The Shepsel/Shepselevich Family of Troškūnai (Trashkun), Lithuania

Shepsel (Shepselevich) family

alternate spellings: Shepshel, Shepshelevich, Shepselevitz, Šepšelevič

► See also Memories of the Shepshelevich Family by Berl Glezer

The earliest known family member is Boruch Shepsel, who was born in Raguva sometime before 1793. His wife's name is unknown. The two known sons of Boruch Shepsel are:

I. Bentsel Shepsel was born in Raguva in 1811. He married Lifsa, who was also born in Raguva in 1811. Bentsel died sometime before 1866.

The three known children of Bentsel and Lifsa Shepsel:
Abraham Naftel Shepsel was born in Raguva in 1831. Sometime before 1865 he married Chaya Beyla, who was born in Lithuania in 1836. Abraham died in Troskunai in 1904. The six children of Abraham Naftel Shepsel and Chaya Beyla:

Leyb
Shepselevich

Berl Glezer's Memories of Leyb's family

Louis Shapiro
(born Leyzer
Shepselevich)

Necha Shepshelevich
Vospe

Hirshl
Shepselevich

Moyshe-Itzik
Shepselevich

Motl Shepselevich
(1933)

Mere-Yenta
Shepselevich
Katz

1. Leyb Elye Shepshelevich was born ~1867 in Troskunai. He married Chana Basya Glezer, who was born in Troskunai in 1865 to Yankel Meyer Glezer and Gitel Kovnovich. Chana Basya died in Panevezys on 20 December 1924. Leyb was killed in the Holocaust in 1941 in Birzai.
DOCUMENT Leyb Shepshelevich's application for internal passport
The eight children of Leyb Elye Shepselevich and Chana Basya Glezer:
a) Sora (Sorele) Dvera Shepselevich was born in Troskunai around 1883. She married Moyshe-Itzik (Meyshe-Itzik, Meyshitzik) Katz. They lived in Birzai, Lithuania, and had three daughters. One daughter went to Brazil. Sora, Meyshitzik, and the remaining daughters were killed in Birzai in the Holocaust, in the summer of 1941. The three children of Sora Shepselevich and Meyshitzik Katz:
Mera Ziska Katz went to Brazil to join her two uncles. Her married name was Mintses. She died in Brazil.
Rochla Leya Katz was born ~1926 and was killed in the Holocaust with her parents in 1941.
Chana Basya Katz was born ~1928 and was killed in the Holocaust with her parents in 1941.
b) Leyzer Shepselevich (later Louis Shapiro) was born in Troskunai on 15 February 1885. According to his first cousin Berl Glezer, Leyzer became a revolutionary and in 1905 was in danger of being arrested and sent to prison, so he made a false passport using the surname Abramovich, and escaped to America. In the U.S. he took the name Louis Shapiro. On 24 November 1906 in New York City, he married Riva-Keyla (later Clara) Pekarsky, who was born in ~1880 in Jonava, Lithuania.
PHOTO Louis Shapiro with his wife Clara, daughter Madeline, brother Hirshl, and other relatives
The two children of Louis Shapiro and Keyla/Clara Pekarsky:
Ethel Shapiro was born in New York on 28 January 1911. In Brooklyn on 24 or 27 May 1932 she married Jess Greenberg, who was born in Trostyanets, Russia (now Ukraine) on 15 December 1909, and immigrated to the US in 1922 as Jankel Greenberg. Ethel and Jess had two children. Jess died in 1999, and Ethel died in ~2006.
Madeline Joan Shapiro was born on 20 November 1919 in Brooklyn, New York. She married Alfred (Fred) Jorysz, who was born in Vienna, Austria, on 29 December 1913 and immigrated to the U.S. in 1938. Madeline died on 12 March 1999. Fred died in Brooklyn, New York, on 8 March 2003.
c) Nechama (Necha) Shepselevich was born in ~1888 in Troskunai. She married Hillel Vospe, who was born in 1880. The couple fled to Russia during World War II and lived in Crimea after the war. Hillel died in Crimea. Necha died in Vilnius on 14 January 1967. (Read about Necha's last years)
PHOTOS Necha Shepshelevich Vospe with her husband and children
The three children of Necha Shepselevich and Hillel Vospe:
Emma Vospe, born ~1921 in Crimea, killed during World War II.
Lisa Vospe, born ~1923 in Crimea, killed during World War II.
Izye Vospe, born ~1925 in Crimea, killed during World War II.
d) Shimon/Shimen (Shimel Pesach) Shepselevich was born in 1892 in Troskunai. He trained in Riga as a hatmaker, but was called to military service and was killed during World War I.
