My 3rd-grandfather Avigdor (or Victor) Grünberg was born in Mezritch, Poland, on 1802-12-10. This is very likely Veliky Mezhyrichi, a village in modern-day Ukraine, known for the its role in the spread of Hasidic Judaism. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velyki_Me… #AncestryHour
Victor moved to Brody, Austria (nowaday Ukraine). His father Aaron and his mother stayed in Mezritch, and it seems they lived in poverty according to Victor's testament. In 1821, Victor married in Brody with Mirel (or Maria) Schorr, daugther of Schachne Schorr. #AncestryHour
Victor and Maria had at least 4 children: Jochwed (maybe the same as Debora/Dorothea?), Jacub, Able/Abraham (or Adolf) and Ahron (or Arnold). In the end of the 1840s, Victor moved with his son Adolf Grünberg to Paris, where they settled as merchants. #AncestryHour
Jewlery trade was going rather well for Victor and Adolphe in 1850. They had a florishing business, and were importing thousands of pearls from Bombay. Then Victor fell sick. In 1851, surrounded by his children and wife, he wrote his testament. #AncestryHour
After Victor's death in the beginning of May 1852, his son Adolphe was in charge of terminating his affairs and took the lead of the jewlery. Maria stayed in Paris with him, while Dorothea and Arnold moved to Vienna. They were, after all, Austrian by nationality. #AncestryHour
This is how this branch of my family came to Paris and settled there for the next 150 years. #AncestryHour
By the way, if you are (or know of) a descendant of Arnold Grünberg or Dorothea Karmin (born Grünberg) from Vienna, I'd love to talk to you! #AncestryHour
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