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title: "Falk Zhmood, the Nogaysk merchant"
url: https://smud.mateosmud.xyz/en/people/falk-zhmood-nogaysk/
lang: en
work: "The Smud Family: A Jewish Family History from Ludza, Latvia to Entre Ríos, Argentina"
author: "Mateo Smud"
licence: CC0-1.0
summary: "Koppel's brother, two years younger. He became a merchant in Nogaysk, on the Sea of Azov. His gravestone preserves his Hebrew name and the formula “son of David”."
---
# Falk Zhmood, the Nogaysk merchant

**Evidence status: documented.** Koppel's brother, two years younger. He became a merchant in Nogaysk, on the Sea of Azov. His gravestone preserves his Hebrew name and the formula “son of David”.

c. 1840 – 1904 · Koppel's brother · Felix's uncle

## Other spellings

Shlomo Falk, Falik, Falko

## Summary

- Born: around 1840
- Died: 1904
- Town: Nogaysk, now Prymorsk
- Documented in: His gravestone: “Shlomo Falk, son of David”

## Family

- Father: David Zmud — https://smud.mateosmud.xyz/en/people/david-zhmuydya/

## What is known

David had at least three sons: Koppel, Falk and Leyzer. This Falk was born around 1840, two years after Koppel.

His gravestone preserves his Hebrew name, Shlomo Falk, and the formula “son of David”, which is what places him in this branch of the family. He was therefore Felix's uncle.

## Parentage, version by version

- What the documents show (https://smud.mateosmud.xyz/en/family-tree/documents/) — father: David Zmud — documented. Falko, David's son, aged 18. His Nogaysk gravestone also calls him son of David.

## Surname variants

- Zhmood — https://smud.mateosmud.xyz/en/name-variants/zhmood/

## Places

- Nogaysk — https://smud.mateosmud.xyz/en/places/nogaysk/

## Where this comes from

- Chaim Freedman's work (documented) — https://smud.mateosmud.xyz/en/sources/#freedman

## In FamilySearch's collaborative tree (not a source)

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/PX8K-CMH

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The Smud Family · genealogical research by Mateo Smud, published under CC0 1.0. Machine index: https://smud.mateosmud.xyz/en/llms.txt