The last Chervin family in Nadezhnaya, before the arrival of the Germans in World War II, was the family of Avrom Khaim Chervin, also called Avrom Shmul. Some of this descendants married into the Konovalov family, maintaining the longstanding connection that goes back to Aryeh Konoval.

More details are given on page 9 of History of the Chervin Family

Grigori Tsygutkin gives Avrom Khaim, Iosif, and Tsemakh with the address House #16 just before World War II. More precisely he mentions "Tsemakh - the husband of my sister Dora" which does not clearly state whether she was still living. It would appear Avrom's wife Doba was deceased by then as Tsygutkin does not mention her.

We give the line as clarified by a descendant, Sofia Chervin. It would appear that Tsemakh was married twice as Tsygutkin mentions that his wife Dora was his sister, and the family tree for Moisei Shne'er Konovalov show Tsemakh as married to a Konovalov. (But most of that tree is private so it is difficult to check.)

Avrom Khaim (Avrom Shmul) Chervin

M. Doba Chervin

Children:

Iosif Chervin

Isaac Chervin

Ilya Chervin

Tsemakh Chervin

M. 1. Dora Tsygutkin(sister of Grigori Tsygutkin)

M. 2. UNKNOWN Konovalov

Sofia Chervin

M. UNKNOWN Gorelik

Conceivably, Avrom-Khaim could be the Avrom known from Sladkovodnaya, but the personal details do not appear to correspond.

Notes

General Sources:
Svir Revision Lists, from JewishGen and originals from the Lithuanian Historical State Archives via Stew Cherlin.
Revision List from Nadezhnaya Colony, 1858 (from Andrei Novikov Via Pavel Bernshtam).
Grigori Tsygutkin, memoir Wild Field

See also the Elye Velvel line, particularly Abraham Cherlin/Chervin and his family.

We also have an isolated death record for a child, Aron Leizer Chervin son of Yankel (Yakov). Aron died at 5 months and the place of residence is not legible (to us).

There is also an early marriage record in Vilna itself for a Moshka Tzirvin born about 1839, whose father's name was Leizer.

January 2004