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Occupational Survey of Jews in the Ukraine
This is a non-scientific sampling of some of the occupations our relatives held in the Ukraine, generally around the turn of the 20th Century.
Jewish joiner, on
1915 postcard
Kowel, Volhynia Gubernia
Data gathered approximately November 2005
| Subject's name | Subject's Dates | Occupation | Ukraine residences | Dates of Residence | Training | Submitted by |
| APPLEBAUM/EPPLEBAUM SILVERMAN/ZILBERMAN, Mordechai bar Ze'ev Wolf |
Egg Dealer | Zincov in Podolia Gubernia | Emigrated 1880 | Linda Silverman Shefler JGFF #2088 | ||
| BARATS, Moshe | c.1870-? | tailor | Emilchino in Volhynia Gubernia | lifetime | Alex Kopelberg JGFF # 156798 | |
| BEJZMAN | -1916, killed pogrom | Bookkeeper for a landowner | Novogrod-Volhynsky, Saratov | lifetime | Mark Wajsenberg JGFF#112715 |
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| BEJZMAN, Mordechai Aharon | 1891-1947 | Metal worker, repaired wheels | Novogrod-Volhynsky, Smargon | lifetime | Mark Wajsenberg JGFF#112715 |
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| BELENKI, Reuven | -1947 | Russian military officer | Saratov | lifetime | Mark Wajsenberg JGFF#112715 |
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| BELOGALOV, Shmule Yosel | 1845-1925 | scribe | Zvenigoroda | lifetime | Doris Resnik | |
| BELKIND, Benjamin haLevi | 1860-? | tailor | Boguslav in Kiev Gubernia; Odessa (Peresyp) in Kherson Gubernia | in Odessa from 1892 | Steve Orlen | |
| BELKIND, Chaim | 1893-? | photographer (studio) | Odessa in Kherson Gubernia | Steve Orlen | ||
| BRODSKY, Isaac | ? to 1918 | bookbinder | Yelisavetgrad and Zlatopol | until 1909 | Lenn Zonder JGFF 10850 | |
| FRAYERMAN, Shmuel | 1850-1907 | Forest Manager | Korets then Novogrod-Volhynsky | Korets (c.1850-1870) Novogrod-Volhynsky (c.1870-1907) |
Reouven Frajerman JGFF#119799 |
FREYLIKHMAN, Asya (nee KOPELBERG) | 1916-1941 | teacher of German language | Stepanivka; Grushev district Odessa region | Stepanivka in Emilchino 1916-1936 then Grushev (Odessa Oblast) 1936-1941; killed by Nazis with her sons Zyunya (1935?-1941) and Boris (1937-1941)FREYLIKHMAN | Alex Kopelberg JGFF #156798 |
| FREYLIKHMAN,Motel Shlemovich | 1923-1945 | student then soldier | Stepanivka in Emilchino; Emilchino; Kharkiv; in Soviet Army | Stepanivka (1923-1936); Emilchino (1936-1940); Uzbekhistan (1940-1941); Soviet Army (1941-1945); |
Gennady Freylikhman via Alex Kopelberg JGFF #156798 | |
| FREYLIKHMAN,Shlema Zayvelyovich | 1891-1977 | salesman then government purveyor | Stepanivka in Emilchino; Emilchino; Uzbekhistan;Emilchino | Stepanivka (1891-1936); Emilchino (1936-1941); Uzbekhistan (1941-1944); Emilchino (1944-1977) |
Gennady Freylikhman via Alex Kopelberg JGFF #156798 | |
| FREYLIKHMAN,Yefim | 1905-1981 | school director | 1905-1981; Stepanivka in Emilchino 1905-1936; then Grushev (Odessa Oblast)1936-1941; | Stepanivka; Grushev district Odessa region 1936-1941; Soviet Army 1941-1945; Shepetovka Khmelnitsky Region 1945-1981 | Alex Kopelberg JGFF #156798 | |
| FREYLIKHMAN,Zayvel Shlemovich | 1919-1942 | student then soldier | Stepanivka in Emilchino; Kharkiv; in Soviet Army | Stepanivka (1919-1936); Kharkiv (1936-1940); Soviet Army (1940-1942) |
Gennady Freylikhman via Alex Kopelberg JGFF #156798 | GITNER, BenZion | 1881-1941 | Ritual slaughterer | Litin, Podolia | 1881-1941 killed by Nazis | Rose Feldman JGFF#47301 |
| GITNER, Yeheskel | -1887 | Ritual slaughterer (Shochet/bodek); gave ordination to ritual slaughterer | Litin, Podolia | lifetime-1887 | Rose Feldman JGFF#47301 | |
