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the Dworetz family came from Pandelys and only settled in Kupiskis in
the early 1900's. It is yet another example of how mobile Jewish
families were and how they made opportunities for themselves by marrying
from other towns and living in other towns. In this case, on August 17,
1901, Eliash-Iavno ben Shimkha Dworetz, born 1876, in Pandelys, married
Leia bat Leizer Kantor, born in 1875, in Vizuonos. Their child Sholom
Dworetz was born in 1907 in Kupiskis and thereby the family was
considered Kupishokers by their descendants who lived in South Africa. In addition to Eliash-Iavno, he had a cousin by the same name Eliash-Iavno ben Rafal Dworetz who also came from Pandelys and settled in Kupiskis and married there and had children. A number of photographs have been handed down by Sholom "Sam" Dworetz of his life in Kupiskis. However, a number of the group photos may be of his friends with whom he shared his high school years in the Panevezys Gymnasium. There are even two photos of Sam in the Lithuanian Army. Several of the photos relate to Sholom "Sam" Dworetz's wife, Rachel-Mary Goldin, the daughter of Shaya-Zelik ben Menakhem Goldin and Sara-Kayla bat Avraham-Mana Dorfan, who was born in 1912 in Daugavpils, Latvia. |
Dworetz
Family
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Leah Kantor and Eliash-Iavno Dworetz |
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"Sam" Dworetz and
Friends (Sam on far right) |
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Sholom
"Sam" Dworetz and
Friends (Sam on far right) |
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"Sam" Dworetz and
Friends (Sam is second on right) |
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Sholom
"Sam" Dworetz and
Friends (Sam is in the center) |
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"Sam" Dworetz and
Friends (Sam is far right sitting in chair) |
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Sholom
"Sam" Dworetz and
Friends (Sam is far right) |
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"Sam" Dworetz and
Friends (Sam is second from left) |
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"Sam" Dworetz and friend
in Lithuanian Army (Sam is on left) |
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Sholom
"Sam" Dworetz and friends
in Lithuanian Army (Sam is on right) |
Goldin
Family
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| Zelik Goldin and Rifka Goldin nee Dorfan, parents of Mary Goldin Dworetz. They were killed in 1941 in the Holocaust. |
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Goldin
Family in Dvinsk, c. 1928
From l to r seated: Rifka Dorfan Goldin; Chaya Goldin; Minnie Goldin; Zelik Goldin Standing: Chaikel Goldin; Mary Goldin Rivka, Chaya and Zelik were all killed in 1941 in Dvinsk. Chaikel, Minnie, and Mary all emigrated to South Africa and have descendants living in South Africa, Israel, the United Kingdom, Australia, and the United States.
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| Mary Dworetz nee Goldin |
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Mary Goldin Dworetz, second fron left (in Daugavpils) |
Photos are donated by Hilda Dworetz Moss in memory of her father and mother. |