Chapter Two
Perlow & Zditowski
Chomsk, in today’s Belarus
Chomsk · Telekhany · Mir · Vilna · Kobe · Shanghai · Brooklyn
R’ Eliezer Zev (Lejzer) Perlow was born in Chomsk on 27 March 1914, the son of R’ Aharon Perlow and Feigel Zditowski, daughter of R’ Eliezer Zditowski. R’ Aharon was the son of R’ Chaim Chaikel Perlow; the family memorial pages in Imrei Eliezer al HaTorah (Brooklyn 1995) give R’ Aharon’s yahrzeit as 11 Tammuz, of a year not yet known. Feigel died at Khomsk in August 1941; two of her daughters, Freida and Fruma, very probably died there the same year.
R’ Chaim Chaikel had at least four children: R’ Aharon; R’ Asher, the blacksmith of Chomsk; Jacob Perlow of Telekhany (1884–1958), proven to be R’ Eliezer’s uncle by the 1941 Mir yeshiva list; and very probably Esther Dollinger of Brooklyn (1897–1945). Jacob lies in the plot of the Telechaner Swentiwolier society at Montefiore Cemetery, which ties the family to Telekhany, near Chomsk. In 1982 R’ Eliezer wrote that his father was “of the family of the Stolin Rebbe” (proven as printed). On Feigel’s side, the Zditowski clan of Khomsk can now be followed back to Leyzor son of Itsko, in the revision lists of 1806 and 1811 (probable).
How the family is related to Reb Aharon HaGadol of Karlin. By family tradition, R’ Chaim Chaikel is R’ Chaim, born in Stolin in 1852, son of R’ Aharon Perlov of Stolin (b. 1826); on the records this is possible only. R’ Aharon of Stolin was the son of R’ Chaim Chaikel of Haradnaja near Stolin (1807–52; probable on the 1850/1858 revision index rows; the journal itself raises the possibility that he was Bluma’s son by her first marriage, Kovetz 214 p. קנט n. 89 — in that case there would be no descent from Reb Aharon HaGadol), whose father R’ Moshe Dov Ber (1779–1847, buried in Tiberias) was the STEPSON of the Stolin Rebbe R’ Asher — that is how the Perlov name came into this line (proven as printed). The possible blood tie would run through R’ Chaim Chaikel of Haradnaja’s mother Beyla, a daughter of R’ Moshe of Kobrin, Reb Aharon HaGadol’s brother (probable). His first wife Devorah was Reb Aharon HaGadol’s granddaughter, through his daughter Rivka; if she was the mother of R’ Aharon (b. 1826), the family would also descend from Reb Aharon HaGadol directly (possible). This site does not identify our family with the separate Koidanov Perlovs. The source is a Stolin–Karlin journal, Kovetz Beit Aharon veYisrael no. 214 (2021), which prints the Stolin censuses and a 19th-century handwritten family tree by R’ Shmuel Heller of Safed. This whole Stolin–Karlin–Kobrin block — generations 5 to 9 counting the seven siblings as the first (R’ Aharon Perlov of Stolin, R’ Chaim Chaikel of Haradnaja, R’ Moshe Ber and Beyla, R’ Aharon of Zelichov, Feiga, R’ Moshe of Kobrin, R’ Yaakov of Kobrin and their wives) — is family tradition, not documented: it attaches to our family only through the link of R’ Chaim Chaikel Perlow to R’ Aharon Perlov of Stolin, which rests on family tradition (October 2026) and the 1982 phrase “of the family of the Stolin Rebbe”; no record follows R’ Chaim b. 1852 after 1874. Generations above that link are not counted as documented.
R’ Eliezer learned at the Mir yeshiva and went with it into exile — Vilna, then Kobe (his name is on the Sugihara visa list of 6 August 1940, line 1231) and Shanghai — and landed at San Francisco on 14 September 1946. His elder brother HaRav Chaim Chaikel Perlov (1911–1996) also reached America. Their uncle Asher Perlow, the blacksmith of Chomsk, and his household died at Khomsk in 1941.
In Brooklyn on 17 November 1948 R’ Eliezer married Miriam Wiesner at Gold Manor, 665 Willoughby Avenue; her father Rabbi Samuel (Shmaya) Wiesner officiated. He was naturalized in 1955 and died on 16 Tammuz 5766 (12 July 2006). They had seven children: Feigel (Cipi), R’ Aharon (R’ Ari) z”l, Hindy, Yanky, Chayie, Osher and Shmaya.
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Parents of the seven siblings
Chaim-Lejb Perlow Probable 🕯
son of Asher Perlow; first cousin of R’ Eliezer Zev
Born 1910, Pohost-Zahorodzki · Died Khomsk, 1941
The 1932 Polesie provincial gazette lists “Perlow Chaim-Lejb, parents Oszer and Judesa, born 1910, Pohost-Zahorodzki” — the son of Asher and Yehudit. He is listed again in the gazette of 31 January 1933.
Claire (Clara) Hubner née Dollinger Probable
daughter of Esther Perloff and Max Dollinger
Born c.1916, New York
Esther Leah Perlov Proven
Died 23 Mar 1990 (26 Adar 5750)
Daughter of R’ Shimon; wife of HaRav Chaim Chaikel Perlov, the siblings’ uncle. Burial: Mount of Olives, Jerusalem — Chasidim chevra kadisha, block America North, plot א_צ, row 1, grave 2, beside her husband.
HaRav Chaim Chaikel Perlov Proven
eldest son of R’ Aharon and Feigel
Born 7 Apr 1911 · Died 16 Jan 1996
His US Social Security record names his parents “Aaron Perlow and Faiga Zditovska” and gives his birthplace as Warsaw (Probable — index row). He brought his brother R’ Eliezer Zev across the Soviet border into Lithuania (Imrei Eliezer 1982). Rabbi of Legnica, Poland, then Jerusalem; buried on the Mount of Olives. Read the full record →
Herman (Hyman) Dollinger Probable
son of Esther Perloff and Max Dollinger
Born 20 Nov 1918, New York · Died 3 Apr 1990 (Probable)
US Army 1943–45. Burial: Star of David Memorial Gardens, North Lauderdale, Florida — Tiberias Garden; born 20 Nov 1918, died 3 Apr 1990 (Probable: name, birth date and the family burial ground beside Sidney; not yet tied by a document). His marker reads “Herman Dollinger, November 20, 1918 – April 3, 1990, beloved husband and father”.
Hinda Perlow הינדא Probable 🕯
sister of R’ Eliezer Zev Perlow
Died 2 Aug 1941 (9 Av 5701), Khomsk
Named by her brother R’ Eliezer Zev on the family memorial page as his sister Hinda, who died with their mother Feigel and their sisters Freida and Fruma on Tisha B’Av 5701 (2 August 1941). Her married name is not known; the Chomsk memorial book has no Hinda Perlov, so she was probably known there by a married name (not proven). R’ Eliezer Zev’s daughter Hindy carries her name (family naming; not a record).
Isak (Yitzchak) “Irving” Perlow Proven
son of Asher Perlow; first cousin of R’ Eliezer Zev
Born 15 Dec 1922, Chomsk · Died 19 Nov 1983, Chicago
The only known survivor of Asher’s household; reached New York in July 1950. A jeweler by trade, he was a displaced person in Italy from 1947 (Turin, then Senigallia, Barletta and Bagnoli) and sailed from Bremerhaven to New York on the USNS General Greely in June 1950, sponsored by L. Taibleson of Chicago (Proven, his refugee-organization card). Read the full record →
Pearl Dollinger Probable
wife of Sidney Dollinger
Born 1930 · Died 2020
Wife of Sidney Dollinger, on his shared marker at Star of David Memorial Gardens, North Lauderdale, Florida (no marriage record seen).
