Hoda Posvoletzky, née Hoda Mere Bris



Date of birth5 Dec 1877
Place of birthBirzai, Lithuania
Date of emigration1910
SpouseIsrael Posvoletzky
Date of marriage17 Dec 1902
Place of marriageBirzai, Lithuania
Children David Nathan, b. 1905, Birzai, Lithuania
Annie Edith, b. 15 Jan 1912, Cape Town, South Africa
Sadie Esther, b. 2 Nov 1914, Cape Town, South Africa
Bertram, b. 24 Mar 1917, Cape Town, South Africa
Date of death16 Jun 1952
Place of deathCape, South Africa
Place of burialPinelands 1, Grave 3513
Cape Town, South Africa


Hoda Bris, standing, second daughter from left, with sisters Fannie, Rose, and Tzippa,
father Jehudah Menashe Bris, and brothers Isaac, Harry, and Morris.
Circa 1898, Birzai, Lithuania.
From the collection of Joyce Rowland.

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Hoda Posvoletzky with her son David.
Circa 1906, Birzai, Lithuania.
From the collection of Joyce Rowland.

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Document Details Where found
1902 Lithuanian Marriage record Town of Birzai, Panevezys County, Kaunas guberniya. 17 December 1902 / 30 Kislev. Groom: Israel Mortkhe Nosenov, age 29, son of Movsha of the town of Pasvalys. Bride: Hode Bris, age 25, daughter of Menash. Witnessed by Josel ben Elia and Gabriel Rebe. JewishGen.org
Transcription of record

2290697/1
113
LVIA1226/1/1960

1910 Alien Passenger Manifest
German
sailing from Southampton, 28 May 1910
Arriving at South Africa
Mrs. Poswaletzky, age 32, woman unaccompanied by husband. Traveling with Master Poswaletzky, child, age 5. Subject of Russia. Arrived in United Kingdom at Port of London, by United Steamship Company. Bound for the Cape. Ancestry.com
Scan of original record

UK, Outward Passenger Lists, 1890-1960 > Southampton > 1910 > May > 132

Grave marker

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Photograph found on
Cape Town Jewish Cemeteries Maintenance Board
JewishCemetery.co.za


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