Shlomo "Solomon Smith" Savilevics

Bef 1850 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Shlomo "Solomon Smith" Savilevics  [1, 2]
  Nickname	Solomon Smith
  Birth	Bef 1850	Kovno Gubernia, Russian Empire
  Gender	Male
  Death	Yes, date unknown
  Notes	AKA Shlomo Zavilevitz (Savilevics) http://bayl.org/family-story/where-did-our-ancestors-live/
  Person ID	I47239	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	30 Aug 2020

  
  

  Family	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
  Children	1. Rachel Mina "Minnie" Smith,   b. Abt 1872, Kovno Gubernia, Russian Empire d. 25 Jan 1955, Baltimore County, Maryland (Age ~ 83 years)   2. Zanvil "Myer" Smith,   b. 31 Mar 1876, Kovno Gubernia, Russian Empire d. 6 Jan 1944 (Age 67 years)   3. Celia Smith,   b. 15 Mar 1881, Kovno Gubernia, Russian Empire d. 3 Jul 1969 (Age 88 years)   4. Hyman Smith,   b. 15 Jul 1885, Kovno Gubernia, Russian Empire d. 18 Apr 1961, Tyler County, Texas (Age 75 years)
  Family ID	F14112	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	26 Aug 2018

  
  

• Event Map

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• Sources

  [S1832] Ancestry.com - U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, Application for Hyman Smith, showing his father as Sol Smith (Reliability: 3). [S1696] Ancestry.com - Texas Death Certificates, 1903-1982 [database online], Death Certificate for Hyman Smith, showing his father as Solomon Smith (Reliability: 3).