R’ Eliezer Zev (Lejzer) Perlow Proven
father of the seven siblings
Born 27 Mar 1914, Chomsk · Died 12 Jul 2006 (16 Tammuz 5766)
Studied at the Mir yeshiva and travelled with it through Vilna, Kobe and Shanghai; landed at San Francisco on 14 Sep 1946. Married Miriam Wiesner on 17 Nov 1948 at Gold Manor, 665 Willoughby Ave, Brooklyn; her father Rabbi Samuel (Shmaya) Wiesner officiated. Naturalized EDNY 19 Apr 1955. Read the full record →
Sidney Dollinger Probable
son of Esther Perloff and Max Dollinger
Born 17 Nov 1921, New York · Died 19 Nov 1998, Lake Worth, Florida
His Social Security record names his mother “Esther Perloff”. Burial: Star of David Memorial Gardens, North Lauderdale, Florida — Garden of Miriam, 1921–1998 (Proven match). His marker, shared with his wife Pearl (1930–2020), carries only names and years.
Grandparents of the seven siblings
Asher Perlow Proven 🕯
brother of R’ Aharon; uncle of R’ Eliezer Zev
Died Khomsk, 1941
Blacksmith of Chomsk, listed in the 1929 and 1930 Polish address books. Household: Yudis; Chajim Lejb; Read the full record →
Esther “Annie” Dollinger née Perloff Probable
probable sister of R’ Aharon; great-aunt of the seven siblings
Born 8 Jul 1897 · Died 25 Aug 1945, Brooklyn
Sister of Jacob Perlow (Probable, high), so very probably a sister of R’ Aharon. Her 1945 death certificate names her father Hyman (Chaim) Perlow and her mother Hilda. Died in Brooklyn on 25 August 1945 (New York City death certificate 16705) and buried the next day at King Solomon Cemetery, New Jersey, as the certificate records (Proven). Read the full record →
Feigel Perlow née Zditowski Proven 🕯
the siblings' grandmother
Born c. 1881, Chomsk · Died 2 Aug 1941 (9 Av 5701), Khomsk
Bat R’ Eliezer. Her surname is on two records. Born about 1881 in Chomsk. Read the full record →
Jacob (Yankel) Perlow Proven
brother of R’ Aharon; uncle of R’ Eliezer Zev
Born 20 Aug 1884, Telekhany · Died 7 May 1958, New York
Uncle of R’ Eliezer Zev: the 1941 Mir yeshiva aid list (row 26) names “uncle Jakob Perlow, 108 4th Str., New York”, the same address as Jacob’s 1942 draft card (“108 E 4th St, born 20 Aug 1884, Telehan, Russia”). So he was R’ Aharon’s brother. Buried in the Telechaner–Swentiwolier society plot, Montefiore Cemetery. Read the full record →
Max (Mendel) Dollinger Probable
husband of Esther Perloff
Born 13 Jun 1892, Galicia · Died July 1974, Nassau County, New York (Probable)
Husband of Esther Perloff. In the 1940 census he lived in Brooklyn with his children Clare, Herman and Sidney (Proven). Died in July 1974 in Nassau County, New York (Social Security Death Index; the birth date, 13 June 1892, matches his naturalization) (Probable). Read the full record →
R’ Aharon Perlow Proven
the siblings' grandfather
Died 11 Tammuz (year unknown)
Names proven. His yahrzeit is 11 Tammuz (the family memorial page reads “died 11 Tammuz”; no year printed). The earlier “21 Tammuz” was a misreading. Read the full record →
Great-grandparents of the seven siblings
R’ Chaim Chaikel Perlow Proven
the siblings' great-grandfather
Name proven from the family memorial pages (“R’ Aharon son of R’ Chaim Chaikel Perlow”, 1989 and 1995). His children: R’ Aharon, R’ Asher, Jacob of Telekhany (proven through the 1941 Mir yeshiva list) and very probably Esther Dollinger, whose 1945 death certificate names her parents Hyman and Hilda. His son wrote in 1982 that the family was “of the family of the Stolin Rebbe” (proven as printed). Read the full record →
R’ Eliezer Zditowski
the siblings' great-grandfather
Feigel is “daughter of R’ Eliezer” (family memorial pages). He belonged to the Khomsk Zditowski clan, which very probably descends from Leyzor son of Itsko (revision lists of 1806 and 1811). Which Zditowski he was is not yet known; a Leizer b. c.1829 in the 1850 list is a possible candidate.
2nd-great-grandparents of the seven siblings
Beyla, daughter of R’ Chaim Chaikel Probable
daughter of R’ Chaim Chaikel of Haradnaja; sister or half-sister of R’ Aharon Perlov of Stolin — family tradition, not documented
Born c. 1823, Stolin
Family tradition, not documented: this person joins the family only through the link of R’ Chaim Chaikel Perlow to R’ Aharon Perlov of Stolin, which rests on family tradition and the 1982 phrase “of the family of the Stolin Rebbe”, with no record of R’ Chaim b. 1852 after 1874. The grade below is for this person’s place within the Stolin–Karlin line, not for the family’s descent from it. Daughter of R’ Chaim Chaikel (Khaykel’) of Haradnaja and Dvora (Devorah). Read the full record →
R’ Aharon Perlov of Stolin Probable
the siblings' 2nd-great-grandfather — family tradition, not documented
Born 5586 (1826) · Died before 1874
Son of R’ Chaim Chaikel of Haradnaja (probable: in his father’s household in the 1850 Stolin census). Conflict: the journal also raises the possibility that he was the son of R’ Chaim Chaikel’s wife Bluma by her first marriage, and not his son (Kovetz Beit Aharon veYisrael 214, p. קנט and note 89); if so, there would be no descent from Reb Aharon HaGadol through him. The 1850 and 1858 index rows call him Khaykel’s son, but their images have not been read. Read the full record →
R’ Aharon of Lechovitch אהרן מלעכוויטש Probable
a first cousin of the siblings' 3rd-great-grandfather — family tradition, not documented
Died 21 Sivan 5641 (1881)
Family tradition, not documented: this person joins the family only through the link of R’ Chaim Chaikel Perlow to R’ Aharon Perlov of Stolin, which rests on family tradition and the 1982 phrase “of the family of the Stolin Rebbe”, with no record of R’ Chaim b. 1852 after 1874. The grade below is for this person’s place within the Stolin–Karlin line, not for the family’s descent from it. Son of R’ Mordechai of Lechovitch, whom he succeeded; son-in-law of R’ Pinchas of Kalk. Read the full record →
3rd-great-grandparents of the seven siblings
Devorah Probable
first wife of R’ Chaim Chaikel of Haradnaja — family tradition, not documented
Born c.1806
Family tradition, not documented: this person joins the family only through the link of R’ Chaim Chaikel Perlow to R’ Aharon Perlov of Stolin, which rests on family tradition and the 1982 phrase “of the family of the Stolin Rebbe”, with no record of R’ Chaim b. 1852 after 1874. The grade below is for this person’s place within the Stolin–Karlin line, not for the family’s descent from it. First wife of R’ Chaim Chaikel of Haradnaja (c.1823–c.1835). Read the full record →
Rakhlya (Rachel), daughter of R’ Moshe Dov Ber רחל Proven
sister of R’ Chaim Chaikel of Haradnaja; the siblings' 3rd-great-grandaunt — family tradition, not documented
Born c. 1814 (aged 2 in July 1816), Stolin
Family tradition, not documented: this person joins the family only through the link of R’ Chaim Chaikel Perlow to R’ Aharon Perlov of Stolin, which rests on family tradition and the 1982 phrase “of the family of the Stolin Rebbe”, with no record of R’ Chaim b. 1852 after 1874. The grade below is for this person’s place within the Stolin–Karlin line, not for the family’s descent from it. Daughter of R’ Moshe Dov Ber and sister of R’ Chaim Chaikel of Haradnaja. Read the full record →
R’ Chaim Chaikel (Simcha) Perlov of Haradnaja Probable
the siblings' 3rd-great-grandfather — family tradition, not documented
Born 5567 (1807) · Died 5613 (1852/53)
Family tradition, not documented: this person joins the family only through the link of R’ Chaim Chaikel Perlow to R’ Aharon Perlov of Stolin, which rests on family tradition and the 1982 phrase “of the family of the Stolin Rebbe”, with no record of R’ Chaim b. 1852 after 1874. The grade below is for this person’s place within the Stolin–Karlin line, not for the family’s descent from it. Av beit din of Haradnaja near Stolin. Read the full record →
R’ Mordechai of Lechovitch מרדכי מלעכוויטש Probable
the siblings' 3rd-great-granduncle — family tradition, not documented
Family tradition, not documented: this person joins the family only through the link of R’ Chaim Chaikel Perlow to R’ Aharon Perlov of Stolin, which rests on family tradition and the 1982 phrase “of the family of the Stolin Rebbe”, with no record of R’ Chaim b. 1852 after 1874. The grade below is for this person’s place within the Stolin–Karlin line, not for the family’s descent from it. Son of R’ Moshe Dov Ber (stepson of R’ Asher of Stolin) and brother of R’ Chaim Chaikel of Haradnaja. Read the full record →
4th-great-grandparents of the seven siblings
Beyla Probable
the siblings' 4th-great-grandmother — family tradition, not documented
Born 5546 (c.1786) · Died before 5594 (1834)
Family tradition, not documented: this person joins the family only through the link of R’ Chaim Chaikel Perlow to R’ Aharon Perlov of Stolin, which rests on family tradition and the 1982 phrase “of the family of the Stolin Rebbe”, with no record of R’ Chaim b. 1852 after 1874. The grade below is for this person’s place within the Stolin–Karlin line, not for the family’s descent from it. Second wife of R’ Moshe Ber and mother of R’ Chaim Chaikel of Haradnaja. Read the full record →
Rivka (Rivla), daughter of Reb Aharon HaGadol Probable
mother of Devorah, first wife of R’ Chaim Chaikel of Haradnaja — family tradition, not documented
Family tradition, not documented: this person joins the family only through the link of R’ Chaim Chaikel Perlow to R’ Aharon Perlov of Stolin, which rests on family tradition and the 1982 phrase “of the family of the Stolin Rebbe”, with no record of R’ Chaim b. 1852 after 1874. The grade below is for this person’s place within the Stolin–Karlin line, not for the family’s descent from it. The younger daughter of Reb Aharon HaGadol; second wife of R’ Shalom Shachna Altschuler. Read the full record →
R’ Aharon (II) of Karlin, the Beit Aharon אהרן בן אשר מקרלין (בית אהרן) Proven
half-brother of R’ Moshe Dov Ber; the siblings' 4th-great-granduncle — family tradition, not documented
Born 1802 · Died 17 Sivan 5632 (23 June 1872)
Family tradition, not documented: this person joins the family only through the link of R’ Chaim Chaikel Perlow to R’ Aharon Perlov of Stolin, which rests on family tradition and the 1982 phrase “of the family of the Stolin Rebbe”, with no record of R’ Chaim b. 1852 after 1874. The grade below is for this person’s place within the Stolin–Karlin line, not for the family’s descent from it. Son of R’ Asher of Stolin and his wife Feiga, and so the half-brother of R’ Moshe Dov Ber, Feiga’s son by her first husband, R’ Aharon HaShotek of Zelichov. Read the full record →
R’ Moshe Dov Ber Proven
the siblings' 4th-great-grandfather — family tradition, not documented
Born 5539 (1779) · Died 12 Av 5607 (1847), Tiberias
Family tradition, not documented: this person joins the family only through the link of R’ Chaim Chaikel Perlow to R’ Aharon Perlov of Stolin, which rests on family tradition and the 1982 phrase “of the family of the Stolin Rebbe”, with no record of R’ Chaim b. 1852 after 1874. The grade below is for this person’s place within the Stolin–Karlin line, not for the family’s descent from it. Son of R’ Aharon “HaShotek” of Zelichov and Feiga. Read the full record →
R’ Shalom Shachna Altschuler Probable
father of Devorah, first wife of R’ Chaim Chaikel of Haradnaja — family tradition, not documented
Family tradition, not documented: this person joins the family only through the link of R’ Chaim Chaikel Perlow to R’ Aharon Perlov of Stolin, which rests on family tradition and the 1982 phrase “of the family of the Stolin Rebbe”, with no record of R’ Chaim b. 1852 after 1874. The grade below is for this person’s place within the Stolin–Karlin line, not for the family’s descent from it. Father of the Tzemach Tzedek of Lubavitch by his first wife; by his second wife Rivka, daughter of Reb Aharon HaGadol, father of Esther Hadas and Devorah, first wife of R’ Chaim Chaikel of Haradnaja (Probable). Read the full record →
5th-great-grandparents of the seven siblings
Feiga (Feige) Proven
the siblings' 5th-great-grandmother — family tradition, not documented
Family tradition, not documented: this person joins the family only through the link of R’ Chaim Chaikel Perlow to R’ Aharon Perlov of Stolin, which rests on family tradition and the 1982 phrase “of the family of the Stolin Rebbe”, with no record of R’ Chaim b. 1852 after 1874. The grade below is for this person’s place within the Stolin–Karlin line, not for the family’s descent from it. Mother of R’ Moshe Ber (Proven as printed: R’ Asher of Stolin’s own letter speaks of “my wife Feiga … and my wife’s son, R’ Moshe Dov Ber”). Read the full record →
Reb Aharon (Perlov) HaGadol of Karlin Probable
brother of R’ Moshe of Kobrin; the siblings' 5th-great-granduncle — family tradition, not documented
Born 5496 (1736), Janów · Died 19 Nisan 5532 (22 Apr 1772)
Family tradition, not documented: this person joins the family only through the link of R’ Chaim Chaikel Perlow to R’ Aharon Perlov of Stolin, which rests on family tradition and the 1982 phrase “of the family of the Stolin Rebbe”, with no record of R’ Chaim b. 1852 after 1874. The grade below is for this person’s place within the Stolin–Karlin line, not for the family’s descent from it. Founder of Karlin–Stolin hasidut, disciple of the Maggid of Mezritch, author of the Shabbat hymn Yah Echsof. Read the full record →
R’ Aharon “HaShotek” of Zelichov Probable
the siblings' 5th-great-grandfather — family tradition, not documented
Died probably 5538 (1777/78), young
Family tradition, not documented: this person joins the family only through the link of R’ Chaim Chaikel Perlow to R’ Aharon Perlov of Stolin, which rests on family tradition and the 1982 phrase “of the family of the Stolin Rebbe”, with no record of R’ Chaim b. 1852 after 1874. The grade below is for this person’s place within the Stolin–Karlin line, not for the family’s descent from it. Called “HaShotek” or “Shtimer”, the silent one. Read the full record →
R’ Moshe of Kobrin Probable
the siblings' 5th-great-grandfather — family tradition, not documented
Family tradition, not documented: this person joins the family only through the link of R’ Chaim Chaikel Perlow to R’ Aharon Perlov of Stolin, which rests on family tradition and the 1982 phrase “of the family of the Stolin Rebbe”, with no record of R’ Chaim b. 1852 after 1874. The grade below is for this person’s place within the Stolin–Karlin line, not for the family’s descent from it. Brother of Reb Aharon HaGadol of Karlin (d. 1772), the founder of Karlin–Stolin hasidut. Read the full record →
6th-great-grandparents of the seven siblings
Perel (Perl), mother of Reb Aharon HaGadol Probable
wife of R’ Yaakov of Kobrin — family tradition, not documented
Family tradition, not documented: this person joins the family only through the link of R’ Chaim Chaikel Perlow to R’ Aharon Perlov of Stolin, which rests on family tradition and the 1982 phrase “of the family of the Stolin Rebbe”, with no record of R’ Chaim b. 1852 after 1874. The grade below is for this person’s place within the Stolin–Karlin line, not for the family’s descent from it. Wife of R’ Yaakov of Kobrin and mother of Reb Aharon HaGadol of Karlin. Read the full record →
R’ Yaakov “HaNistar” of Kobrin Probable
the siblings' 6th-great-grandfather — family tradition, not documented
Born c.1700–1715 (estimated: his sons were born in 1736 and 1751)
Family tradition, not documented: this person joins the family only through the link of R’ Chaim Chaikel Perlow to R’ Aharon Perlov of Stolin, which rests on family tradition and the 1982 phrase “of the family of the Stolin Rebbe”, with no record of R’ Chaim b. 1852 after 1874. The grade below is for this person’s place within the Stolin–Karlin line, not for the family’s descent from it. Father of Reb Aharon HaGadol of Karlin (born at Janów in 1736) and of R’ Moshe of Kobrin, Beyla’s father, so the father of the family’s Karlin line (Probable, the same grade as R’ Moshe’s link). Read the full record →
Also in this family
Brothers, sisters, cousins and in-laws on this line. Tap a name for the full record.
- Adolf (Elje) Smith Probable
- Arthur Martin Zitowsky 1924–2000 Proven
- Baruh son of Itsko Zdzitovskii b. 1817 Probable
- Beile (Velje, Wely) Zditowski née Shershevsky b. 1858 Probable
- Benjamin Zitowsky 1903–1944 Proven
- Berta Zditowski 1921–2009 Probable
- Boris (Dov) Zditowski 1914–1993 Probable
- Chaim (Hyman) Zditowsky, painter b. 1894 Proven
- Chane Judeles née Zditowski b. 1881 Probable
- David Zditowski (David Smith of Baltimore) 1860–1956 Proven
- David son of Leib Zdzitovskii b. 1841 Probable
- Dora Smith née Waldman Probable
- Emanuel Matthew Zitowsky (later Simms) 1914–1997 Probable
- Ester Zditovets of Volkovysk Probable
- Esther Smith ?–1985 Proven
- Esther Zitowsky Davidoff 1898–1981 Probable
- Feigel (Fanny) Zitowsky née Paderewski Proven
- Flora Zitowsky (later Reiner, D’Addio) 1918–1994 Proven
- Florence Zitowsky Kaufman 1919–1993 Proven
- Fruma Zditovets of Slonim Probable
- Golda Zditovets b. 1790 Probable
- Hannah Ostrow née Zitowsky daughter of Ike Zitowsky; sister of Benjamin, Victor and Esther
- Harry Smith Proven
- Idel (Judel) Zditowsky Probable
- Irvin Smith ?–1967 Proven
- Irving Platt 1905–1981 Probable
- Isaac Samuel (Shmuel) Smith 1885–1963 Proven
- Isaac “Ike” Zitowsky (Itsko son of Shmerko Zditovskii) 1868–1932 Proven
- Iser Zditowski b. 1903 Probable
- Israel Zditowski b. 1896 Probable
- Itsko Zditovets (Zdzitovskii) b. 1796 Probable
- Itsko “Zditovets” 1745–1806 Probable
- Jennie (Zlate) Smith née Sitowska b. 1893 Proven
- Kate (Kejla) Platt née Smith (Zazitowski) 1907–1993 Proven
- Katie Baus née Zditowsky b. 1887 Probable
- Kushel son of Sroil Zdzitovskii b. 1835 Probable
- Leiser (Louis) Smith b. 1907 Probable
- Leizer son of Shmerko Zditowski ?–1913 Probable
- Leyba Zditovets (Zdzitovskii) b. 1803 Probable
- Leyzor (Eliezer) son of Itsko Zditovets 1761–1811 Probable
- Louis (Lejzer) Smith 1907–1985 Proven
- Mordyukh Zditovets b. 1787 Probable
- Morris Zitowsky 1884–1943 Proven
- Nathan Smith Proven
- Naum Zditowski 1919–1993 Probable
- Note (Nota) Zditowski b. 1894 Probable
- Philip Baus (Barr) ?–1951 Probable
- Ray (Rachel, Risha) Zitowsky née London 1879–1926 Proven
- Rebecca (Nekhama-Beila) Zitowsky née Upiter (Jupiter) 1875–1938 Proven
- Rokha daughter of Leizar Zdzitovska b. 1833 Probable
- Rose Zitowsky 1909–1916 Proven
- Samuel (Sam, Shalom) Smith 1890–1967 Proven
- Samuel Zitowsky 1880–1947 Proven
- Sarah Zitowsky née Davidoff 1893–1929 Proven
- Selma Davidoff (later Dikowitz) 1923–1995 Proven
- Shalom Zditowski Proven
- Shliomo son of Itsko Zdzitovskii b. 1815 Probable
- Shliomo son of Leib Zdzitovskii b. 1821 Probable
- Shloma-Srol son of Leib Zdzitovski b. 1860 Probable
- Shmerko (Samuel) Zditowski Probable
- Sroil son of Itsko Zdzitovskii Probable
- Stanley Zitowsky 1924–1983 Proven
- Tema (Thelma) Zditowski / Smith 1866–1941 Proven
- Tsyrlya Zditovets 1771–1808 Probable
- Victor (Wigdor) Zitowsky 1893–1931 Proven
- Yehoshua (Shiye) Zditowsky Probable
Photographs, stones and records
Places
- Chomsk (Khomsk) Perlow and Zditowski home; R’ Eliezer born here 1914
- Telekhany Jacob Perlow (d. 1958) lies in the Telechaner society plot — ties the family here
- Vilna (Vilnius) Mir yeshiva in exile, 1939–40
- Sajószentpéter Wiesner and Braunfeld home; Miriam born here 1922
- Miskolc Braunfeld, Grosz and Wiesner relatives; Frumet Pessel, the Pri Tzadik’s wife, d. here 1845; Avas cemetery
- Ajnácskő Rav Shmaya Wiesner born here 1890
- Gáva The elder Shmaya Wiesner (d. 1862); Farkas born here 1865
- Kovácsvágás Reich family; R’ Wolf Reich, wool merchant, d. 1864
- Sátoraljaújhely The elder Shmaya Wiesner born here c.1802
- Hajdúnánás Szender home; Szerén born here 1894; married here 1919
- Hajdúdorog Mendel Szender and the Engels
- Nyírbátor Sámuel Glück; Herman Szender × Jetti Glück married here 1893
- Bököny R’ Gedalya Glück (d. 1881) and the Ornsteins
- Kemecse Rabbi Menyhért (Menachem Mendel) Glück (1815–1905), founder of the yeshiva
- Nagykálló R’ Yaakov Fisch, Judenrichter of Kalló (d. 1843); his stone in the Fisch ohel names his father R’ Yitzchak
- Pátroha Rosman/Rózmann family
- Pápa R’ Chanoch Glück; R’ Gedalya born here 1796
- Ungvár (Uzhhorod) Elias Glück (d. 1874)
- Makó Jakab (Koppel) Engel born here c.1812; probably home of R’ Yoshe Engel and Gitel
- Nagykároly (Carei) Klára Fried born here c.1818
- Hejőcsaba (Csaba) The Pri Tzadik, R’ Meir Avraham of Csaba (d. 1829) — buried here (proven); Rozália born at Csaba
- Cífer R’ Gabriel Benet; the Pri Tzadik’s father R’ Yosef called Yozpa
- Nikolsburg (Mikulov) Rebeka, mother of Frumet Pessel Benet
- Nyíri R’ Wolf Reich born here 1794
- Nagyida (Veľká Ida) Mushkat, wife of Wolf Reich, born here 1797
- Pusztafalu Mushkat Reich died here 1864, at her son Avraham’s
- Véke (Vojka) R’ Moshe Yehuda Leib Edeles; R’ Zeev Wolf of Véke
- Pácin Adel Golda Edeles and her sister Rizel born here
- Szobránc (Sobrance) Menyhért Glück, Adel Golda and young Sámuel counted here in 1848
- Tolcsva Edlisz (Edeles) and Grünwald families
- Stolin R’ Aharon Perlov of Stolin (b. 1826) and the Stolin revision lists 1816–1874 — the family’s link to this line is family tradition, not documented
- Košice (Kassa) R’ Shmuel Szender, son of Dávid, buried here 1932 (Probable); stone restored 2026
- Szendrő Braunfeld home c.1846–1860; most of Ignácz’s children born here
- Kecskemét Dávid Braunfeld, assistant rabbi, d. here 1913; grave 11/703
- Erdőtelek Rabbi Sámuel Braunfeld, rabbi here until 1917
- Baja József Braunfeld, cantor, d. here 1921
- Monostorpályi Ignácz Braunfeld born here c.1818
- Horodno (Haradnaja) R’ Chaim Chaikel (Simcha) Perlov, av beis din of Haradnaja (b. 1807, d. 1852) — family-tradition line
- Pohost-Zahorodzki (Pahost Zaharodski) Chaim-Lejb Perlow, son of Asher and Yudis, born here 1910 (Probable)
