Boruch Shavinsky

Boruch was born in Kobryn, Russia, which is now in Belarus. His passport application gives October 05, 1841 as his DOB; his naturalization papers say 22 May 1861. He emigrated to the United States in 1888, his sons following later.. He became a U.S. citizen and later emigrated to Palestine (now Israel) in July 1914 for religious reasons, where he died. His place of burial is unknown.

Kobryn's Jewish population was 6,738 in 1897 [JewishGen]

Russian: Ко́брин

Byelorussian: Кобрын

Hebrew: קאברין

Polish :Kobryń

RESEARCH IDEAS:

Jewish.Gen has published Belarus Revision Lists for the year 1853. They include at least eight Shevinskii families. Boruch would have been around 13 years old at that time.

There are ten Shevinski entries in the 1912 Grodno Guberniya Voters List; some of these could be relatives. They were living in Kobrin, Pruzhany and Drogichin.

A Yizkor book for Grodno includes at least six Shavinski/Shevinsky names.