WWI Draft |
Isadore GAVZY, registering in Oklahoma for WWI Draft (with nearest relative in Philadelphia.) |
Julius GALIN, registering in NYC. |
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Abram KOLSKY, registering in Woodstown NJ for WWI Draft |
Irving MALLOW registering in Newark NJ for WW I Draft |
Max MALOWITZKY, registering in New London Connecticut for WWI Draft. |
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Louis MUKASHEY, registering in NYC for WWI Draft. |
Harry ROSENBERG, registering in Louisville KY for WWI Draft. |
Sam ROSENBERG, registering in Louisville KY for WWI Draft. |
Lechovichers in United States' "Old Man Draft" of World War II
Names extracted from a card search 40 Names were removed from this list after examination of the WWI record showed that their birthplace was Lyakhovichi Volin or Vilna or Poltava. Many more from our town are still to be found. Please help us complete this list! |
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Name |
Birth Date |
Birthplace |
Residence (City or County and State) |
WWI Draft (search for same person in WWI Draft Registration)
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ABRAMOWITZ |
Michael |
3/15/1878
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Lechowitch, Russia |
Middle Village, NY
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Mar 25 1877 lives in Massachussets; doesn’t specify which Lechowitz [almost all Massachussetts residents have been from other “Lechowitzes”] |
ANGUL |
Robert |
7/1/1893 |
Lechowitch, Russia |
Kings, NY |
Was Robert Angelowitz same birthdate; Manhattan; shows Lechowitz Minsk; |
BERGER |
Abraham |
3/4/1891 |
Lechovich, Russia |
Bronx, NY
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In Manhattan; one day off birthdate, Lachowitz Minsk; |
BERGER |
Jacob |
4/5/1890 |
Lechowich, Russia |
Kings, NY
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Same birthdate, doesn’t specify |
BERK |
Samuel |
8/25/1884 |
Lechevich, Russia |
Phila., PA
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Not definite |
BERKOVITZ |
Solomon |
9/10/1885 |
Lechovitch, Poland |
Atlantic, New Jersey |
Not found |
BINN |
Abraham |
6/27/1883 |
Lachowitz, Russia
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Bronx, NY |
15July1883 Bronx; no bp; fthr Barnett Binn c/o Berkowitz, 55 Hester Manhattan; unemployed due to illness |
BODOWSKY |
Myer |
8/8/1888 |
Lachovitz, Poland |
Salem, New Jersey
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Not with this spelling; |
BOOKBINDER |
Benjamin |
7/25/1885 |
Lachowitz Russia |
Kings, NY
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July 25, 1882 Benjamin Bookbinder in Manhattan; no bp |
BOOKSPAN |
Nathan |
8/15/1889 |
Lechovitz, Russia |
NY, NY
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No bp |
BOSKO |
Steve |
12/20/1888 |
Lachowize, Poland |
Kings, NY
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Likely not to be Jewish |
BROIDY |
Morris David |
2/19/1889 |
Liaikowitz, Poland |
Kings, NY
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BUSH |
Samuel H |
12/1/1894 |
Lechowich, Russia |
Dauphin, PA |
Samuel Hart Bush in Camden NJ – of Lecihroitz Dec 1, 1895 |
BUSH |
Solomon |
5/3/1887 |
Lechowitz, Russia |
Camden, New Jersey
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In Camden for WWI – May 3, 1886, grocer butcher; no bp
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BUSHEL |
Hyman |
12/10/1891 |
Lechewich, Poland |
NY |
Says Lachewich Russia, does not specify, same bd, lawyer, |
BUSHEL |
Morris |
1/1/1885 |
Lachavitz, Russia |
Bronx, NY
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Did not find. Found Samuel Bushel, June 15, 1889 born Lachewish; Declarant; NYC, Manhattan |
CABLE |
Ben |
2/18/1894 |
Lechovich, Russia |
Phila., PA
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There is a Louis Cable in Phila; does not give specific bp and birth year is 1888 |
CHINICH |
Abe |
7/15/1894 |
“ Lachwa, Poland” |
Essex, New Jersey
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Oscar Chinich says Lachwa in WWI Newark NJ (same county) –this person said “Lachowicze” on other docs, and Chinicz is a Lyakhovichi family |
COHEN |
Harry |
2/15/1890 |
Lechovitz, Russia |
NY, NY
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not identified |
COHEN |
Harry |
8/15/1891 |
Lechevich, Russia |
Kings, NY
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COHEN |
Rubin |
12/25/1892 |
Lechowitz, Russia |
Kings, NY
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DAROFF |
Max |
8/20/1881 |
Lechevitch, Russia |
Phila., PA
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DEMSKI |
George |
4/23/1882 |
Lachowey, Poland |
Baltimore, Maryland
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EPSTEIN |
David |
2/21/1883 |
Lechowitz, Russia |
Phila., PA
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FEIN |
Joseph |
5/1890 |
Lachowitz, Russia |
Kings, NY
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FISHER |
Solomon |
6/1889 |
Lechowitz, Russia |
Kings, NY
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FOLOWITZ |
Benjamin |
3/28/1887 |
Lechowitch, Russia |
Kings, NY
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25 July 1886, Brooklyn, Benny Foliwitz |
GALIN |
Julius |
4/10/1894 |
Lechevitz, Russia |
Kings, NY
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10 Apr 1893, Manhattan,Julius Galin, says Lachowitz Minsk,
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GAVRIN |
David
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10/15/1882 |
Lechovitz, Russia |
Kings, NY |
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GAVZY |
Isadore |
4/20/1885 |
Lachowitz, Russia |
Camden, New Jersey |
