Latvian State Archive in a letter dated May 2004 ref 3-Z-3160-2 stated " Esriel (Asriel, in the census for 1897 - Israel) born in ca 1873-1875 in Dvinsk (aged 2 in ca 1875, aged 22 in the census for 1897). His occupation ? a joiner. His wife Feiga ? daughter of Josel Brozen (the age is not stated). They had at least one child, a son Israel, born on August 3 of 1903 in Dvinsk.