Sarah Kusievna Usdina, born Alterman
My Great Grandmother
Gershon Alterman, son of Leiba Alterman, my GGGGrandfather, was born in 1817. He lived in Vishki.
He had sons:
- Kusiel Alterman, born in 1833 and my GGGrandfather.
According the document
below, Gerschen was 16 years old when his son Kusiel was born. But the Latvian Archives wanted me to
draw my attention to the fact that very often the age of person was determined
by their outward appearance and was stated in some documents rather
approximately.
This means, that my GGGGrandfather, Leib was born around 1800, or sooner.

- Khaim- Shmuel Alterman,
born in 1836.( aged 39 according to the family list of 1875, by
outward appearance). He was a shop- assistant in Dvinsk and married to
Rokha, the daughter of Leib from Jakobstadt.
Khaim- Shmuel Alterman had, at least children:
- Gershon Alterman,
born in 1877( aged 2 according to the family list of 1875 and
aged 26 in the Dvinsk 1897 census, by outward appearance)
- Rivka Alterman, born in 1886( aged 12 in the Dvinsk 1897 census, by outward appearance)
Kusiel Leibovich Alterman, my GGGrandfather had at least children:
* son Leibo, born in 1861 or 1862 ( aged 13 according to the family list of 1875, aged 12 by outward appearance)
Leibo married to Sora-Iska, daughter of Salman, nèe Seltzer.They had children:
- daughter Dweira Alterman, born on May 14 of 1898 in Dvinsk.
* daughter Sarah*, born in 1862 (Females are not registered in the list), but she is my GGmother and, according to the 1897 census, she was born in 1862). She was married to Beines Usdin, my GGrandfather.
They had children:
-son Kuska Usdin, born in 1884. Died in Barnaul( Siberia)
-daughter Khana Usdin, born in 1885.
-daughter Dobe-Elka, also Dora, born in 1886. Died in 1971 in Leningrad.
-son Zalman-Eliokim( Salomon)Beinessovich Usdin, born on September15,1889( my Grandfather). Died in 1971 in Paris
-son Berka-Shmuila(Ber
Schmuil)Beinissovich Usdin,born on May 18,1893(old style). Died in
1866 in a gulag in Russia.
-daughter Raissa Usdin, also Roza, born in 1894. Died on November 24, 1982 in Israel.
-son Abraham-David Usdin, born in 1896/ 1897. Murdered on a ship from France to Peru
- son Khaim Usdin, born on April 17, 1902
* son Berko, born in 1866( according to the family list of 1875, aged 8 or 9 by outward appearance).
He was married with Genia, the daugher of Simen Subotsch.
They had at least children:
- Khaya Alterman, born in 1899
- Lev Alterman, born on 30/04/1905
- Bluma Alterman, born on On 15/08/1908
* daughter Zelda, born in
1879 in Vishki( aged 18 in the Dvinsk 1897 census). In 1897, she was at
the Jewish women's division of public hosital on Shosheina st in
Dvinsk.
* daughter Judasha, born in
1880 .Judasha married to Abram, son of Itzik Miranski and born in
1865.-son Itzik Miransky, born on August 18 of 1895 (the birth records of the Jewish communities in Rezekne and Dvinsk for 1895 do not contain information on his birth),
They had children:
-son Itzik Miransky, born on August 18 of 1895 (the birth
records of the Jewish communities in Rezekne and Dvinsk for 1895 do not
contain information on his birth),
-son David Miransky, born on February 17 of 1899 in Dvinsk,
-daughter Hasia-Feiga Miransky, born in 1900 aged 10 in 1910),
-daughter Scheina Miransky, born in ca 1901 (aged 9 in 1910)
- twins – daughter Basschewa Miransky, born on November 8 of 1903 in Dvinsk.
- daughter Michla Miransky, born on November 8 of 1903 in Dvinsk.
* daughter Riva( Rivka) probably born from a second marriage on August 4 of 1901 in Vishki she married to Vishki petty bourgeois Morduch, son of Oscher Gram, born in ca 1873 (see below).

Rivka Alterman and Mordukh Gram's marriage record
They had children:
* daughter Sora-Jocha Gram, born on July 12 (julian calendar) of 1903 in Vishki,
* daughter Esphir Gram, born on July 28 of 1916 in Vishki.
* son Kusiel Gram,born in March 8, 1905 in Vishki.
*And about my GGrandmother Sarah Usdin, born Alterman, I don't know
anything, except the fact, that she died in a workcamp in Solimkamsk,
Ural, according what my Grandaunt( a second marriage of Beines Usdin(
my GreatGrandfather anrd Sarah, daughter of Moshe Levin). My Grandaunt
was Musia, also Marina Usdin, or Uzdin.
Sarah Alterman married to Beines, born in 1862, son of Eliokim, also Yankel Usdin.
They had children:
-son Kuska Usdin, born in 1884.
-daughter Khana Usdin, born in 1885.
-daughter Dobe-Elka, born in 1886
-son Zalman-Eliokim( Salomon) Usdin, born on September15,1889( my Grandfather).
-son Berka-Shmuila(Ber Schmuil) Usdin,born on May 18,1893(old style)
-daughter Raissa Usdin, born in 1894
-son Abraham-David Usdin, born in 1896/ 1897
- son Khaim Usdin, born on April 17, 1902
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