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Category: Translation - Russian
Approval Date: 3/18/2026 2:49 PM
Family Surname: Szumowski
Country: Poland
Town: lomza
Date of Image: 1886

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I would like a detailed translation of this 1886 birth record for Litman Szumowski

Response

3/18/2026 4:54 PM

№ 170. Состоялось в городе Ломже 2/14 июля 1886 в девять часов утра.
Явился лично Мошко Ошеиович Шумовский, отставной солдат, 60 лет от роду, имеющий жительство в городе Ломже, в присутствии свидетелей: Вигдора Шлиомовича Здросвича, сорока трех лет, и Бендета Лейбовича Куколки, пятидесяти лет от роду, мещан, жителей города Ломжи, и предъявил нам младенца мужского пола, родившегося в городе Ломже второго (четырнадцатого) марта тысяча восемьсот семьдесят девятого года в девять часов утра от законной его жены Рохли Юдес Хаимовны, урожденной Верждович, тридцати восьми лет от роду.
Младенцу сему при обрезании дано имя Литман.
Акт сей в следствии упущения отца ныне составлен, ему же и свидетелям прочитан, Нами и свидетелями подписан, отец неграмотный.
Президент Ломжи…
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Предположительно:
1. Год рождения: Если в 1886 году ему было 60 лет, то родился он примерно в 1826 году.
2. Призыв в армию: В те годы (эпоха Николая I) евреев призывали с 1827 года. Если он попал в рекруты в возрасте 20–22 лет, то это был как раз 1846–1848 год.
3. Срок службы: В 1847 году срок службы составлял 25 лет (с возможностью сокращения до 20 лет за безупречную службу).
4. Участие в войнах: При таком сроке службы Мошко мог быть участником Крымской войны (1853–1856).
5. Позднее отцовство: Литман родился в 1879 году, когда Мошко было уже около 53 лет. Это объясняет, почему в записи 1886 года он указан уже как «отставной солдат» — к моменту рождения сына он, скорее всего, уже закончил свою многолетнюю службу.

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3/18/2026 4:55 PM

No. 170. Held in the city of Łomża on July 2/14, 1886, at nine o'clock in the morning.

Moshko Osheiovich Shumovsky, a retired soldier, 60 years old, who lives in the city of Lomzha, appeared personally in the presence of witnesses: Vigdor Shliomovich Zdrosvich, forty-three years old, and Bendet Leibovich Pupki, fifty years old, burghers, residents of the city of Lomzha, and presented us with a male baby born in the city of Lomzha.

On March 14, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine, at nine o'clock in the morning, from his lawful wife Rokhli Yudes Khaimovna, nee Verzhdovich, thirty-eight years old.

This infant was given the name Litman at his circumcision.

This act, due to the father's negligence, has now been compiled, read to him and the witnesses, and signed by us and the witnesses, as the father is illiterate.

President of Lomza...

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Presumably:
1. Year of birth: If he was 60 years old in 1886, he was born around 1826.

2. Conscription: In those years (the era of Nicholas I), Jews were conscripted from 1827. If he joined the army at the age of 20-22, it was in 1846-1848.

3. Service period: In 1847, the service period was 25 years (with the possibility of reduction to 20 years for impeccable service).
4. Participation in wars: With such a long service, Moshko could have participated in the Crimean War (1853-1856).

5. Late fatherhood: Litman was born in 1879, when Moshko was already around 53 years old. This explains why he is listed as a "retired soldier" in the 1886 record, as he was likely already retired by the time of his son's birth.

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