This is a PDF file containing a scan of a very old death certificate from Poland/Russia. It's the death record of Gittel Bielak, two of whose granddaughters married into my family. My cousin (who sent me this document, which fugu very kindly helped me to open) has been trying to figure out what Gittel's mother's name was. He's shown this to native readers, but they've told him that the Cyrillic alphabet went through a lot of changes in the 20th century, making it difficult to decipher the name.
Her father's name is Eliyash Titelbaum (I think), and the mother's name begins with a "Ts." Let me stare at it a few more minutes.
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quote:Originally posted by Yozhik: Got it. I think it's Tsypra (which I assume is a variant of Tzipporah?). It says "daughter of Eliyash and Tsypra the spouses Titelbaum."
"Seventy-two years from birth, having left behind a widowed husband, Gersh Bielyak..." So she was 72 when she died. Gittel, that is, not her mother.
Hope this helps.
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