The Family Vincius – Vilna Page: 1 / 175 René Jean-Paul Dewil The Family Vincius René Jean-Paul Dewil © Number of Words: 93742 February- September 2018 The Family Vincius – Vilna Page: 2 / 175 Vilna 1814- 1832 René Jean-Paul Dewil © Number of Words: 93742 February- September 2018 The Family Vincius – Vilna Page: 3 / 175 Copyright Clause Copyright © René Jean-Paul Dewil 2018 René Jean-Paul Dewil is identified as the sole author of this work. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be altered without the written permission of the author. The book may be copied in electronic or other forms for personal use only. It may not be printed, introduced in any retrieval system, electronic or otherwise, photocopied or otherwise recorded without the prior written permission of the author. The only system where the e-book may be retrieved from is the Internet website www.theartofpainting.be, which holds the only and original text acknowledged by the author. 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René Jean-Paul Dewil © Number of Words: 93742 February- September 2018 The Family Vincius – Vilna Page: 4 / 175 Table of Contents Table of Contents ....................................................................................................................... 4 The Characters ........................................................................................................................... 5 Leaders of the Nations ............................................................................................................... 8 Vilna ........................................................................................................................................ 12 The Birth of Max Vincevicius. 1820. ................................................................................ 12 The Coming of Antanas Svirskevicius. 1823 .................................................................... 30 Leah Perlman and Abi Abramovski. 1814 ....................................................................... 47 Abraham and Asa Vincevicius, God and the Jews. 1825 ................................................ 66 In the Jewish Taverns. 1825 .............................................................................................. 76 The Future of the Vincevicius Family. 1826 .................................................................... 94 Conflicts. 1827................................................................................................................... 113 The Polish Uprising. 1830 ................................................................................................ 127 The Lithuanian Uprising, Asa’s War. 1831 ................................................................... 137 The End of Hope for Poland. 1831 ................................................................................. 165 Notes .................................................................................................................................. 173 René Jean-Paul Dewil © Number of Words: 93742 February- September 2018 The Family Vincius – Vilna Page: 5 / 175 The Characters Samuel Vincevicius 1748-1815 Married to Hannah Landau in 1765 Hannah Landau 1750-1825 Married to Samuel Vincevicius Andras Munkacs 1750-1815 Married to Beila Tugendhold in 1770 Beila Tugendhold 1754-1820 Married to Andras Munkacs Ezra Vincevicius 1770-1845 Married to Rebekah Munkacs in 1790 Rebekah Munkacs 1772-1848 Married to Ezra Vincevicius Asa Vincevicius 1790-1860 Married to Leah Perlman in 1814, son of Ezra Vincevicius Leah Perlman 1798-1880 Married to Asa Vincevicius in 1814 Rebekah Vincevicius 1816-1903 Married to Samuel Klaipsevicius in 1836, daughter of Asa Vincevicius Esther Vincevicius 1818-1863 Married to Finkel Kaunavicius in 1836, daughter of Asa Vincevicius Max Vincevicius 1820-1900 Married to Sara Benavicius in 1840, son of Asa Vincevicius Abraham Vincevicius 1792-1871 Married to Abi Abramovski in 1814, son of Ezra Vincevicius Abi Abramovski 1792-1876 Married to Abraham Vincevicius in 1814 Iosel Vincevicius 1815-1895 Married to Sara Rausnitz in 1835, son of Abraham Vincevicius Sara Rausnitz 1816-1903 Married to Iosel Vincevicius in 1835 Edek Vincevicius 1817-1897 Married to Rachel Levin in 1837, son of Abraham Vincevicius Rachel Levin 1820-1910 Married to Edek Vincevicius in 1837 Sarah Vincevicius 1800-1878 Married to Antanas Svirskevicius in 1827, daughter of Ezra Vincevicius Antanas Svirskevicius 1798-1873 Married to Sarah Vincevicius in 1827 Anton Svirskius 1832-1900 Son of Sarah Vincius Paul Svirskius 1833-1898 Son of Sarah Vincius Johanna