Markus Ilion
1867- 1941

Markus Ilion

Markus Ilion was born on November 8, 1867 in Klikole, Kovno gubernia, Lithuania to Uria and Linda.

His father Uria, son of Nekhem Ilion died on April 5, 1893 of kidneys disease at the age of 48 in Liepaja. ( look here)

Uria Ilion death record. Liepaja
Uria Ilion death record (click to enlarge)

Markus Ilion studied at the Telz(Telsiai, Lithuania) Yeshiva of Dr. F. Klein from 1877 to 1880, then, from 1880 to 1885 at the Yeshiva of Liepaja, appointed by the Liepaja Rabbis F. Klein and J. Deneson.
He married to Frada, daughter of Yankel Gotlieb in Liepaja on August 15, 1904 .

Markus Ilion and Frada Gotlieb marriage record in Liepaja
Markus Ilion and Frada Gotlied marriage record( Click to enlarge)

They had at least
     - daughter Rakhil, born on August 10, 1898 in Liepaja. She married the Estonian citizen Shliom- Leib/ Leopold Judeikin, born on October 6, 1896 in Worny, Lithuania.
     - son Jekusiel, born on June 8, 1900 in Liepaja
     - son Lazar, born on January 17, 1902 in Liepaja
     - daughter Golda, born on April 20, 1905 in Liepaja
     - son Nekhemie, born on July 28, 1906 in Liepaja
     - son Jekusiel, born on June 8, 1915 in Liepaja


Rakhil Ilion birth record( click to enlarge)


Ekusiel Ilion birth record
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Lazar Ilion birth record
Lazar Ilion birth record

Jekusiel Ilion birth record
Jekusiel Ilion birth record


Golda Ilion birth record
Golda Ilion birth record


Nekhemie Ilion birth record( click to enlarge)


Markus Ilion had at least a sisters:
* Hanna, born in 1874 to Uria Ilion and who married to Todres- Aron, born to Abram Rubinshtein from Rossian in 1871. They got married in Liepaja on October 6, 1895.

Hanna Ilion marriage with Todres- Aron Rubinshtein. Liepaja. 1895
Hanna Ilion marriage record ( Click to enlarge)

* Ita- Beila, born in 1877 to Uria Ilion and who married to the Doctor Heinrick, born to Shaya Gorovitz in 1871. They got married in Liepaja on August 27, 1902.


Ita- Beila Ilion marriage record ( Click to enlarge)

 


The Great Synagogue of Liepaja
The Great Synagogue of Liepaja

Markus, also Mordekhai Ilion perished in Liepaja in July 1941.
One of his daughters, Rachel Judeikin was in Riga during the war and perished at the age of 37 . She was a housewife and married to Leopold. Prior to WWII she lived in Dorpat, Estonia. 
His sister, Nekhama Katz , born on September 8, 1863 perished in the holocaust in Riga.


Markus Ilion page of testimony. Yad Vashem

Sources:
- The Riga Vital records.
Birthsrecords for Liepaja. 1905 . Page 15. N° 30
Birthsrecords for Liepaja. 1900 . Page 25. N° 56
Birthsrecords for Liepaja. 1902. Page 5.. N° 1

- The book " Latvia Synagogues and Rabbis"
- The Yad Vashem