e) Hirshl Bentsel Shepselevich was born in 1895 in Troskunai. The family was evacuated to Russia during World War I.^[NOTE]In 1915, during World War I, tens of thousands of Jews were forcibly expelled to the east by the Russian authorities. Many Trashkuners settled in Penza. Most returned to their homes after the war. In Penza, Russia, Hirshl married [unknown] Peysachovich. She died in a tragic accident there in 1918 (read more). After the war and after the family had returned to Troskunai, Hirshl married Luba Sherman. Hirshl and Luba emigrated to Brazil, where both spent the rest of their lives.
PHOTO Hirshl with his wife Luba, brother Leizer, and other relatives
PHOTO Luba Shepshelevich visiting Konkurovich family in Vilnius (1969)
The three children of Hirshl Shepselevich and Luba Sherman:
Fruma (Frumele) Shepselevich was born in Trashkun in 1921 and emigrated with her parents to Brazil, where she married and had two children. She died while still in her thirties.
Eva (Chava, Chavele) Shepselevich was born in Troskunai in 1924 and emigrated with her parents to Brazil, where she married Maurio Prist and had two children.
Chaim Sepselevitz was born in 1929 in Brazil, where he married Paulina and had two children.
f) Moyshe-Itzik Shepselevich was born in 1895 in Troskunai. In Penza, Russia, during World War I,^[NOTE]In 1915, during World War I, tens of thousands of Jews were forcibly expelled to the east by the Russian authorities. Many Trashkuners settled in Penza. Most returned to their homes after the war. he married Tsivya Pesya (Cila [Tsila], later Celia) Peysachovich, the younger sister of Hirshl Shepselevich's first wife. Cila was born in Raguva in 1898. Moyshe-Itzik and Cila moved to Panyvezys after the war, and around 1925 they emigrated to Brazil with their two oldest children. Celia died in Brazil in 1976. Moyshe-Itzik died in Israel in 1980.
PHOTOS Moyshe-Itzik and his wife Celia
DOCUMENT Travel documents of Moyshe-Itzik and his family for emigration to Brazil (~1925)
The four children of Moyshe-Itzik Shepselevich and Cila Peysachovich:
Simcha Shepselevich was born 6 February 1921 in Panevezys and emigrated to Brazil with his family as a child. He moved to Israel in 1952. His wife was Allegra (later divorced). Simcha died in Israel in 2012.
Gita Shepselevitz was born 6 May 1923 in Panevezys. She emigrated with her family to Brazil, where she married Waldemar Zaclis (born in Brazil). Gita died in 2018.
Riva Shepselevitz was born in São Paulo, Brazil on 18 June 1929. She married Chaim Bulka, and in 1948 they moved to Israel. They had a son and a daughter. Riva died in Israel in 2018.
Hanna (Chana-Basya) Shepselevitz was born in São Paulo, Brazil on 18 June 1934. She married Leon Sonntag (born in Romania 1923). They moved to Israel in 1952 and had two children. Leon died in 2010.
g) Mordechai (Motl) Shepselevich was born in Troskunai in 1902. On 13 December 1927 in Birzai, he married Chana or Chaya Kreytser, who was born ~1902 in Birzai. They emigrated to South Africa. Motl died in South Africa.
PHOTO Motl with friend Avrom Yuzent and Motl's cousins Berl and Elke Glezer (1933)
PHOTO Motl, his wife Chana, and his sister Mere-Yenta in South Africa
The child of Motl Shepselevich and Chana/Chaya Kreytser:
Sora (Sorele) Shepselevich, married to Joe [surname unknown].
h) Mere-Yenta Shepselevich was born in Troskunai in 1908. She traveled to Johannesburg, South Africa, to marry her friend Itzhak Katz, whose family had emigrated from Troskuani to South Africa not long before. Itzhak died in 1978, and Mere Yenta died in 1991, both presumably in South Africa.
PHOTO Mere-Yenta Shepshelevich and Itzik Katz
PHOTO Mere-Yentka with her brother Motl and his wife
The two children of Mera-Yenta Shepselevich and Itzhak Katz:
Haim Katz was born in South Africa. He moved to Israel in 1949 and married Dafna.
Jane Katz was born in South Africa. She married Edgar (Eliahu), and they moved to Canada.
2. Tzvi (Hirsh) Bentzion Shepsel (later Benjamin Shapiro) was born ~1869 in Troskunai. Around 1894 he married Toyba Stera (Toba) Sharfanovich, who was born ~1872 in Troskunai or Panevezys. They emigrated to the United States. Toba died in Minnesota on 29 October 1949. Benjamin died in St. Louis County, Minnesota, on 26 August 1953. The nine children of Benjamin Shepsel and Toba Sharfanovich:
a) Sora Riva Shepselevich was born in Troskunai in 1889. She died as a young child in Troskunai on 29 July 1900.
b) Dina Shepselevich was born in Ramygala in 1895. She died as a young child in Troskunai on 22 August 1898.
