sadagora
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Schmil and Mincze Schmatnik
In the mid-1800s, Schmil Elias (or Eliahu) Schmatnik and his wife Mincze Donenfeld both lived in the Sadagora community north of Czernowitz. Schmil & Mincze had at least three children. Isaac (1866 unknown), Joel (1864) (see my post Galanterie Schmatnik for… Continue reading
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Josef Schmatnik and his family: Sadagora to the Struma
Josef Schmatnik was born in 1868. He is my second great uncle. Josef Schmatnik, Tischler A 1898 Czernowitz business directory shows a Josef Schmatnik working from #23 Schulgasse (view in Google maps). His profession was “Tischler” or a carpenter – a… Continue reading
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Ettel Blei and her Family
My paternal grandmother, Ettel Blei, was born on 15 December 1902 in Sadagora, Bukowina, in what was then the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Her parents were named Gusta Sandberg and Salomon Selig Blei, with siblings (from oldest to youngest) Mina, Regina, Ettel, Samuel,… Continue reading
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