The Labun 1912 Duma Voters' List

Those of you who follow this blog may have noticed that I spend a good deal of time researching New York immigrants from the community of Labun (Lubin in Yiddish, and today called Yurovshchina, Ukraine). For several years now I have been methodically researching immigrants whose graves I recorded in the three landsmanshaft plots in cemeteries in New York. The main reason I have been doing this is because there are few records in Eastern Europe for the Jewish portion of this community. Vital and full census/revision lists records from Labun have all been either destroyed or lost (I recently posted about two supplemental revision lists from the community). That's why I was so excited to receive a copy of one of the few records we could find: the 1912 Duma Voters' List from Labun.

It's not much - just a list of names and patronymics. But, I believe that if records are scarce for one's town, one must find ways to love what you can find.

This record is listed among the inventoried Jewish records for archives compiled by Miriam Weiner on her Routes to Roots Foundation website. A few years ago I asked Alex Dunai to get a copy  for me when he was next in the archive in Zhitomyr. He did so in 2014 (and, while I have shared it with other Labun researchers on my mailing list, I have been remiss in not posting this sooner.). The images are of the voter list, followed by transliterations of listed names.

If you had ancestors from Labun and you find family names in the list, please leave a comment and tell us about them.

Russian Empire voters' lists were published in Russian newspapers and identified those who were qualified to vote in Duma elections (voting for representatives to the Russian legislature). Qualifications to vote included being a male at least 24 years old and paying taxes. Within that demographic, those who were professionals or successful merchants or who held membership in guilds were included.

1008 Stanislav Adomovich, son of Benedikt - Russian
1009 Mikhel Averbuch, son of Volko
1010 Mordko Leib Agres, son of Itzko
1011 Itzko Aizenshtejn, son of Leib
1012 Simkha Averun, son of Nakhman
1013 Moshko Agipis, son of Itzko
1014 Itzko Baram, son of Nakhman
1015 Khaim Barinshtejn, son of Meier
1016 Khaim Barlenshtejn, son of Leiser
1017 Borukh Yankel Bokser, son of Volf
1018 Yankel Brotzkiy, son of Khaim
1019 Meilakh Bitbrojt, son of Mojse 
1020 Srul Barinshtejn, son of Lipa
1021 Mikhel Itzek Boiblat, son of Ber
1022 Eizik Vitbroit, son of Itzko
1023 Srul [torn page], son of Nuta
1024 Borko [torn page] lman, son of Falik
 

1025 Yankel Gersh Vorona, son of Shaje
1026 Mendel Vaisman, son of Gersh
1027 Ios Veisman, son of Avrum
1028 Itzik Veitzman, son of Nuta
1029 Khaim Veisman, son of Tevje
1030 Munya Vajnshtejn, son of Yankel
1031 Adolf Grenbetzkiy, son of Peter - Polish
1032 Moshko Goltfarb son of Gedalje
1033 Shmil Duvid Gorenshtejn, son of Borukh
1034 Zus Groiskop, son of Khaim
1035 Mordko Goldenbarg, son of Gedalje
1036 Alter Grobdruk, son of Peisakh
1037 Shmul Gozerman, son of Aron
1038 Mordko Gitman, son of Shmul
1039 Avrum Goltshtejn, son of Nakhman
1040 Moshko Graiskop, son of Khaim
1041 Duvid Gelfman, son of Zelik
1042 Pinkhas Khaim Gelman, son of Tevje
1043 Gershko Grinshtejn, son of Moshko
1044 Anshel Desyatnik, son of Nakhman
1045 Mikhel Aisik Danzker, son of Ber
1046 Meier Diporshtejn, son of Naftuli
1047 Khaim Yankel Dorfman, son of Duvid
1048 Manus Zak, son of Volko
1049 Berko Zabara, son of Shlomo
1050 Shmul Zak, son of Ioino
1051 Yankel Zendler, son of Khaim
1052 Gdal Yankel Zabara, son of Volf
1053 Leizor Zaidman, son of Moshko

1054 Itzko Zukin, son of Shlomo
1055 Gershko Zaidelman, son of Tzale
1056 Ios Zastavkir, son of Ios
1057 Itzko Kutziskin, son of Srul
1058 Itzko Kargman, son of Srul
1059 Srul Kaplan, son of Zelman
1060 Moshko Kuzminskiy, son of Leizor
1061 Kelman Kuzminskiy, son of Leizor
1062 Shmul Kleiner, son of Aron
1063 Alter Katz son of Volko
1064 Shimon Kelman, son of Borukh
1065 Froim Nukhim Kantor, son of Lipa
1066 Avrum Kargman, son of Moshko
1067 Ikhil Kaplun, son of Lipa
1068 Leizor Kutziskin, son of Meier
1069 Shaya Avrum Kalika, son of Itzko
1070 Srul Krasilovskiy, son of Berko
1071 Eizor Kelman, son of Berko
1072 Khaim Bir Kasha, son of Yankel-Iosev
1073 Yankel Keselman, son of Khaim
1074 Mordko Kargman, son of Meier
1075 Gershon Katz, son of Pinkhas

1076 Shmul Kapsun, son of Mikhel
1077 Leivi Itzko Krasilovskiy, son of Berko
1078 Shmul Khaim Kapsun, son of Duvid
1079 Volko Kargman, son of Tevje
1080 Tevija Kalika, son of Shaje
1081 Gershko Kantor, son of Froim
1082 Ikhil Kopelyuk, son of Moshko
1083 Ios Kargman, son of Moshko
1084 Itzek Leib Kiporshmid, son of Nukhim
1085 Mikhel Kapsun, son of Moshko
1086 Gershko Kapsun, son of Zelman
1087 Shmul Kargman, son of Tevje
1088 Ios Kestelman, son of Naftuli
1089 Aba Kurman, son of Duvid
1090 Martin Kalenskiy, son of Ivan
1091 Mendel Kleiner, son of Aron
1092 Ilya Kargman, son of Tevje
1093 Aron Kargman

