Austin / Auskern
Revised 2026-09-22 · brought in from the Sept 16, 2026 research registry, not previously surfaced on any site.
Kopel Austin
FindAGrave memorial 98077926 for Kopel Austin (public source, cited directly: findagrave.com/memorial/98077926). His granddaughter Amy Austin recalls him as "Zaidy Koppel."
Kopel's death year — three conflicting claims, all preserved
- 1940 — per a paid, compiled ancestor chart (compilation, not proof)
- "unknown" — per his own cemetery memorial's own recorded title
- 1942 or 1943 — per granddaughter Amy Austin's own recollection (she gives his years as 1893–1942/43)
A targeted exact-date search for a July 8, 1940 death (completed 16 Sep 2026) came back negative — that specific date is not independently confirmed either.
Family, spelling variants, open questions
Parents recorded as Baruch Zelig Aouskiern and Selda Chigerowitz. Spelling variants across records: Auskern, Auskerin, Auskeirn, Aouskiern — preserved as found, not normalized. Amy Austin's own account: her father's sister Belle (b.1925), mother Fannie (1895–1943), father Kopel (1893–1942/43). Open: the 1918 marriage, 1922 immigration, and 1930 naturalization records; Hyman Austin's Minsk birth; Friede Levin's origin.