c) Itzyk Berel Shepselevich (later Isadore Burton Shapiro) was born in Panevezys on 13 May 1897. He married Sonia (Sarah) Kaplan, who was born in Russia/Poland on 15 July 1903. Sonia died on 25 August 1988, and Isadore died on 9 June 1989, both in Hennepin County, Minnesota. The three children of Isadore Burton Shapiro and Sonia Kaplan:
Harold Kaplan Shapiro was born 14 July 1926 in Duluth, Minnesota. On 30 July 1950 in Duluth he married Lois Marie Gordon, who was born in Duluth, Minnesota, on 27 February 1927. Harold died on 10 September 1980 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. Lois died on 27 May 2016.
Marvin Herbert Shapiro was born 30 November 1929 in St. Louis County, Minnesota. He married Sylvia Faye Ring. Marvin died in Columbus, Ohio, on 6 September 1965.
Leslie Stanley Shapiro was born 17 November 1935 in St. Louis County, Minnesota. In 1961 he married Sandra (Sandi) Heims, who was born in 1937. Leslie died on 2 October 2006 in Potomac, Maryland.
d) Asna Shepselevich was born in Troskunai in 1901.
e) Leyzer Shepselevich was born in Troskunai on 30 July 1902.
f) Bernice Shapiro was born ~1904 in Duluth, Minnesota. On 16 February 1927 in Brookline, New York, she married William Scharff, who was born in New York on 10 July 1899. Bernice died in Brooklyn, New York, on 19 February 1957. William died in Far Rockaway, Queens, New York, in September 1986. The three children of Bernice Shapiro and William Scharff:
Carol Scharff was born in Brooklyn, New York, on 15 April 1928. Her married surname was Gleeman. Carol died on 9 December 2011.
Raymond Scharff was born in Brooklyn, New York, on 6 March 1931.
Helen L. Scharff was born in Brooklyn, New York, on 28 October 1932. She married Jerome Gold, who was born in 1930 and died in 1984.
g) Abram Naftali (later Arthur Nathan) Shapiro was born 28 September 1906 in Duluth, Minnesota. He married Fanny (Feiga) Meltz, who was born 8 January 1906 in Anyksciai district, Ukmerge, Lithuania. Fanny died on 27 September 1989, and Arthur died on 24 September 1999, both in Duluth, Minnesota.
h) Louis B. Shapiro was born in St. Louis Country, Minnesota, on 4 September 1909. He married Anne Widdes, who was born in Duluth, Minnesota, on 7 June 1907. Louis died on 10 December 1980 in Duluth, Minnesota. Anne died on 28 May 1998 in St. Paul, Minnesota. The two children of Louis Shapiro and Anne Widdes:
Jerome (Jerry) H. Shapiro was born on 11 May 1939 in Duluth, Minnesota. On 18 November 1962 in Hennepin County, Minnesota, he married Bonni Zelle, who was born in 1940. Jerome died on 31 March 1998 in St. Louis Park, Minnesota.
Sharon Barbara Shapiro was born on 4 January 1942 in St. Louis County, Minnesoa. She married Norman E. Silberberg, who was born in Ramsey County, Minnesota, on 12 September 1931. Norman died on 1 May 2007. Sharon died on 29 February 2016.
i) Edward Shapiro was born on 28 July 1914 in St. Louis County, Minnesota. In 1939 in Duluth, Minnesota, he married Florence Ethel Sanders, who was born in Duluth on 29 May 1916. Edward died in Hennepin County, Minnesota on 29 January 1998. Florence died in Duluth on 27 February 2006. The two children of Edward Shapiro and Florence Sanders:
Sandra Shapiro was born in Duluth, Minnesota, on 21 September 1940. She married Donald (Perry) Finck, and she died in Champaign, Illinois, on 27 December 2014.
Herbert L. Shapiro was born in Duluth, Minnesota, on 18 May 1945. He died in Minneapolis, Minnesota on 23 January 2018.
3. Basya Dina (later Bessie) Shepsel was born ~1878 in Troskunai. In 1902 in Troskunai, she married Yankel Aryeh Glezer (later Albert Glasser), who was born 15 September 1876 in Vabalninkas, Lithuania. After their first four children were born, the family emigrated to the United States. Albert died in Chicago, Illinois on 26 June 1950. Bessie died in Superior, Wisconsin, on 24 October 1964. The seven children of Bessie Shepsel and Albert Glasser:
a) Abraham Nathan Glasser was born in Troskunai on 28 February 1904. He married Estelle Mame Bergeron, who was born in Duluth, Minnesota, on 18 January 1906. Estelle died on 4 February 1982 in Chicago, Illinois. Abraham died on 31 January 1997 in Potsdam, New York. The two children of Abraham Nathan Glasser and Estelle Bergeron:
Roslyn (Roz) Glasser was born on 7 June 1926, likely in Duluth, Minnesota. In ~1948 she married Red Bank, with whom she had two children. On 19 February 1964 in Crown Point, Indiana, Roz married her second husband, Leonard Kryszewski, who was born in Illinois on 21 February 1929. Roz and Leonard had four more children. Leonard died in Skokie, Illinois, on 20 December 2003. Roz died in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, on 1 December 2009.
