Courland Voter Lists

N0	Surname	Given Name	Voter categories	Descriptions
1	WEINBERG	Zelig Schmerlov	1	Zelig Weinberg's father's name was Shmerl, derived from the Hebrew shmero ("listen"). Weinberg was the most common Jewish name.
2	VEIS	Oton Magnuson	1
3	VERBELOV	Beno Loserov	2
4	VERBELOV	Meier Loserov	2	Benno Verbelov and his brother Meir were partners in a yard goods store, which also had some hardware items, like the steel strips that were the wagon equivalent of tires.
5	VOLANSKIA	Iolan Andreiev	1	Volanski, non-Jewish, owned the only hotel in town.
6	VOLANSKIA	Arved Ioganov	2 & 6
7	HIMMELHOCH	Salomon Josselev	1 & 2
8	HIMMELHOCH	Levin Rubinov	1
9	HIRSCHBERG	Chaima Israelov	1
10	HIRSCHFELD	Aizik Salomonov	1
11	DAVIDOVITCH	Solomon Nachumov	1 & 2	Full name was Sholem Tsemach. Owned grocery store and matzah bakery.
12	GRABOVSKIA	Rudolf Yoganov	1
13	KARLSON	Wilhelm Krisyanov	1	The Elder of the town and owner of the house in which the Katzen family lived. Solomon remembers a pig being brought there for slaughter.
14	KRAMER	Tsemach Zusmanov	1 & 2	Had a dry goods store, sold cloth and sewing stuff
15	KRISBERG	Kris Karlov	1
16	KRUM	Yanis Anson	1
17	LEMCHEN	Saul Markuson	1
18	LAOKMAN	Ernest Evandov	1
19	THAL	Itzik Hillel Levinov	1
20	THAL	Nachman Itzikov	1 & 2
21	THAL	Shai Itzikov	(1 & 2)	Shai Tal was not only the wealthiest man in town but also acted as a banker for people who entrusted their savings to him. He ran the general store and had an ice house in his yard. He was especially busy on market day. He was childless.
22	THAL	Yakov Itzikov	(1 & 2)	Yakov and family lived in the former German school. Yakov and Nachman (Cheme) Thal, brothers, ran a tannery. Yakov, the oldest brother, also operated a leather goods store. Cheme Tal was known to go to Riga for some kind of business.
23	FUNK	Bernhard Karlov	1
24	TITCH	Wilhelm Henrichov	1
25	EDELSTEIN	Wolf Itzikov	1	Was the landlord of the town's only bakery. He also owned the only facility in town where men working for him prepared the uppers of leather shoes. Wolf was the first man in town to own a gramophone, which he probably bought in Riga. People would go to his home to listen. Solomon never went inside, but saw the amazing gramophone from the outside of the house and could hear the music as he walked by. Wolf Edelstein's son was already in South Africa and sent for his beloved, the daughter of one of the Verbelovs. They married in South Africa.
26	ARONSTAM	Ber Yankelov	2
27	BER	Yohan Karlov	6
28	BERMAN	Markus Berov	2 & 6
29	BRAUS	Yossel Leibov	6
30	BEINBERG	Ber Zelichov	6
31	BEINBERG	Markus Hoziason	2
32	BILLUMAT	Eduard Karlov	2
33	GIBNER [HIBNER]	Karl Karlovich	6 & 7
34	HIMMELHOCH	Mendel Gutmanov	2
35	GOTLIEB	Abram Hirshev	2 & 6
36	EGER	Ernst Ivanovich	7
37	IZRAELSTAM	Bendet Itzhikov	2
38	KALMIN	Leib Hirshev	6
39	YOSSELOVICH	Hersch Slaumon	6
40	KURCHENBAUM	Ludvich Karlov	6
41	LEVENSON	Yankel Itzikov	6	Yankel Itzikov Levinson might have been the rabbi. [1912 Courland Directory shows Yankel Levenson as a shoemaker, with Abram Lewenberg as the rabbi.]
42	LEVIUS	Benzion Beron	2	Operated the town's biggest drug store (as opposed to an apothecary -- could not dispense drugs, just cosmetic type stuff and other goods).
43	PERLAU	Karl Theodorov	6
44	PRIZKUL	Yanis Matison	6
45	ROSENBERG	Aizik Shmerlov	1
46	SACHNE	Kaspar Andreiev	6
47	SAULIT	Kristian Davidov	1
48	SEREL	Karl Yakovlev	5 & 6
49	SELLIN	Fritz Karlov	6
50	THAL	Ephraim Mozecov	1	Had a general store.
51	THAL	Heiman Ephraimov	2
52	FILITZ	Rudolf Wilhelmov	6
53	SHISSEL	Wilhelm Yohanov	6
54	STRIFFELBERG	Aleksander Nikolaiev	6
55	EDELSTEIN	Israel Samuelov	6
56	ZIMAN	Otto Bertoldov	7

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