- Kobrin (Kobryn) R’ Yaakov HaNistar and R’ Moshe of Kobrin — family-tradition line
- Zelichov (Żelechów) R’ Aharon HaShotek, av beis din of Zelichov (d. c.1778) — family-tradition line
- Mir The Mir yeshiva, where R’ Eliezer Zev studied before 1939
- Kovno (Kaunas) Sugihara transit visa for R’ Eliezer Zev, 6 August 1940 (Proven)
- Karlin (Pinsk) Karlin (now part of Pinsk): Reb Aharon HaGadol — family-tradition line. Jacob Perlow gave Pinsk as his last home before he sailed in 1904 (his 1910 declaration)
- Baranovich (Baranavichy) R’ Chaim Chaikel Perlov studied in yeshiva here (1930s), as his gravestone says
- Legnica R’ Chaim Chaikel Perlov, rabbi of the small Jewish congregation, about 1958–63 (Probable)
- Wrocław (Breslau) “Rabbi Perlow served in Wroclaw” (American Jewish Year Book 1962; Probable) — and Breslau was Rav Shmaya Wiesner’s city, 1917–28
- Munich Rav Shmaya Wiesner before 1939
- Kobe & Shanghai The Mir yeshiva in exile, 1941–46
- Jerusalem Antal (Naftali Tzvi) Wiesner died here, 22 Sep 1907
- San Francisco R’ Eliezer Perlow landed 14 Sep 1946
- New York · Brooklyn Rav Shmaya Wiesner from 1939; R’ Eliezer Perlow from 1946; the 1948 wedding at Gold Manor
- Queens · Montefiore Cemetery Jacob Perlow (d. 1958), in the Telechaner Swentiwolier society plot
- Milwaukee · New Orleans · California Golda’s brothers abroad: Cantor Julius Braunfeld (Milwaukee, then Temple Sinai, New Orleans) and Zsigmond (George) Braunfeld of Milwaukee (d. 1945)
- Tiberias R’ Moshe Dov Ber (d. 1847) and R’ Moshe Yosef Perlov (d. 1893) buried here — family-tradition line
Sources for this chapter
- Chaim-Lejb Perlow — Poleski Dziennik Wojewódzki 1932, no. 2, item 10; Poleski Dziennik Wojewódzki 1933, no. 1, item 5, no. 103 (“Chaim-Lejb Perłow | Oszer i Judes | 1910 | Pohost-Zahorodzki”)
- Claire (Clara) Hubner née Dollinger — 1920 and 1930 US census; her mother’s 1945 death certificate
- Esther Leah Perlov — City of David Mount of Olives grave card 20365
- Freida (Frejdke) Perlow — Central Database of Shoah Victims’ Names, record 826606
- Fruma Perlow — Central Database of Shoah Victims’ Names, record 460017
- Gitel Perlow — Holocaust memorial records
- HaRav Chaim Chaikel Perlov — Social Security NUMIDENT and death index; City of David Mount of Olives grave card 20366; M. Szajda, “Żydowskie życie religijne w Legnicy w okresie PRL (część 2)”, Legnicki Almanach 2024 (tom VI), pp. 142, 144, 149, from Archiwum Państwowe w Legnicy, Urząd Wojewódzki w Legnicy, sygn. 1419; L. Shapiro, “Poland”, American Jewish Year Book vol. 63 (1962), pp. 374–79 (snippet only)
- Herman (Hyman) Dollinger — US Army enlistment index; census; JewishGen burial registry J_FL_0029159; Find a Grave memorial 54971109
- Hinda Perlow — Imrei Eliezer, part 3 (New York 1989) and Imrei Eliezer al HaTorah (Brooklyn 1995), memorial page: “ולזכר נשמת אחיותי: הינדא, פריידא, פרומה הי״ד” (“in memory of my sisters Hinda, Freida, Fruma”); the page image is in the gallery
- Isak (Yitzchak) “Irving” Perlow — postwar refugee registration card; 1950 arrival record; Cook County, Illinois, deaths, entry 623739 (FamilySearch 1:1:QGND-XX1Y); Arolsen Archives, 3.1.1.1, doc. 68575138
- Pearl Dollinger — Gravestone, BillionGraves record 78949552
- R’ Eliezer Zev (Lejzer) Perlow — NYC marriage licence 1948 (Kings 23618); EDNY naturalization petition 534186 and NARA index card; Sugihara visa list, 6 Aug 1940 (line 1231); gravestone record: BillionGraves 26646619 (billiongraves.com/grave/Eliezer-Zev-Perlow/26646619); City of David Mount of Olives grave card 20367; Mishne Halachos vol. 19, siman 79 (tshuvos.com/pdf/mishnehalochos19.pdf); Sugihara visa register, Diplomatic Archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan (commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sugihara_Visa_List_Original_, p. 21; index sugiharavisas.org/register.html?no=1231); a memorial record (item 6577714); 1940 Vilna refugee list no. 7614 and Kobe refugee register Feb 1941 no. 524 (American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Archives); UNRRA China Office, S-1132-0000-0181 (search.archives.un.org/s-1132-0000-0181-00002); La-karov ve-la-rachok no. 56, 3 Oct 1946, p. 3 (National Library of Israel, nli.org.il/en/newspapers/lakkarov/1946/10/03/01/); SS General M. C. Meigs passenger list, San Francisco, 14 Sep 1946, list 28 line 25 (NARA via FamilySearch); WWII draft registration, Local Board 281, 30 Oct 1946 (NARA via FamilySearch); EDNY naturalization index card, NARA NAID 73457663 (catalog.archives.gov/id/73457663); NARA naturalization index card (catalog.archives.gov/id/73457663); Google Books record DWv4zwEACAAJ (Imrei Eliezer 1982); Otzar HaChochma book 626514 (part 3, 1989); Princeton University Library catalogue 99126831225706421 (al HaTorah); G. Bluman, numbered Sugihara list (18 Apr 2022), row 1231: “Perlow, Lejzor … rabbi, mir yeshiva”; 1941 Shanghai refugee-bureau list: National Library of Israel, Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People, DALJEWCIB DAL-85a-b, NLI 990041806700205171 (catalogue entry; nli.org.il/en/archives/NNL_CAHJP990041806700205171/NLI); 1945 Shanghai HIAS register: National Library of Israel, Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People, DALJEWCIB DAL-198.1-3, NLI 990041814020205171 (catalogue entry; nli.org.il/en/archives/NNL_CAHJP990041814020205171/NLI); Chofetz Chaim Heritage Foundation, Tisha B’Av 5784 program, memorial dedications (tishabav.global/sponsors)
- Sidney Dollinger — Social Security NUMIDENT (index); JewishGen burial registry J_FL_0021319; BillionGraves record 78949552
- Asher Perlow — Księga Adresowa Polski 1929, p. 1075, col. 1, Chomsk, blacksmiths: “Perłow O.” (scan: JRI-Poland / JewishGen 1929 Polish Business Directory Project); Księga Adresowa Polski 1930; Poleski Dziennik Wojewódzki 1932 no. 2, item 10, no. 156 (son Chaim-Lejb, “parents Oszer and Judesa”, b. 1910 Pohost-Zahorodzki); Imrei Eliezer family pages
