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Minsk 1838 - potential army recruits and their families

Minsk Army Recruits Census 1838

This is another interesting list of potential army recruits from Minsk, Minsk district as recorded on October 31, 1838.

This list is of families with people selected as army recruits by community verdict. It has information about whether they were accepted or denied.


Recruit office #
Family #
Name (Last, First, Father's)Notes
#1 #1KAPLAN Mordukh Borukhdenied due to his small height and hernia.
Movshabrother of above
KAPLAN Leiba Girsh
Mendelbrother of above
#4GEILPERN Movsha Shimondrafted to army on November 11. Has brothers Mordukh and Srol
#6LIPETS Zorukh Nisondrafted in the army on November 11. Has brother Yuda.
#7FLASBURG Movsha Meerwith brother Itsko
#8FLUS Abram BorukhHas relative Faer Zavel son of Zelman
#17SHIMKHoVICH Zelman TevelHas brother Movsha
#2 #10BERKOVICH Mordukh Vigderhas brother Leiba
#12SHNEPER Zusman GirshHas brother Evel (Yevel)
#13FISHER Berka Elia
#19KAPILOV Khaim Faibishdrafted in the army on November 11. Has brother Leiba
#21TUNIK Leiba Leizer
#247Abram Solomonovsent to army jail forces of Kronshtat. Documented from August 23,1838 #9089
#22MITSIN Khaim Gertssubstitude recruit
#31KUGEL Movsha Khaimsubstitude recruit
#3 #1CHERTOV Leiba AbramNovember 17: has 'belmo' on left eye (eye sore?) and damaged right eye
CHERTOV Mordukh AbramNovember 17: brother of above, his right leg is much bigger than left and 'bertsovaya' (lower leg) bone is enlarged. Has problems walking.
#2OKSINKRUG Dovid GertsNovember 17: left eye has spot in eye pupils. Sent to hospital
OKSINKRUG Zelman Abram
#3GRINGAUZ Aba Shlema
#8PONS Aron Gerts
IGRANETS Girsh Yudarelative of the above
IGRANETS Yankel Yudarelative of Aron Pons
#9RETSKER Zusia Ur[ia]November 17: has old illness on his head
#10LEDER Shmuilo IoselNovember 11: drafted to army. Has brother Shlema
LEDER Idel Simonrelative of the above. Has brother Srol.
#3 #11GAMER Skharia Berkosubstitude. Has brothers Aron and Iosel
#14LEVIT Meer Fishelsubstitude
#4 #1TSIPEROVICH Shevel Shmuilsubstitude. November 11: drafted to army.
TSIPEROVICH Abram Itskoin the same family.
#2GELBER Ovsey Abramsubstitude
#19GEFT Mordukh Yankelsubmission
#4 #3KERSHTEIN Itska RakhmielNovember 29: drafted in the army
#27FISHKIN Aba Yankelhas brother Froim
#6RUBENCHIK Elia FaibishHas brother Movsha
#17KAPLAN Girsha AronNovember 11: rejected due to small height
#29RUMANOV Yuda Shabsha
#4 #8MURVICH Gerts YankelHas brother Nison who on November 29 was drafted in the army
#5 #1SHERMAN Iosel AzikNovember 11: drafted in the army. Has brother Leiba.
#2PERELDIK Srol KasrielHas brother Yokhel
DOLBER Movsha Ur[ia]Relative of the above
#7STERIN Kalman Berko
#20KALMANOV Leiser Berko
#5 #14VYKHODTS Osher MovshaNovember 11: rejected due to "parshi" illness on his head (seborrheic dermatitis). It seems that his brother Itsko was sent to the army instead on the same day.
#15KUFMAN (KOOFMAN) Abram RubinHas itch in the whole body and also has deformation of his leg.
KUFMAN ShimonBrother of above. Rejected due to severe deformation of his leg.
#16CHERTOV Faibish Meer
#21SARNOV Shevel Mikhel
#19KAPILOV Leiba LeiserNovember 11: He was previously on recruit list. November 29: rejected due to hernia. Has brother Shevel.
#6 #3BUNCHIK Movsha YevnaNovember 17: drafted to army. has brother Beniamin.
ROSEN Khatskel Meerrelative of the above. Has brother Movsha.
#6STRAIKHSHTEIN Azik AbramNovember 17: rejected due to head illness ("parshi")
CHERTOV Khaim AbramNovember 11: rejected due to old head illnes
#7GRUBEN Froim YankelNovember 17: drafted to army. Has brother Monos.
#11BAMAR Girsha MeerHas brother Shmuilo.
#12GLOZ Ovsey MovshaNovember 11: rejected due to small height
#14FUKSBIR Yuda SimonNovember 11: returned to community. November 29: rejected due to Zolotukha illness (scrofula).
#13POLIAK Itsko KhaimNovember 29: drafted to army
#1NODELMAN Elia Itsko
KIRPELMAN MovshaBrother of above.