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"MaHarSha" of Shavl
Rabbi Shlomo Abramson "Maharsha" of Shavel, Lithunia was a recognized scholar, a Dayan (Religious court judge) and the Dean of a small rabbinical school. He had four daughters, two of whom emigrated to the United States, Jennie (Shayna Rivka) and Florence (Fruma Bryna).
One of his students was Rabbi Abraham Levinson. Rabbi Levinson subsequently married Jennie, the MaHarSha's daughter. Rabbi Abraham Levinson emigrated to the US in 1881 and was joined by his wife Jennie when she emigrated to the US in 1885. In the 1990 census they are in Indianapolis (IN) where he was serving as a Rabbi. In the 1910 census they are in Baltimore (MD) where he was serving as the Rabbi of Congregation Bnai Israel (currently affiliated with the Maryland Museum of Jewish History).
Florence emigrated to the US as well and is listed in the 1910 census in Baltimore MD along with her husband, Dov Ber "Barret" "Bernard" Davis, a Shochet.
src: https://www.geni.com/projects/MaHarSha-of-Shavl/11724
Ben Turin writes:
According to Florence Levinson (in bio donated to the Jewish Museum of Maryland), Jennie Levinson's father was "Shlomo Marshaw Abramson" of Shavli.
According to Florence Davis's tombstone her father was "Shlomo MaHarsha" of Shavli.
src: https://www.geni.com/documents/view?doc_id=6000000016812186001&
Notes:
- Shlomo (שְׁלֹמֹה), meaning peaceable, is a common Hebrew male given name.
- Shmuel Eidels, was a renowned rabbi and Talmudist famous for his commentary on the Talmud, Chiddushei Halachot. Eidels is also known as "Maharsha"
- שאַװל (Shavel), is the Yiddisch name for Šiauliai (Samogitian), the fourth largest city in Lithuania
- Shochet = a person officially certified as competent to kill cattle and poultry in the manner prescribed by Jewish law.
* Florence Davis, born Apr 1858, death 26 Aug 1915, burial Bnai Israel Congregation Cemetery in Baltimore (MD)/ Find a Grave
** Inscription: Here Lies mrs. Fruma Breina Davis, daughter of the scholar teacher and rabbi Shlomo MaHarsha
* Shlomo "MaHarsha" Abramson, born about 1832, died about 1908
** Father of Jennie Levinson and Fruma Bryna Abramson