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Alexander/Sender BILLSTEIN b. ca 1700 of Rülfenrod, Vogelsberg, Hessen
| Moses BILLSTEIN b. ca 1735 of Rülfenrod, Vogelsberg, Hessen d. 1802 Rülfenrod, Vogelsberg, Hessen
| | Alexander
| | | Baruch Sender BILLSTEIN b. 5 Dec 1796 Rülfenrod, Vogelsberg d. 27 May 1855 Rülfenrod, Vogelsberg, Hessen
| | | | Moses BILLSTEIN b. 2 Mar 1846 Rülfenrod, Vogelsberg d. 19 Jan 1916 Toledo, Lucas, OH
| | | | | Alfred BILLSTEIN
| | | | | | R. BILLSTEIN Sr. #260193
| | | | | | | R. BILLSTEIN #154472
| | | Simon (Selig) BILLSTEIN b. 14 Apr 1807 Rülfenrod, Vogelsberg d. 1894 Rülfenrod, Vogelsberg
| | | | Simon BILLSTEIN b. 14 Sep 1827 Rülfenrod, Vogelsberg d. 23 Jul 1936 Cleveland, OH
| | | | | Sanford BILLSTEIN b. 21 Aug 1911 Cleveland, OH d. 1 Dec 2003 Philadelphia, PA
| | | | | | S BILLSTEIN #176222
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Lazar WEIL/VAIDER b. ca 1790 Varin, Slovakia
| Izsak WEIL b. 1819
| | Alajos WEIL b. 1847 Bella-Hubokau, Slovakia
| | | Jozsef VAS b. 19 Apr 1876 Bella-Koczina, Slovakia d. ca 1945 KZ Auschwitz
| | | | Dr. Alajos (Aloysius) VASS b. ca 1902 Budapest, Hungary
| | | | | | Sam VASS #40065 (deceased)
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Mordechai [GRUNEBAUM, MARX, STERN] b. ca 1710 of Zuntersbach, Bavaria
| Michael (Jechial) Madgen [GRUNEBAUM] & Roesche
| | Mordechai GRUNEBAUM b. 1784 Zuntersbach, Bavaria d. 22 jul 1863 Zuntersbach, Bavaria
| | & Sorla Sara GOLDNER
| | | Schemata GRUNDBAUM b. 18 May 1822 Zuntersbach, Bavaria d. 24 Jun 1882
| | | & Margarethe HEINEMANN
| | | | Mendel GRUNEBAUM b. 20 May 1860 d. 4 Sep 1920
| | | | & Fanny SCHLOSSBERGER
| | | | | Alfred GRUNEBAUM b. 9 Feb 1900 d. 24 May 1980
| | | | | & Gertrud Sofie "Ruth" NACHMANN
| | | | | | M. GRUNEBAUM
| | | | | | | E.GRUNEBAUM
| Salomon [STERN] b. ca 1754 Zuntersbach d. 28 Oct 1829 & Rös LÖB
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Joseph POLLAK-TIKTIN (DEHN) b. ca 1675 Poland (likely Tiktin, Tycocin)
| Rabbi Abraham Ben Joseph POLLAK-TIKTIN b. ca 1705, of Poland
| | Isaak B’ Abraham POLLAK b. 1733, Tiktin, Poland d. 17 Feb 1800, Copenhagen
| | & Sprinz COHEN d. 1781, Copenhagen, Denmark
| | | Abraham Beer DEHN b. 1764 d. 1821, Groningen, Netherlands
| | | & Gellchen Charlotte DAVID b. 1768, Hannover, Niedersachsen
| | | d. 1821, Gröningen, Altmarkkreis Salzwedel, Sachsen-Anhalt
| | | | Bernhard Adolph Abraham DEHN*
| | | | b. 23 Mar 1808, Burgsteinfurt, Steinfurt, Nordrhein-Westfalen
| | | | d. 25 Jul 1863, Marienbad
| | | | & Hanne MELCHIOR b. 23 Jan 1821 Kopenhagen d. 28 Jan 1821 Hamburg
| | | | | Moses Max. DEHN b. 15 Mar 1841 Hamburg d. 16 Apr 1897 Hamburg