Mervyn Lawrence Glasser was born on 5 October 1933, likely in Duluth, Minnesota. He married Judith Sensibar, and they had four children.
b) Rifka (later Eve) Glasser was born in Troskunai on 14 March 1907. On 23 April 1927 in Two Harbors, Minnesota, she married Abe Mattenson, who was born 28 January 1907. Eve died in Terre Haute, Indiana, on 27 July 1936. Abe died in Chicago, Illinois, on 2 September 1955. The child of Eve Glasser and Abe Mattenson:
Merle Mattenson was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on 18 December 1927. She married Nissan Mesch and they had five children. Merle died in Highland Park, Illinois, in August 2012.
c) Dvora (later Dorothy) Glasser was born in Troskunai on 30 April 1910. On 19 June 1943 she married Milton Bernstein, who was born on 11 August 1907. Dorothy died in Chicago, Illinois, on 9 June 2000. The child of Dorothy Glasser and Milton Bernstein:
Amy Susan Bernstein was born on 21 June 1953. She married Don Burkett and they had one child. Amy died in 2000.
d) Boruch (later Ben Louis) Glasser was born in Troskunai on 14 September 1911. In Duluth, Minnesota, on 12 April 1935 he married Ann Smith, who was born on 12 September 1912. Ben died in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on 8 January 1997. The two children of Ben Glasser and Ann Smith:
Eve W. Glasser was born on 30 July 1936 in St. Louis County, Missouri. She married Norman Evidon and they had three children.
David Glasser was born on 15 March 1942 in Duluth, Minnesota. He died in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on 3 January 1991.
e) Lillian Glasser was born 4 April 1914 in Duluth, Minnesota. On 23 May 1937 she married Mike Rosen. Mike died in 1966 in Crookston, Minnesota. Lillian died in St. Louis County, Minnesota, on 14 November 2011. The three children of Lillian Glasser and Mike Rosen:
Robert (Bob) H. Rosen was born on 23 May 1939. On 31 January 1965 in Ramsey County, Minnesota, he married Barbara Swaden, who was born on 8 April 1943. They had two children.
John Rosen was born on 9 April 1943. On 2 April 1963 in Ramsey County, Minnesota, he married Arlene Zemanski. Sometime before 1979 he married his second wife, Maralyn London, who was born on 10 October 1946.
Mark Arnold Rosen was born on 27 November 1951. On 30 June 1985 he married Marge Narcus, who was born on 23 July 1953.
f) Hyman Glasser was born on 10 October 1917 in Duluth, Minnesota. In 1941 in Superior, Wisconsin, he married Bernice (Tootsie) Webber, who was born around 1919. Bernice died in 1967. On 23 May 1970 in Superior, Wisconsin, Hyman married his second wife, Miriam Herwitz. Miriam was born on 25 March 1914 and died on 18 October 2001 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. The child of Hyman Glasser and his first wife, Bernice Webber:
Phyllis (Cookie) Glasser was born on 16 September 1942. She was married to Reese.
g) Sylvia Glasser was born 22 October 1919 in Duluth, Minnesota. In 1943 she married Bernard B. Harrison, who was born 16 February 1917 in Chicago, Illinois. Bernard died on 24 February 1987 in Skokie, Illinois. Sylvia died in Illinois on 11 February 2013. The three children of Sylvia Glasser and Bernard Harrison:
Michelle Harrison was born on 13 November 1945. Her married surname was Darling, and she had one daughter.
Lynn Harrison was born on 23 May 1948. In California on 1 August 1987 she married Daniel French.
Howard Harrison was born on 22 December 1955. On 29 December 1984 he married Lori Ferowich, who was born on 8 March 1961.
4. Leah Feyga Shepsel was born in Troskunai in 1879.
5. Chava Dina Shepsel was born in Troskunai in 1881.
6. Sora Lifsa Shepsel was born in Troskunai in 1886.
Israel Abram Shepsel was born in Raguva in 1838. He married Mariam, who was born in Raguva in 1840.
Boruch Leyb Shepsel was born in Raguva sometime before 1842. He married Sophie Reznikovich, who was born before 1942. The six children of Boruch Leyb Shepsel and Sophie Reznikovich:
1. Basia Miriam (later Bessie) Shepsel was born ~1860 in Rokiskis, Lithuania. She married Shimon (Simon) Menachem Nasatir, born ~1856 in Rokiskis, son of Yeshiahu Itzhak Nasatir. Basia and Shimon emigrated to the US in 1907 and settled in Chicago, Illinois. Bessie died on 16 December 1930, and Simon died on 19 February 1948, both in Chicago. The seven children of Bessie Shepsel and Simon Nasatir:
