Solotvin - A story of a Galician Schtetl

Street in Solotvin, postcard.
Solotvin cemetery
The market Place in Solotvin, photograph, 1930's
Rabbi Yoel Babad and family, 1930's

Sobel family

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FAMILY MEMBERS

Shmarya (Schmerl) Sobel

Shmarya (Schmerl) Sobel

Name: 
Shmarya (Schmerl)
Last name: 
Sobel

Children

Binyamin Sobel 1852 to 1904
Community: 
Additional information: 

Additional children:

Yehoshuha

Israel

Jeruchim

Anna

Binyamin Sobel

Binyamin Sobel

Name: 
Binyamin
Last name: 
Sobel
Born in: 
Dolina
Date of birth: 
1852
Date of death: 
1904
Father's name: 
Shmarya (Schmerl)

Children

Hizkiyahu Feiwel Sodel 1875 to 1956
Community: 
Additional information: 

According to the business registrar of 1891 in Solotvin he was a merchant of cadle. He and his brothers were traders of fur and leathers and this is probably the origin of the family name Sable=Sobel.

He had three brothers: Yehoshuha, Israel, Jeruchim and one sister, Anna.

Additional children:

Schmerl Sobel - Married to Perl Sobel (maiden name: Kawaller)

Schmerl and Perl's children: 

Isidore Yitzhak 1885-1975

Clara 1885-1901

Anna Chana 1903-1942; married Meir Leib Konigl

Mina

Binyamin

Surcha

Yurchim

Ester

Sam Shimin

Sadie

Izidor Yitzhak

 

 

 

Freida Rachel Sobel

Freida Rachel Sobel

Name: 
Freida Rachel
Last name: 
Sobel
Date of birth: 
1852
Date of death: 
1944
Father's name: 
Eliezer Reisel
Spouse: 

Children

Hizkiyahu Feiwel Sodel 1875 to 1956
Community: 
Additional information: 

Maiden name: Reizel

Additional children:

Schmerl Sobel - Married to Perl Sobel (maiden name: Kawaller)

Schmerl and Perl's children: 

Isidore Yitzhak 1885-1975

Clara 1885-1901

Anna Chana 1903-1942; married Meir Leib Konigl

Mina

Binyamin

Surcha

Yurchim

Ester

Sam Shimin

Sadie

Izidor Yitzhak

 

Hizkiyahu Feiwel Sodel

Hizkiyahu Feiwel Sodel

Name: 
Hizkiyahu Feiwel
Last name: 
Sodel
Born in: 
Dolina
Date of birth: 
August 13, 1875
Date of death: 
April 09, 1956
Father: 
Father's name: 
Binyamin
Mother's name: 
Freida Rachel
Spouse: 
Community: 
Additional information: 

Feivel Sobel married Esther Sobel of the Kern family. See the Kern family page

Feivel was a Rabbi and a trader. In WWI he served as a medical assistant soldier in the medical force of the Austrian army. He was hurt when a train he was riding was bombed.

He immigrated to the United States in 1926 or 1927 and worked with his brothers to make enough means to bring his wife and children.

 

   

Ester Sobel

Ester Sobel

Name: 
Ester
Last name: 
Sobel
Date of birth: 
1878
Father: 
Father's name: 
Abraham Abush
Mother: 
Mother's name: 
Debora
Community: 
Additional information: 

Maiden name: Kern. 

Her husband and children are on the Sobel family page

Mendel Sobel

Mendel Sobel

Name: 
Mendel
Last name: 
Sobel
Born in: 
Solotvyn
Date of birth: 
1900
Father's name: 
Hizkiyahu Feiwel
Mother: 
Mother's name: 
Ester
Community: 

Sigmund Sobel

Sigmund Sobel

Name: 
Sigmund
Last name: 
Sobel
Born in: 
Solotvyn
Date of birth: 
December 20, 1901
Date of death: 
1966
Father's name: 
Hizkiyahu Feiwel
Mother: 
Mother's name: 
Ester
Community: 

Max Sobel

Max Sobel

Name: 
Max
Last name: 
Sobel
Born in: 
Solotvyn
Date of birth: 
August 16, 1903
Father's name: 
Hizkiyahu Feiwel
Mother: 
Mother's name: 
Ester
Community: 
Additional information: 

Immigrated to the Unitee States in 1921.

Documented in the Civil registry  of 1930 - place of resisdence: Brooklyn (Districts 1001-1250), Kings, New York, USA

 

Benjamin Sobel

Benjamin Sobel

Name: 
Benjamin
Last name: 
Sobel
Born in: 
Solotvyn
Date of birth: 
August 30, 1905
Father's name: 
Hizkiyahu Feiwel
Mother: 
Mother's name: 
Ester
Community: 

Leisor Eliezer Sobel

Leisor Eliezer Sobel

Name: 
Leisor Eliezer
Last name: 
Sobel
Born in: 
Solotvyn
Date of birth: 
July 02, 1907
Father's name: 
Hizkiyahu Feiwel
Mother: 
Mother's name: 
Ester
Community: 

Fischel Philip Fischel Sobel

Fischel Philip Fischel Sobel

Name: 
Fischel Philip Fischel
Last name: 
Sobel
Born in: 
Solotvyn
Date of birth: 
March 01, 1909
Father's name: 
Hizkiyahu Feiwel
Mother: 
Mother's name: 
Ester
Community: 

Anna Dacks

Anna Dacks

Name: 
Anna
Last name: 
Dacks
Born in: 
Solotvyn
Date of birth: 
December 19, 1912
Father's name: 
Hizkiyahu Feiwel
Mother: 
Mother's name: 
Ester
Spouse's name: 
Morris Dacks
Community: 

Leon Yehuda Leib Sobel

Leon Yehuda Leib Sobel

Name: 
Leon Yehuda Leib
Last name: 
Sobel
Born in: 
Solotvyn
Date of birth: 
December 03, 1914
Father's name: 
Hizkiyahu Feiwel
Mother: 
Mother's name: 
Ester
Community: 

Dorothy Glickler

Dorothy Glickler

Name: 
Dorothy
Last name: 
Glickler
Born in: 
Solotvyn
Date of birth: 
April 26, 1919
Father's name: 
Hizkiyahu Feiwel
Mother: 
Mother's name: 
Ester
Community: 
Additional information: 

Maiden name: Sobel 

FAMILY DOCUMENTS

Petition for citizenship in U.S.A of Feivel and Esther Sobel

Author:
Feivel Sobel
Document Type:
Protocol
Date:
February 01, 1928
Description:

This document is a pittion of Feivel Sobel for permanent residence in the United States. The pittion gives the names and dates of birth of his wife Frieda Rachel Sobel and thier children. 

 

 

File:
Feivel and Esther Sobel petition for citizenship - pdf.pdf

Fifteenth census of the United States - 1930

Author:
Department of Commerce - Bureau of the census
Document Type:
Statute
Date:
April 16, 1930
Description:

The document mentiones the Sobel family from Solotvin members from line 72 to line 79.

 

File:
Fifteenth census of the United States - 1930.pdf