Cherlin Family: Meir Tzirlin

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Dusiat (Dusetos), Lithuania

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Biographical information:

The following appears to apply to the 1920's, roughly. The area is the Kaunas (Kovno) gubernia.

In Dusetos, like in the other prevalently Jewish townlets, there were peddlers, shoemakers, tailors, smiths and other tradesmen, and also butchers. There was only one furrier and one wood joiner (carpenter). Abba “Der Ilgishiler” was the only carpenter in the shtetl. In later years he went blind, however he continued to work at his trade. Lozer was the local potter. His wares were sold both at the local market and at those of towns and shtetlach in the area. Another admirable person was Dr. Druyan who went to Israel. Meir Tzirlin was a learned man who traded in tailoring cloth, and then parted for America. Abba Shlomovitz, the son of the late Reverend Shlomovitz, went off to Johannesburg where he wrote several books.

Source: Yizkor book for Rokiskis (JewishGen), in the chapter on Novoalexandrovsk, cited here.

See also: Rokiskis

Created January 2004