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The Rakuzhin Family Tree we have older lines but this is the present known direct line
Direct descendency
Of Abraham Ber
Efroim Rakuzhin
b. abt. 1753
in Lithuania
d. bef. 1800
m. Unknown
Ruvel Rakuzhin Yankel Rakuzhin Leiba Rakuzhin
Abt. 1780 b. 1770 b. 1781
in Lithuania
m. Rivka daughter of Faivel
b. 1786 in Zagare
Khaim Rakuzhin Ruvel Rakuzhin Markus Rak. Efroim Rak. & others
b. 1793 b. 1818 b. 1812 b 1800
in Lithuania
m. Pese b. 1809
Sister Fruma Rakuzhin b. 1842
Faivel Rakuzhin (My great great Grandfather)
b. 1845
Brother Hatskel Rakuzhin b. 1847
in Zagare, Lithuania
m. Gite bat Hersh
March
2006: We have
now determined that Faivel (also known as Philip is the UK) is the
father of Abraham by locating the gravestone of Abraham in Glasgow and seeing
who his fathers name was. I took a DNA test to locate the line
(DNA CHART HERE) and establish the line further back to the 16th
century.
Philip Morrison is the Grandson of Abrahams brother Hyman and he now has his
own page on this website Click this line to go there
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These are the Gravestones of our Great Grandfather and Grandmother
The Glasgow family
There were three brothers, Abraham, Hyman and Morris. We do not have any information on the two listed sisters at this point (March 2009)
Abraham and his brother Hyman.
We
do not have a picture of Morris at this time.
Abraham
Coussins
b. 12/10/1869 in Zagare, Lithuania (Kovno) m. Mina (Stagel –probably Stakol) d. Glasgow, Scotland
However we also have a record that Abraham
married
Milly(Amelia)
Moscovitch Murnik and that she was the mother of the following children.;
This will be cleared up at some point. My father Jack always wore her
wedding ring which I passed
on to my daughter Rebecca. Inside is inscribed Milly.
Children
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Judah |
Hannah |
Fanny (Fay |
Barnet |
Bessie |
Leah |
Thomas |
Louis |
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b. 1907 |
b. 1905 |
b. 1902 |
b. 1900 |
b. 1897 |
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M |
M: Johnny Pelosi |
M: |
M: Fred Babbin |
M- Epple |
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Children |
Children, Anthony |
Children |
Children |
Children, David |
Danny Died 1948 Danny had one chid |
Children, Jack, Leslie, Harold
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b. 1895 
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Len Yodaiken who lives in Israel-
is a genealogist. Len is helping me with the historical
aspect of the Coussins /
Rakusens as he is an authority on this branch of the
family. He has succeeded in tracing the family back to two men,
Efroim and
Shachna Rakuzhin. They were born in the 1750s and believes that they were
brothers. Unless we can
establish the name of my Great Grandfather (in hand) we
are left with these two possible trees. The Leeds family is
connected but right
now I am concentrating on the name of Abrahams Father which will be on his
gravestone of I can
locate that In this investigation I had to take a DNA
test. This is a modern method of establishing descent. If one of our
known family take this we can establish a connection to 1641 and that allows us to
access older records by default.
Ref:Group Administrator: Dan Buchler
Project Surnames:
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Cohen |
Damelin |
Jedeikin |
Judeikin |
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Kahn |
Mazeler |
Project
Background:
This family
project currently is tracking the descendants of Hirsh HaCohen born about 1641
in Lithuania.
Project Goals:
To find as
many ancestors as possible with verifiable connections.
Project Results:
We have tested DNA of 5
descendants of Hirsh HaCohen to help the connections of these 5 family members
to our common ancestor.
Several other persons, previously not known have had exact matches with 12 or
more marker DNA tests and we are busy trying to establish their connections to
the family.
See notes from Len Yodaiken
Alternative Tree:
The Rakuzhin Family Tree
Direct descendency
Of Abraham Ber born 1645-he had family but it is a little vague at this point and this may be that I am giving you incomplete information. However, what I have done is list the family as follows from who we do know is our direct ancestor, Shachna Rakuzhin as I am sure that other family members can fill in the spaces for us.
Shachna Rakuzhin
b. abt. 1750
in Lithuania
d. bef. 1827
m. Unknown
Abram Rakuzhin
b. 1772
in Lithuania
m. Malka Gilkin
b. 1784 in Zagare
Moshe Rakuzhin
b. 1802
in Lithuania
m. Pese b. 1809
Shachna Rakuzhin Shmuel Rakuzhin Stirka Rakuzhin Raiza Rakuzhin
b. 1825
in Zagare, Lithuania
Feivel Rakuzhin (My great great Grandfather) b. 1845 Brother Hatskel Rakuzhin b. 1847
in Zagare, Lithuania
m. Gite bat Hersh
Hirsh Rakuzhin Abram Ber Rakuzhin Raiza Rakuzhin Tsalel Rakuzhin
b. 1864 b.1869
in Zagare Lithuania
When Abram came to Glasgow the Ra was dropped and the Kahzin became Cussin
The Glasgow family.