| | | | | & Berta HIRSCH b. 15 Apr 1845 Hamburg d. 2 Feb 1926 Hamburg
| | | | | | George Ernst DEHN b. 1887 d. 1968
| | | | | | & Wiltrud WEIZEL b. 1906 d. 2009
| | | | | | | P. DEHN
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Benjamin B’ Yehuda Leib GELLER b. 1830 d. 1904, Oswiecim, Poland & Rebeka RUBNER
| David Elias GELLER b. 1863 d. 1932, Oswiecim, Poland & Sheindl Antonia SCHANZER
| | Leopolad (Yehuda Leib) GELLER-GIL b. 1892, Metylovice, Frydek-Mistek, Czech d. 1932
| | & Hermina LILIENTHAL
| | | Yosef GELLER-GIL b. Krakow d. 14 Aug 1982
| | | | A. GIL #N4337
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David? GOLDSMITH b. abt 1815 Hesse Darmstadt d. ca 1849 & Lena HASENBUSCH
| Levi (Levy) GOLDSMITH b. 31 Dec 1839, Cincinnati, OH d. 24 Sep 1909, NY, NY
| & Bertha “Betty” ROSENBAUM
| | Nathan Bertram GOLDSMITH b. 25 Apr 1881, NY, NY
| | d. 17 Aug 1936, NY, NY
| | | Nathaniel S GOLDSMITH b. 21 Mar 1911 Newark, NJ d. 1976, NY, NY
| | | & Dorothy SIEGMAN
| | | | A.B. GOLDSMITH #235908
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Moise OPPENHEIM b. abt 1780, of Burgel, Offenbach & Edel
| Falk (Valentin) OPPENHEIM of Burgel, Offenbach Am Main & Regina KAHN
| | Ludwig OPPENHEIM b. 15 Dec 1845, Burgel, Offenheim Am Main & Lina DEWALD
| | | Heinrich "Henry" OPPENHEIM b. 3 Feb 1886, Weisenau, Rhein Pfalz
| | | d. 21 Mar 1966, Hyattsville, Prince George's, MD & Selma DAUB
| | | | Morton Harold OPPENHEIM b. 24 Feb 1914
| | | | d. 7 Aug 1993 Silver Springs, MD & Edythe BARSKY
| | | | | Carl OPPENHEIM
| | | | | | A. OPPENHEIM #117754
| | | | William M OPPENHEIM #112962 (deceased)
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FRANK/OPPENHEIMER/REGENSBURGER/HEINSHEIMER
Elieser Liebmann b. ≈ 1655, of Weinheim & Fradel Bat Maier OPPENHEIMER
| Levi (Loew) B’ Eliezer [FRANK] b. 1686 Weinheim d. Oct 1764 Eppingen & Sarle b' Maier
| | Lemle Levi FRANK* b. abt 1710 d. 1772 & Lifet Bat Yizchak
| | | Isaak Lemle FRANK b. abt 1735, Eppingen d. bef 1789 & Nendel (Nanette)
| | | | Levi FRANK b. 1765 Eppingen d. 5 Apr 1851 Eppingen & Karoline (Kehle) HABER
| | | | | Isaak FRANK b. 1793 Eppingen d. 6 Sep 1871 Eppingen
| | | | | & Babette OTTENHEIMER
| | | | | | Wolf (Benjamin) FRANK b. 4 Nov 1825 Eppingen d. 1 Mar 1911 Eppingen
| | | | | | & Babette (Bella) WOLF
| | | | | | | Julius Joel FRANK b. 27 Apr 1862 Eppingen d. 8 Jun 1935, Eppingen
| | | | | | | & Sarah (Sophie) FUERTH
| | | | | | | | Arthur David FRANK b. 19 Jan 1895 Eppingen
| | | | | | | | d. 8 Feb 1981, Chicago, IL & Bertha (Bella) WEINGARTNER
| | | | | | | | | W. L. FRANK #96694
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Issachar ASHKENAZI b. ca 1585, Hildesheim
| Rabbi Isaiah (Yesayahu) B’ Issachar ASHKENAZI b. ca 1615, Of Hildesheim d. 28 Sep 1651