a) Rachmiel (later Richard) Nasatir was born 3 July 1882, likely in Rokiskis. He married Anna Friedman, who was born in Germany in ~1883. Anna died on 11 May 1944, and Richard died in ~1952, both in Chicago, Illinois.The five children of Richard Nasatir and Anna Friedman:
Deborah Nasatir, born in 1905.
Victor Nasatir, born in 1906.
Gloria Nasatir, born in 1910.
Bernard Nasatir was born on 14 June 1914 in Chicago Illinois. He married Alyce Miriam Galinsky, who was born on 25 August 1920 in Cook County, Illinois. Bernard died on 27 April 1990 in Santa Rosa, California. Alyce died on 1 July 2009 in Highland Park, Illinois.
Maynard Nasatir was born in 1928.
b) Sarah (Sora) Nasatir was born ~1883 in "Russia." In ~1905 she married George Menn, who was born in ~1874 in "Russia." Sarah died on 29 January 1969 in Los Angeles, California. The son of Sarah Nasatir and George Menn:
Benjamin Webster Menn was born in Chicago, Illinois, on 14 January 1906. He died in Phoenix, Arizona, on 11 July 1991.
c) Malka (later Molly) Nasatir was born ~1886 in Rokiskis. She married Frank Klotz.
d) Moshe Yudel (later Morris) Nasatir was born ~1888, likely in Rokiskis or Pandelys. He married sometime before 1940. His first wife's name is unknown. On 9 July 1940 in Clinton, Iowa, he married his second wife, Elizabeth Warren, who was born ~1891 in "Russia."
e) Feyga (later Gertrude Edith) Nasatir was born ~1889 in "Russia." She died on 20 October 1957 in Portland, Oregon.
f) Bentsel (Ben) Nasatir was born in Rokiskis on 16 March 1892. In October 1919 in Chicago, Illinois, he married Ruth Rabson, who was born in Chicago in 1901. The three children of Ben Nasatir and Ruth Rabson:
Monda Nasatir, born in Chicago, Illinois, on 27 June 1920. She married Galvin, and they had one daughter. Monda died on 8 September 2003.
Mort Leon (Mordecai) Nasatir was born in Illinois on 23 January 1925. In May 1947 in New York he married Marcia Birenberg, who was born in 1926. On 24 December 1953 in Greenwich, Connecticut, Mort married Joan Valerie (Valerie) Wormall, who was born on 22 August 1927. They had three children. Mort died on 15 July 2013. Valerie died on 2 December 2019. Marcia died on 3 August 2021.
Shelley (Shepsel) H. Nasatir was born on 22 June 1936 in Illinois. He married Maris Friedman, and they had three children. Shelley died on 9 December 2018 in Pennsylvania.
g) Harry (Aaron) Nasatir was born in Rokiskis on 14 April 1893. He married Elsie Markus. The two children of Harry Nasatir and Elsie Markus:
Maimon Nasatir was born in 1929 and died in 2008.
David Nasatir was born in 1934.
2. Yosel Shepsel was born in 1864 in Rēzekne,^[NOTE]Rēzekne, or Rezhitsa in Russian. City in the Vitebsk Governorate of the Russian Empire. Now in Latvia. Latvia. He died there as a young child on 29 November 1865.
3. Bentzion Shepsel (later Benjamin Rosenberg) was born in ~1865 in Varaklani,^[NOTE]Town in Rezhitsa District, Vitebsk Governorate, during Russian Empire. Now in Latvia. Latvia. In Varaklani on 3 March 1895, Bentzion married Tzira Enta (later Minnie) Alterman, who was born in ~1875 in Rezhitsa. The eleven children of Bentzion Shepsel (Benjamin Rosenberg) and Tzira Enta (Minnie) Alterman:
a) Wulf Shepsel was born in Varakļāni, Latvia, in 1892. He died as a young child in Varakļāni on 14 January 1895.
b) Jacob Shepsel (later Jack Rosenberg) was born in Latvia on 20 December 1895. He married Nellie Jacobson (later Jacobs), who was born in ~1898 in Kolyshki, ^[NOTE]Town in Vitebsk Governorate during the Russian Empire. Now in Belarus. Belarus. Nellie died in 1959. Later Jack married Grace, his second wife. Jack died on 27 July 1982. The two children of Jack and Nellie Rosenberg:
Mona Rosenberg was born in 1918 in Manchester, England. In 1943 in New York City she married Louis Fisher, who was born in ~1916 in New York. Mona died in Yonkers, New York, on 28 September 2016.
Harvey Rosenberg (later Ross) was born in New York City on 12 June 1928. On 3 March 1951 in Bronx, New York, he married Frances Korman. Harvey died in Florida on 12 March 2008.
c) Myer Shepsel (later Rosenberg) was born in ~1897 in Latvia.
e) Chaya Rachel Shepsel (later Rachael/Rae Rosenberg) was born in Rezhitsa/Rēzekne, Latvia, on 15 March 1897. She died in Clifton, Jew Jersey, on 3 August 1982.
