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Elka Szeffer (Ulman)

Also Known As: "Esther Chaya"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Bełżyce, lubelski, Lublin Voivodeship, Poland
Death: 1838 (39-40)
Bełżyce, lubelski, Lublin Voivodeship, Poland
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Maier Ulman and Zloty Ulman
Wife of Shmerel Szeffer
Mother of Esterka Cymerman; Herszek Szeffer; Moszek Szeffer; Haja Sura Lichtman; David Szeffer and 1 other

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About Elka Szeffer

From "Belzyce Births, Marriages, Deaths 1826-68":

SZYFFER, Elka 1838 D Akta: 55 f Duplikat copy Microfilm: 681163 Digital record: http://szukajwarchiwach.pl/35/1611/0/1.3/8/skan/full/UTA9ly7n_gDv_t...

Note that Shmerel Szeffer was one of the signatories.

A rough translation, courtesy of Bryan Krantz:

Town: Botzyiacz [odd spelling of Belzyce?]. Year: 1838. Witness: Shmerel Szeffer, age 42. Witness Moszek Ulman, tailor, age?, from Botzyiacz. Deceased: Elka married name Szeffer, age 40, daughter of Maier and his wife Zloty.


She is also mentioned on Shmerel Szeffer's death certificate:

SZEFER, Szmerel 1854 D Akta: 6 m Unikat copy Microfilm: 681166

Digital record: http://data.jewishgen.org/wconnect/wc.dll?jg~jgsys~psa_image2~&urld...


The death record for Izrael Szeffer (1824 Akta 9 - https://szukajwarchiwach.pl/35/1644/0/1/49/skan/full/3gRPVgLVOLmk7I...) gives her maiden name as Ulman.


Szmerel's death akta gives her Hebrew name - Esther Chaya - https://photos.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/371d37604033962d452e05dd47da... (akta 6)

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Elka Szeffer's Timeline

1798
1798
Bełżyce, lubelski, Lublin Voivodeship, Poland
1817
1817
Bełżyce, lubelski, Lublin Voivodeship, Poland
1821
1821
Bełżyce, lubelski, Lublin Voivodeship, Poland
1831
1831
1833
1833
Bełżyce, lubelski, Lublin Voivodeship, Poland
1836
1836
Bełżyce, lubelski, Lublin Voivodeship, Poland
1838
1838
Age 40
Bełżyce, lubelski, Lublin Voivodeship, Poland
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