- Esther “Annie” Dollinger née Perloff — New York City death certificate 16705 (Kings, 1945); NYC death index (NYC Open Data, dataset 797j-9xvg); husband’s 1916 naturalization papers; SS Lapland manifest, New York, 8 Aug 1910, line 8 (FamilySearch 3:1:3Q9M-C9T3-5WTJ-8); Jacob Perlow’s 1918 draft card
- Feigel Perlow née Zditowski — 1948 marriage licence ("Fogel Zditowski"); NUMIDENT of her son Chaim; a memorial record, item 772111; Imrei Eliezer, part 3 (New York 1989) and Imrei Eliezer al HaTorah (Brooklyn 1995), memorial page; Imrei Eliezer vols. 1–2 (New York 1982), introduction, printed p. יב; Megilat Khomsk, Chomsk memorial book, list of the Khomsk victims (JewishGen Yizkor Book translation, jewishgen.org/yizkor/Khomsk/kho000.html); Pamiać: historyka-dakumental’naja chronika Drahičynskaha raёna (Minsk 1997), p. 306 (archive.org/details/bel-enc-pamiac)
- Jacob (Yankel) Perlow — 1941 Mir yeshiva emigration list, row 26; 1942 US draft registration; Montefiore Cemetery burial record; Montefiore Cemetery interment record (montefiorecemetery.org, id 5468554); Montefiore Cemetery online interment search, interment 87811 (montefiorecemetery.org/interment/?id=5468554); EDNY declaration of intention, certificate 42475 (1910; FamilySearch 3:1:3Q9M-CS9S-6QQT-Q); NY County petition 137037 (1922; FamilySearch 3:1:3QS7-L9M8-293X-6); Belgravia manifest, T715 roll 520, list 26 line 24; 1918 US draft registration (FamilySearch 1:1:W63P-7VPZ)
- Max (Mendel) Dollinger — 1916 naturalization (familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPRT-PXMB); 1940 census, Brooklyn, ED 24-970, sheet 2A, line 29 (familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQ15-M99); Social Security Death Index (familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JTTY-K2H); NYC death index (NYC Open Data), Manhattan 1940 cert 5841 — a different man
- R’ Aharon Perlow — Imrei Eliezer al HaTorah (Brooklyn 1995), memorial page; NUMIDENT of his son Chaim (parents Aaron Perlow × Faiga Zditovska); 1948 marriage licence; Imrei Eliezer vols. 1–2 (New York 1982), introduction, printed p. יב; gravestone of HaRav Chaim Chaikel Perlov
- Yudis (Yehudit) Perlow — 1920 New York passenger list, SS Susquehanna (Rasza Perlow, 60, of Chomsk, nearest relative daughter “Judes Perlow”, Chomsk; son Itzig Wolf Perlman, Chicago); Chicago Perlman records; son Irving’s 1983 death record (mother Yudis)
- R’ Chaim Chaikel Perlow — Imrei Eliezer (New York 1982, 1989; Brooklyn 1995); 1941 Mir yeshiva list; 1942 draft card; Kovetz Beit Aharon veYisrael no. 214 (Jerusalem 2021; HebrewBooks 68743), p. קס note 90
- Beyla, daughter of R’ Chaim Chaikel — Stolin revision list 1834, NHAB Minsk 333/9/370, ff. 112v–113, petty bourgeois list no. 21, 23 Apr 1834 (JewishGen Belarus revision lists index row; image not online)
- R’ Aharon Perlov of Stolin — Kovetz Beit Aharon veYisrael no. 214 (Jerusalem 2021; HebrewBooks 68743), pp. קנט–קס, notes 87–90 (1850 and 1874 Stolin censuses as printed); Stolin revision lists 1850 (NHAB Minsk 333/9/743, pp. 480v–481) and 1858 (333/9/1132, pp. 862v–863), JewishGen Belarus database index rows; forum.j-roots.info, “Пинск и Пинский уезд”, post #76 (24 Sep 2021), forum.j-roots.info/viewtopic.php?p=276271
- R’ Aharon of Lechovitch — Hebrew Wikipedia, “חסידות לעכוויטש”, section “רבי מרדכי מלעכוויטש (השני) וצאצאיו” (read 25 Oct 2026; the same text is in HaMichlol) — an encyclopedia with no primary source cited
- Devorah — Kovetz Beit Aharon veYisrael no. 214 (Jerusalem 2021; HebrewBooks 68743), pp. קנז–קנט and note 63; Stolin revision list 1834, NHAB Minsk 333/9/370, ff. 112v–113, petty bourgeois list no. 21, 23 Apr 1834 (JewishGen Belarus revision lists index row; image not online)
- Rakhlya (Rachel), daughter of R’ Moshe Dov Ber — Stolin revision list, 20 July 1816, read on the original page (NHAB Minsk 333/9/71, household 23, ff. 212v–213; FHL film 1925416, image 755; scan on the Stolin KehilaLinks records page); read by eye 25 Oct 2026 (the JewishGen index row was checked against the page)
- R’ Chaim Chaikel (Simcha) Perlov of Haradnaja — Kovetz Beit Aharon veYisrael no. 214 (Jerusalem 2021; HebrewBooks 68743), pp. קנד–קסד, notes 57–90; R’ Shmuel Heller of Safed’s handwritten family tree (19th c.) as transcribed in note 63; Kovetz no. 10 (HebrewBooks 13094) p. פה; Stolin revision list 1816, read on the original page (NHAB Minsk 333/9/71, ff. 212v–213; FHL film 1925416, image 755; scan on the Stolin KehilaLinks records page); Stolin revision lists 1834 (333/9/370), 1850 (333/9/743) and 1858 (333/9/1132), JewishGen Belarus database index rows; forum.j-roots.info, “Пинск и Пинский уезд”, post #76 (24 Sep 2021), forum.j-roots.info/viewtopic.php?p=276271
- Beyla — Kovetz Beit Aharon veYisrael no. 214 (Jerusalem 2021; HebrewBooks 68743), printed p. קנה and note 63 (R’ Shmuel Heller’s family tree); Stolin revision list 1816, read on the original page (NHAB Minsk 333/9/71, ff. 212v–213; FHL film 1925416, image 755; scan on the Stolin KehilaLinks records page)
- Rivka (Rivla), daughter of Reb Aharon HaGadol — Kovetz Beit Aharon veYisrael no. 214 (Jerusalem 2021; HebrewBooks 68743), pp. קנז–קנט and note 63; Hebrew Wikipedia
- R’ Aharon (II) of Karlin, the Beit Aharon — Stolin revision list, 20 July 1816, read on the original page (NHAB Minsk 333/9/71, household 23, ff. 212v–213; FHL film 1925416, image 755; scan on the Stolin KehilaLinks records page); Hillman, Igrot Baal HaTanya u-Vnei Doro (Jerusalem 1953), letter 107, p. 184; Beit Aharon (Brody 1875), HebrewBooks 46089, title page and pp. 297–316 read 25 Oct 2026; Jewish Encyclopedia (1901–1906), “Aaron ben Asher of Karlin (Rabbi Aaron II of Karlin)”; Stolin revision lists 1834 (NHAB Minsk 333/9/370, ff. 112v–113) and 1850 (333/9/743, ff. 480v–481), JewishGen Belarus revision lists index rows; Hebrew Wikipedia, «אשר מסטולין (השני)» and «ישראל מסטולין»; Stolin KehilaLinks (JewishGen), religion page and Stasino memorial page (photo courtesy of Virtual Shtetl); kevarim.com and JOWBR USA-03526 for R’ Yaakov Chaim Perlow
