Afroim Horwitz

Afroim Horwitz

Male Abt 1788 - 1880  (~ 92 years)

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  • Name Afroim Horwitz 
    Nickname Afroim Gurvitch 
    Born Abt 1788  Horwitz Family Residence, Rezekne, Latgale, Latvia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 14 Jan 1880  Rezekne, Latgale, Lavia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • In the table of deaths in Rezekne in 1880 translated by Christine Usdin there is a death reported for Abram Gurvich son of Genukh. He was 85 at the time of his death indicating a birth date of about 1795. The note says the cause of death was old age and that he was from Rezekne originally.
      http://usdine.free.fr/deathsrezekneeighty.html
      Dave Howard May 4, 2013
    Notes 
    • Afroim is inferred from the 1897 census. There is an entry for Henoch son of Afroim. We are guessing that this Afroim had a father named Henoch and that he was not a son of Shevel. Time and research will tell us if we have the right connection here.

      His son Henoch was listed as 85 in the 1897 census which would give a year of birth for Henoch of about 1812. Assuming Afroim was 24 years old (wild guess) then Afroim would have been born about 1788.

      He could be the son of Shevel but Shevel would have been only 17 years old. Of course if Afroim was 21 when Henoch was born then Shevel would have been 21 when Afroim was born.

      Who knows if Henoch, the father of Shevel, is really the same Henoch?
    Person ID I7705  Complete
    Last Modified 4 May 2013 

    Father Henoch Horwitz,   b. 1745, Horwitz Family Residence, Rezekne, Latgale, Latvia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F3391  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Children 
    +1. Leiser Horwitz,   b. 1813, Horwitz Family Residence, Rezekne, Latgale, Latvia Find all individuals with events at this location
    +2. Henoch Horowitz,   b. 1817, Horwitz Family Residence, Rezekne, Latgale, Latvia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 3 Oct 2005 
    Family ID F3403  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
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  • Documents
    yDNA Haplogroup Q-F1680 (Probably) +L245 +M378 +L275 +L232 + M242
    yDNA Haplogroup Q-F1680 (Probably) +L245 +M378 +L275 +L232 + M242
    David Howard and Jeff Horwitz have have their yDNA tested and we are both are in Haplogroup Q which probably evolved in Siberia about 20,000 years ago. About 4% of Northern European Jewish (Ashkenazim) men are in this group. Only Jewish men appear to have markers +L245 and +F1680. So far not many other Horwitz families have this marker. There is a lot of speculation how this got into the Jewish family. Only Jewish men have this marker in the Northern European population.
    History of Horwitz Surname
    History of Horwitz Surname
    Article on Horwitz Surname by Dr. Alexander Beider