Shimon Leib Merkel

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Shimon Leib Merkel

Also Known As: "Shimen Leyb Merkel"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Vilijampole, Kaunas, Lithuania
Death: May 18, 1929 (73)
Middlesex, England possibly edmonton
Place of Burial: Edmonton Cemetery
Immediate Family:

Son of Girsh Mikhel Markel and Chana Merkel
Husband of Glika Rasha (Rachel) Segal
Father of Solomon Matthias Merkel; Gane Rokhel (rose Rachel) Merkel; Sarah (Cissie) Merkel; Sheyne Roza (Anne Rose) Merkel and Rose Merkel
Brother of Nosel Merkel; Yosel Merkel and Mortkhel Merkel
Half brother of Mortkhel Markel and Yosel Markel

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About Shimon Leib Merkel

GEDCOM Note

Simonas - Lithuanian

around the turn of the century, the 19th to the 20th, and changed the name from some Jewish name to Simon. I have heard of the immigrants that the original name was Salman or Solomon.

HEBREW ACRONYMS Names based on Hebrew acronyms include: Baron — bar aron (son of Aaron); Beck —bene kedoshim (descendant of martyrs); Getz — gabbai tsedek (righteous synagogue official); Katz — kohen tsedek (righteous priest); Metz — moreh tsedek (teacher of righteousness); Sachs, Saks — zera kodesh shemo (his name descends from martyrs); Segal — se gan levia (second-rank Levite).

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Shimon Leib Merkel's Timeline

1855
November 7, 1855
Vilijampole, Kaunas, Lithuania
1878
1878
Kaunas, Lithuania
1885
1885
Kovno, Kauno, Lithuania
1887
7, 1887
Vilijampole, Kaunas, Lithuania
1888
1888
Jewers, Russia
1890
1890
Russia
1911
April 2, 1911
Age 55
Mile End Old Town, London, England
April 2, 1911
Age 55
Mile End Old Town, London, England
1929
May 18, 1929
Age 73
Middlesex, England possibly edmonton