- R’ Moshe Dov Ber — Kovetz Beit Aharon veYisrael no. 214 (Jerusalem 2021; HebrewBooks 68743), printed pp. קנד–קנה and note 57; Kovetz no. 10, p. פה; Stolin revision list 1816, read on the original page (NHAB Minsk 333/9/71, ff. 212v–213; FHL film 1925416, image 755; scan on the Stolin KehilaLinks records page); Kovetz Beit Aharon veYisrael no. 211 (Jerusalem, Tishrei–Cheshvan 5781; HebrewBooks 68740), pp. קעא–קעו (R’ Avraham Abish Shor), with note 21 (the 1810 Stolin census as printed), note 21; D. Z. Hillman, Igrot Baal HaTanya u-Vnei Doro (Jerusalem 1953), letter 107, p. 184, and note 2, p. 187 (page images via daat.ac.il; also HebrewBooks 6664); Stolin revision list 1811, read on the original page (NHAB Minsk 333/9/268, f. 248v, list no. 19; FamilySearch film 2010473 = DGS 007766625, image 378); Stolin revision list 1834 (NHAB Minsk 333/9/370, ff. 112v–113, list no. 21; JewishGen Belarus revision lists index row); W. Z. Rabinowitsch, “Karlin Hasidism”, in Pinsk vol. I part 2, English translation on JewishGen (jewishgen.org/yizkor/pinsk1/Pine12_048.html) and footnote 147 (jewishgen.org/yizkor/pinsk1/Pine12_foota.html#147), citing A. Yaari, Sheluhei Erets Yisrael, p. 788; kramim.info on R’ Moshe Yafe’s credentials (Elul 5606); Stolin revision list 1816, NHAB Minsk 333/9/71, household 23, ff. 212v–213, FamilySearch DGS 007766568 image 755 (familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSM4-Q3V2-4), re-read on the original 27 Oct 2026; Hebrew Wikipedia, “חסידות קוידנוב” (R’ Shlomo Chaim); Encyclopaedia Judaica / Jewish Virtual Library, “Koidanov”
- R’ Shalom Shachna Altschuler — Kovetz Beit Aharon veYisrael no. 214 (Jerusalem 2021; HebrewBooks 68743), note 63; Hebrew Wikipedia, “Aharon HaGadol of Karlin”
- Feiga (Feige) — Kovetz Beit Aharon veYisrael no. 214 (Jerusalem 2021; HebrewBooks 68743), printed pp. קנד–קנה; Kovetz Beit Aharon veYisrael no. 10 (HebrewBooks 13094), pp. פה–פו; Kovetz Beit Aharon veYisrael no. 211 (Jerusalem, Tishrei–Cheshvan 5781; HebrewBooks 68740), pp. קעא–קעו (R’ Avraham Abish Shor), with note 21 (the 1810 Stolin census as printed), note 21; Stolin revision list 1816, read on the original page (NHAB Minsk 333/9/71, ff. 212v–213; FHL film 1925416, image 755; scan on the Stolin KehilaLinks records page); D. Z. Hillman, Igrot Baal HaTanya u-Vnei Doro (Jerusalem 1953), letter 107, p. 184; Stolin revision list 1834 (NHAB Minsk 333/9/370, ff. 112v–113; JewishGen Belarus revision lists index row)
- Reb Aharon (Perlov) HaGadol of Karlin — Kovetz Beit Aharon veYisrael no. 214 (Jerusalem 2021; HebrewBooks 68743), note 63 (R’ Shmuel Heller’s family tree); Kovetz Beit Aharon veYisrael no. 211 (Jerusalem, Tishrei–Cheshvan 5781; HebrewBooks 68740), pp. קעא–קעו (R’ Avraham Abish Shor), with note 21 (the 1810 Stolin census as printed); Hebrew Wikipedia; Shalshelet HaYuchsin Kozhnitz–Trisk (Montreal 5783 / 2023; HebrewBooks 66843), printed pp. קפה–קפו
- R’ Aharon “HaShotek” of Zelichov — Kovetz Beit Aharon veYisrael no. 10 (HebrewBooks 13094), pp. פה–פו; Kovetz Beit Aharon veYisrael no. 214 (Jerusalem 2021; HebrewBooks 68743), p. קנד and note 63; Stolin revision list 1816, read on the original page (NHAB Minsk 333/9/71, ff. 212v–213; FHL film 1925416, image 755; scan on the Stolin KehilaLinks records page)
- R’ Moshe of Kobrin — Kovetz Beit Aharon veYisrael no. 214 (Jerusalem 2021; HebrewBooks 68743), note 63; Kovetz Beit Aharon veYisrael no. 211 (Jerusalem, Tishrei–Cheshvan 5781; HebrewBooks 68740), pp. קעא–קעו (R’ Avraham Abish Shor), with note 21 (the 1810 Stolin census as printed)
- Perel (Perl), mother of Reb Aharon HaGadol — Hebrew Wikipedia, “Aharon HaGadol of Karlin” (citing HebrewBooks 28727, p. 156, on the surname Perlov)
- R’ Yaakov “HaNistar” of Kobrin — Kovetz Beit Aharon veYisrael no. 211 (Jerusalem, Tishrei–Cheshvan 5781; HebrewBooks 68740), pp. קעא–קעו (R’ Avraham Abish Shor), with note 21 (the 1810 Stolin census as printed); Kovetz Beit Aharon veYisrael no. 214 (Jerusalem 2021; HebrewBooks 68743), note 63; Hebrew Wikipedia, “Aharon HaGadol of Karlin”
- Adolf (Elje) Smith — Brooklyn marriage 1911, cert. 6159 (FamilySearch index); Mount Zion Cemetery (Maspeth, Queens) interment register, Chomsker Young Men society plot (mountzioncemetery.com interment id 7879134)
- Arthur Martin Zitowsky — Social Security NUMIDENT (FamilySearch 1:1:6KMB-Z797); Social Security Death Index (FamilySearch 1:1:JTB7-DXQ); U.S. Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936–2007 (federal index; entry as transcribed on SortedByName.com, Zitowsky page, read 26 Oct 2026); Find a Grave memorial 253373717
- Baruh son of Itsko Zdzitovskii — Khomsk revision list 1850 (index)
- Beile (Velje, Wely) Zditowski née Shershevsky — New York ship lists 1907–1912 (NARA T715, images via FamilySearch)
- Benjamin Zitowsky — NYC Municipal Archives, death certificate Bronx 1944 no. 6806
- Berta Zditowski — Gravestone, Find a Grave memorials 186100646 / 186100625
- Boris (Dov) Zditowski — Social Security NUMIDENT (index); memorial plaques; Find a Grave memorial 186100646
- Chaim (Hyman) Zditowsky, painter — 1922 New York marriage certificate; 1942 draft registration
- Chane Judeles née Zditowski — SS Kaiserin Auguste Victoria, 26 Aug 1911 (NARA T715 roll 1726, p. 94)
- David Zditowski (David Smith of Baltimore) — 1920 New York passenger list; gravestone, United Hebrew Cemetery, Halethorpe, Maryland (Find a Grave 265045193); death notice 1956; Sam Smith’s (1967) and Louis Smith’s (1985) death notices
