Former Residents of Mir

In the village of Mir, there are few reminders of our ancestors. The cemetery has been reclaimed, but most of the gravestones were destroyed during and after WWII. Many of the wooden houses, seen in old photos, were burned down. The remaining stone synagogues and schools are no longer used for their original purposes.

Here we can remember former residents with photos. Everyone pictured below was from a Mir family. Most were born in Mir. A few people have two parents from Mir, but were born after the family left Mir.

Perhaps we can find family resemblances, even if the records of relationships no longer exist. (see notes below)

Joseph Jacobson (1869 Mir-1932 NY) Photo 1897. Brooklyn, NY Left Mir about 1886 for Des Moines, Iowa. (click on photo to see family tree)	Malka/Mollie Jacobson Chapman (1859 Mir-1957 Des Moines, IA) wife of Isaac Jacob Chapman of Mir. Sister of Joseph Jacobson	Hayman (Chaim) Toubes (1866 Mir-1954 Iowa) came to Des Moines, Iowa before 1889 (see note below)	Pauline Rabinowitz Toubes (wife of Hayman Toubes) came to Des Moines, Iowa 1900
Benjamin Toubes (1900 Mir-1987 Calif.) (son of Pauline and Hyman Toubes) came to Des Moines, Iowa 1900	Abraham Akiba Toubes (1907 - 1993) (son of Pauline and Hyman Toubes)	Chaim Rabinovitz (father of Pauline Rabinowitz Toubes)	Moshe Mirsky and Eva Pogorelsky ~1936 Click photo for details
Solomon Jacobson, great grandfather of Leah Garber click photos for more pictures and family story	Shoshana Davidson Jacobson, wife of Solomon	Masha Garber, Zelda Garber and Moshe Garber, grandchildren of Solomon and Shoshana Jacobson
Moshe Greenberg, born in 1906 in Mir. Photo around 1936 when he left for Israel. Click photo for more photos and documents.	Unknown Postowski wife of Berkov Pastowski	Berkov Postowski (Born abt. 1850-?)	Berko Postowski, son of Reuven Postowski and Rivka Harkawe abt 1925. (Click on photo to read about the family)
Emanuel Simon (b. 1911 Mir) (was Mordchai Simakowsky) came to NY 1912 (click on photo to see some of his original documents)	Esther-Malka (Epstein) and Isaac Simakowsky with son Mordchai (Emanuel Simon) in 1912 more photos	Dov-Ber (Berel) Eskolsky (mid 1800s - 1920), descended from the gaon R. Yehuda Leib Mirkes, was the father of Yaakov, Miram, Aharon, Isadore, Ike, Abraham, Joseph and Sophie (Click to see family photo, read about members of the Eskolsky family in translations from the Yizkor Book and see additional pictures.)	R. Yaakov Eskolsky (1875-1931) was born in Mir. (click photo for more information)
Sors Risza Buniewicka (b. 1910 Mir). See Birth Certificate	Fruma-Ethel Harkavy Buniewicka Mother of Sora Risza Buniewicka	Rachil Amdursky, mother of Nyna Polumbaum Click on photo to see more pictures and read some history of the Amdursky family of Mir	Beylke Amdursky, aunt of Nyna Polumbaum
Chaim Galver, father of Sasha Galver, photo 1937 in Mir Documents	Sonia Galver (center) and schoolmates Click on photo to see pages from Galver and Charny family album	Israel Resell, who was kiled 13 Aug. 1942 in the Mir Getto. Cousin of Israel Shifron and Sasha Galver	Solly Marcus, born 1920 in Mir is the uncle of Brian Marcus Click on photo to see his school class and teachers as well as his family in Mir and South Africa.
Israel Chanan Kopelowicz Eileen Fridman's grandfather	Tzila Kopelowicz ( Zakheim)	Mendel Kopelowicz 1938	Michael Kopelowicz 1935
From the Palestine Immigrant Certificate for Morduch Peker (click to see that document and his Polish passport.)	Genia Reizin, who married Morduch Peker Click photo to see larger image, Reizin family photos, passports and Palestine Immigrant Certificates.	Yankel Solovachik, 1900, Mir Click photo to see larger image and other pictures of the Solovachik family	Chaya Soreh Reznick Solovachik, the wife of Yankef Solovachick. Photo takin around 1900 in Mir.
Menashe Zinkin, son of Yossel Zinkin/Cynkin and Bluma (Click on any photo in this row to learn about the Zinkin, Toubes and Sinaisky families of Mir) Shlomo Sinaisky/Sinai, grandfather of Julian Sinai. Michle Zinkin Sinaisky, grandmother of Julian Sinai Chiene Zinkin Toubes Kalmen Toubes
Picture notes Hayman Toubes's father, Benjamin HELFANT went to live with another family in Mir, named Toubes because they did not have a son. If he were adopted as their son, he would not be drafted into the Russian army. Hayman Toubes, Joseph Jacobson and Solomon Jacobson were cousins who all went to Iowa. Links to group photos from Mir Zionist Socialists of Mir 1905-1906 School Children in Mir 1920-1926 Mir Photos taken in the years between the Wars Group Photos 1934 to 1938 General Notes Some pictures were extracted from interesting old group pictures. Click in the center of the bordered photos to go to the original image or for more information. Some links are to scans of original documents. Where possible, there is an e-mail link to someone with more information about the photo.