JewGenPEDIA (Shapiro)

SHAPIRO (Шапиро)

Zusia SHAPIRO (1810-1845) (Gesel Leizer {Shmuila} & Dinka) Etka (1811)	Jankel (1829) Mina KAUFMAN (1832) (David {Chaim, Lea} & Zipe {Abram})	Abram (1846)	Movsha David (1874)
		Ethel
		Celia
		Zusel (1863)
		David (1865)
		Gesel (1868)
		Wolf (1870-1936) Zipe "Celia" KAUFMAN (1867-1933) (Josel {David, Zipe}, Chava {Matus Elia, Sora})	Jacob (1889), Joseph (1890), Sarah (1891), Max (1894), Gitel (1898), Eva Leah (1903)
		Bendet (1872-1944) Feiga GINETSISKI (1869-1923) (Aron Kivel)	Ida D. (1896), Ette (1897), Zipe (1899), David (1902), Minnie
	Dinka (1830)
	Chana (1832)

Gesel Leizer SHAPIRO (1786), son of Shmuila, lived in Ilya, Vileika district, Russia, and had children: Zusia (1810), Jankel (1822), Gita (1824), Chana (1829), and Bliuma (1833). In 1816, he was married to Dinka (1786) and, by 1834, was remarried to Zernia (1809). Gesel died in 1835.

Zusia SHAPIRO married Etka (1811) and had children: Jankel (1829), Dinka (1830), and Chana (1832). He died in 1845.

Jankel SHAPIRO married Mina KAUFMAN, likely daughter of David KOPELIOVICH and Zipe Abramovna^[1]. They lived in the village of Sloboda in Vileika county, Russia, and had children: Abram (1846), Zusel (1863), David (1865), Gesel (1868), Wolf (1870), Bendet (1872); likely, also: Ethel and Celia ^[2].

Abram SHAPIRO ^[4] had a son, Movsha David (1874).
Wolf SHAPIRO married Zipe "Celia" KAUFMAN, daughter of Josel and Chava nee ALPEROVICH, and had children: Joseph (1890), Sara (1891), Max (1895), Gitel (1898), and Eva Leah (1903). He died in Brooklyn in 1936.

Joseph SHAPIRO remained single and died in Brooklyn, New York, in 1918.
Sara SHAPIRO married Abraham ABRAMOWITZ (changed to ABRAMS) from Slutzk, Russia, son of Jacob and Anna nee STRAUSS, in Woodridge, New York, in 1916 and had children: Eleanor (1917), Helen (1921), and Joseph Marvin (1928). Sarah died in February 1980 followed by Abraham in January 1987.

Eleanor ABRAMS married Bernard LICHT and died in 2004.
Helen ABRAMS married Charles BLAU and died in 2000.
Joseph Marvin ABRAMS died in 1998.

Max SHAPIRO married Gussie DOLINKA from Minsk, daughter of Benjamin and Mary nee EISENBERG, in Brooklyn in 1928 and had children, including: Rosalie Mae (1929). Gussie died in April 1973 followed by Max in Woodridge, New York, in July 1977.

Rosalie Mae SHAPIRO married Stephen A. MISHKIN, son of Milton and Josephine.

Gitel "Gussie" SHAPIRO married Samuel COHEN, son of Morris and Esther nee GOLDSTEIN, in Brooklyn in 1925 and had children, including: Joyce Marilyn (1926) and Marvin (c.1931). Samuel died in 1933 followed by Gussie on 9 March 1991.

Joyce Marilyn COHEN married Murray Samuel GERBER and died in Boca Raton, Florida, in 2001.

Eva "Evelyn" Leah SHAPIRO married Jacob KAUFMAN, son of William and Rebecca nee LEVY, in Brooklyn, New York, in 1924. Evelyn died in December 1971.

Bendet "Benjamin" SHAPIRO married Feiga "Fanny" GINETSISKI (1869) from Musninkai, daughter of Aron Kivel, in Vilna in 1894 and had children: Ida Dora (1895), Ette (1897), Zipe (1899), David (1902), and, possibly, Minnie. Benjamin immigrated to the United States in about 1904 with the rest of the family following in 1911. Fanny died in 1923. In the early 1940s, Benjamin moved to Los Angeles, California, where he died in 1944.

Ida Dora SHAPIRO married Abraham Aaron ZEPLOWITZ from Wilna, son of Hyman and Lina nee GITTELMAN, in 1923 and died in 1994.
Ette "Ethel" SHAPIRO married Benjamin SWITSKY from Ekaterinoslav, son of Morris and Gitel nee KATZ, in Brooklyn in 1918 and died in Brooklyn in 1946.
Zipe "Celia" SHAPIRO married Max BASS from Odessa, son of Jacob and Rebecca nee POLLACK, in Brooklyn in 1921 and died in Los Angeles, California, in 1996.
David SHAPIRO married Betty LEVENSON.

Jankel SHAPIRO married Malka (1825), daughter of Aron, and had a daughter, Basia (1848).

Research Notes

1. The 1889 New York marriage record of Jankel's son Wolf Shapiro lists his parents as Jake Shapiro and Mine Kaufman. From the 1875 Revision list of Kurents (for the village of Sloboda), we know that Jankel was born about 1829 (45 years old in the census). Assuming Mine is approximately the same age, she would be about the same generation as Josel Kaufman (born c. 1825, who also resided in Sloboda). Therefore, it is theorized that they were siblings and that she shares his parents: David and Zise. Further evidence for this connection can be found in naming patterns. Jankel and Mine had a son named David in 1865 (similar to Josel's son David born in 1863). Also Jankel's son Bendet's apparent first born son was named David, in 1902.

2. From Shapiro family tree

3. The 1900 Census of Wolf and Celia Shapiro shows a first born son, Jacob, 11 years old and born March 1889 (in addition to 10 year old Joseph born October 1889 and 8 year old Sarah born Dec 1891). However, there are no other records of this Jacob, including, most notably, in the 1890 census, which only shows 1 year old Joseph. Therefore, unless there is additional evidence, this entry seems to be a clerical error in the census record and not an additional child.

4. Possibly corresponds to the following family:

Abraham SHAPIRO married Sarah "Sonia, Sofia" SHLOSBERG and had children: Bella (1870), Aaron (1882), Fannia (1882), Joseph (1888), who immigrated to the United States from Russia.

Bella SHAPIRO married Benjamin BASS and died in the Bronx in 1945.
Aaron SHAPIRO married Esther FRANK in Manhattan in 1909.
Fannia SHAPIRO married Sam ALBERT in Manhattan in 1902.
Joseph SHAPIRO married Hannah FREIDMAN in Brooklyn in 1915.