Shimshon “Simon” Sobel

Born in Bialostok, Russian Empire. Records from Bialostok show name as Shamshon Sobol. Different records show birth years of 1827 and 1830. Death year may be 1873-1879. Wife: Sifra Esther "Sophie" Cohen Sobel (Memorial ID 213787984) {First wife was Gitlya - see below]. Children: Son was Samuel Sobel (MEMORIAL ID: 126680885). Daughters were Clara Rose (Haia Riza) Sobel Gitnig/Gitnick (MEMORIAL ID 165263346), Mollie (Malka) Sobel Trubitiz (MEMORIAL ID 81032644), and Mary (Miriam) Sobel Tamases (MEMORIAL ID 126047617). 1. The 1854 record [see photograph of record] shows that Shamshon Sobol is the son of Iosel and that record is cross-referenced to a 1850 record which shows that Iosel is the son of Tevel. 2. Iosel's sons in the 1853 census are Abram, Itzko, Nokhim, and Leiba. Shamshon may have already moved out by then as it seems he was married twice - once in the 1840s and once in the 1850s. "1853 List of Jewish male population of town Bialostok (age is recorded as of 1850). #87 in