Marriage record of Abraham Gersz Lewit and Ryfka Itka Bogush - 1890
In 1890, Ryfka Itka Bogush married Abram Lewit. No records of their children have yet been identified, although it is known that they had at least one son
Below the English translation is a copy of a certificate confirming
that no objections to their proposed marriage have been received.
It is written in Cyrillic script, the names of the groom and bride have been
highlighted.
Certificate
This is issued by the Rabbi of the Graevskiy Bozhnichnyi parish to certify that on the fourth / sixteenth / eleventh / twenty-third / and eighteenth / thirtieth of August eighteen ninety in the Graevskiy Jewish Synagogue the present Jews, gathered for the Saturday litany services, gave three notices of the proposed marriage between the Jews Abram Gershk Levit alias Skrotskovskiy, a twenty-three year old bachelor, born to and living in Posad Raygrod with his married parents Shalim Abramovich and Sora (nee Edelson) Levit alias Skrotskovskiy, smiths of Posad Raygrod, and Itka Bogush, a maiden, seventeen years and four months old, born to and living in Posad Graevo with her married parents Gershk Leyba Berkovich and Masya Reyza Gershkovna (nee Yakhimovich) Bogush, merchants of Posad Graevo; and no prohibitions of the proposed marriage has followed.
Posad Grayevo 25th day of September 1890
Rabbi of the Graevskiy Bozhnichnyi parish [signature]
The signature of Yankel Shtein, Rabbi of the Graevskiy Bozhnichnyi parish is witnessed by Bocheriskiy Gminnyi Voyt [signature]
[Seal: Rabbi of the Graevskiy Bozhnichnyi parish … Shtein …]