| GORDON, Eliahu (Ilye) | Died before 1896 | Hay and Grain Merchant | Kherson gubernia | Linda Silverman Shefler JGFF #2088 | ||
| GORDON, Michal Lazar bar Eliahu | Harness maker | Elizavetgrad in Kherson Gubernia | Emigrated 1903 | Linda Silverman Shefler JGFF #2088 | ||
| GOTLIBOVICH/ GOTLIEB,Gitl | tobacco shop owner | Cherkassy in Kiev Gubernia | Florence NERENBERG Elman JGFF #10121 | |||
| GOTLIBOVICH/ GOTLIEB, Pesach | dayan; matchmaker; middleman merchant | Cherkassy in Kiev Gubernia | Florence NERENBERG Elman JGFF #10121 | |||
| GOTLIBOVICH/ GOTLIEB,Ovsey-Meier | grocery stall owner | Cherkassy in Kiev Gubernia | Florence NERENBERG Elman JGFF #10121 | |||
| GOTLIBOVICH/ GOTLIEB,Yefim | military | Odessa in Kherson Gubernia | Florence NERENBERG Elman JGFF #10121 | |||
| GRÜNFELD, Roisa wife of Gershon | 1861-1936 m.1877 | Licensed to sell groceries and whiskey from home | Kopyczynce | 1902 license | Norman Greenfield JGFF #77171 | |
| JANKOWSKY, Saul son of Schmaya | 9/1834-1911 | Innkeeper | Kiev | to Kiev from Kaunas in 1861, to Tula Russia in 1877 | father Schmaya Jankovke ran inn in Viesvenai, Telsai, Kaunas | Stan Judd JGFF# | KATZ, Lazar and Fruma Rifka | Innkeepers | Worms now Vinogradnoye | Roberta Rosen JGFF#73238 |
| KHARITON, Mordka (Mordechai) | 1878-1956 | tailor | Dashev in Kiev Gubernia | 1878-1906 | Bonnie Leigh Blish JGFF#129405 | KLEINMANN, Moshe Yitzhakovich, father of Wolf | c.1815-1890s | Horseman, horsebreeder, owned horsebreeding farm | Brailav | after army discharge 1840s-til grandson took over near 1900 | His grandfather a "horse-breeder for Catherine the Great" and Moshe was a Nikolai soldier in charge of horses | Deborah Glassman | KOIRE, George son of Volf Vladimir | 1899-1944 | 1899-1917 or 1918 | Polytechnics School in St Petersburg for Naval Architecture; Germany after Revolution | Nathalie Ried JGFF#123600 |
| KOIRE / KOIRA, Volf Vladimir | 1856-1908 | Merchant first or second guilds; wealthy | Odessa | 1870’s-? | Nathalie Ried JGFF#123600 | |
| KOPELBERG, Asya (see FREYLIKHMAN) | 1916-1941 | teacher of German language | Stepanivka in Emilchino; Grushev district Odessa region | Stepanivka 1916-1936; Grushev 1936-1941; killed by Nazis with her sons Zyunya (1935?-1941) and Boris (1937-1941) FREYLIKHMAN | Alex Kopelberg JGFF #156798 | KOPELBERG, Ita Raphailovna (nee RAZUMOVSKIY) | 1890?-1941 | housewife | birthplace and early residence unknown; Grushev district Odessa region; | somewhere in ukraine 1890-1936; Grushev district Odessa region 1936-1941, killed by Nazis | Alex Kopelberg JGFF #156798 |
| KOPELBERG, Mikhail Samuilovich | 1922-1991 | Veterinarian | 1922-1991; Stepanivka (Zhitomir Oblast) then Snegirivka (Kherson Oblast) | Stepanivka village Emilchino district, Zhitomir 1922-1941; Soviet Army Service (POW in Buchenwald) 1941-1945; Snegirivka, Kherson region 1945-1991 | Odessa Agricultural College -Veterinary College | Alex Kopelberg JGFF #156798 |
| KOPELBERG, Raisa Samuilovna | 1919-2000 | nurse in a kindergarten | Stepanivka (Zhitomir Oblast) then Mikolayiv (Kherson Oblast) | Stepanivka village Emilchino district, Zhitomir 1919-1941; Mikolayiv, Kherson 1945-2000; | Kherson Medical College, 2 courses | Alex Kopelberg JGFF #156798 |
| KOPELBERG, Samuel Shmulevich | 1880-1936 | seeking info | Stepanivka (Zhitomir Oblast) | Stepanivka village Emilchino district, Zhitomir 1880-1936 | Alex Kopelberg JGFF #156798 | |
