Introduction

Goworowo is located in the province of Ostroleckie, at 21º36 52º56, 17 km from the town of Rozan; 22 km from the town of Ostroleka; and 126 km NNE of Warsaw. The earliest known Jewish community dates from the 18th century. In 1921, the Jewish population was 1,085. The present town population is between 1,000-5,000 people, with no Jews.

1. Shalom¹ Zweiback was born in Poland. He married Shaina Golda (--?--). He died in Poland.

Children of Shalom¹ Zweiback and Shaina Golda (--?--) were as follows:

• 2. i. Mordechai Menachem (Max)², born 10 Apr 1880 in Lomza, Poland; married Rivka Domb.

• 3. ii. Pinchas, born in Goworowo, Ostroleckie, Poland; married Liba Hadas 'Ida' (Libodis) Oronofsky.

• 4. iii. Yaakov Yosef, born in Poland; married Alte (--?--).

• 5. iv. Chava Leah, born 1887 in Poland; married Sholom (Samuel) Stelling.

2. Mordechai Menachem (Max)² Zweiback (Shalom¹Zweiback) was born on 10 Apr 1880 in Lomza, Poland. He married Rivka Domb, daughter of Binyamin Yaakov Domb and Yochevet Leah ?, on 17 Jan 1899 in Przetycz, Poland. He died on 21 Jan 1947 in Omaha, NE, USA, at age 66.

He immigrated on 13 Sep 1904 to New York City.

Children of Mordechai Menachem (Max)² Zweiback and Rivka Domb were as follows:

• 6. i. Sam J. (Yaakov Shalom)³, born 31 Jan 1908 in Goworowo,Poland; married Gertrude (Gitl) Kaplan.

• 7. ii. Joseph L. (Yussl Ella), born 14 Jul 1910 in Omaha NE; married Rose (Raisl) Stein.

• 8. iii. Minnie (Mindl), born 15 Oct 1911 in Omaha, NE, USA; married David W. (David) Frank.

• 9. iv. Anne (Chana), born 9 May 1913 in Omaha, NE, USA; married Arthur (Usher) Grossman.

• 10. v. Evelyn (Chava Leah), born 15 Nov 1914 in Omaha, NE, USA; married Saul William (Sucher) Fellman.

• 11. vi. Fred (Yisrael Itzhak), born 3 Jun 1918 in Omaha, NE, USA; married Gladys (Golda) Ehrenberg.

3. Pinchas² Zweiback (Shalom¹) was born in Goworowo, Ostroleckie, Poland. He married Liba Hadas 'Ida' (Libodis) Oronofsky, daughter of Hershel Zvi Oronofsky and Chaya Sara ? He died in 1927 in NY, USA.

Children of Pinchas² Zweiback and Liba Hadas 'Ida' (Libodis) Oronofsky were as follows:

• 12. i. Sam (Sholom)³, born 1908 in Goworowo, Ostroleckie, Poland.

• 13. ii. Sara Ida

• 14. iii. Isaac 'Izhik' (Izik Leib), born 13 Oct 1910 in Goworowo, Ostroleckie, Poland; married Helen (Chana) Plotkin.

4. Yaakov Yosef² Zweiback (Shalom¹) was born in Poland. He married Alte (--?--). He died in Poland.

Children of Yaakov Yosef² Zweiback and Alte (--?--) were as follows:

• 15. i. Chana Leah³, born 1897 in Goworowo, Ostroleckie, Poland.

• ii. Male, name not known, died in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

  He was Married but childless.

• iii. Male, name not known, Presumed killed, with his family, in holocaust.

• iv. Male, name not known, Presumed killed, with his family, in holocaust.

5. Chava Leah² Zweiback (Shalom¹) was born in 1887 in Poland. She married Sholom (Samuel) Stelling, son of Yehuda Leib Stelling and unknown (--?--), in 1905 in Poland. She died on 1 Jun 1965 in Brooklyn, NY.

Children of Chava Leah² Zweiback and Sholom (Samuel) Stelling all born in Goworowo, Ostroleckie, Poland, were as follows:

• i. Abram³ was born in 1906. He died in 1933 in Denver, CO, USA.

  He immigrated on 1 Dec 1923 to New York, New York.

• ii. Dvora (Dora) was born on 10 May 1910. She died on 11 Apr 1995 in Brooklyn, NY, at age 84.

• 16. iii. Chaya Gitl (Ida), born 15 Nov 1910; married Shmuel (Samuel) Edelstein.

• iv. Itzhak (Isadore) was born in 1912. He died on 21 Feb 1964 in Brooklyn, NY.

• 17. v. Feiga Perl, born 15 Nov 1914; married Chaim (Hyman) Seidman.

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