Re: [Cz-L] Birth Records in Czernowitz

I believe this was a not uncommon practice of the times. According to
our family genealogy, for which he was a major and primary source, my
father's first cousin Shlomo (Fred) Lifschitz, was the son of Shalom
Wiznitzer and Malkah Lifschitz. Born in my father's town of birth in
Bukovina, Waschkoutz am Cheremosh (Vashkovitz) in 1902, he and all
four of his siblings carried their mother's last name. Shlomo went to
Palestine in 1938. On Dec 13, 1939 he married Esther Altman. Their
only son, Shalom, joined the Israeli army and died at age 18 in a
tragic truck accident. Fred and Esther are buried in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Mark Wiznitzer

On Jan 8, 2013, at 8:10 AM, LHG171_at_aol.com wrote:

> While researching my mother's family,the Meschels,who lived in Czernowitz
> until 1920 ,I accidentally found the birth records of her cousins under a
> different name-Zoref.
>
> I was looking at the Czernowitz BMD index database and found that my
> mother's aunt and uncle had registered their children's birth under their
> mother's maiden name,Zoref and not their fathers family name-Meschel.These births
> were from 1910 through 1918. My great-grandmother was Rachel Zoref.
> Does anyone know if this was a custom back then in Czernowitz or were they
> trying to hide something?
>
>
> Les Gluck
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