Helen Daug of Shender

Helen Daug of Shender

Female 1875 - 1929  (54 years)

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  • Name Helen Daug of Shender  [1
    • She is on the Rezekne Family List as Wigaila, wife of Michel and daughter of Schender, age 28 in 1903.
    • She is in the 1920 Federal Census for Chicago with the Name of Helen Horwitz, age 42, born in Russia, came to the US in 1906.
    • Wigaila is an unusual feminine first name. I have gone through Alexander Beider's book on given names and the closest I can come right now is Feyge which is similar to the German word vogel meaning bird and the Yiddish word for bird as well. It is a calque of the biblical name Zipporah which is the English version of the Hebrew name Tsipoyre which means bird in Hebrew.

      The other women in our family named Zippa or some name similar to this are also named bird.

      Helen is of Greek origin and means ray of shining light.

      Dave Howard
      Aug 2007
    Nickname Wigaila, Gahlie 
    Born 1875 
    Gender Female 
    Died 16 May 1929  Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • There is a burial record for Helen Hurwitz in the Jewish Gen Online Worldwide Burial Registery - USA - Illinois. It says she died on 16 May 1929 and died at age 53, indicating a birth year of 1876. She is right next to Max and Henry H in Ostrover Section 1 Lot 1203 Grave 2 Rw 3, ID#25220 Maint Acct # 1S8923 Death cert. # 6015164. She is in the Waldheim Cemetery, USA-0114, Ostrover (Section 1 Gate 109, Section 2 Gate 110A, Section 3 Gate 120), in Forest Park, IL, 1400 South Des Plaines. The Landsmanshaft Info: Ostrow Mazowiecka, Poland.
    Buried Waldheim Cemetery, Forest Park, IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • If she died in 1929 then we have not identified the woman correctly in the 1939 photo at the Dorin home and attached to this record.
      Dave Howard Sep 2006
    Person ID I0491  Complete
    Last Modified 19 Aug 2007 

    Father Schender 
    Family ID F3884  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Max Hurwitz,   b. 22 Apr 1875, Horwitz Family Residence, Rezekne, Latgale, Latvia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 July 1944, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years) 
    Children 
     1. Maud DePercy,   b. 1335, Alnwick, Northumberland, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Feb 1379, Durham, Durham, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 44 years)
    +2. George Hurwitz,   b. Abt 1905, Horwitz Family Residence, Rezekne, Latgale, Latvia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1979  (Age ~ 73 years)
    +3. Paul Hurwitz, MD,   b. 14 Aug 1907, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Jul 1986, Skokie, Cook, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)
     4. Bernard Hurwitz,   b. Abt 1909, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Henry H Hurwitz,   b. Abt 1914, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Sep 1941, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 27 years)
    Census Records
    U.S. Census Chicago, Cook, IL 1920:  Max Hurwitz Family
    U.S. Census Chicago, Cook, IL 1920: Max Hurwitz Family
    They were living on Kendal Street in Chicago
    Last Modified 9 Aug 2006 
    Family ID F352  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsDied - 16 May 1929 - Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Waldheim Cemetery, Forest Park, IL Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S3] Rezekne Family, Family 138 (Reliability: 3).