Saturday, February 21, 2015

Other Zubkis Families in Kuna

As mentioned earlier, there are several Zubkis families that were living in and around Kuna.  I haven't (yet) figured out how they are related to mine.
Additional Jewish revision lists of the town of Kuna, Gaisin Uezd, Podolia Gubernia, 1875

Sunday, February 15, 2015

Kuna Validation!

A few weeks ago, I discovered that the Zubkis/Supkoff family had not been in my "ancestral town" of Shpikov for very long--and were, in fact, registered in the town of Kuna.  I now have verification that the Zubkis family did, in fact, live in Kuna before Shpikov--and that there were several Zubkis families there, likely related (although at this point I don't know how they're connected to mine):
Additional Jewish revision lists of the town of Kuna, Gaisin Uezd, Podolia Gubernia, 1875 - Zubkis Family

Sunday, February 1, 2015

Ancestor Deep Dive: Esther Rutner Joshowitz

My great grandmother, Esther Rutner Joshowitz, was born on March 25, 1882 in Darva, Maramaros, Austria-Hungary (later Slovakia, now the village of Kolodne in Subcarpthian Ukraine, and always called Kolodne in Yiddish).  Her parents, Shmuel Moshe and Rochel (nee Fuchs) Rutner had been religiously married before her birth but did not civilly marry until she was an adult--so she was only considered legitimized in the eyes of the government after she was already a married woman.  Because of that, she was often referred to as Esther Fuchs (also Fux & Fuksz) in official documents.

On February 8, 1912, Esther married Joszef (later Josef) Joszovics (later Joshowitz) in Darva, and they registered their marriage in nearby Uglya.

Marriage Registration, Joszef Joszovics and Eszter Fuksz