f) Wulf Shepsel (later William Rosenberg) was born in "Russia" in ~1899. His wife's name is unknown. The only known child of William Rosenberg:
Michael Hamilton
g) Yosef Shepsel (later George Rosenberg) was born in "Russia" on 15 March 1901. He married Basia (later Bessie) Yafshanesky, who was born on 1 May 1904 and died on 22 April 1986. George died in Pomona, New York, on 24 January 1996. The four children of George Rosenberg and Bessie Yafshanesky:
Leonard Rosenberg, born in ~1926 in New York.
Fay Vivian Rosenberg, born in ~1934 in New York. She died before 1997.
Arlene (Sheri) S. Rosenberg, born in ~1941 in New York. Her married surname was Hecht.
Joyce L. Rosenberg, born in ~1944 in New York.
h) Mary Rosenberg was born in 1905 in Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England. She married Joseph Weiner. Mary died in 1996. The son of Mary Rosenberg and Joseph Weiner:
Frederick G. Weiner, birth date unknown, died in 2001.
i) Doris Rosenberg, born in ~1908 in Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England.
j) Bertha (Betty) Rosenberg was born on 4 April 1909 in Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England. In the Bronx, New York, on 7 January 1933 she married Alex (Elias) Rabinowitz, who was born in "Russia" in ~1894.
k) Nettie Rosenberg was born in Manchester, Lancashire, England on 16 August 1910. In the Bronx, New York, on 20 January 1932 she married Nicholas (Nick) Massella, who was born in New York City on 30 July 1909. Nick died on 1 November 1990. Nettie died in Dumont, New Jersey, on 19 February 1992. The three children of Nettie Rosenberg and Nick Massella:
Joan Massella was born in New York in ~1933. On 6 September 1953 in Hackensack, New Jersey, she married Gerald C. Dahmer, who was born in October 1933.
Mildred (Milli) Massella was born in New York in ~1937. Her married surname was Stellatos.
Bernice Massella was born in the Bronx, New York, on 18 April 1939. In April 1957 in Dumont, New Jersey, she married Richard Schmidt. Sometime before 1983 she married her second husband, whose surname was Avery. Bernice died in Pierson, Florida, on 9 July 2007.
l) Clara Rosenberg was born in Manchester, Lancashire, England on 21 May 1915. She married Alfred Horney, who was born on 20 May 1917 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Alfred died in Queens, New York, on 15 September 1964. Clara died in Manhasset, New York, on 13 October 1980. The three children of Clara Rosenberg and Alfred Horney:
Barry H. Horney was born on 18 August 1941 in the Bronx, New York. His wife's name was Wilma. Barry died in Jacksonville, Florida, on 19 December 2011.
Valerie D. Horney was born in New York City on 28 April 1947. In 1968 in New York she married Bernard Joel Rubin, who was born in January 1945. Sometime after 1971, Valerie married her second husband, Anthony J. Libasci, who was born in August 1948.
Michael Sheldon Horney was born in the Bronx, New York, in June 1954. In 1979 in Queens, New York, he married Phyllis E. Radin.
4. Eliash (Eliokum) Shepsel was born sometime before 1870 in Varaklani,^[NOTE]Varaklani, town in Rezhitsa District, Vitebsk Governorate, Russian Empire. Now in Latvia. Latvia. He married Rivka Dveira, who was also born before 1870, also in Varaklani. The three children of Eliash Shepsel and Rivka Dveira:
a) Libka Shepsel was born 23 April 1888 in Varaklani, Latvia.
b) Avram Chaim Shepsel (later Charles Shepsle) was born on 4 November 1889 in Varaklani, Latvia. He married Yetta Coonin, who was born in 1986 in Baltimore, Maryland. Charles died on 15 March 1939. The son of Charles Shepsle and Yetta Coonin:
Philip Shepsle was born in 1920 in Hagerstown, Maryland. He married Edythe Mathews, who was born in 1924 in Brooklyn, New York. Philip died in 2001 and Edythe died in 2003, both in Silver Spring, Maryland.
c) Chaya Sora Shepsel was born 16 November 1891 in Varaklani, Latvia.
5. Sara Shepsel was born in ~1871 in Varaklani, Latvia. Sometime before 1898 she married Moshe Solomjak, who was born in ~1847 in Krustpils^[NOTE]Krustpils, town in Dvinsk District, Vitebsk Governorate, Russian Empire. Now in Latvia. (now Kreitsburg, Latvia). Moshe died before 1929. Sara died in 1942 in Riga, Latvia. The four children of Sara Shepsel and Moshe Solomjak:
Itsik Solomjak, born 1 January 1899.
Abram Pinchas Solomjak, born 30 April 1902.