| KREMENETSKY, Shalom: | Horse/cattle/oxen breeder; Hauler(grain to mill, seed/other freight from river; kosher meat from Berezovka); | Berezovka hauling, lived Worms (now Vinogradnoye) | Roberta Rosen JGFF#73238 | |||
| LEVINE, Cecelia (married name unknown) daughter of David | c.1850s-? | physician | Odessa | c.1890s-? (supposition) | Trained in Paris | Nathalie Ried JGFF#123600 |
| LEVINE, David 12 children | c.1830-? | cloth merchant | Odessa | 1850's- 1870's (supposition) | Nathalie Ried JGFF#123600 | Sept 2005 |
| LIPITZ, Jacob | c.1830s-? | cantor | Smela | "cantor for 50 years" - lifetime |
Said to have studied with Solomon Sulzer | Laura C. Katz JGFF#33567 |
| LIPITZ, Louis | 1887-1958 | cantor | Smela | emigrated in 1907 | Studied in Kiev | Laura C. Katz JGFF#33567 |
| LULKIN,(GITNER) Pinchas | c.1858-1955 | In charge of oil products depot in Kalinovka | childhood in Litin; adult in Kalinovka | to c.1880 Litin; c1880-c1923 Kalinovka; em1923 to Eretz Israel | Rose Feldman JGFF#47301 | |
| LULKIN,Gershon | c.1886-1937 | bookkeeper Kalinovka | c.1886-1937, disappeared in days of Stalin | Rose Feldman JGFF#47301 | ||
| MARDER, Matetyahu | innkeeper | Rose Feldman JGFF#47301 | MINKOVSKY, Avrum Hirsch | 1860-1923 | cantor | Rozhev | Beatrice Markel JGFF #32756 |
| NOSOWSKY/ NOSOFSKY, Meyer | miller | Icnya in Chernigov Gubernia | emigrated 1904 | Marion Diamond JGFF# |
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| NULMAN, David (Dody) | Merchant | Fastov in Kiev Gubernia | emigrated in 1908 | Linda Silverman Shefler JGFF #2088 | ||
| NULMAN, Edel (Hillel) | tailor | Fastov in Kiev Gubernia | emigrated in 1904 | Linda Silverman Shefler JGFF #2088 | ||
| PLOTKE/ PLOTKER ZILBERMAN, Yeruhem Fishel | Died before 1884 | Government Inspector | Zincov in Podolia Gubernia | Linda Silverman Shefler JGFF #2088 | ||
| POBERJESKY/ POBERESKY, Jasha (Jacob, Yasha) | 1888-1970 | watchmaker | Elizavetgrad, Kherson Gubernia | 1888-1904 | Apprenticeship unknown (in US a watchmaker, jeweler, mostly a tailor; one rec says "dentist!" | Raymond Cannata JGFF#63228 |
| POBERJESKY/ POBERESKY, Katia (Gittel) | 1869-1940 | nurse | Elizavetgrad, Kherson Gubernia | 1869-1891 | allegedly trained as physician, poss. at U of Kharkov, but no proof yet | Raymond Cannata JGFF#63228 |
| POGRANICHNY/ POGRAN, Schmiel | fruit orchard factor | Nova Ushitsa in Podolia Gubernia | Florence NERENBERG Elman JGFF #10121 | |||
| REZNIK, Gedaliah | 1837-1920 | Slaughterer, shochet, uncertified architect Kalinovka | 1837 to 1920 | Rose Feldman JGFF#47301 | ||
| REZNIK,Tuvia | 1882-1930 | innkeeper Kalinovka | 1882-c.1930 | Rose Feldman JGFF#47301 | ||
| REZNIK,Zvi Herschel | c.1849 to? | shochet Krute near Balta | c.1849 to ? | Rose Feldman JGFF#47301 | ||
| REZNIK,Yosef | 1854 to? | merchant | Rose Feldman JGFF#47301 | |||
| REZNIK,Eliezer | 1858-1942 | shochet Kalinovka | 1858-1942, killed by Nazis | Rose Feldman JGFF#47301 | ||
| ROSENTHAL, Joseph | Tailor | Uman and Zinkov | Dan Nussbaum JGFF#28264 |
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| SCHNAPARSKI/SNOPARSKY, Avraham Yankel ben Yaacov | Carpenter | Pavoloch in Kiev Gubernia | Emigrated 1908 | Apprenticed at 7 or 8 years old | Linda Silverman Shefler JGFF #2088 | |
| SEVRANSKY, Velvil | ?- killed in action in Russian Army WWI | Tailor | Tarashcha | lifetime | Richard BaumJGFF JGFF#2183 | |
| SHAPIRO, Benjamin Kahn | c.1840 Stoblsty, Belarus, to 1891 Lubny, Ukraine | wheat trader, teacher of Hebrew, traveler | Lubny and surrounding area | to 1891 when robbed of season's worth of income, he ended his life; | Gayle Schlissel Riley | |
