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Category: Translation - Russian
Approval Date: 10/7/2026 5:18 PM
Family Surname: Dawidowicz
Country: Poland
Town: Opatow
Date of Image: 1869

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Kindly translate the document for Dawidowicz - pertinent details; names, dates places please.

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10/9/2026 9:13 AM

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### Prosopographical Breakdown: Acta No. 156 (Opatów, 1869)

This analysis breaks down the individuals mentioned in the record, explicitly separating **Primary Text Evidence** (what is directly written in the document) from **Genealogical Inferences & Context** (what can be logically deduced, translated, or contextualized using historical, linguistic, and regional knowledge).

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### 1. Subject / Child

* **Primary Text Evidence:**
* **Recorded Name:** ХИФИРЪ (Khifir) / ХИФИР- (Line 10, Margin L2).
* **Gender:** Female (`женскаго пола`, Line 6–7).
* **Date of Birth:** 22nd of the current month and year [December 22, 1869 / January 3, 1870 New Style] at 10:00 AM (`двадцать второго сего мѣсяца и года въ десять часовъ утра`, Line 7–8).
* **Place of Birth:** Town of Opatów (`въ городѣ Опатовѣ`, Line 7).
* **Status:** Legitimate daughter (`отъ законной его жены`, Line 8).

* **Genealogical Inferences & Context:**
* **Yiddish/Hebrew Name Mapping:** "Khifir" (Хифиръ) is a phonetic Russification of the Yiddish female name **Kiffer** / **Cyfer** (derived from the Hebrew *Tzipora* / *Kifra* or the Germanic *Ziffer*).
* **Civil vs. Religious Registration:** Born 8 days prior to civil declaration, consistent with local Jewish registration practices in Russian Poland.

---

### 2. Father / Declarant

* **Primary Text Evidence:**
* **Recorded Name:** ИЦЕКЪ ДАНИЕЛЬ ДАВИДОВИЧЪ (Itsek Daniel Davidovich) (Line 2–3, Line 12).
* **Age:** 26 years old (`двадцать шесть лѣтъ отъ роду`, Line 3) [Born ~1843].
* **Occupation:** Merchant / Trader (`тарговый` / *торговый*, Line 3).
* **Residence:** Town of Opatów (`въ городѣ Опатовѣ жительство`, Line 3–4).
* **Actions:** Appeared in person (`явился`, Line 2), presented the female infant (`предъявилъ намъ младенца`, Line 6), declared the birth (`объявляя`, Line 7), and signed the document (`О. О. О. Ицекъ Даниэль Давидовичъ`, Line 12).

* **Genealogical Inferences & Context:**
* **Name Conversion:** *Itsek* is the standard Russian civil spelling for **Yitzhak** / **Isaac**; *Daniel* is **Danil** / **Daniel**; *Davidovich* is a patronymic surname indicating his father's name was **David**.
* **Signature Notation:** The prefix `О. О. О.` before his signature stands for *Отецъ Общества/Объявитель* or scribal mark verifying he signed as the father/declarant.

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### 3. Mother

* **Primary Text Evidence:**
* **Recorded Name:** СУРА ЛЕЯ (Sura Leya) [Genitive: `Суры Леи`, Line 8–9].
* **Maiden / Family Name:** БЕРЕЛЕВИЧЪ (Berelevich) [Genitive: `изъ Берелевичей`, Line 9].
* **Age:** 27 years old (`двадцать семь лѣтъ отъ роду`, Line 9) [Born ~1842].
* **Status:** Lawful wife of Itsek Daniel Davidovich (`законной его жены`, Line 8).

* **Genealogical Inferences & Context:**
* **Yiddish Name Mapping:** **Sura Leya** corresponds to the double Yiddish name **Sarah Leah**.
* **Patronymic Surname Origin:** *Berelevich* (Berlewicz) is a patronymic surname indicating her father's Yiddish name was **Berel** (Dov/Bernard).

---
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10/9/2026 9:20 AM

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### 4. Witness 1

* **Primary Text Evidence:**
* **Recorded Name:** АНДЖЕЛЬ ИЗРАЕЛЬ РОЗЕНБЛЮМЪ (Andzhel Izrael Rozenblyum) (Line 4, Line 13).
* **Age:** 54 years old (`пятьдесятъ четыре лѣтъ`, Line 4–5) [Born ~1815].
* **Occupation:** Synagogue servant / Attendant (`прислужниковъ въ Опатовскомъ синагогѣ`, Line 6).
* **Actions:** Present during declaration (`въ присутствiи`, Line 4), witnessed reading of the record (`акъ сей присутствующимъ прочитанъ`, Line 10), signed the document (`Израель Розенблюмъ`, Line 13).

* **Genealogical Inferences & Context:**
* **Name Mapping:** *Andzhel* is the Polish/Russian rendering of **Anshel** (Anschel); *Izrael* is **Israel**; *Rozenblyum* is **Rosenblum**.
* **Institutional Role:** As a synagogue *prisluzhnik* (beadle / *shammash*), he routinely served as a professional legal witness for Jewish civil registrations in Opatów.

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### 5. Witness 2

* **Primary Text Evidence:**
* **Recorded Name:** АБРАМЪ ПЕРЕЦСОНЪ (Abram Peretsson) (Line 5, Line 14).
* **Age:** 42 years old (`сорока двухъ лѣтъ отъ роду`, Line 5) [Born ~1827].
* **Occupation:** Synagogue servant / Attendant (`прислужниковъ въ Опатовскомъ синагогѣ`, Line 6).
* **Actions:** Present during declaration (`въ присутствiи`, Line 4), witnessed reading, signed the document (`Абрамъ Перецсонъ`, Line 14).

* **Genealogical Inferences & Context:**
* **Name Mapping:** *Abram* is **Abraham**; *Peretsson* (Peretzson / Perezson) is a patronymic surname meaning "Son of Peretz".
* **Institutional Role:** Co-beadle (*shammash*) at the Opatów Synagogue alongside Anshel Israel Rosenblum.

---

### 6. Civil Registrar / Official

* **Primary Text Evidence:**
* **Recorded Name:** Unnamed in the main text body of Acta 156 ("Намъ" / "us", Line 6, 11).
* **Actions:** Prepared, read aloud, and signed the civil ledger on December 30, 1869 at 9:00 AM (`Состоялось... тридцатаго декабря... въ девять часовъ утра`, Line 1–2; Line 10–11).

* **Genealogical Inferences & Context:**
* **Administrative Authority:** The official was the designated Civil Registrar (*Urzędnik Stanu Cywilnego*) for the non-Christian religious communities of Opatów District, Radom Gubernia.

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