The following was received from Neil Mayle:
Nigel,
I just saw your family finder listing in the latest issue of
Landsmen. There is a possible family connection. My
great-great-great-grandfather Jankiel ZYLKOWICZ married a SAPIR
in 1845 in the town of Snaidowo in Lomza. The extract was
published in Landsmen Vol 10, No. 3-4, page 80:
Town: Sniadowo; Year: 1845; Akt: 17; Type: Marriage.
Groom: ZYLKOWICZ Jankiel 19; Father of the groom: Leyb z Chaim
from Nowogrod; Mother of the groom: Estera z Szlama from
Nowogrod.
Bride: SAPIR Trayna Rywka 20; Father of the bride: Szlama z Aron
from Sniadowo; Mother of the bride: Szprynca (dec.) z Maier from
Sniadowo
There is also a record of Tryna Rywka older brother's marriage in
Landsmen Vol 10 No. 1-2 p. 78:
Town: Czyzew; Year: 1829; Akt: 4; type: Marriage.
Groom: SAPIIE)R Bendyt (?) 21; Father of the groom: Szlama z Aron
from Sniadowo; Mother of the groom: Szprynca z Maier from
Sniadowo
I believe that after Tryna's father Aron is widowed he marries a
second time. I can't locate that record at the moment, but
if you are interested I am sure I can find it.
That is the extent of my research into the SAPIR family.
Not many of Snaidowo records have been extracted and put in
JRI-Poland. I have ordered some of the Snaidowo microfilms
to my local Mormon family history center; here are a few images
of the name from the polish documents. One is from a birth
of a child where the mother is a Sapir. The other two of
from the parents' marriage. One of these is Szlama Sapir's
signature and the other is his name in the document. I can
send you the whole document but the image is over 1
megabyte. You would need to consult someone who knows
polish grammar, but I believe that the a at the end of the Sapir
in the document is due to the grammatical usage and not intrinsic
to the name -- endings vary in Polish and unlike english proper
nouns also get modified.
I hope this helps. There are many
more records for Sapir. The only ones that I currently have
images of are descendants of the one that that married a
ZYLKOWICZ: Ester daughter of Szlama Sapir born in Sniadowo in
roughly 1825:
