Jewish Post, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 January 1962 — Page 6

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Friday, January 5, 1962

The National Jewish POST and OPINION

YOUR NAME' By Norbert Pearlrolh Dear Mr. Pearlroth: I notice that your column always deals with names of European sources. Can you help me with mine? As far I can trace it — at least three generations — my family has lived in Eretz Israel. Have you any clues to the origin of the name "Bassan"? — CHAPLAIN JACOB BASSAN, Kings-

ton, Ontario.

BASSAN (or Bassani) is a Jewish rabbinical family

of Italian origin, the name being derived from the Italian city of Bassano near Venice. The family was distinguished by having produced a large number of rabbis, holding office in such cities as Venice, Mantua, Verona and Padua. One Jacob ben Abraham Bassan was the Chacham (Rabbi) of the Portuguese Jewish community of Hamburg in the 18th century. Altogethther I counted seventeen successive generations of rabbis bearing this distinguished name. This record sheds brilliant glory upon your tribe.

Dear Mr. Pearlroth: Will you kindly inform me as co the origin of my family name? My father came from Lithuania, of the family, Corkland. A brother spelled it K-o-r-k-l-a-n. The city they lived in was Kovno. — MRS. ISADORE ROSENBLATT, Knoxville,

Tenn.

KORKLAN — the original version of the name — is of geographical origin. It was taken from the name of the little town of Korklany in the district of Rossiene, Lithuania. The Lithuanian name of the town was Karklanai, a word meaning "Willows". Korklany is the locality where your family originated.

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Want to know what your name means? Address your queries to Mr. Pearlroth, National Jewish POST and OPINION, 5th Ave., New York

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