Re: [Cz-L] our origins

Some years ago, I wrote a short article about the history of Jewish
settlement in Bukovina and Czernowitz. This article is on our Ehpes website,
in the section "Stories, Histories & Documents", under the name:
"History of Jewish settlement in the Bukowina and Czernowitz
from 1776 till 1914"
I did no original research for this article, but base it on information,
I found in various books.

Some excerpts from this article:

Till 1774-75, Bukowina was part of Ottoman Moldavia.
A small population of mostly Sephardic Jews lived in the area.

Shortly after annexation by Austria and incorporation into the province
of Galicia, the 1776 census recorded the Jewish population
of the Bukowina as 2906 people.

During the years 1780 - 1790, small Jewish farmsteads first appear
in the Bukowina.

>From 1816 (for many years), Jews could settle in the Bukowina only
if given individual residence permits.
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Some numbers to consider:
In 1850 the Jewish population of the Bukovina numbered 14,581 people
In 1880 the Jewish population of the Bukovina numbered 67,418 people

Quite reasonably, we may assume that the 67,418 Jews who lived in the
Bukovina in 1880 were mostly not the descendants of those 2906 who
had lived there in 1776, but rather, the descendants of Jews who had moved
into the province from Galicia, Besarabia and Romania.
That is why not many of us can claim Sephardic descent.

I can trace some of my ancestors to the 18th century and earlier, but I will
leave this to another time,

Mimi

On 4/18/12 9:06 AM, "Charles Rosner" <frenchczern1_at_yahoo.com> wrote:

> [Please post in Plain Text --thanks]
>
> Hi Merle! And Hi Hardy!
> From what I read, you are both right:
> It=E2=80=99s not a rumor, the very first Jews to settle in Bukowina were Se=
> phardim,=C2=A0as evidenced by some Jewish tombstones. But in those times, t=
> he population of Bukowina was very small, as was the number of Jewish famil=
> ies, and that is why we do not speak Ladino.
> Then, Jewish traders coming from the West (from today=E2=80=99s Germany and=
> later from Poland-Lithuania) reached Bukowina; some settled, starting smal=
> l businesses, etc. Some others, who at first had gone further East and Nort=
> h, came back to Bukowina. Of course, Khmelnitski murdered a lot of Jews in =
> Ukraine and Poland, but Bukowina didn=E2=80=99t have yet so many Jews. At t=
> he time the province was taken over by the Habsburg, Sadagura was a small R=
> ussian coins factory with many Jewish workers. It is only in the 19th centu=
> ry that 3 or 4 important immigration waves took place, be it =C2=A0because =
> of better (or less bad) social conditions for Jews in Galicia, or because o=
> f the pogroms in Russia and elsewhere.
> Those of us who are able to trace their ancestors back to the 18th or 17th =
> century (or even further) are very lucky, because most Jewish records of th=
> ese times have disappeared for obvious reasons. I know, for instance, that =
> my Rosner branch came early 19th century from the neighborhood of Kolomea, =
> but I can prove it only to Wiznitz around 1825-35; other ancestors (the Pic=
> ker) were early 19th century in Sadagura and others in Zaleszcsyki (the Wag=
> ner, late 19th century), etc.
> Regards,
> Charles

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