- Dora Smith née Waldman — Sam Smith’s death notice (Baltimore Sun, Sep 1967)
- Emanuel Matthew Zitowsky (later Simms) — U.S. Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936–2007 (federal index; entry as transcribed on SortedByName.com, Zitowsky page, read 26 Oct 2026); NYC Municipal Archives, death certificate Kings 1947 no. 3923 (Samuel Zitowsky, wife Rebecca)
- Ester Zditovets of Volkovysk — Khomsk revision list 1811 (index)
- Esther Smith — David Smith’s death notice (Baltimore Sun, Feb 1956); Sam Smith’s death notice (Baltimore Sun, Sep 1967); Louis Smith’s death notice (1985)
- Esther Zitowsky Davidoff — Social Security NUMIDENT (index)
- Feigel (Fanny) Zitowsky née Paderewski — sons’ New York death certificates
- Flora Zitowsky (later Reiner, D’Addio) — U.S. Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936–2007 (federal index; entry as transcribed on SortedByName.com, Zitowsky page, read 26 Oct 2026)
- Golda Zditovets — Khomsk revision lists 1806/1811 (index)
- Irving Platt — Gravestone, Find a Grave memorial 259405078
- Isaac Samuel (Shmuel) Smith — gravestone transcription; death notices; Find a Grave memorial 99827380
- Isaac “Ike” Zitowsky (Itsko son of Shmerko Zditovskii) — Kaunas Jewish marriage register 1893, no. 25 (Lithuanian State Historical Archives 1226/1/1888); New York death certificate 1932; Mount Zion Cemetery (Maspeth, Queens) interment register, Chomsker Young Men society plot (mountzioncemetery.com interment id 7869202)
- Iser Zditowski — SS Pennsylvania, 1 Jul 1912 (NARA T715 roll 1891, p. 158)
- Israel Zditowski — SS Nieuw Amsterdam, 19 Feb 1912 (NARA T715 roll 1807, p. 155, line 3)
- Itsko Zditovets (Zdzitovskii) — Khomsk revision lists 1806/1811/1850 (index)
- Itsko “Zditovets” — Khomsk revision lists 1806 and 1811 (index): National Historical Archives of Belarus, Grodno, 24/7/397 f.138 and 24/7/399 f.266
- Jennie (Zlate) Smith née Sitowska — Declaration of intention, Eastern District of New York, 1933; SS Statendam, 2 Jul 1907 (NARA T715 roll 936, list 28, line 6)
- Kate (Kejla) Platt née Smith (Zazitowski) — Gravestone, Find a Grave memorial 259405078; David Smith’s death notice (Baltimore Sun, Feb 1956); Sam Smith’s death notice (Baltimore Sun, Sep 1967); Louis Smith’s death notice (1985)
- Katie Baus née Zditowsky — Manhattan marriage index 1909, cert. 3444 (FamilySearch); Mount Zion Cemetery (Maspeth, Queens) interment register, Chomsker Young Men society plot (mountzioncemetery.com interment id 7922150)
- Leiser (Louis) Smith — SS Pennsylvania, 1 Jul 1912 (NARA T715 roll 1891, p. 158); naturalization certificate 2458878
- Leizer son of Shmerko Zditowski — 1912 Khomsk voters list (index)
- Leyzor (Eliezer) son of Itsko Zditovets — Khomsk revision lists 1806 (24/7/397 f.138) and 1811 (24/7/399 f.266), index rows
- Louis (Lejzer) Smith — 1920 New York passenger list; naturalization papers; death notices
- Morris Zitowsky — New York death certificate; Mount Zion Cemetery (Maspeth, Queens) interment register, Chomsker Young Men society plot (mountzioncemetery.com interment id 7893997)
- Naum Zditowski — AMIA burial register, Tablada
- Note (Nota) Zditowski — SS Kaiserin Auguste Victoria, 4 Apr 1910 (NARA T715 roll 1444, p. 96, line 15)
- Philip Baus (Barr) — Mount Zion Cemetery (Maspeth, Queens) interment register, Chomsker Young Men society plot (mountzioncemetery.com interment id 7906660)
- Ray (Rachel, Risha) Zitowsky née London — NYC Municipal Archives, death certificate Kings 1926 no. 89; Mount Zion Cemetery interment register
- Rebecca (Nekhama-Beila) Zitowsky née Upiter (Jupiter) — Kaunas marriage register 1893, no. 25; Mount Zion Cemetery (Maspeth, Queens) interment register, Chomsker Young Men society plot (mountzioncemetery.com interment id 7883114); NYC Municipal Archives, death certificate Manhattan 1938 no. 4405
- Rokha daughter of Leizar Zdzitovska — 1897 census, Gorbava (index)
- Rose Zitowsky — NYC Municipal Archives, death certificate Kings 1916 no. 14284
- Samuel (Sam, Shalom) Smith — Gravestone, Find a Grave memorial 41145133; David Smith’s death notice (Baltimore Sun, Feb 1956); Sam Smith’s death notice (Baltimore Sun, Sep 1967); Louis Smith’s death notice (1985)
- Samuel Zitowsky — NYC Municipal Archives, death certificate Kings 1947 no. 3923
- Sarah Zitowsky née Davidoff — NYC Municipal Archives, death certificate Kings 1929 no. 16885; Mount Zion Cemetery interment register; Brooklyn Eagle, 30 Oct 1926, p. 21
- Shalom Zditowski — Gravestone of David Smith (d. 1956), United Hebrew Cemetery, Halethorpe, Maryland (Find a Grave 265045193)
- Shliomo son of Itsko Zdzitovskii — Khomsk revision list 1850 (index), NHAB Grodno 24/7/412
- Shloma-Srol son of Leib Zdzitovski — 1897 census, Gorbava (NHAB Grodno 100/1/340), index
- Shmerko (Samuel) Zditowski — 1912 Khomsk voters list (index); his sons’ New York death certificates
- Stanley Zitowsky — U.S. Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936–2007 (federal index; entry as transcribed on SortedByName.com, Zitowsky page, read 26 Oct 2026); U.S. veterans’ (BIRLS) death file index; Connecticut death index, 1983 (Reclaim the Records)
- Tema (Thelma) Zditowski / Smith — 1920 New York passenger list; gravestone, United Hebrew Cemetery, Halethorpe, Maryland (Find a Grave 265045156); Find a Grave memorial 265045156
- Victor (Wigdor) Zitowsky — New York death certificate; Mount Zion Cemetery (Maspeth, Queens) interment register, Chomsker Young Men society plot (mountzioncemetery.com interment id 7867382)
- Yehoshua (Shiye) Zditowsky — New York ship lists 1907–1912 (NARA T715, images via FamilySearch); Manhattan marriage index 1909 (cert. 3444); Brooklyn marriage 1911 (cert. 6159)
Grades: Proven, Probable, Possible — exactly as the research gives them.