The New Davnob Family History Site

The all-new Davnob Family History Site is now properly on-line

https://sites.google.com/site/davnob2/

(or click on the link above)

Amongst other new information is a very moving memoir by Emilia Salit-Aleksandrowicz (above) who was Grandma Davidson's niece, and cousin to Joe, Moishe, Sophie, Lammie, Geoffie, Edie, Minnie, Cyril and Lionel.

Family Tree for the Salits (UK)

 Thanks to Judy for sending this diagram of the family tree of the UK branches of the Salit family, which was forwarded to her from an acquaintance from Hull. 

Notes (from Davnob):

* Ruben Joseph Salit was married to Rachel (Keila) - they were Grandma Davidson's parents.

* They had five children. Apart from Melach (Miller), Annie, and Jack who all came to the UK, there were also Tevye and Sorretel who remained in Lithuania (Vilna and Kovno respectively - now Vilnius and Kaunas).

* The names of the Davidson/Davidovitz's are as given in the 1911 census

Happy 20th Anniversary

 Martin and Chris

Davnob wishes one of its esteemed founders

a happy 20th anniversary

Dr.Emilia Salit-Aleksandrowicz (1901 - 1982)

This is Dr.Emilia Salit-Aleksandrowicz

(the cousin of Joe, Moishe, Sophie, Lammie, Geoffie, Edie, Minnie, Cyril and Lionel)

The daughter of Tevye Salit (Grandma's brother) she grew up in Vilna (now Vilnius) and trained as a doctor. 

In 1939 she married Daniel Aleksandrowicz.

When the Vilna Ghetto was set up by the Nazis she worked to prevent the spread of infectious diseases 

(the Nazis used the fear of typhus etc as an excuse for rounding up Jews and sending them to the death camps).

When the ghetto was liquidated in 1943 she was sent to Kaiserwald, the AEG slave-labour camp at Riga. By sheer chutzpah and determination she managed to set up semi-clandestine medical facilities there. Despite a series of dramatic events she survived the war and became an Oncologist in Poland and later in Israel.

More details and extracts from her memoir will be posted on Danob soon.

New Galleries Page

There is a now a Davnob Galleries page in the menu above which includes a link to a redesigned historic family photos pages. 

You can also access the historic family photos pages by clicking here.