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title: "Meir Joselowicz Halevy"
url: https://smud.mateosmud.xyz/en/people/meir-joselowicz-halevy/
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: "Father of David Komisaruk. He was born in Lithuania around 1720 and died in Rassein after 1765."
---
# Meir Joselowicz Halevy

**Evidence status: documented.** Father of David Komisaruk. He was born in Lithuania around 1720 and died in Rassein after 1765.

1720 – 1765 · Father of David Komisaruk

## Summary

- Born: 1720
- Died: 1765

## Family

- Father: Yosef HaLevy — https://smud.mateosmud.xyz/en/people/yosef-halevy/
- Married: Beyla — https://smud.mateosmud.xyz/en/people/beyla/
- Children: David Komisaruk — https://smud.mateosmud.xyz/en/people/david-komisaruk/

## What is known

The suffix Halevy indicates descent from the tribe of Levi, and Joselowicz is a patronymic: son of Josel. The Komisaruk surname only appears with his son David.

## Where this comes from

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

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

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/GW4S-LJ2

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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