The Eidus Family

from Latvia

L-R: William Aiduss, Harry Aidus, Morris Eidus, Hyman Adus,
Lea (wife of Morris Eidus)

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There are many family lines of Eidus descendants around the world who know that their ancestors came from Latvia. Derivative surnames include Adus, Aidus, Aiduss, Edus, Edut, Ejdes, Ekdes and others.

This site traces the descendants of Arye Eidus and specifically descendants of his grandson Tevel Eidus. I am the great-great grandson of Tevel (aka Tevya) Eidus. Tevya's son Chaim Eidus (later Adus) married Mary (Mire) Ritz from Belarus. Chaim (Hyman) Adus was my great-grandfather. Chaim and Mary had two children, Israel (Isidore) Adus and Slate (Jennie) Adus. Isidore was my grandfather.

View family tree showing three generations of descendants of Arye Eidus.

View family tree showing the children of Tevel Eidus. Click on the names of Tevel's children to see additional branches of the family tree.

View an outline tree showing six generations of descendants of Arye Eidus.

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Tevel Eidus married Zlatel Reichlin. Their children known to have come the United States are:

• Hyman Adus (Chaim Eidus), born July 1, 1881 in Latvia.
• Morris Eidus, born circa 1882
• Shifra Aidus, born circa 1885
• Harry Aidus, born May 15, 1886
• Dora Aidus, born circa March 15, 1890
• William Aiduss, born April 18, 1893
• Rose Aidus, born circa 1899

Thanks to information provided by the Latvian Archives we have information on the family tree dating back to around 1785. Tevel Eidus was the grandson of Arye Eidus, who was born around 1785.

Family History Documents and Photos

• Chaim (aka Hyman) Adus (born Eidus).
  1. Hyman Adus.
  2. Chaim Adus married Mary Ritz, of the Ritz family from Drissa and Miory, Belarus.
  3. 1920 census extract.
  4. Social Security application.
  5. Death certificate.
• Eidus research in the Latvian Archives.
  1. Letter from the archives, page 1.
  2. Letter from the archives, page 2.
  3. Birth record of Israel Eidus.
  4. Marriage record of Chiam Eidus and Mary Rits.
• Isidore Adus
  1. Latvian birth certificate for Israel Eidus (aka Isidore "Jack" Adus), August 19, 1905.
  2. Certificate of arrival.
  3. Declaration of Intention.
  4. Petition for Naturalization.
  5. Petition for Naturalization page 2.
  6. Social Security application.
  7. Isidore Adus and wife Ethel Himmelfarb.
  8. Ketubbah of Israel Eidus (Isidore Adus) and Etel (Ethel) Himmelfarb, 1925.
  9. Wedding portrait.
  10. Union card.
  11. Death certificate.
  12. Design for a Signal Device of a Paging Unit System, Patent number: D109883, Application date: February 15, 1937, Issue date: May 31, 1938
• Mary Adus (nee Ritz) death certificate - dated March 15, 1934.
• Jennie Adus with husband Sidney Segal, daughter Miriam, and son (name unknown).
• Photo of the Adus and Ritz families, circa 1930.

Ellis Island record links (You may be required to establish a free account to view these records.)

• Chaim Adus (Edus), son of Tevel Eidus, arrived April 5, 1907.
• Mary, Israel (aka Isidore), and Slate (aka Jenny) Adus (Chaim's family), arrived together October 13, 1910.
• Dora Eidus, daughter of Tevel Eidus, arrived November 25, 1907.
• Harry Aidus, son of Tevel Eidus, arrived as Samuel Janowski. See this record in the Brooklyn naturalization index for details. The Ellis Island record shows that he was going to stay with his sister Dora's husband.
• The links below will return all records for people with the following surnames listed on the Ellis Island web site (these pages might take a minute to load).
  • Eidus
  • Eiduss
  • Adus
  • Ekdes
  • Ejdes

Genealogy and History Resources

• Aidus/Adus/Eidus genealogy research, covers several lines of the Eidus family.
• Search JewishGen databases for references to Eiduses from around the world
• Search Google for references on the Web to Eidus families
• All Latvia Database on JewishGen
• Latvia Special Interest Group on JewishGen
• International Jewish Cemetery Project - Dvinsk
• Dvinsk, on Rumola.org
• Riga ShtetLinks on JewishGen
• Jewish History of Latvia
• Simon Wiesenthal Center Mutlimedia Learning Center entry for Dvinsk

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