The Shusterovich family from Nevel, Russia and Libau, Latvia


Nokhum Shusterovich was born in Kretingen, Lithuania, according to the Liepaja vital records but in Nevel, according to his Granddaughter, approx in 1855.
He died  in 1919 in Nevel, Russia.

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Nokhum Shusterovich            
Nokhum Shusterovich and the back of the photo ( studio Ernst Grentzin. Libava)

He had at least one sister Doba.

Doba Shusterovich
Doba, born Shusterovich



Nokhum married to Tzipora Vidrevich, born in Valiki Luke, Russia. She died in Libau or Nevel.

Tzipora Shusterovich, born Vidrevich
Tzipora( Tzipa) Shusterovich



They had children:

* Charlotte, born in 1876 in Nevel. She married to a Cherno and died in Nevel in 1917.

Charlotte Cherno, born Shusterovich
Charlotte Cherno, born Shusterovich


* Hana, born between 1877 and 1880 in Nevel or Libau. She married to a Behr and died in London in 1954.

Hana Behr, born Shusterovich
Hana Behr, born Shusterovich


* Gershon, born on December 12, 1881 in Libau. Died in the 1950's in London.

Gershon Shusterovich
Gershon Shusterovich

Gershon Shusterovich birth record
Gershon Shusterovich birth record


Rakhil, born in Libau on March 23, 1883. Died in Holocaust in Kybartai, Lithuania. She had a twin sister Malka- Rakhil, who died on June 27, 1883.

Rakhil Shusterovich birth record
Rakhil Shusterovich birth record

* Zalman( Zaima), born in Libau on April 26, 1884. He had a son Ilya. He died in London in the 1950"s.

Zalman and Ilya Shusterovich
Zalman and Ilya Shusterovich

Zalman Shusterovich birth record
Zalman Shusterovich birth record


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Twins Shmuel ( Samuel) and Khaya- Rakhel, born in Libau on May 14, 1886. Shmuel died in Harbin, Manchuria in 1923. Khaya- Rakhel died in Israel.

Shmuel Shusterovich
Shmuel Shusterovich

Khaya- Rakhel, born Shusterovich
Khaya- Rakhel( Roza), Shmuel Shusterovich's twin sister.

Shmuel and Khaya- Rakhel birth record
Shmuel and Khaya- Rakhel birth record


Nokhum Shusterovich 's grave in Nevel. Russia

Nokhum Shusterovich grave in Nevel. Russia
"Here is buried a warm, straightforward man, Rabbi Nachum Shusterovich, son of Idel, died in the month of Kislev in 1919"
The woman standing is one of his sisters, Doba.

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Photos and info submitted by  Doris  Roland,  Shmuel Shusterovich's Granddaughter and translations by Alex Vlashevsky.