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Genealogy in the 21st Century.

Smela artisans in 1850

Smela Name Index Artisans 1850

This is the census of artisan community from Smela, Cherkasy district as compiled on October 28, 1850.

There were 96 artisan families, 338 males and 347 females.

It was signed by authors Volko Portnoy, Shakhna Shenderov, Nakhman Bidorak, Leiba Zamlinskiy. A (tax) collector Ios Shmukliar signed instead of a rabbi.

Numbers indicate how many households shared the same family name.


Last NameNotes
Baliakleiskiy (2)
Bidorak (2)
Boguslavskiy
Bondarov
Cherniak
Dashevskiy
Dubinskiy
Fidelman (2)one in the army, one son in unknown absence
Goldenbergthis family were approved by local community to be recorded in this artisan community before official approval.
Goldshmidone in the army
Gorbalevone in the army
Gormider
Grinshtein (2)
Krivitskiy
Kushnir (4)one in the army
Kutsumka
Lazebnikone son converted
Lenetskiy/Linetskiy (2)
Lubarskiyuncle came in 1844.
Makarovskiy (2)
Malutshevskiy (?)
Mednik (2)one in the army, one son in unknown absense
Moshenskiy
Moshenzun/Moshenzen
Nalevoone son in the army
Ovrutskiyone in the army
Patrikaone in the army
Polonskiy (2)
Portnoy (13)three in the army. One family became farmer(s) and moved to Kherson governorate in 1844. One father came in 1844.
Potashnikone in the army
Prusak
Rovinskiy (3)
Rud/[Rud']
Sapozhnik (4)one in unknown absence.
Shakhnovskiy
Shenderov (3)
Shkolnik
Shmukliar (2)
Shvarshtein
Sigalovfather came from Berdichev
Siliatrianskiy (2)
Sitnikone brother became merchant
Skliarone son sent to "arestantskaya rota" in 1840
Solominskiy
Vinar
Vodovozone son in the army
Zamlinskiy (4)also written as Zamilinskiy. One nephew became merchant in 1845
Zaslavskiy
Zelenyi (5)
Zhitomirskiy (3)
Zlobinskiyone son moved to another community in 1850.
Zlotopolskiy
Zolotar (3)one in the army