Re: The given name Mali and its_Hebrew Equivalent #hungary
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Larry Kohn <larry@...>
My great-grandmother Mali LICHTMAN was born in Zemplen county in the =
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1850s. I have found several records for her which showed that she sometimes = went by the name Mali, sometimes by Amalia and sometimes by Malka. On her birth register and on an 1851 Jewish census conducted by the village's rabbi, = she was listed as Ester [sic]. Another document shows her as Eszter M.. In = her village (Tolcsva) Hebrew names were not recorded in the birth registers using Hebrew characters as I have seen it in other places; therefore, it = is not possible to know with certainty. My best guess is that her Hebrew = name was either Eszter or Eszter Malka, since the two names have historical meaning together (that is, Queen Esther). I suppose a follow-up question might be: does Mali come >from Malka or Amalia? I, too, would be = interested in feedback. Larry Kohn Reston, VA=20 Researching: KOHN in Tolcsva and New York/Bronx GRUN in Tolcsva, Presov and Dukla SILBERMAN and LICHTMAN in Tolcsva WEISZ in Tolcsva and Miskolc KLEIN in Tolcsva and Sarospatak BERGER and SCHWARTZ in Satoraljaujhely CHIZICK in Kovel ZUKER in Ustilug |-----Original Message-----
|From: Amos Israel Zezmer [mailto:amos.zezmer@...] |Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2006 3:11 PM |To: H-SIG |Subject: [h-sig] The given name Mali and its_Hebrew Equivalent | | |Dear fellow H-Siggers, | |If any of you have a relative with the given name of "M=E1li" among = your |ancestors, I would be interested to know what her Hebrew given=20 |name was.=20 |I am in the process of restoring my great grandmother's=20 |tombstone, upon=20 |which are the names of her parents. The only letter in her=20 |mother's name=20 |to have withstood the ravages of time is the Hebrew letter "Mem." The=20 |rest has remained a mystery, although I have managed to narrow it down=20 |to two options. | |Any feedback would be greatly appreciated. | |Amos Zezmer |Yerres, France | |Researching: |SPIEGEL in Humenn=E9, Mucachevo and environs |ROTH in Zemplin and Vel'k=E9 Kapusany |SCHLANGER in Zemplin |BLEIER in Humenn=E9, Zemplin and Mucachevo |
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