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The Inhabitants and Shopowners in Vishki in 1935

 

Aglonas Street

NAMES
1
Hirsch Berger.Truck shop
2
 
3
 
4
Ester Valk.Drapers
5
 
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25
Dona Lalin.Grocer's
25
 
27
 
28
 
29
 
30
 
31
 
32
 
33
 
34
Musja Usdin,daughter of Izrael.House
35
 
36
Haja Usdin.Truck shop
37
 
38

-Rivka Gram,born Alterman.Colonial products shop

-Sarah Gram.Truck shop

-Bierka Pogil.Colonial products shop

-Aron Pogil.Meat and sausage shop

-Shlioma Goldstein.Footwear and leather shop

-Khaikel Novik.Meat and sausage shop

-Rosa Meilach.Grain shop

-Moshe Novoselok.Hat shop

-Anna Voikevich.Hairdresser's

-Mowsha-Selik,his wife Feiga-Ginda and the family of Haim Wulf Novoselok.House

39

-Meier Kaca.Colonial products shop

-Shalom Magich.Ready made clothes shop

40

-Genya Dumesh.Colonial products shop

-Frida Gurevich.Drapers and pottery shop

41

-Ytzik and Gita Usdin.Footwear and leather shop

-Yankel Gurevich.Truck shop

-Vladislava Bartkevich.Colonial products shop

-Hana Barbakova.Colonial products shop

Ytzik Usdin's phone Nbr.31(phone book of Vishki for year 1941)

42
Aron Pogil. Drapers
43
 
44

-Tzifra Gram.Footwear and leather shop

-Rivka Grob.Fancy good

-Sonia Jerson.Drapers

-Gelas Grab.Drapers

-Saya Meilach.Truck shop

-Beines Skorochodas.Footwear and leather shop

-Voldemar Greng.Hairdresser's

45
 
46
 
47
 
48
Janis Bekiss.Wine and vodka shop
49
 
50
Ytzik Usdin.Footwear and leather shop
51
Tzifra Balonova.Colonial products shop
52
Haja Ulman.Meat and sausage shop
53
Artur Balodis.Pharmacy
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60
 
Itzik Usdin's or Boris's house was in front of this white house,which was an hospital after the war.Photos 1962 and 2007
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63
 
64

-House of Berka Usdin(his wife Genya and 4 children)

-Ester Cizer.Truck shop

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76
Nota Dumesh,his wife Ginta-Jocha and their children lived in this house(house at the corner with "Riga street") .House numbered 31 now.
77
 
78
Sora Rein.Colonial products shop
79
 
80
Bella Pogil.Drapers
81
 
82
Shlioma and Alter Shepshelevich.Colonial products shop
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86
Doba Kit .Truck shop
87
 
88
Hirsh Pogil.Drapers
89
 
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91
 
92
Elka Kuklis(Kukle,Kokle).Colonial products shop
93
 
94
Izrael Kis.Truck shop
95
 
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97
Josela Kaminova.Meat and sausage shop
98
 
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101
 
102
Leiba Kis.Truck shop
103
 
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108
 
109
 
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115
 
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118
 
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123
Mozuz Ulfkilman.Hairdresser's
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147
Rivka Gram,born Alterman.Colonial products shop
148
 
149
 
150
 
176
Abo Pogil.Drapers
N°not stated Abraham Igola.Colonial products shop
N° not stated  
N° not stated Musja Pogil .Drapers
   
N° not stated David Goron.Truck shop
N° not stated Ginda Gurevich.Iron goods shop
   
   
   
   
N° not stated.May be the 50 where their shop was Ytzik and Ida Usdin.House
N° not stated Rivka and Esfir Gram.House.Rivka Gram was born Alterman.
N° not stated Sora Gorosch and a widow Hena-Dweira Usdin.House
200 m from the last house

The cemetery of Vishki

Not stated

The synagogue (and I don't know if it was on Aglona street)

   
   
   
   
   

 

Peterburgskaya Street

House of Danilievich.N° not stated .

In 1897

Beines Usdin,his wife Sarah,born Alterman and their 7children .

House and clock-watch master's shop

House of Schepschelevich .N° not stated

-Mowscha-Selik Nowoselok and his wife Feiga-Ginda

-Haim-David Schepschelevich

-Doba Usdin,daughter of Kodesh

House and shop

 

House of Usdin.N° not stated

-Kodesh Usdin(trader,pedlar)and his wife Rocha .They lived in apt 1.

