---
title: "Leizer Zhmuydya"
url: https://smud.mateosmud.xyz/en/people/leizer-zhmuydya/
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: "Family trees published online list him as the oldest ancestor of the whole line. No document supports this generation yet."
---
# Leizer Zhmuydya

**Evidence status: unverified.** Family trees published online list him as the oldest ancestor of the whole line. No document supports this generation yet.

c. 1725 · The oldest name in the published tree

## Summary

- Born: around 1725
- Place: Lithuania
- Status: Undocumented

## Family

- Children: Yehuda Zhmuydya — https://smud.mateosmud.xyz/en/people/yehuda-zhmuydya/

## What is known

No document supports that generation. It is mentioned here because it is part of the tree as published and anyone consulting it will find it, but it does not stand on the same footing as Falk, David or Koppel, whose names come from real censuses and records.

## Surname variants

- Zhmuydya — https://smud.mateosmud.xyz/en/name-variants/zhmuydya/

## In the timeline

- c. 1725 — The oldest name in the published tree

## Places

- Žemaitija — https://smud.mateosmud.xyz/en/places/zemaitija/

## Where this comes from

- Family trees published online (unverified) — https://smud.mateosmud.xyz/en/sources/#arboles-en-linea

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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