Isadore Gavzy in Oklahoma, gives Philadelphia address for contact Mr. M H. Epstein; same birthdate Comanche Co Oklahoma
Joseph Gavza working for David Brody in NY b May 5, 1899, no bp; |
GOLDBERG |
Morris |
8/16/1894 |
Lechowitz, Russia |
Kings, NY
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Says Lechowitz, not specific; says Aug 1894, Manhattan, no references |
GREENWALD |
Isac Paul |
12/27/1887 |
Lachowitz, Russia |
Phila.,PA
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HARRISON |
Nathan Francis |
8/24/1888 |
Lachevitz, Russia |
Phila., PA
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Was misfiled. I found by puttng in birthdate and PA and Russia! Says Lachowitz Minsk, Outside of Phila, in Darby, Delaware Co. PA
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HAVSY |
Joseph |
12/29/1886 |
Lachowitz, Russia |
Kings, NY
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HIMOVITZ |
Nathan |
3/28/1879 |
Lechovitch Minsker Gubernia, Russia |
Phila., PA
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KANTROWITZ |
Ralph |
9/15/1882 |
Lechawitz, Russia |
Kings, NY
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Not found |
KAPLAN |
Max |
3/20/1885 |
Lechovitch, Poland |
Phila., PA
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KAPLAN |
Max |
1879 |
Lachowitch, Russia |
Kings, NY
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KOLSKY |
Abram (check) |
10/15/1886 |
Lechewitz, Russia Poland |
Phila., PA
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Found in Salem NJ, Dec 1886 Abrom Kolsky |
KUCHINSKY |
Michael |
9/29/1895 |
Lechowicse, Poland |
Somerset, New Jersey
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KURTIN |
Jacob Lewis |
3/15/1886 |
Lacho, Russia Poland |
Bronx, NY |
Jacob Lewis Kurtin WaterburyCT Mar 4, 1885 no bp |
KUZMUK |
William |
1/29/1897 |
Lachowitz, Russia |
Kings, NY |
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LEHV |
Myer |
9/6/1879 |
Lachowitz, Russia |
Kings, NY
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Aug 17, 1880 indexed as Meyer Lehr |
LEHV |
Saul |
4/10/1892 |
Lachovitz, Russia |
Kings, NY
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LEPOFSKY |
Jacob |
12/1883 |
Lechevitzer, Russia |
Phila., PA
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July 1879 Jacob Lepofsky Brooklyn, no bp |
LEVINE |
Aaron |
10/15/1886 |
Lechawitz Mintzk, Russia |
Kings, NY
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LEVY |
Samuel |
4/22/1893 |
Lechowich, Russia |
Kings, NY |
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LEW |
Symcha |
8/10/1896 |
Lachowicze, Poland |
NY, NY
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LOSS |
Aaron |
10/10/1892 |
Lachowitz, Russia |
Hudson, New Jersey
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15 Dec 1892 Jersey City NJ; no bp; no rels |
LUSH |
Samuel Beryl |
9/9/1892 |
Lachovica, Russia |
Phila., PA
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MALLOVE |
Morris |
1/16/1892 |
Lechowitch, Russia |
New London, Connecticut
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MALLOW |
Irving Morris |
10/17/1894 |
Lachowitz, Russia |
Essex, New Jersey
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Irving Mallow, NJ; Lechawitz Minsk; |
MANDEL |
Solomon |
10/1885 |
Lechowitz, Russia |
Kings, NY
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MUKASHEY |
Louis |
9/20/1889 |
Lachowitch, Russia |
Bronx, NY
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NEEDELL |
Jack |
6/20/1893 |
Lechowitz, Russia |
Kings, NY
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OXMAN |
Max |
7/12/1894 |
Lechowitz, Russia |
Kings, NY
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ROSENBLUM |
Jacob |
12/15/1884 |
Lechowitch, Russia |
Brooklyn, NY
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ROSENBLUM |
Aaron Elias |
7/4/1896 |
Lachovitz,
Russia |
Kings, NY
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SCHANZER |
Jacob Ignatz
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2/12/1886 |
Lachowice, Poland |
NYC |
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SCHWARTZ |
Joseph |
10/1887 |
Lachowitz, Poland |
Phila., PA |
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SHEPPER |
Morris |
4/25/1893 |
Lechowitz, Russia |
Queens, NY
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SHEWCHUK |
Peter |
6/22/1893 |
Lachowcy, Russia |
Bronx, NY
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SILLER |
Isador |
5/15/1893 |
Lechowitch, Russia
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Phila. Pa |
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SLOTNICK |
David |
1878 |
Lechovitch, Russia |
Phila., PA |
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SMULOWITZ |
Benjamin |
7/27/1886 |
Lechowitch, Russia |
Kings, NY
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SNOFSKY |
Max |
12/12/1881 |
Lechowicze, Russia |
Kings, NY
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STEIN |
Joseph |
10/13/1883 |
Lechowich, Russia |
Bronx, NY
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TIKTIN |
Nathan |
2/18/1888 |
Lechovitz Minsk, Russia |
Kings, NY
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VANGER |
Louis |
7/10/1891 |
Lechowitz, Russia |
Kings, NY
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WARSHALL |
Philip |
10/15/1879 |
Lachowicze, Russia |
Kings, NY
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XVEDUCK |
Abe |
12/31/1885 |
Lachervich, Russia Poland |
Allegheny, PA
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click image to enlarge
Maricio Gitlin of Lyakhovichi in the 1895 Buenos Aires Census
This is part of the Coming Attractions for South America Primary Records , see column one
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