Abraham
Cussins His brothers were Hyman and Morris. We shall make their trees
available here as well.
b. 12/10/1869 in Zagare, Lithuania d. Glasgow, Scotland
Married Milly Moscovitch Murnik
With this in mind Len Yodaiken gave me this family tree of
the Leeds connection. Craig.
However there is a need to make corrections and I will do that ASAP
The Leeds FamilyDear Craig
Ruth King forwarded to me your e-mail to her of 15 December 2005 as she thought it might interest me. When I went to your website I saw that you included an exchange of e-mails between myself and David Zincavage in 2003!
I wonder if we are related - I certainly believe that my ancestors came from Zagare. I attach below two possible connections but you would need to check the dates etc to see if there is a connection. I am afraid that even with my ADSL connection, I gave up waiting for your pages to download to see the Rakuson database/tree. The possible connections are through CUSSINS and GOLDBERG as indicated below:
1. MANASSAH3 RAKUSEN (TSALEL2 RAKUZHIN, TSALEL1 RAKUZIN) was born 1835. He married YETTA.
Children of MANASSAH RAKUSEN and YETTA are: 2. i. ARIEH CHAIM4 RAKUSEN, d. 1907. 3. ii. HYMAN RAKUSEN, b. 1862; d. 1940. 4. iii. RACHAEL RAKUSEN. 5. iv. SAMUEL RAKUSEN, b. 1872; d. 1933. 6. v. ISRAEL RAKUSEN (CUSSINS). 7. vi. BESSIE RAKUSEN, b. 1884; d. 20 April 1962, 3, Surfside Road, Lynn, USA. 8. vii. LAZARUS (LLOYD) RAKUSEN, b. Vilna or Riga in Latvia.
Israel Rakusen, who lived in Hull, was in the building trade, building houses. He found the people with whom he had to deal found the name 'Rakusen' too long and too difficult to pronounce and foreign-sounding , so he shortened the name to 'Cussins'. He married Emily Sadofsky and had five children. One of his children was Manassah Cussins who was born in 1905 and went on to become the "Manny Cussins" well known as Chairman of Leeds United Football Club. Another child was Leah Cussins who married Alexander Woolf and their first child is Henry Kenneth Woolf, ex-Lord Chief Justice of England.
1. DAVID JOSEPH1 GOLDBERG was born 1900 in Lithuania, and died December 1983. He married NETTA RAKUSEN 12 May 1925 in London U.K., daughter of HYMAN RAKUSEN (see above) and TILLY KLINE. She was born Abt. 1903 in Leeds, and died July 1966.
Children of DAVID GOLDBERG and NETTA RAKUSEN are: 2. i. RUTH2 GOLDBERG, b. August 1932, London, U.K.. 3. ii. MAURICE GOLDBERG, b. February 1934, London, U.K.. 4. iii. JEFFREY GOLDBERG, b. 8 October 1935, London, U.K.. iv. EVA SCHENDEL, b. 1930; m. RABBI MARGULIES, Abt. 1949.
I am in touch with Jeffrey Goldberg and could check out more if you have information.
I am also a grandson of Hyman Rakusen in the list above, and a cousin of Jeffrey Goldberg.
I look forward to hearing from you if there is any connection you can find between our families.
Regards Ronald Rakusen "Ron Rakusen" rakusen@wanadoo.fr Please contact Ron if you have any more information for him
Efroim RakuzhinBorn 1753 m. wife unknown
Yankel Rakuzhin b. 1770 d. Bef. 1820 born Lithuania m. wife unknown
Tsalel Rakuzhin b. 1787 in Zagare, Lithuania d. 1807 in Zagare, Lithuania m. wife Unknown
Tsalel Rakuzhin b. 1807 in Zagare, Lithuania d. in Zagare, Lithuania m. Beila daughter of Menashe
Menashe Rakhuzin b. 1835 in Zagare, Lithuania d. in Leeds England m. Gerty b. 1837
Israel Rakhuzin-Cussins b. 1872 in Zagare, Lithuania d. October 20, 1939 in Hull, England m. Emily Sadovsky
Menasseh Manny Cussins b. in Leeds, England m. Muriel Field John Cussins
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