Pacht & Steigman

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Newly found records

• Samuel Pacht’s wife’s mother, Male (Meli) Preschel, “wife of Seide Preschel of Dąbki”, died at Dąbki on 21 Jun 1896, aged 35 (record Confirmed; that she is Meli Korn Likely). Seide Preschel at Zastawna and Kriszczatek in 1909–11 — community board, a mill, a merchant (notices Confirmed; Likely him). The Pacht brothers’ firm in print as “Brüder Pacht” from Jan 1920 (Confirmed). Likely — AGAD Warsaw, Horodenka deaths 1896 · ANNO: Czernowitz papers 1909–11 · Ostjüdische Zeitung 1920
• Feige Buller née Steigman’s own stone at Rădăuți: died 10 Mar 1933. Shimon Buller (son of Shlomo Yehuda, d. 1932) added as Malka’s brother (Likely) with his wife Rosa née Rosner (d. 1924); Witie Lea Buller added as a daughter of Schloime Leib and Gitel (Confirmed, index). Confirmed — JOWBR, Rădăuți cemetery · Bukovina births index
• Chanze Klipper’s parents, Nute (Nathan) and Jetti Klipper of Wiznitz/Putilla; two more children of Shmuel Yitzchak and Chanze, Aharon (1886) and Bruche (1889–90). Confirmed — Bukovina births index, Dorna Kandreny
• Frații Pacht, the Pacht brothers’ shop at Hauptstraße 9, Czernowitz, 1922–29; Samuel Pacht’s 1919 engagement to Klara Preschel and his 1979 notice; Mendel’s widow Chana and brother-in-law Rav Salman Preschel — Likely two Pacht brothers married two Preschel sisters. A caution on Mendel’s card: an older Mendel Pacht lived at Dorna-Kandreny. Likely — DiFMOE: Czernowitz papers 1919–29, Die Stimme 1967, 1979
• Rivka Pacht, “daughter of R’ Mordechai Dov” (d. 1976, Holon), moved off the tree to the open leads: her link to Mordechai Berl Pacht rests on the names only (Possible). Possible — Tel Aviv–Jaffa burial society register (gravez.me), record 075E9C3B
• Malka Steigman née Buller confirmed from the Rădăuți cemetery register: died 9 Oct 1891 aged 48, born at Seletin. Three of her brothers and sisters added from their stones (Feige Rudich, Hersch Tzvi Dov, Asher Antshil). Confirmed — JOWBR, Rădăuți cemetery
• Ten Pacht and Perschel stones at Holon read from the burial society register’s photographs. Albert (Anshel) and his wife Rivka share one stone: “Anshel ben R’ Yaakov” and “Rivka bat Yosef”, so Albert is Jacob’s son (now Confirmed). Confirmed — Tel Aviv–Jaffa burial society register (gravez.me)
• Two Rivkas: Albert’s wife is Rivka bat Yosef (d. 1986). A second Rivka Pacht, “daughter of R’ Mordechai Dov” (d. 1976), had been mixed into her card; she is a Possible daughter of Jacob’s brother Mordechai Berl and is now listed among the open leads, not on the tree. Confirmed — Tel Aviv–Jaffa burial society register (gravez.me), two stones
• Samuel’s wife Chaya Tzirel, “daughter of R’ Chaim Dov Perschel” (d. 9 Aug 1968), and her sister Sprintza Kugler (d. 1976) added with their father. Yisrael Pacht (1902–1983), “ben Shmuel Yitzchak”, is Likely a son of Jacob’s brother Shmuel Yitzchak. Confirmed — Tel Aviv–Jaffa burial society register (gravez.me)
• Mordechai Berl Pacht, Jacob’s brother: born at Câmpulung on 25 Feb 1867 (house 574), son of Israel and Ester née Schieber — Câmpulung birth register (index). A memorial record gives Feb 1868; both kept. Confirmed — Bukovina vital records index (JewishGen): Câmpulung (Kimpolung) Jewish births, “Pecht, Mordko Beer”, 25 Feb 1867, house 574, parents Israel and Ester Schieber (Romanian National Archives, Suceava branch, birth register N1, p. 23)
• Anshel and Feige Steigman proven children of Mottel Steigman and Malka Buller; their families added. Confirmed — Bukovina vital records index: Neu-Fratautz and Rădăuți births
• Shlomo Pacht b. 9 Apr 1895, Poiana Stampei; m. Ester Schimmel 1922. Shmuel Yitzchak (b. c.1853) and Dvora (b. 1860) proven children of Israel and Ester. Confirmed — Bukovina vital records index
• Mandate citizenship files of Anna’s brothers: Dr Max Pacht (Afula physician, naturalized 7 Nov 1938) and Samuel Pacht (Jerusalem clerk, b. Sadău 7 Feb 1893, naturalized 1943), with their photos and Samuel’s wife’s. Confirmed — Israel State Archives, files M-6177/49 and M-6985/24
• Albert Pacht’s c. 1933 Romanian passport: b. Sadău 12 Dec 1889, with his wife Rifca (b. 2 Dec 1892) and daughter Renée, who is added to the tree (name only). Likely — Israel State Archives, file GL-57429/29
• Anshel Steigman’s memorial record names his parents Mordekhai and Malka and his wife née Vukher, so it is him: d. 1943, Transnistria. Mariem Henzie Rosner née Pacht: d. 1941, Mogilev (memorial book list). Confirmed — a memorial record (item 3904904) · Vatra Dornei memorial book
• Samuel’s wife’s maiden name explained: her brother Salomon (Rav Salman) Preschel, b. 1894 at Dabki, was the son of Chaim Dov Preschel and Meli née Korn; her own 1968 notice names him and her sister Sprinze Kugler. Confirmed — Arolsen Red Line cards (JewishGen index) · Die Stimme, 1 Sep 1968
• Mendel’s wife Etel: daughter of Seide Preschel (d. 1922) and Rachel née Gottesmann (d. Suceava 8 Mar 1935, aged 73); Seide Likely = R’ Chaim Dov. Likely — Ostjüdische Zeitung, 17 Mar 1935, p. 4
• Shmuel Yitzchak and Chanze’s children Jankel (1877) and Abraham Salamon (1884); Berl Hammer and Chaje Pacht’s children Jacob, Mortko Leib, Mendel and Ettel; Mordechai Markus Pacht’s gravestone (aged 66). Confirmed — Bukovina vital records index (JewishGen) · bezikaron.co.il

Leads still being checked

These are possibilities only. They are not on the tree until a record proves them.

• Samuel’s wife: her stone names her “daughter of R’ Chaim Dov Perschel”; the 1919 marriage and 1943 file give Chaje Cirl née Korn. Now explained: Korn was her mother Meli’s surname (Likely). Possible
• Binyamin (Benno) Pacht, “ben R’ Avraham” (d. Holon 1969), perhaps a son of Jacob’s brother Abraham, and Sara Litman (d. Holon 1986): Possible, on the pending list. Possible