Nesvizh Study Group

Nesvizh Landsmanshaftn Incorporators

The following Certificates of Incorporation of interest to the Nesvizh Study Group are listed along with officers, or trustees, and witnesses as they appear on each certificate. This information was provided by Brenda Aaronson from old family papers.

Spellings are exactly as found on the documents, including probable misspellings (e.g., "Fafel" for "Farfel") and the numerous variations in the shtetl name.

Certificate of Incorporation of the Niesvish Unterstutzungs Verien,  29 May 1888

     President........................Abraham Margolies
     Vice-President...................Harris Schmitt
     Treasurer........................Harris Aaronson
     Secretary........................Max Horowitz
     First Trustee....................Aaron Schmitt
     Second Trustee...................Max Aaronson
     Third Trustee....................Benjamin ?tzerefsky



   Witnesses to the Incorporation:



     Abraham Margolies
     Jacob Levy
     Moses M. Dykes
     Simon Harris
     Oscar Maller




Certificate of Incorporation of the Nesviezer Treu Bruder and Schwesser, No. 1, 27 January 1890



     President........................Harris Aaronson
     Vice-President...................Hyman Braunfeld
     Treasurer........................Louis Kantrowitz
     Recording Secretary..............Ru?? Frank
     Financial Secretary..............Jacob Fafel*
     First Trustee....................Isaac Black
     Second Trustee...................Isaac Mester
     Third Trustee....................Jacob Lupefsky
     Fourth Trustee...................Samuel Friedberg
     Guide............................Davis Gach (?)
     Assistant Guide..................Jacob Pomeranz
     Inside Watchman..................Samuel Aronson
     Outside Watchman.................Morris Wollnick



  Witnesses to the Incorporation:



     Bernard Wollf
     Osias Maller
     Charles H. Smith
     Irving R. Bacon
     Elias Cohen





Certificate of Incorporation of the Niesvish Unterstutzungs Verien,  15 January 1891    



     President........................Julius Koszellett
     Vice-President...................Louis Schmid
     Treasurer........................Harris Goldstein
     Secretary........................Louis Meisel
     First Trustee....................Abraham Perlman
     Second Trustee...................Henoch Steinhaus
     Third Trustee....................Ike Mester
     Sergeant-at-Arms.................Joseph Kastrowitz


   Witnesses to the Incorporation:



     Osias Maller
     Solomon Levine
     Barney Wollf
     Isaac Cohen
     Jacob Weil




Certificate of Incorporation of the Neshwieser Vereinigte Bruder, 22 December 1892



     President........................Jacob Mishkin, 82 Canal Street, New York City
     Vice-President...................Luis Smith, 55 Henry Street, New York City
     Recording Secretary..............Elias Elisberg, 141 East Broadway, New York City
     Financial Secretary..............Moses Meyer, 40 Canal Street, New York City
     Treasurer........................Isidor Mishkind, 78 Canal Street, New York City
     No office listed.................Myer Turtchin, 113 Eldridge Street, New York City
     No office listed.................Aaron Evelew, 214 Madison Street, New York City



  Witnesses to the Incorporation:



     Jacob Mishkin
     Solomon Elisberg
     Elias Elisberg
     Isidor Mishkind
     Herman Mishkin





Certificate of Incorporation of the Independent Brothers of Nieswis,  Date missing



     Directors of the Corporation:

     Solomon Elisberg, 65 Second Avenue, New York City
     Louis Borenstein, 311 Henry Street, New York City
     Elias Elisberg, 65 Second Avenue, New York City
     Joeseff Getzoff, 53 Jefferson Street, New York City
     Morris Rose, 120 Monroe Street, New York City
     Harry Shecter, 120 Monroe Street, New York City
     David Schreiber, 43 Forsythe Street, New York City
     Louis Smith, 9 Monroe Street, New York City




Certificate of Incorporation of the Neshviser Mutual Aid Association, Inc.,  20 July 1920



     Directors of the Corporation:

     Harry Bergstein, 34 West 112th Street, New York City
     Rubin Charlof, 2841 West 29th Street, Brooklyn, New York
     Hyman Rosenberg, 85 Delancey Street, New York City
     Louis Sadikoff, 61 Delancey Street, New York City
     Abraham Sepersky, 155 West 34th Street, New York City
     Benjamin Kaiser, 155 West 34th Street, New York City
     Samuel Turchin 11 West Houston Street, New York City



 Witnesses to the Incorporation:

     Identical to above list of Directors





Certificate of Incorporation of the Nieszawer Chevra Kadisha Congregation, 15 June 1893



Trustees of the Congregation:



     David Lowitzki, 326 3rd Avenue, New York City
     Lewis Cohen, 671 2nd Avenue,  New York City
     Ignatz Luft, 225 East  25th Street, New York City
     Jonas Holzwasser, 653 2nd Avenue, New York City
     David Wolf, 139 East 42nd Street, New York City
     Joseph Redler, 207 East 29th Street, New York City
     Herman Fordonsky, 325 3rd Avenue, New York City


 Witnesses to the Incorporation:



     Identical to above list of Trustees


Brenda also has copies of the following:



     1930 Progressive Brothers of Nieshvies 42nd Anniversary

Banquet booklet, including Membership List



     1938 Progressive Brethren of Neshwies 50th Anniversary

Banquet booklet, including Membership List



     1939 Neshwiser Young Men's Benevolent Association 35th

Anniversary Banquet booklet, including Membership List

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