names and professions often live in symbiosis.
The German 'Kappe' means 'cap' and 'Kappele' is the regional diminutiv: a small cap, kind of a hat
And the one who makes it - is a 'Kappelmacher'.
In lists in Czernowitz' archives I found a lot of people whose jobs were 'modistă', 'pălărier' = 'Kappelmacher' in Austrian times.
Hope it helps a bit.
Marion
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Perhaps someone in the group can clear up a mystery for me.
While researching my maternal great-grandfather Rubin( Riwen) Meschel who lived in Czernowitz til 1913, I found conflicting listings for him on the CZ. Databases. His profession is shown as schneider( tailor) in the 1898 directory and mutzenmacher ( hat maker ? ) in 1909.
Further ,there is this listing in the death database presumably for Riwen's 2 children
39 MESCHEL Berl Kapelmachers Riwen - 27/Oktober/1879 278-279 402 Früh 4 Uhr Death
40 MESCHEL Abraham David Kappelmachers Riwen - 15/Mai/1878 93-94 - NMonths Death
which seems to indicate Kapelmacher as a profession.
Then for birth records,Kappelmacher( with 2 p's) is shown as a family name as follows :
KAPPELMACHER Rosel Riwe?eschel VII 1879 32 367 Birth
I don't know who Rosel Kappelmacher is or Rosel Meschel but Riwen Meschel seems to be indicated as father. Is the word Kappelmacher a name or a profession ? Is this a mistake ?
Les Gluck
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