1094 Yankel Livak, son of Gershko
1095 Avrum Lerner, son of Simkha
1096 Duvid Lysyi, son of Srul
1097 Froim Lerner, son of Khaskel
1098 Aron Markman, son of Mosko
1099 Avrum Matzevitzkiy, son of Shlomo
1100 Leib Srul Muravskiy, Avrum
1101 Moishe Elya Matzevitzkiy, son of Shimon
1102 Moshe Ios Nuchpalskiy, son of Ber
1103 Ios Novak, son of Itzko
1104 Zkharia Neiman, son of Elye
1105 Gershko Nudelman, son of Shoel
1106 Aron Oksman, son of Shoel
1107 Duvid Oifman, son of Leib
1108 Fishel Polonskiy, son of Yudko
1109 Yankel Polonskiy, son of Leib
1110 Yankel Plishin, son of Aizik
1111 Mordko Potashnik, son of Nekhim
1112 Nukhim Potashnik, son of Nekhim

1113 Itzko Podkidysh, son of Itzko
1114 Benyumin Plishin, son of Aizyk
1115 Simkha Roizenshtejn, son of Khaim
1116 Pinkhas Roizenfeld, son of Usher
1117 Volko Revreba, son of Duvid
1118 Faivel Roizman, son of Yankel
1119 Khuna Rakhman, son of Shmul
1120 Elya Reznik, son of Mordko
1121 Zelman Duvid Roikhman, son of Leib
1122 Yankel Ryfman, son of Leizor
1123 Gershko Roizman, son of Leib
1124 Moshko Roizenfeld, son of Usher
1125 Irion Reznik, son of Mordko
1126 Itzko Yankel Solomyaniy, Ios
1127 Mikhel Sandler, son of Mendel
1128 Mordko Ber Solomyaniy, son of Itzko

1129 Mordko Traibman, son of Duvid
1130Avrum Fertel, son of Leib
1131 Leivi Faishenblat, son of Aba
1132 Yankel Faishenblat, son of Shmul
1133 Ios Gersh Farberman, son of Mendel
1134 Shama Leivi Fershtman, son of Itzko
1135 Shevel Friman, son of Ioel
1136 Volf Finkel, son of Berko
1137 Gersh Mendel Farberman, son of Iosef
1138 Berko Moshko Freinkel, son of Mordko
1139 Yankel Frenkel, son of Ios
1140 Moshko Leivi Chaitman, son of Itzko
1141 Aron Leivi Chaitman, son of Itzko
1142 Gershon Leivi Chaitman, son of Itzko
1143 Berko Leivi Chaitman, son of Itzko

1144 Gershko Sheinkerman, son of Mordko
1145 Leizor Sheinfeld, son of Shlomo
1146 Shmul Shtejn, son of Froim
1147 Yankel Shkolyar, son of Manashe
1148 Shlema Shinkerman, son of Khaim
1149 Pinkhas Shikhman, son of Gedalje
1150 Yankel Shister, son of Shiov
1151 Yankel Shprintz, son of Gershko
1152 Srul Shvartzapl, son of Gershko
1153 Ios Shamis, son of Moshko
1154 Meier Shinkerman, son of Shlomo
1155 Ios Shklyar, son of Tzale
1156 Shaya Shraer, son of Irov
1157 Ios Khaim Shkolyarman, son of Dov
1158 Leib Ber Shvartzapel, son of Gershko
1159 Nakhman Moishe Shnaiderman, son of Aron

1160 Duvid Shikhter, son of Pante
1161 Leib Tzap, son of Evshi

The nice thing about this list is that it is dated late enough (1912) that we may be able to directly link to some of these names. Some of these people later became emigrants (Although, names on this list probably indicate that the individuals had the wherewithal to stay in Labun, rather than emigrate). Some had relatives who immigrated in the United States within a decade of this list (earlier or later). Many of these surnames are represented within the First Lubiner Progressive Benevolent Association landsmanshaft burial plots in Montefiore and Beth David Cemeteries in Queens and Long Island, NY.

For me, the names that stand out are Keselman and Kestelman (1073 and 1088), which was my great grandmother, Ida's (Chaie Sura's) maiden name, and Mazevitzkiy (1099 and 1101), the surname of two of my great grandparents [my grandparents, Jack Garber and Dora Morris (Mazevitzky) were first cousins]. So, far I have not been able to link ancestors or relatives to the Keselman and Kestelman on this list.


With regard to Mazevitzkiy, my cousin Hal Blatt once told me that my great grandparents, Khana Mazevitzkiy Garber and Isidor Mazevitzkiy (Morris), had brothers named Monia and Moishe who remained in Labun. Isidor's father's name on his death certificate was Solomon. On his gravestone, his father's name is shown as Shlomo (the Hebrew equivalent of Solomon). It appears that Avrum Monia (1099) was my great grandparents' brother. Moishe Elya Matzevitzkiy's (1101) father's name was probably erroneously listed as Shimon and should have been Shlomo. If so, then he was my great grandparents' brother Moishe Mazevitzkiy.

Members of my Mazevitzkiy were discussed further in a previous post.