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Rella Krok

Female Abt 1833 - Abt 1897  (~ 64 years)


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  • Name Rella Krok  [1
    Birth Abt 1833  Tzelkay, Kovno Gubernia, Russian Empire Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Female 
    Death Abt 1897  Rakisik, Kovno Gubernia, Russian Empire Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Notes 
    • Laib Krok and his family lived in the hamlet of Tzelkay (Celkiai pronounced "tshel-KAY"). It is located about 2 miles southeast of Rakisik (Roki?kis pronounced "RAW-kish-kis"). Laib Krok's daughter, Rella Krok, lived in adulthood in Rakisik. Her first husband, Yehuda Laib Romm, was from Ponedel (Pandelys ronounced "pahn-dey-LEES"), which is about 16 miles west of Rakisik. After he died, Rella married Rabbi Abraham Abramovitz and continued to live in Rakisik. The name of the family society remembers the given names of the second and first husbands of Rella Krok, namely, Abraham and Yehuda Laib.

      One of Rella's children with Yehuda Laib Romm was Etta Devayra Romm, who married Shlomo Zavilevitz (Savilevics) and lived in Kupisik (Kupi?kis '96 "koo-PISH-kis"). Their son Zanvil Zavilevitz (Savilevics) was born in Kupisik and was sent at a young age, probably around 12, to Riga (today, the capital of Latvia) to learn be a capmaker. When Zanvil's apprenticeship ended, he went to live with his grandmother Rella and her second husband in Rakisik. Zanvil's sister, Zlata Zavilevitz (Savilevics), who was also born in Kupisik, also went to live with Rella and Abraham Abramovitz.

      http://bayl.org/family-story/where-did-our-ancestors-live/
    Person ID I47262  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 30 Sep 2018 

    Family Yehuda Laib Romm,   b. Abt 1827, Ponedel, Kovno Gubernia, Russia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1860, Kovno Gubernia, Russian Empire Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 33 years) 
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    • Baltimore Lithuanian Jewry Stays Connected.

      Within Baltimore's flourishing Jewish community, there are organizations that are working to keep alive connections to ancestors. The B'nai Abraham and Yehuda Laib Family Society (BAYL) is one such organization that is committed to maintaining relationships among descendants of the society's progenitors. According to Phil Shapiro, a member of the society, nearly three-quarters of Baltimore's Jewish population have roots from Lithuania.

      BAYL hosted its 115th anniversary picnic on Sept. 4 in Baltimore. The society normally hosts reunions every five years. It was attended by approximately 170 individuals from all over the nation and was recognized with letters from the president of Lithuania as well as both the Israeli and American ambassadors in the country.

      Originally founded in Baltimore in 1901, BAYL is believed to be oldest Jewish family society in the world. The idea was that the first relatives who came to the United States from Europe would save their money to help other members of their families immigrate. While family societies were common in the 1930s, very few are left today.

      The two families that formed BAYL are linked by Rella Krok, whose first husband was Yehuda Laib Romm, and she later remarried Abraham Abramson. The members of the families used to get together every Saturday night to pool pennies, bringing over another family member when they had accumulated $20. All of the members in attendance at the Baltimore reunion are descendants of the original family society.

      Another organization dedicated to Lithuanian Jewry, Remembering Litvaks, Inc., "undertakes projects dedicated to remembering the Jewish communities that existed in Lithuania, including educational programs dedicated to researching and teaching the history of Jewish life in Lithuania and improving the physical condition of Jewish gravesites and other locations of historical significance to Lithuanian Jewry," according to its website. Shapiro is involved with that organization as well.

      The organization recently introduced the Ruvin Bun Award, which "will be given for research and education regarding the original vision of the Lithuanian state as a tolerant, multicultural society with a Western-style constitution that established a democratic government." More information on the award can be found at bit.ly/2cJmUYh.

      Baltimore Jewish Times
      September 15, 2016 By Daniel Nozick
    Children 
     1. Etta "Yetta" Devorah Romm,   b. Abt 1849, Kovno Gubernia, Russian Empire Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1930, Baltimore, Baltimore County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 82 years)
    Family ID F14121  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 22 Sep 2018 

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