Svirskius 1835-1910 Daughter of Sarah Vincius René Jean-Paul Dewil © Number of Words: 93742 February- September 2018 The Family Vincius – Vilna Page: 6 / 175 m. 1765 m. 1770 VILNA Samuel Vincevicius Hannah Landau Andras Munkacs Beila Tugendhold 1748-1815 1750-1825 1750-1815 1754-1820 m. 1790 Ezra Vincevicius Rebekah Munkacs 1770-1845 1772-1848 Abraham Abi Abramovski Sarah Vincevicius Asa Vincevicius Leah Perlman Vincevicius 1790-1860 1798-1880 1792-1876 1800-1878 1792-1871 m. 1814 m. 1814 m. 1827 Iosel Vincevicius Antanas Svirskevicius 1798-1873 Rebekah m. 1836 1815-1895 Samuel Klaipsevicius m. 1835 Vincevicius 1814-1885 1816-1903 Sara Rausnitz Anton II Svirskius 1832-1900 1816-1903 Esther Vincevicius m. 1836 Finkel Kaunavicius 1818-1863 1812-1884 Edek Vincevicius Paul Svirskius 1817-1897 1833-1898 Max Vincevicius m. 1840 Sara Benavicius m. 1837 1820-1900 1823-1902 Rachel Levin Johanna Svirskius 1835-1910 1820-1910 René Jean-Paul Dewil © Number of Words: 93742 February- September 2018 The Family Vincius – Vilna Page: 7 / 175 Present at the Birth of Max Vincevicius. 1820 Age Max’s Grand-grandmothers: Hannah Landau 70 Beila Tugendhold 66 Max’s Grandparents: Ezra Vincevicius 50 Rebekah Munkacs 48 Max’s Parents: Asa Vincevicius 30 Leah Perlman 22 Max’s Aunts and Uncles: Abraham Vincevicius 28 Abi Abramovski 28 Sarah Vincevicius 20 The Children: Rebekah Vincevicius 4 Esther Vincevicius 2 Iosel Vincevicius 5 Edek Vincevicius 3 René Jean-Paul Dewil © Number of Words: 93742 February- September 2018 The Family Vincius – Vilna Page: 8 / 175 Leaders of the Nations Russia and Poland Tzar Alexander I (1777-1825) R. 1801-1825 Tzar of Russia, King of Poland- Lithuania, Grand-Prince of Finland, Dynasty Holstein-Gottorp- Romanov, married 1793 to Louise of Baden, Elizabeth Alexeievna. Son of Tzar Paul I and Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg Tzar Nicholas I (1796-1855) R. 1825-1855 Tzar of Russia, King of Poland- Lithuania, Grand-Prince of Finland, Dynasty Holstein-Gottorp- Romanov, married 1817 to Charlotte of Prussia, Alexandra Feodorovna. Son of Tzar Paul I and Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg. Tzar Alexander II (1818-1881) R. 1855-1881 Tzar of Russia, King of Poland- Lithuania, Grand-Prince of Finland, Dynasty Holstein-Gottorp- Romanov, married 1841 to Marie of Hesse (d. 1880, Maria Alexandrovna) and Catherine Dolgorukova (morganatic, Princess Yurievskaya). Son of Nicholas I and Alexandra Feodorovna. The so-called ‘Congress Kingdom of Poland’ was created at the Congress of Vienna (1815), after the demise of Napoleon Bonaparte. Kings of Poland during this period of rule and afterwards, until 1917, were the Russian tzars. Viceroys of Poland Jozef Zajaczek (1752-1826) R. 1815-1826. Polish General. None 1826-1831 Poland was ruled by an Administrative Council. Ivan Fyodorovich Paskevich (1782-1856) R.1831-1855 Russian General. of Ukrainian descent. Viceroy. Mikhail Dmitrievich Gorchakov (1793-1861) R. 1855-1861. Russian Artillery General and Russian Prince. Nikolai Onufrievich Sukhozanet (1794-1871) R. May 1861 - August 1861. Resigned due to bad health. Karl Karlovich Lambert (1815-1865) R. August 1861 – October 1861. Russian Cavalry General and Count. Alexander von Lüders (1790-1874) R. 1861-1862. Russian Infantry General and Count. René Jean-Paul Dewil © Number of Words: 93742 February- September 2018 The Family Vincius – Vilna Page: 9 / 175 Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia (1827-1891) R. June 1862–1863. Second son of Tzar Nicholas I of Russia and younger brother of Tsar Alexander II. Friedrich Wilhelm Rembert von Berg (1794-1874) R.1863-1874. Russian Field Marshal and count of Finland, of which he was Governor General from 1855 to 1861. From 1874 to 1915, Poland was ruled by the Russian Tzars and Governor-Generals appointed by Russia. Governors-General of the Vilna Province in the Russian Empire Alexander Michailovič Rimsky-Korsakov R. 1806-1830 Mikhail Nikolayevich Muravyov-Vilensky R. 1863-1865 Konstantin Petrovich von Kaufman R. 1865-1866 Aleksandr Potapov R. 1868-1874 Eduard Totleben R. 1880-1884 Pyotr Dmitrievich Sviatopolk-Mirskii R. 1902-1904. Prussia King Frederick William III (1770-1840) R. 1797-1840 King of Brandenburg-Prussia. Dynasty of Hohenzollern, married 1793 to Duchess Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (d. 1810). Son of Frederick William II. King Frederick William IV (1796-1861) R. 1840-1861. King of Brandenburg-Prussia. President of the Erfurt Union (1849-1850). Dynasty of Hohenzollern, married 1823 Elisabeth Ludovika of Bavaria (d. 1873). Son of Frederick William III. Emperor William