Read fascinating Geni Discussion on Rabbi Yaakov Kalahari, Dayan of Posen . . .

“ . . . Jakob Calvary (aka Calvory, Kalfary, Kaliphari) was dayan in Posen under the famous Akiba Eger. Family tradition had it that his ancestor was Salomon Calahorra, who emigrated in 1500 from Spain to become physician to Polish kings.

In 1600, his great-grandson Joseph would become rabbi in Posen, and his son would in turn be the famous dayan Arie-Lob, who was a victim of persecutions in 1736. Of the two male children of Arje-Lob, Jakob would become rabbi in Moisling (near Lubeck) and Elijah in Landsberg an der Warthe (Gorzòw Wielopolski), but their descendants would go back to Posen.

In the branch descending from Elijah, family names Landsberg/Landsberger and Posen/Posenerwould prevail, while the Calvary family name would be preserved by Jakob's son and grandson: Isaac and Arje-Lob, respectively.

Such family traditions are not all reliable, in particular the Sephardic origin. However, Salomon's father Jakob Calvary was certainly the son of Arje-Lob and of a certain "Bobe" Rasche. Born in the second half of 1700, after Poland's partition in the nineties he moved away from Posen at first, but went back around 1810 and was naturalized on September 8, 1834." Source

In Luft, The Naturalized Jews of the Grand Duchy of Posen in 1834 and 1835, a Moses Calvary is described as a handelsmann and was made a citizen on July 11, 1834 in the town of Rackwitz.

MISSING GENERATIONS (Missing Links Project)

Descendant of Rabbi Nosson Notta Shpiro, The Megaleh Amukos.

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