-Shlioma Usdin(tailor),his wife Haja-Sora and their 3 children.

House of Gram Elka,daughter of Hirsch and Mowscha Gram.They lived there together with their families

House of Moll;

In 1897

Nachman Usdin,his wife Sora-Piesha Moshevna and their 6 children
N°41

Bierka(Boris)Usdin.

Phone Nbr.1 ( phone book of Vishki for year 1941)

N° not stated Sonia Usdin's(Ytzik's daughter) house.I think after the war.
   
   
   

The synagogue in the 1960ies

Sora Piesha Moshevna Usdin's tombstone

The synagogue

Sonia's house

 

Riga Street

121
Ruvin Jurvik(Gurevich?).Hair dresser and colonial products shop
102
Leiba Kiss.Shop
123
Mozus Ulfkulman.Hairdresser's
127

-Leib-Wulf Dumesh and his sisters Haya and Mnucha-Liba.House

-Elka Treger.Truck shop

118
Izrael Dumesh,his wife Bluma and their 2 children.House
112 Aron Pogil and his wife Sora-Jocha,born Gram.House
82
Pelageja Smirnova.Grocer's
   
   
   
Dumesh houses(Bruce Dumes 's ancestors)

 

Kraslava Street

80
Leiba Novika.Truck shop
In red:my family
   
   
   
   

 

 

Rizhskaya Street

N° not stated Chaim and Sheina Dumesh,Shender(his brother),a widow Haja and her family,Genoch and his family,Ytzik and his family Dumesh
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

 

The inhabitants of Vishki in 1935

 

Translation

Vishki is a village, situated in Daugavpils district, Vishki parish. 

1. General review. 

2. Traffic (distances) Village Vishki is situated 4,5 km from the parish house and 5 km from the nearest railway station Vishki. The village has got bus communication with Daugavpils town. 

 

Inhabitants. 1935. 750 inhabitants: 354 (47, 20 %) men and 269 (52,80%) women.

Nationalities: 235 (31.33%) Latvians, 423 (56.40%) Jews, 85 (11.33%) Great Russians,

7 (0.94%) Poles. There are 175 separate families living in the village.

4. State, municipal and public institutions. In the village there is a senior policeman,  tlr 29, post office, tlr 49, 3 schools, a Latin Church, tlr 22, and a synagogue.  

5. Number of populated places (houses), disposition and facilities. In the village there are 158 houses (populated places). 39 houses (24,68%) belong to Latvians. 54 houses (34,18%) have got 1 room , 46 (29,11%) two, 37 (23,42%) three, 7 (4,43%) four, 2 (1,27%) five, and 12 (7,59%) six or more rooms. 

122 (77,22%) take drinking water from wells, 4 (2,53%)  from pumps, 30 (18,98) from natural water reservoirs, but 2 (1,27%) use another way.  

In 55 (34,81%) houses there is a kerosene lamp, but 103 (65,19%) houses have got electric illumination. 

6. Proprietors of the populated places (houses).

1-61 – names

62. Latin Church community

63-149 – names

150 Daugavpils Evangelival -Lutheran community

157 Vishki Jewish community

158 Traffic department

161Latvian Catholic youth union  Vishki department

162 Latgalian Latvian Latin-Catholic culture agriculture promoter union “Saule” Vishki department

169 Vishki Latvian catholic agriculture union “Zelta Vārņa”

171 Vishki volunteer firefighters union

173 Daugavpils Evangelival -Lutheran community  

 

 

 

The shopowners in Vishki in 1935

(* my family)

 