Rebeka
Solomjak Yoffe

Rebeka (Rivka) Solomjak was born in 1904 in Krustpils, Latvia. On 6 September 1928 in Troskunai she married Binyomin Yoffe, who was born on 17 March 1875 in Vabalninkas, Lithuania. Binyomin was a successful lumber merchant in Troskunai. (Binyomin Yoffe's family remembered by Berl Glezer)
PHOTOS Rebeka Solomjak (undated)
DOCUMENT Rebeka Solomjak Yoffe's application for internal passport
The two children of Rivka Solomjak and Binyomin Yoffe:
Moshe Yoffe, born on 18 May 1929 in Troskunai, Lithuania.
Joshua Yoffe, born on 8 January 1932 in Troskunai, Lithuania.
Fania Solomjak was born in 1909 in Krustpils, Latvia.
6. Leyzer Ber Shepsel was born in Varaklani, Latvia. On 4 February 1899 in Birzai, Lithuania, he married Shora Feyga Rebe, who was born in Birzai on 7 January 1874. Shora Feyga died in Pandelys, Lithuania, on 12 July 1927. The child of Leyzer Ber Shepsel and Shora Feyga Rebe:
Pere Reize Shepsel, born in Birzai, Lithuania, on 1 December 1899.

II. Moshe Shepsel was born in 1813 in Raguva, Lithuania. His wife was Hiena (Henia?), who was born in Raguva in 1823.

The only known child of Moshe and Hiena Shepsel:
Henoch Rubin Shepsel, born in Raguva in 1850.

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