---
title: "Zalman Yovel"
url: https://smud.mateosmud.xyz/en/people/zalman-yovel/
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 Yovel Yovel, born in Plungė, in Samogitia."
---
# Zalman Yovel

**Evidence status: documented.** Father of Yovel Yovel, born in Plungė, in Samogitia.

1725 · Dvorka's great-grandfather

## Summary

- Born: 1725, Plungė

## Family

- Father: Mark Yovel — https://smud.mateosmud.xyz/en/people/mark-yovel/
- Married: Blume — https://smud.mateosmud.xyz/en/people/blume/
- Children: Yovel Yovel — https://smud.mateosmud.xyz/en/people/yovel-yovel/

## What is known

The Yovels of this branch all appear in Plungė, in north-western Lithuania, which is part of Samogitia —the region called Žemaitija in Lithuanian, from which the surname Zmud comes—. It is a coincidence of place worth noting, not proof of anything.

## 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/PX82-ZQ3

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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