List of homeowners

1)Tzifra Balanova
2)David and Ytzik Bleiman and Izrael Dumesh
3)Gecel and Izrael Brachman and Izrael Meilach
4)Itzok Ciser and Sheine Landsberg
5)Freida Dlins,Hana-Rivka Kis and Esther Khana Katz
6)Khaya-Riva Kis
7)Chenoch Dumesh
8)Vulf Josel,Khaya and Leja Dumesh and Heva- Zelda Donde
9)Abraham Dlina Mantiniek
10)Yulian Dobrzanski
11)Eduard Filmanovich
12)Doba Igol
13)Stanislas Gaga
14)Elja-Mendel Goras
15)Lina,Judel,Itzik and Rachel Gurland
16)Nochum Gram
17)Abram-Motel Grein
18)Josel and Hirsch Golandski and Haja Usdin
19)Zismon Judin
20)Yudasha Pinchus Kas
21)Doba-Reiza,Paja,Ozer and Inta Kitz
22)Rachel Kukle
23)Izrael-Jud Kil
24)Sebastian Lalin
25)Pinche Landsberg and Sora-Hana Kapilovich
26)Adam Mezkul
27)Abram Meilach
28)Abram Magid
29)Rocha-Reiza Notkin
30)Myriam,Samuel,Izrael,Kusiel and Leiba Novik
31)Izrael,Abram,Doba,Rein and Beila Openstein
32)Pavel Obodnikov
33)Shlioma-Leiba Platzinski
34)Aron Pogil
35)Samuel Pogil
36)Beila Pogil
37)Morduch Pogil and Necham Novik
38)Salmon Tchepshelevich
39)Mikel Skorochod
40)Pinchus Skorochod
41)Ytzik Usdin
42)Ytzik Usdin
43)Bierka and Ytzik Usdin
44)Haim Ulman
45)Hassia Ulman
46)Zelik Ulman
48)Peter Voitkevich
49)Herman Zument
50)Zelik Tzirin
51)Janis Morozov
52)Jekusiel Novik
53)Abram Melach
54)Helena Sabanski
56)Ruvka Ulman
57)Auzer Notkin
58)Levin Pogil
59)Auzer Notkin
60)Hirsch Kukle
61)Marija Voitkevich
63)Anna Grobin
64)Anna Eglit
65)Katrin Klavin
66)Janis Bekes
67)Stanislav Andzerevich
68)Ignat Zuril
69)Anna Bekes
70)Demjan Vassiliev
71)Anton Skromani
72)Dominik Bondarevski
73)Monika Karklin
74)Alois Ragovski
75)Artur Namniek
76)Nochum Kaminarov
77)Aron Treger
78)Stanislav Kipan
79)August Kipan
80)Janis Grzibovski
81)Ieva Varpsaleiti
82)Janis Mednis
83)Lidia Stein
84)Vera Gofmeister
85)Mikel Beinarovich
86)Victor Grzibovski
87)Zenon Puntuz
88)Bronislav Petrovich
89)Jazep Adamovich
90)Elisabeth Voitkevich
91)Elka Treger
92)Stanislav Barshevski
93)Aleks Bach
94)Jazep Galvan
95)Dominik Voitzkevich
96)Kazimir Voitzkevich
97)Artur Balodi
98)Stanislav Delver
99)Alexandre Veveli
100)Janis Bekes
101)Bronislav Kaveski
102)Alexandre Shernavski
103)Janis Gud
104)Jefim Obodniger
105)Vitold Tarbuna
106)Josel Treger
107)Alexandre Barshevski
108)Karp Sokolov
109)Aron Rein
110)Teodor Ivanov
111)Ruvin Gurevich
112)Ruvin Berger
113)Mozus Ulfkeman
115)Hisch Berger
116)Uris Doude
117)Leiba Dumesh
118)Rivka Gram
119)Yankel Subat

120)Gruna Jouje

121)Anton Koluz
122)Konstantin Parfinovich
123)Faivus Grein
124)Antona Parfimovich
125)Alex Michailov
126)Eduar Voitkevich
127)Ifraim Goldfain
128)Maria Kikust
129)Iser Hesus
130)Leiba Kis
131)Karl Leihus
132)Stanislas Radzevich
133)Maria Voitkevich
134)Ber Kaminarov
135)Janis Kokins
136)Abram Levin
137)Agnes Goga
138)Moivsha Novik
139)Morduch Pogil
140)Vulf Novoselok
141)Girsa Grein
142)Abram Rein
143)Jazeps Gulan
144)Janis Visker
145)Peteris Skutan
146)Anton Voitkevich
147)Francisca Bartkevich
148)Vladislav Barkevich
149)Jezups Kampan
151)Abram,Raya-Ester and Sheina Kil
152)Leja Skorodoch
153)Shliom,Leiba Usdin
154)Liuba,Shula,Pera,Musja,Shlioma,Leiba Usdin
159)Gita Kis
160)Bronislav Kaveski
163)Ber Kis
164)Vladislav Ivanov
165)Leiba Katz
166)Ber Kis
167)Stanislav Jermancan
168)Leizer Skorocod
170)Michel Rein
172)Meyer Pogil

 

 

 

 

 

A video of the streets of Vishki

(I was driving,Samuel Glezerov was filming)

 

Sources:The shopowners and the Latvian Archives