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Avram
Seligman's
Sons
(1759 - 1848)
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This detail from an 1834 map of Minsk Gubernia
shows the towns of Bobruisk and Parichi, both
astride the Berezina River. The neighboring town
of Shchedrin would be established seven years
later, just
northeast of Parichi.
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records of the petty bourgeois Jews of Parichi
testify to the fact that Avram Seligman and his wife
had at least five sons. All were born in Parichi
between 1759 and 1783. They were Yankel, Moishe,
Berko, Feibish and Herschel.
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Yankel
had four sons before dying at 43: Srol,
Morduch, Monus and Feibish. All but one
had descendants who left for North
America. Others fell victim to the
Nazis. |
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Moishe had
two sons, Chaim and Avram Shlomo. Avram
Shlomo, in turn, had two daughters and four
sons. His son
Gedalia's
two
sons emigrated to the U.S. Moishe lived
for half a century. |
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Berko married Chana Chlavnov (1775-?), who bore
him at least one son,
Zalman. Berko died at
age 75. Three of his grandsons became
colonists in
Ekaterinoslav, Ukraine. |
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Feibish,
who lived only to age 32, was the progenitor
of at least five sons: Avram, Morduch, Zelik,
Zusman and Itska. |
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Herschel, the last born, lived
only to 29.No records exist of his
wife or of any children. |
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