The Families of Motele

This project aims at listing all the Jewish families of Motele. Motele was a town in Poland and today in Belarus. By the end of the 19th century it had a significant Jewish presence, and the Jews living there were culturally assertive and active.

List of people from Motele

Motolansky - Ha-Cohen

1) Abraham Yitzhak Ha-Cohen (the Black) [Abraham Yitzhak Ha-Cohain Ha-Cohen Motolansky] and his wife Beile Gutenski

2) Chaim [Yefim (Chaim) Yeffim Motolansky], son of Abraham Yitzhak Ha-Cohen (when moved to Odessa, he changed his name to Motolansky)

3) Grisha Tzvi [Grisha Motolansky], son of Abraham Yitzhak Ha-Cohen (when moved to Odessa, he changed his name to Motolansky)

4). Beile Gutenski (married Abraham Yizhak ha-Cohen (the Black) [Beile Ha-Cohen Motoloansky]

Gutenski

1) Eliezer Gutenski [אליעזר גוטנסקי Gutensky], born c. 1750

2) Shmaryahu Gutenski [שמריהו גוטנסקי Gutensky], son of Eliezer Gutenski, born c. 1790

3) Moshe Gutenski [משה Gutenski] son of Shmaryahu Gutenski (2), born c. 1820

4) Yaacov Gutenski [יעקב גוטנסקי Gutensky] and his wife Keile
[קיילה גוטנסקי Gutensky]

5) Beile Gutenski [Beile Ha-Cohen Motoloansky](married Abraham Yizhak ha-Cohen (the Black)

6) Yudel Leib Gutenski [Yudel Leib Gutenski] son of Shmaryahu Gutenski (2), born c. 1826

7) Eliezer Gutenski [אליעזר גוטנסקי Gutensky],son of Shmaryahu Gutenski (2), born c. 1830

Chemerinski

1) Arieh Leib Chemerinski Goldstein [Arieh Lieb Chemerinski Goldstein] and wife [Yetta Chemerinski Goldstein] from Yanova

2) Chaim Chemerinski [Hayim Chemerinsky] (author of "My Shtetle Motele")

3) Shmuel-Yitzhak Chemerinski [Shmuel Iche Chemerinsky] (father of Chaim Chemerinski)

4) Ida Chemerinsky, the daughter of Yehiel [Yehiel Michel Chemerinsky] and Frouma Chemerinsky [Fruma Chemerinsky]

5) Rachel Leah Weizman (Chemerinski) [Rachel Leah Weizmann b. 1852, Mother of Chaim (Charles) Azriel Weizmann [Dr. Chaim Azriel Weizmann, 1st President of Israel] b. November 27, 1874 . the daughter of Yehiel [Yehiel Michel Chemerinsky] and Frouma Chemerinsky [Fruma Chemerinsky]

Friedman

1) William Friedman and his wife Ida (nee Chemerinsky) [Ida Friedman]

2) Louis Friedman (b. 1891)[Louis Friedman], son of William and Ida, married Sarah Shelupsky, moved to US in 1909

3) Herman Friedman (b. 1899) [Herman Friedman]

4) Nehamka Friedman [Nehamka Friedman]

Pulik - Pollack

1 Israel Pulik [Isadore Pulik] b. circa 1815; d. 1899 └ +Unknown Pulik

2. Chave Perrel Chemerinsky [Ida Chemerinsky] b. 1855; d. 1942

2. Moishe Michel Pulik [Moishe Michel Pulik] b. 1840; d. 1941

2. SCHMUEL Pulik [Samuel Pollack] b. 1872

└ +Chaya Pulik

2. Malkiel Pulik [Malkiel Pulik] b. 1862

2. Katie GITTEL Chez [Gertrude "Katie" Gittel Chez] b. 1866; d. 1945

2. Berrel Pulik [Berrel Pulik] b. 1868

2. Chaim Pulik [Hyman Pollack]

2. Sarah Kaplan [Sarah (Sorkie) Leah Kaplan]

Reference

[Eliezer Chemerinsky], Motale Sheli, Netanya 1986 (the book includes a translation of the book Hurban Motele (the Destruction of Motele) by [Ahron Leib Polik]Aaron Leib Pulik PAUL, translated by Rabbi Shimon Yuzhuk [שמעון אריה יוז'וק],, Edited by Dr. Dov Yarden [Dr. Dov Yarden]. first published in Jerusalem by the association of Descendants of Motele in Israel, 1947

Related links

Motol on JewishGen

http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/motol/Anshe%20Motele.htm

https://www.facebook.com/groups/mymotele/

http://www.mymotele.com/

[http://shtetlroutes.eu/en/motal-cultural-heritage-card/]

Jewish Motol: Genealogical and Family History Bibliography By Itzhak Epstein
[https://www.geni.com/document/The-Families-of-Motele/5935?doc_id=6000000050074351821]