| SHTIRBERG/ STIRBERG, Avram | fruit orchard factor | Nova Ushitsa in Podolia Gubernia | Florence NERENBERG Elman JGFF #10121 | |||
| SIEBELEWSKY/ CIBULEVSKY / TSIBELEVSKY, Alter | 1865-1911 | pharmacist | Elizavetgrad, Kherson Gubernia | 1865-1891 | Apprenticeship;& degree from medical faculty of University of Kharkov, of "Apothecary's Assistant", 4 Dec. 1890. | Raymond Cannata JGFF#63228 |
| SIEBELEWSKY/ CIBULEVSKY / TSIBELEVSKY, Bentsion | 1871-1922 | tailor | Elizavetgrad, Kherson Gubernia; possibly also Jaroswet in Kherson gub; | 1871-1905 | Apprenticeship unknown | Raymond Cannata JGFF#63228 |
| SOLOMON, Joseph/Yussel | 1864-1934 | Blacksmith | Chudnov, Khmelnik, Krasnopolye | 1864-1904 | Apprentice in Khmelnik | Deborah Glassman |
| SURIS, David | cobbler | Cherkassy in Kiev Gubernia | Florence NERENBERG Elman JGFF #10121 | |||
| TEPLITZKY, Beryl |
Miller; Glazier | Uman and Zinkov | Dan Nussbaum JGFF#28264 |
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| TSAROVSKY, Aaron (later STEIN) | tailor | Ruzhin in Kiev Gubernia | worked in tailor shop of father and gfthr | Edward F. Stein JGFF # | ||
| URMAN, Benyamin | c.1865- | ? | Emilchino in Volhynia Gubernia | lifetime | Alex Kopelberg JGFF # 156798 | |
| URMAN, Benyamin called Nyuma | 1922-1941 | student | Emilchino in Volhynia Gubernia | lifetime | Alex Kopelberg JGFF # 156798 | |
| URMAN, Etl | c.1860s?- | housewife | Emilchino in Volhynia Gubernia | lifetime | Alex Kopelberg JGFF # 156798 | |
| URMAN, Mikhlya (SHAPIRO) | 1898-1982 | housewife | Emilchino in Volhynia Gubernia | 1898-1960 Emilchino, then Stanislav (IvanoFrankivsk) | Alex Kopelberg JGFF # 156798 | |
| VINNITSKII, Avrum-Itsko (Abraham-Issac) son o Yankel Shimon | 1874-1918 (died from pogrom injuries) | - grains/flour shop | Zhivotov | lifetime | Jo Anne Vanett JGFF 18622 | |
| VINNITSKII, Moshe Itskovich son o Avrum-Itsko | 1894- | - grain purchaser in small towns; itinerant melamed; mailman | Zhivotov | 1894-em via Romania to US 1922 | Jo Anne Vanett JGFF 18622 | |
| WAINFELD, Binyamin | 1850s?-died c.1905-1929 | shop owner | Berdichev then Odessa | Reouven Frajerman JGFF#119799 |
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| WOLINSKY, Motis-Mendel | 1780s-? | wheelwright | Boguslav in Kiev Gubernia | Steve Orlen | ||
| WOLINSKY,Ephraim | c.1830-? | wheelwright | Boguslav in Kiev Gubernia; Odessa c.1895 | father was wheelwright | Steve Orlen | |
| WOLINSKY,Yoynah (Jonah) | fthr born c1780 | soldier, long term | served with unknown regiment | Steve Orlen | ||
| WOLINSKY,Srulke (Israel) | 1845-? | Art Gallery Owner | Odessa | Steve Orlen | ||
| WOLINSKY,Yankel | Engineer on water projects | Odessa then emig. to Alexandria; then to Palestine | Steve Orlen | |||
| ZAMACHOVSKY, Schloime ben Zalman | 1850-1926 | Tailor | Yelisavetgrad | until 1909 | Lenn Zonder JGFF 10850 | |
| ZAMACHOVSKY, Sender ben Schloime | 1889 or 1891 - 1946 | Student and tailor's apprentice | Yelisavetgrad | 1889 or 1891 - 1907 | his father's shop? | Lenn Zonder JGFF 10850 |
| ZHURAVSKY, Yakov Moshe | 1838-1912 | middleman, buying and selling produce | Chigirin, then Cherkassy in the 1900s | Deborah Glassman | ||
| ZILBERMAN/SILVERMAN APPLEBAUM/EPPLEBAUM Mordechai bar Ze'ev Wolf | Egg Dealer | Zincov in Podolia Gubernia | Emigrated 1880 | Linda Silverman Shefler JGFF #2088 | ||
| ZILBERMAN PLOTKE/ PLOTKER, Yeruhem Fishel | Died before 1884 | Government Inspector | Zincov in Podolia Gubernia | Linda Silverman Shefler JGFF #2088 |
