Celia Smith

1881 - 1969  (88 years)

• Name	Celia Smith  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Birth	15 Mar 1881	Kovno Gubernia, Russian Empire   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Female
  Death	3 Jul 1969  [4]
  Burial	Anshe Neisen Cemetery, Rosedale, Baltimore County, Maryland   [4]
  Notes	Per Geni: a Daughter of Shlomo Savilevics and Etta Devorah Romm Given name Zlata Savelevics Wife of Benjamin Shapiro Mother of Ruth Sylvia Reinberg; Edith Seigel; Miriam Cohen; Sol Shapiro and Solomon Shapiro Sister of Myer Savilevics; Hyman Smith; Simon Smith and Ruchel Minna Levine
  Person ID	I47191	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	26 Aug 2018

  
  

  Father	Shlomo "Solomon Smith" Savilevics,   b. Bef 1850, Kovno Gubernia, Russian Empire d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Etta "Yetta" Devorah Romm,   b. Abt 1849, Kovno Gubernia, Russian Empire d. Aft 1930, Baltimore, Baltimore County, Maryland (Age ~ 82 years)
  Marriage	Daugher Rachel was a member of the B'nai Abraham and Yehuda Laib Family Society membership and its associated family tree revolves around a woman named Rella Krok, who was born about 1833. Her father, Laibe Krok, was born in 1800. Laibe and his wife Rachel Krok lived in the tiny hamlet of Tselkay / Celkiai, just south of Rokisik / Roki?kis, a town in an area which today is in the northeastern part of the Republic of Lithuania. In the 1800s, the area was first in the Vilna Gubernya (province) and then in the Kovno Gubernya of the Russian Empire As U.S. census records and vital records related to this family shown places of birth as both Russia, Latvia, or Lithuania, it is assumed Savilevics/Smith family also originated in the Kovno Gubernia area of the Russian empire before their emigration to the United States, likely in Kupiskis, known in Yiddish as Kupishok, was home to 1,444 Jews before World War II. Today no Jews live in Kupiskis. Phil Shapiro wrote, in reference to the 1897 Rokiskis All-Russian Census that the census list, on page 4, shows a three-person household of Abram and Rella Abramovicz and Zavel Zavelevicz residing on Komaiskaya Street (Kamai Street). The Bnai Abraham and Yehuda Laib Family Society (BAYL), which was founded in Baltimore in 1901, consists of the descendants of the first and second husbands of Rella Krok, the daughter of Laibe Krok. The 1897 census identifies Rella as the daughter of "Leiba," age 64 and married to Abram Abramovicz, whose age is given as 63. According to the BAYL family tradition, Rella's second husband, who was known in the United States as Abraham Abramson, was said to have been a rabbi in Rokiskis for 25 years before coming to America. This appears to be consistent with the translation of the occupation given for Abram in the census of one who "makes Jewish symbolics." The third member of the household, "Zavel Zavelevicz," age 22, appears to be a grandson of Rella. The census states that Zavel was a capmaker who was born in Kupiskis and was the son of "Shloma." Rella's oldest daughter from her first marriage (to Yehuda Laib Romm) was Etta-Devara Romm. Etta-Devara married Shlomo Savilevics and lived in Kupiskis. At least one of Etta's children -- my grandmother Zlata Savilevics (Celia Smith Shapiro) -- often told the family that as a child she frequently stayed with her grandmother Rella. https://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Rokiskis/census.htm
  Family ID	F14112	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Benjamin Shapiro,   b. Between 1882 and 1884, Kovno Gubernia, Russian Empire d. 1 Feb 1940, Baltimore County, Maryland (Age ~ 58 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1909	Baltimore County, Maryland   [1, 5, 6]
  	Zlata moved to the United States probably around 1901 and changed her name to Celie Smith. In Baltimore, she met other relatives who had emigrated from the Rakisik-Kupisik area, including a first cousin, Dov Ber Shapiro, who was from Kamai (Kamajai - "kah-mah-YAY"). Kamai is about 7 miles south of Rakisik. In America, Dov Ber had changed his name to Benjamin. Celie married Benjamin and thereafter was known as Celie Shapiro. http://bayl.org/family-story/where-did-our-ancestors-live/
  Children	1. Ruth Shapiro,   b. 22 Jun 1910, Baltimore County, Maryland d. 16 Apr 1999, Pikesville, Baltimore County, Maryland (Age 88 years)   2. Edith Shapiro,   b. 6 Oct 1911, Baltimore County, Maryland d. 17 Oct 1975, Baltimore County, Maryland (Age 64 years)   3. Miriam "Mary" Shapiro,   b. 4 Apr 1916, Baltimore County, Maryland d. 15 Apr 1991, Baltimore County, Maryland (Age 75 years)   4. Solomon Shapiro,   b. 6 Jul 1920, Baltimore County, Maryland d. 7 Jan 1989, Baltimore County, Maryland (Age 68 years)
  Family ID	F14120	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	26 Aug 2018

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 15 Mar 1881 - Kovno Gubernia, Russian Empire Marriage - Abt 1909 - Baltimore County, Maryland  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

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