| & Chava SHAPIRA b. 1626
| | Rabbi Nathan Nata B’ Yehsaye ASHKENAZI-HILDESHEIM b. ca 1645 d. 1680
| | & Esther B’ Abraham HESCHEL b. ca 1630, of Krakau d. 1668, Krakow
| | | Issachar HILDESHEIM b. ca 1680 d. 1724
| | | | Yeshaya B’ Issachar HILDESHEIM b. ca 1710
? ? ? ? ? David Joseph HILDESHEIM d. 30 Jun 1758 Hamburg
| | | | | | Treindel d. 8 May 1795 Hamburg & David HILDESHEIM
| | | Nahum B’ Nathan SLUTSK
| | | | Nathan Nata MEZERICH b. ca 1670
| | | | | Zvi Hirsch B’ Nathan MEZERICH b. ca 1700
| | | | | | Rabbi Menachem (Nachum) TWERSKI
| | | | | | b. 1730, Garinsk, Volhynia d. 1797, Chernobyl, Ukraine
| | | | | | & Sarah SHAPIRO b. 1739
| | | | | | | Moische TWERSKI b. 1789, Chernobyl
| | | | | | | d. 5 Jan 1866, Koristchev & Etyl TWERSKI
| | | | | | | Rabbi Mordechai TWERSKI* b. 1770, Chernobyl
| | | | | | | d. 25 May 1837, Anatevka
| | | | | | | & Chaya Sarah PERLOW b. 1770, Chernobyl
| | | | | | | d. 25 May 1837, Anatevka
| | | | | | | & Feiga B’ David LEIKES (see below)
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Rabbi Mordechai TWERSKI b. 1770 Chernobyl d. 25 May 1837, Anatevka & Feiga B’ David LEIKE
| Rabbi Ya'cov Yisrael TWERSKI b. 1794, Cherkassy-Hornistopol d. 2 Sep 1876
| & Deborah Leah SCHNEURSOHN d. 25 Apr 1876 m. 1810
| | Shterna Rachel TWERSKY & Meshulem Zusia Yitzchok AUERBACH b. 1819 d. 20 May 1882
| | | Mordechai Dov TWERSKY b. 6 Dec 1839, Horistaiple d. 14 Sep 1903, Hornistaiple
| | | & Reitza HALBERSTAM m. 1855
| | | | Benzion Yehuda Leib TWERSKY b. 1867 d. 6 Jan 1951, Chicago
| | | | & Rachel RABINOWITZ
| | | | | Yaakov Yisrael TWERSKY
| | | | | | B.Z.C.S.M.Z.TWERSKY
| | | | | | M.D.B. TWERSKY
| | | | | | A.Y.H. TWERSKI
| | | | | | | Y.M. TWERSKI
| | | | | | Y.M. TWERSKI
| | | | | | A.D. TWERSKI
| David B’ Mordechei TWERSKI b. 1808, Chernobyl d. 29 Apr 1882, Tolna& Yenta Devora ORBACH
| | Mordechei B’ David TWERSKY d. 24 Sep 1876
| | | Menachem Nachem TWERSKY b. 27 Apr 1869, of Talnoje (Tolna)-Tulchen
| | | d. 26 Nov 1915, Kiev
| | | & Simha GITTERMAN b. of Chichilnik d. 1 Apr 1936, Boston, MA
| Abraham B’ Mordechai TWERSKY b. 1806, of Triskd. 1889& Rike B’ Jacob SPIRA
| Yitzchok B’ Mordechai TWERSKY b. 1812, Chernobyl d. 2 Apr 1885, Skvira
| & Unknown B’ Don YUNGERLEIB
| | David B’ Yitzchok TWERSKY* b. 17 Apr 1848, Skvira d. 7 Dec 1919, Kiev, Ukraine
| | & Chava Golda GITTERMAN
| | | Rabbi Mordechei TWERSKY b. 1868, Skvira d. 1 Nov 1919, Kiev
| | | & Devora TWERSKY d. 1920
| | | | Rabbi Yitschok Mordechai TWERSKY b. 15 Sep 1888, of Skver
| | | | d. 27 Jul 1941, New York
| | | | | Rabbi David Yitschok TWERSKY
| | | | | | Rabbi Y.M.TWERSKY
| | | | | | Y.D. TWERSKY (is this the FGC20980 match?)
