Records of the Essig family in the All Galicia Database

There are currently 267 records for the surname Essig (including soundalike names and spelling variants) in the All Galicia Database (the AGD), Gesher Galicia's free searchable collection of genealogical and historical records from the former Austro-Hungarian province of Galicia, which is now eastern Poland and western Ukraine. Here is a sampling of some of the results you can find there:

  • Aron ESSIG, grandchild of , , ,
    Holocaust record from Lwów Ghetto Residents (1941-1943)
  • Hana ESSIG, spouse of Isak , grandchild of , , ,
    Holocaust record from Lwów Ghetto Residents (1941-1943)
  • Hinka ESSIG, spouse of Maier , grandchild of , , ,
    Holocaust record from Lwów Ghetto Residents (1941-1943)
  • Isak ESSIG, spouse of Hana , grandchild of , , ,
    Holocaust record from Lwów Ghetto Residents (1941-1943)
  • Jakob ESSIG, grandchild of , , ,
    Holocaust record from Lwów Ghetto Residents (1941-1943)
  • Josel ESSIG, grandchild of , , ,
    Holocaust record from Lwów Ghetto Residents (1941-1943)
  • Maier ESSIG, spouse of Hinka , grandchild of , , ,
    Holocaust record from Lwów Ghetto Residents (1941-1943)
  • Mendel ESSIG, spouse of Necha , grandchild of , , ,
    Holocaust record from Lwów Ghetto Residents (1941-1943)
  • Moses ESSIG, grandchild of , , ,
    Holocaust record from Lwów Ghetto Residents (1941-1943)
  • Necha ESSIG, spouse of Mendel , grandchild of , , ,
    Holocaust record from Lwów Ghetto Residents (1941-1943)

Search the All Galicia Database to see the full information available for all 267 records. The AGD is updated with new records every few months, so check back often to see the latest results.

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There are 12 entries listed in the Gesher Galicia Family Finder for this surname.

Here are the 3 most recent records.

Family & Location Researcher Researcher's Location Date Added
EISS in
Bircza, Poland
GG Member Jericho, NY
USA
Feb 22, 2015
EISIG in
Ternopil, Ukraine
GG Member Oceanside, NY
USA
Jan 10, 1999
EISIK in
Ternopil, Ukraine
GG Member Oceanside, NY
USA
Jan 10, 1999

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Records of the Essig family in Logan Kleinwaks' Genealogy Indexer website

There are 194 search results for the surname Essig at Logan Kleinwaks' Genealogy Indexer website, a few of which are listed below. Note that results listed below are limited to purely Galician sources, such as telephone and business directories from Galician cities, or school records, but they do not include the many other sources available on his website that span all of pre-war Poland. You may need the free .DjVu web browser plugin to view these files.

  • Iavoriv Yizkor Book (1950), image 119 {y62}
    ... of this Yizkor Book among their bountiful generosity. Sol and Joe Dornstein, and J. Bienenfeld participated and shared in this noble project. It is our fervent hope that this work will be enshrined in the hearts of Jaworower everywhere as a lasting tribute to our own martyrs cruelly murdered by the "Herrenvolk". The world at large may not care to remember. We, must never forget. We dedicate this monograph to the sacred memory of a group of Jews who in their own way labored for Judaism's weal, suffered its woes and shared fully in its historic tragedy. דכל על דאכדין ולא מעמכזזץ FOR THE BOOK COMMITTEE DR. NATHAN EISIG BIRN CHAIRMAN IV
  • Iavoriv Yizkor Book (1979), image 144 {y63}
    ... Mount Zion Cemetery (Har Z10n). By this time (1977), the second inmigrant generation, which arrived some sixty-five to seventy years ago, is also in the House of Eternal Life. Nonetheless, mention should be made of those who had been most active: Serber, Leib Orange, Morris Adler, Isaac Dauer-man, Moshe Hemerling, Shlomo Koenig, Joseph Zinrnerman, Falk SchilAorn, Mosche Spitz, Chalm Scher, Lazar Mondscheln, the Erlbaun brothers,Eisig Kelser, Israel Rettig, B. Cer-■ak, Le1b Flschler, Harry Grund. Very few of the children of this group, too, are members of the society. Such facts are, regrettable, an indication of the out-look for the future...
  • Krakow Yizkor Book (1967), image 122 {y258}
    ^9n cjCoviiMj *Vyieniorij of SAMUEL FEILER OTILIA FEILER ADA HUBEL-FEILER EISIG KLINGHOFFER CLARA HILT (HILFSTEIN) Jn Wemor? of OUR BELOVED MR. & MRS. NATHAN DREW
  • Rawa Ruska Yizkor Book (1973), image 472 {y73}
    ... 8250;« y*ar"y r»rv-ol mrtt-nj !» &uf dr-oivJ 1,-S0»1v« u..l l'1»od» elז S»ndoy «a«n»M M*. Ittl - E› m י־ *Rarwo H-mo w.,'. b daT ot IK K«/y Sw«t Ntw Y 11 (V/. On wuflhy Potti I BAPATOR? o›i Centei A CUB win lira w«jm tw'l iaJ to o!w«d. EDWAFD AlTNiB Pl«« JACK MHIIAL V.jrJYw. SAM ESS3G גױ־יאיקער אײניאדונג 1ו דער אזנרוע דעריבער איז די אײנציקע טרײסט צו בויען דא אין ישראל א נײ לעבן און פארזעצן די אלטע. יידישע טרארי־ ציע. אנשסאט רעם עבר. פיט מעלכן פיר קענען זיר אזוי לײכט נישט שיידן/ מעלן פיר האבן א ליכטיקן און גלעגצנדן עתיד. װאס מעט מײםער שפידן די גאלרענע ...
  • Lancut Yizkor Book (1963), image 513 {y2}
    ... were outstanding Rabbis and Hassidim who achieved renown in the Jewry of their periods. Rabbi Moshe Zvi Hirsch Me 17lisch served as a Rabbi of Lanzut in the years 1758—1767. Reb Moshe Lipshitz, the son of Reb Judah Leib of Ludmir, followed by his son Reb Zvi Hirsch Lipshitz author of the work "Tiferet Zvi", were also Lanzut rabbis during the Eiyhteenth Century. The were followed by Reb Moshe ben Itzhak Eisik and Reb Yehiel Michel ben Abraham. From 1777 until 1819 the Rabbi was Reb Aryeh Leibush, author of "Gevuror Aryeh", who was renowned as one of the great saints of his generation. The story is told that the Rabbi, Reb Aryeh Leibush, used to visit the Jewish shops in town and check the weights himself in order to ensure rhat there should be no deception. He safeguarded the moral level ...

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Gesher Galicia is a non-profit organization carrying out Jewish genealogical and historical research on Galicia, formerly a province of Austria-Hungary and today divided between southeastern Poland and western Ukraine. The research work includes the indexing of archival vital records and census books, Holocaust-period records, Josephine and Franciscan cadastral surveys, lists of Jewish taxpayers, and records of Galician medical students and doctors - all added to our searchable online database. In addition, we reproduce regional and cadastral maps for our online Map Room. We conduct educational research and publish a quarterly research journal, the Galitzianer. Gesher Galicia is also organized for the purpose of maintaining networking and online discussion groups and to promote and support Jewish heritage preservation work in the areas of the former Galicia.

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