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Abe Rafael Horwitz/Gurevich/Gurvich 1880 - 1946

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• Birth	18 Jan 1880	Rezekne, Latgale, Latvia
  	The official birth record gives his birthdate as March 2, 1880
  Gender	Male
  Died	21 Oct 1946	Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
  Person ID	I0446	Complete
  Last Modified	01 Nov 2009

  
  

  Father	Henoch Hirsch Horwitz/Gurevitch/Gurvich,   b. 1838, Rezekne, Latgale, Latvia ,   d. 18 May 1909, Rezekne, Latgale, Latvia
  Mother	Basheva/Basseva Joffe,   b. 1857, Druya, Disna District, Belarus ,   d. Abt 1904
  Photos		Dave Howard on Barona Street, Rezekne, Latvia in Octoer 2003 Horwitz Family Home in Rezekne, Latvia was on Barona Street per 1897 All Russia census the family of Henoch Horwitz lived on this street at house number 11.
  Family ID	F426	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 1	Molly Fagelson,   b. Abt 1890,   d. 2 Oct 1914, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
  Children	1. Baby Boy Horwitz,   b. 2 Oct 1914, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois ,   d. 2 Oct 1914, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois > 2. Milton Horwitz,   b. 2 Oct 1914, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois ,   d. 9 Jul 1974, Whittier, Los Angeles County, California
  Family ID	F319	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 2	Rose Segal,   b. 13 Nov 1893, Rokov, Minsk, Belarus ,   d. 3 May 1945, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
  Married	1918	Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
  Children	> 1. Harry Henry Howard/Horwitz,   b. 22 May 1919, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois ,   d. 13 Jul 1974, Laie, Oahu, Hawaii > 2. Bernard Howard/Horwitz,   b. 16 Sep 1924, Mt. Sinai Hospital, Chicago, Illinois ,   d. 12 Jun 1983, Hacienda Heights, Los Angeles County, California   3. Leo Horwitz,   b. 10 Jul 1926, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois ,   d. 1928, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
  Last Modified	19 Oct 2005
  Family ID	F216	Group Sheet

  
  

• Photos		Abe Horwitz - young. He looks a lot like his twin brother Nathan and his grandson Stuart Horwitz.
  		Abe and Morris Horwitz - brothers - single young men in Chicago on New Year Card - taken in Chicago 19-teens.
  		Florence & Abe Horwitz- they were both single at the time. Was this at Bessie's wedding? They were very well dressed.
  		Abe Horwitz Face
  		Molly Fagelson - the first wife of Abe Horwitz and mother of Milton Horwitz. She is on the far right. Who are the other three women? Her sisters?
  		Molly Fagelson and Abe Horwitz- they were the parents of Milton Horwitz who was raised by Simon Horwitz. Molly died in child birth along with Milton a twin baby.
  		Abe Horwitz and fellow workers at furniture factory. Abe was a cabinet maker. This makes sense coming from Rezekne, Latvia, a lumber producing area. The bigger man behind him looks like a close relative?
  		Abe, Harry & Rose Horwitz about 1942
  		Rose and Abe Horwitz- standing- about 1942
  		Rose and Abe Horwitz- detail.

  
  

  Documents		Abe Horwitz Russian Passport. Gives family name in Russian tells city- his trade- religion- place of residence etc.
  		Abe Horwitz- Russian passport translated.
  		Abe Horwitz- official Russian papers- front view. Who knows what this is?
  		Abe Horwitz- Russian document- back view.
  		Abe was a cabinet maker and made Rockola nickelodeans - This is the patent.
  		Abe - Rockola Patent Disclosure
  		Abe Horwitz's Funeral Book- Heading Page
  		Abe Horwitz's- Funeral Book of Guests- Page 1
  		Abe Horwitz's Funeral Book of Guests- Page 2
  		Abe Horwitz's Funeral Book of Guests- Page 3
  		Haplogroup Q-1-b Tree David Howard has had his yDNA tested and he is a part of Haplogroup Q-1-b. This diagram of this part of the yDNA tree is linked to all other males in his family tree who should have this same yDNA (y-chromosome).

  
  

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  Rezekne Museum (13) Photos Taken Inside Rezekne Museum by Dave Howard in October of 2002

  
  

• Notes

  On his Russian Internal Passport and Army Discharge papers they indicated his height was judged by sight to be 2 arshine 3. There are 16 vershoks in one arshine and that one vershok is about 4.445 cm or 1.75 inches. 2 arshines plus 3 vershoks comes to 61-1/4 inches or 5 feet 1-1/4 inches. On his naturalization papers his height is indicated to be 5 feet 4 inches. 1897 All Russian Census indicated that he was living with his family at house number 10 on Dvoryanskaya Street, Rezekne. The house was wooden and covered by wood and there was only one dwelling in the house. The census indicated that he was 17 years old, born and registered in Rezekne, literate, learned in Jewish people school, at father, trade assistant in the shop of iron. September 9, 1927, Nathan, Abe's twin brother, obtained a birth certificate indicating that they were born on March 2, 1880, sons of Rezekne citizen, Genech Girsh Leizerov Gurvitch and his wife Basheva. Two sons were born, Aba-Rafael and Nota.