| | | | | | A.Y.H. TWERSKY
| | | | | | P. TWERSKY
| | | | | | Zvi Arye TWERSKY
| | | Moshe TWERSKY b. 1870, Skvira d. 1920, Kiev
| | | Ahren TWERSKY b. 1872, Skvira d. 8 Aug 1917, Kiev
| | | Shlomo David TWERSKY b. 1870, Skvira d. 15 Feb 1921, Kiev
| | | | Rabbi Elazer Shlomo TWERSKY b. 1893 d. 1976
| | | Menachem Nachum TWERSKY b. 1880 d. 18 Jun 1946, NY
| | | Yitchok TWERSKY b. 1888, Skvira d. Kishinev
| | David B’ Yitzchok TWERSKY* b. 17 Apr 1848, Skvira d. 7 Dec 1919, Kiev, Ukraine
| | & Rabbi Tzipora Bat Elyakim GETZ b. of Ostraha
| | | Rabbi Yitzchak David TWERSKY b. of Kishinev
| | | Rabbi Yakov Yosef TWERSKY b. 1899 d. 1968 & Trana TWERSKY
| | | | Rabbi M HAGER
| | | | Rabbi Y TWERSKY
| | | | Rabbi D.Y. TWERSKY
For additional information on this TWERSKY lineage, please contact Jeffrey Mark Paull of the TWERSKY Y-DNA Project. He also has an upcoming article about the Y-DNA of the Twersky Rabbinical Family.
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Avraham B’ Binyamin Zev LIPMAN b. ca 1590 & Eliya
| Rabbi Moshe B’ Abraham LIPMAN b. ca 1620
| | Avraham Mosche LIPMAN b. ca 1650, of Tykocin d. 1688 & Nn Bat Eliezer Lipman
| | | Rabbi Eliezer LIPMAN b. 1687, of Tykocin
| | | | Rabbi Menachem Zusia LIPMAN-MANIPOLIE b. 1718, Tarnow, Poland
| | | | d. 28 Jan 1800, Annopol, Khmel'nyts'ka oblast, Ukraine
| | | | | Hirsh Mendel (Tzvi Menachem) AUERBACH b. ca 1755, of Annipol
| | | | | d. 20 Jan 1815
| | | | | & Sima B’ Dov Ber b. of Ulanov
| | | | | | Rabbi Yechiel Mechel AUERBACH b. 1785 d. 28 Jun 1856
| | | | | | | Meshulem Zusia Yitzchok AUERBACH
| | | | | | | & Shterna Rachel TWERSKY (see below)
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Meshulem Zusia Yitzchok AUERBACH b. 1819 d. 20 May 1882 & Shterna Rachel TWERSKY
| Mordechai Dov TWERSKY b. 6 Dec 1839, Horistaiple d. 14 Sep 1903, Hornistaiple
| & Reitza HALBERSTAM m. 1855
| | Benzion Yehuda Leib TWERSKY b. 1867 d. 6 Jan 1951, Chicago & Rachel RABINOWITZ
| | | Yaakov Yisrael TWERSKY & Deborah Leah HALBERSTAM
| | | | B.Z.C.S.M.Z TWERSKY
| | | | d. 21 Oct 1981, Milwaukee
| | | | M.D. TWERSKY
| | | | A.Y.H. TWERSKI
| | | | | Y TWERSKI
| | | | Y TWERSKI
| | | | A TWERSKI