Places
Where the records put the family. Each map link opens a search on OpenStreetMap; old street addresses have often changed.
Karolin and Yelsk
Mozyr county, Minsk province (today Belarus)
The family’s earliest home. Zelik’s household was registered here in the 1850 and 1858 revisions.
Itzko (Itsko, Itzik) Sherayzin · Zelik Itskov Sherayzin & Spritsa bat Yankel' · Leyba Zelikov Sherayzin — R' Yehuda Leib (“Leibel”)
Mozyr (Mazyr)
Minsk province (today Gomel region, Belarus)
Sholom, Herman, Shia, Lily and the younger Zelik’s family were born or lived here; the 1906–07 voter lists and the 1904 birth register place them in town.
Sholom Sherizen — “Samuel” of Toronto · Herman (Chaim, “Hymie”) Sherizen · Shia (Sam) Sherizen · Zelik Leibov Sherayzin — the “younger Zelik” · Zus Zelikov Sherayzin · Elya Zusmanov Sherayzen · Abram Mendelevich Sherayzin & Sosha (Sonya) née Volfson
Azarichi (Ozarichi)
near Mozyr
Birthplace of Pinkus Lifschitz Leof and of Abram Mendelevich Sherayzin.
Pinkus Velvel Lifschitz Leof · Abram Mendelevich Sherayzin & Sosha (Sonya) née Volfson
David-Gorodok
Pinsk region
Chaim Yude Sherzan, born in Mozyr, married here in 1887.
Petrikov
Gomel region
The Petrikov Sherayzin family, murdered in 1941.
Semyon (Solomon) Sherayzin & Fruma (Fanya) née Gutman of Petrikov
Leningrad (St Petersburg)
Russia
Zus’s sons lived here: Kalman, missing in 1942, and David-Moysha, who died in the blockade. A possible grave of Zus.
Zus Zelikov Sherayzin · Kalman Zusevich Sherayzin · David-Moysha (David Meysha) Zusevich Sherayzin
Brody
Galicia (today Ukraine)
Birthplace of Clara Goodman and her brother Isaac.
Clara Sherizen née Goodman · Nathan Meyer Goodman & Ethel Jeger
Toronto
Ontario, Canada
Sholom (“Samuel”) from about 1915 until his death in 1940: Queen Street East, Cameron Street, College Street. Buried in the Mozirer society plot, Roselawn Avenue Cemetery. Herman and Clara married here in 1921.
Sholom Sherizen — “Samuel” of Toronto · Herman (Chaim, “Hymie”) Sherizen · Clara Sherizen née Goodman · Lily I. (Lillian) Sherizen Sharon, Q.C. · Annie Sherizen · Nathan Meyer Goodman & Ethel Jeger
Kitchener (then Berlin)
Ontario, Canada
Shia married Rose Kravitz here in 1918; Harold was born here in 1919.
Shia (Sam) Sherizen · Rose (Rivka) Sherizen née Kravitz · Harold L. Sherizen
Detroit and Ferndale
Michigan
Herman, Clara, Shia and Rose from the early 1920s; Paul born 1924. Machpelah Cemetery, Ferndale, holds Herman’s family.
Herman (Chaim, “Hymie”) Sherizen · Clara Sherizen née Goodman · Shia (Sam) Sherizen · Rose (Rivka) Sherizen née Kravitz · Paul Louis Sherizen · Betty Sherizen née Skolnick · Elaine Sherizen Kadashaw · Howard B. “Tzvi” Sherizen
Rochester and Syracuse
New York
Joe and Sonia, from 1933.
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Dwore (Vera) and Pinkus Leof and their children; Har Nebo Cemetery. Moses Sheraizen (Morris Rosen) joined “uncle Dr. M. V. Leof” here in 1905.
Dwore (Vera, Devorah) Sherizen Leof · Pinkus Velvel Lifschitz Leof · Leonard Grant Leof · Julius P. Leof · Moses Sheraizen — later Morris Rosen
Alameda, Modesto and Santa Nella
California
Harold and Margaret; San Joaquin Valley National Cemetery.