Born about in Vitebsk, Vitebsk Uyezd, Russian Empire
Ancestors 
Daughter of Yosef Yuzal Rashkes Jr.
and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Gavriel Yakov Gunzburg
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Elka (Gunzburg) Rosenberg and Joseph Gunzburg
Died
at about age 55
in Kaminets, Minsk, Belarus
Profile last modified
| Created 3 Dec 2014
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Biography
Russian: Лея-Сара (Рашкис) Гинцбург
- Daughter of Yosef Yuzal Rashkes and Chaya Rashkes (Рашкис)
- Wife of Gabriel Jacob Gunzburg
- Mother of Baron Joseph von Günzburg; Bella Merpert; Eleone (Leonore) Rosenberg and A. Gunzburg Voikhansky
- Sister of Moshe Raskin
In January 1812, Gabriel Ginzburg and his wife Leah-Sara (Leah), née Raškis, had a son, Joseph Evzel (Yossel). In addition to their son, they had two more daughters: Leonora (Elka, Elka, Elena), who married Chaim-Yehoshua-Herschel Rosenberg from Zhitomir, and Beile (Bella), who married Zeva-Wolf-Yitzhak Merpert.
Sources
- Brockhaus and Efron. Jewish Encyclopedia (St. Petersburg: 1908 -1913)
- CycloWiki.org - The Ginzburgs (Russian Wikipedia) citing "Russia: The Era of the Great Reforms (1855-81) at World ORT (an organization founded by the Ginzburg family). In Russian: Россия. Эпоха «Великих реформ» (1855–81) Категории: Финансовые династии.
- Family Document of AJ Jacobs
- Gabriel Gunzburg - MyHeritage.com
- Ginzburgs - Russian Wikipedia
- Goodman, Simon. Gabriel Jacob Gunzburg - Geni.com
- Guggenheim, Alain. Leah Sarah Rashkes - Geneanet.org
- High, Monique Raphel. The Four Winds of Heaven (New York: Granada, 1980). See Gunzburg family tree, p. 10.
- Jewish Nobles in Russia // Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron. St. Petersburg, 1908—1913.
- Russian Noble Families of the Jewish Confession - Russian Wikipedia
- Modzalevsky V. L. Little Russian genealogy. In 4 vols. — K., 1908-14.
- Modzalevsky, Vadim - Internet Encyclopedia of Ukraine
- Neporozhnev N. Lists of titled families and persons of the Russian Empire. (St. Petersburg: Publication of the Department of Heraldry of the Governing Senate, 1892).
- Schoenberg, Randy. Leah Sarah Gunzburg (Rashkes) - Geni.com
Birth at Lviv, Ukraine
Lea Raschkes in the Galicia, Ukraine, Jewish Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1789-1905
- Name Lea Raschkes
- Event Type Birth
- Birth City Lviv
Source Information Ancestry.com. Galicia, Ukraine, Jewish Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1789-1905 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.
Original data: JRI Galicia. New York, New York: JewishGen. Original data: Specific source information is provided with each record. This JRI-Poland data is provided in partnership with JewishGen.org.
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