JewGenPEDIA (Erlich/Goldberg)

ERLICH (Эрлих) / GOLDBERG (Голдберг)

Abraham ERLICH (1769 -1839) (Izrael {Jankiel} & Chaja) Leja (Dawid)	Dawid GOLDBERG (1790-1848) Ryfka Lea LATOWICKI (Major {Moszko, Perla} & Frejda {Berek})	Szmul (1817), Ezriel (1819), Frejda (1824), Chaja Eta, Chaim Szulim (1829), Moszko (1833), Abraham (1840), Sura (1841), Brandla (1845)
	Szandla (1802) Herszko CUKIER (Beniamin Leybowicz & Eta)	Bina Ruchla (1824), Ester (1826), Frajdla (1829), Benjamin (1833)
	Szmul NISENBAUM (Icyk & Ita)	Abraham Icyk (1846), Moszko Leyb (1849)
Bajla WEINMAN ( -1845) (Jankiel & Ryfka)	Izrael (1822) Touba CUKIER (Josef Beniowicz & Chawa)

Abraham ERLICH (1769), son of Izrael, son of Jankiel, and Chaja, first married Leja, daughter of Dawid, and had children: Dawid (1790) and Szandla (1802). After Leja died, Abraham married Bajla WEINMAN, daughter of Jankiel and Ryfka, and had children: Izrael (1822). Abraham died in Lukow in 1839 followed by Bajla in 1845.

Dawid GOLDBERG¹ married Ryfka Lea LATOWICKI, daughter of Major and Frejda, in Seroczyn in 1816 and had children: Szmul (1817), Ezriel (1819), and Frejda (1824) in Seroczyn; Chaja Eta [likely]², Chaim Szulim (1829), Moszko (1833), Abraham (1840), Sura (1841), and Brandla (1845). Dawid died in Lukow in 1848.

Ezriel GOLDBERG died as a child in Seroczyn in 1821.
Chaja Eta GOLDBERG married Wolf LATOWICKI, son of Major and Frejda, and had children: Abraham (1844) and Jojna Lejb (1851).
Chaim Szulim GOLDBERG married Frajdla CUKIER, daughter of Herszko and Szandla, in Lukow in 1848 and had children: Dawid Hersz (1849), Bajla Frejda (1853), Chana Jenta (1857), Perla (1859), Majer (1861), Giecel (1863), Ayzyk (1868), Josef (1868), and Lea Rifka (1870). Frajdla died in Lukow in 1886 followed by Chaim Szulim in 1904.

Perla GOLDBERG died as an infant in Lukow in 1860.
Majer GOLDBERG died as an infant in Lukow in 1861.
Giecel GOLDBERG died as a child in Lukow in 1866.
Josef GOLDBERG died in Lukow in 1886.

Moszko GOLDBERG married Fayga SZPEKIELMAN, daughter of Herszko and Ester, in Lukow in 1851 and had children: Dawid (1856), Judka (1866).

Dawid GOLDBERG died as a child in Lukow in 1872.

Abraham GOLDBERG died as a child in Lukow in 1847.
Sura GOLDBERG married Josek FINKIELSZTEJN, son of Zanwel and Chana, in Lukow in 1858 and had children: Laja (1868). She died as a widow in Lukow in 1869.

Szandla ERLICH married Herszko CUKIER (1805), son of Beniamin Leybowicz and Eta, in Lukow in 1823, and had children: Bina Ruchla (1824), Ester (1826), Frajdla (1829), and Benjamin (1833). After Herszko's death, Szandla married Szmul NISENBAM, son of Icyk and Ita, in Lukow in 1844 and had children: Abraham Icyk (1846) and Moszko Leyb (1849). Szandla died in Lukow in 1861.
Izrael ERLICH married Touba CUKIER (niece of the above Herszko), daughter of Josef Beniowicz and Chawa, in Lukow in 1840.

Research Notes

1. Dawid Goldberg's death record confirms that his father had the different surname of Erlich. The reason for the distinction is unknown; however, since Dawid had his own family by the time permanent surnames were adopted in the early 1820s, he likely had the option to choose his own surname.

2. It is known from Chaja's son Wolf Latowicki's 1891 death record in Stoczek that Chaja had the maiden surname of Goldberg. She was the second wife of Wolf and appears to have begun having children in 1844. Therefore, it is hypothesized that she was born in the 1820s (her birth record has not yet been found). Wolf's sister Ryfka married Dawid Goldberg, son of Abraham Erlich (see 1816 marriage record above). This suggests that Chaja's birth family is likely connected with Dawid (as seen above, there were often multiple marriages between families). Another piece of evidence is that the name of Chaja's apparent first son in 1844 is Abraham, likely named after a maternal ancestor (Dawid's father Abraham died in 1839). Because of this, Chaja was originally thought to have been a daughter of Abraham. However, Abraham's other children used the surname Erlich. Therefore, it is now hypothesized that Chaja Eta was, in fact, a daughter of Dawid and Ryfka Goldberg (possibly born around 1826), providing her maiden surname of Goldberg. Note that Abraham Erlich's mother was named Chaja, so it is likely that Dawid would have had a daughter named after his paternal grandmother. Also, the apparent first born daughter of Chaja's son Wolf Latowicki was named Lea Riva, likely named after Chaja's mother, Ryfka Lea.
While her birth record has not been found, it is noted that Chaim Szulim and Moszko Goldberg, known sons of Dawid and Ryfka, born about 1829 and 1833 in Lukow, respectively, appear only in their marriage records (their birth records also do not appear to have been recorded in the records of Lukow). There are many instances of births not being recorded for various reasons (e.g., sickness of the parents).
This relationship, if correct, would have made Chaja the niece of her husband Wolf (daughter of Wolf's sister Rywka) -- nevertheless, this was not unheard of for the time.