The Usdin/ Joffe family of Vishki

One of my Great Grandfather’s brother  Nachman Yankelevich was born in Vishki in 1857.In 1878 he married to Sora-Piesha Moshevna.,born in 1859. In 1897 four boys and two girls were born to them.
Avsei,born in 1879,Ytzik,born in 1882 and killed in the holocaust, Ruvin,born in 1886 and emigrated to France,  Berka,born in 1891,Ester-Rivka ,born on December28,1893 and Khaika,born in 1896.
Nachman’s occupation was trinket store merchant.They lived on Peterburgskaya ulitza in the wooden house of Moll ( a graf in Vishki).
After his wife's death in 1900 at the age of 41
Sora- Piesha Movshavna Usdin's tombstone in Vishki
Sora- Piesha Movshevna Usdin's tombstone
Nakhman remarried to  Khana-Petia ( also gita) Joffe,the widow of Khaim- Hirsh, born in 1871 to a meat merchant Shepsel Khaimovich and Beila- Sifra Nishkinovna, both born in Vishki in 1837.
Khana- Petia , according to my researches, was certainly born in 1878 to Leizer Yokholovich Berzin ( b. 1838) and Khaska- Ester ( b. 1840), daughter of Beines.

Khana- Petia Joffe/ Usdin
Khana- Petia Usdin
Khana- Petia had two children:
- Rakhmuil, born on May 13, 1900 in Vishki. He was a surgeon.
- Evguenia, born in 1905 in Vishki.
Rakhmuil Joffe' s wife was Sora, daughter of Evel, born in 1911.
They had children:
- Daughter, Raissa, born in 1938
- Son Juli, born in 1940
- Daughter, Galina, born in 1947 (my friend of Daugavpils)
Takhmiel Khaimovich Joffe
Rakhmiel Khaimovich Joffe

Rakhmiel Khaimovich Joffe' s passport Rakhmiel Khaimovich Joffe' s passport
Rakhmiel Khaimovich Joffe' s passport. Click on the photo to enlarge
After her marriage with Nakhman Yankelevich Usdin, Gita ran a shop on Aglonas st 41,Nbr1 in Vishki.
A boy was born to Nachman and Gita, Izrael, also Liolia Nachmanovich in 1908.
His wife was Bernia Mikhailovna Berun.
They lived in Sumi. Mark,their son was born in 1939.He lives in Israel.

Izrael Usdin        Izrael Usdin         Izrael Usdin  
Izrael Nakhmanovich Usdin during WWII. Click on the photos to enlarge
Izrael Usdin was a surgeon in the army and killed in Germany on April 20, 1945, one day before the end of the war.




Nachman Yankelevich died  on December 21/22, 1915.Meanwhile his daughter Khaya died on october 15,1909 or 1913.
                             

Nakhman Yankelevich and Khaya Nakhmanovna tombstones in the cemetery of Vishki

Khana- Petia was murderded while she tried to escape on the way to Rezekne in 1941.

Her Granddaughter, Galina Koltune of Daugavpils explains: